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One Brotherhood, October 8
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou
only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for
thy judgments are made manifest.
Revelation 15:4
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Christ would have us realize that our interests are one. A divine
Saviour died for all, that all might find in Him their divine source. In
Christ Jesus we are one. By the utterance of one name, “Our Father,”
we are lifted to the same rank. We become members of the royal family,
children of the heavenly King. His principles of truth bind heart to heart,
be they rich or poor, high or low.
When the Holy Spirit moves upon human minds all petty complaints
and accusations between man and his fellow man will be put away. The
bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness will shine into the chambers
of the mind and heart. In our worship of God there will be no distinction
between rich and poor, white and black. All prejudice will be melted
away. When we approach God it will be as one brotherhood. We are
pilgrims and strangers, bound for a better country, even a heavenly. There
all pride, all accusation, all self-deception, will forever have an end. Every
mask will be laid aside, and we shall “see him as he is.”
Our house of worship may be very humble, but it is none the less
acknowledged by God. If we worship in spirit and in truth and in the
beauty of holiness, it will be to us the very gate of heaven. As lessons of
the wondrous works of God are repeated, and as the heart’s gratitude is
expressed in prayer and song, angels from heaven take up the strain and
unite in praise and thanksgiving to God. These exercises drive back the
power of Satan. They expel murmurings and complainings, and Satan
loses ground.
God teaches us that we should assemble in His house to cultivate
the attributes of perfect love. This will fit the dwellers of earth for the
mansions Christ has gone to prepare for those who love Him, where, from
Sabbath to Sabbath, from one new moon to another, they will assemble in
the sanctuary to unite in loftier strains of song, in thanksgiving and praise
to Him that sitteth upon the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever.
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