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As Brother Howland told this story, his face shone with the glory
of the Lord. Just as he had finished, the fisherman and his family
came in, and we had an excellent meeting.
Suppose that some of us should follow the course pursued by
Brother Howland. If when our brethren surmise evil, we would go
to them, saying, “Forgive me if I have done anything to harm you,”
we might break the spell of Satan and set our brethren free from
their temptations. Do not let anything interpose between you and
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your brethren. If there is anything that you can do by sacrifice to
clear away the rubbish of suspicion, do it. God wants us to love one
another as brethren. He wants us to be pitiful and courteous. He
wants us to educate ourselves to believe that our brethren love us,
and to believe that Christ loves us. Love begets love.
Do we expect to meet our brethren in heaven? If we can live
with them here in peace and harmony we could live with them there.
But how could we live with them in heaven if we cannot live with
them here without continued contention and strife? Those who are
following a course of action that separates them from their brethren
and brings in discord and dissension, need a thorough conversion.
Our hearts must be melted and subdued by the love of Christ. We
must cherish the love that He showed in dying for us on the cross
of Calvary. We need to draw closer and closer to the Saviour. We
should be much in prayer, and we must learn to exercise faith. We
must be more tenderhearted, more pitiful and courteous. We shall
pass through this world but once. Shall we not strive to leave on
those with whom we associate the impress of the character of Christ?
Our hard hearts need to be broken. We need to come together in
perfect unity, and we need to realize that we are the purchase of the
blood of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Let each one say: “He gave His
life for me, and He wants me, as I go through this world, to reveal
the love that He revealed in giving Himself for me.” Christ bore our
sins in His own body on the cross, that God might be just and yet
the justifier of those who believe in Him. There is life, eternal life,
for all who will surrender to Christ.
I want to see the King in His beauty. I want to behold His
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matchless charms. I want you to behold Him, too. Christ will
lead His redeemed ones beside the river of life and will explain to
them all that perplexed them in this world. The mysteries of grace