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As our Master was hated
without a cause, so let it be with us so far as possible, that the
hatred, malice, envy and murder which may be poured out against us
may be wholly unmerited by us that our lives shall be as nearly pure
as possible; that so far as we are able, our thoughts and words and
deeds may show forth the praises of our Lord, and speak of our love
for all men, especially for the household of faith. By and by, when
the new dispensation is fully inaugurated, those who hate us
now, largely because they are blinded by the Adversary and misled,
will bow before the Lord’s Anointed, and we shall have the great
pleasure of lifting them up, blessing them, encouraging them and
forgiving them, and assisting them back to the full image and
likeness of God. |
