Faith in Christ is to love both God and man in him. Our response to Christ works itself out first in love to God, who is thus seen with new ever july," said John, "our fellowship is with the Father," and th have seen is immortality, But it is only complete when we have learned to love our brother One of the finest characters Dostoyevsky's writings gave this answer to one who said he could not love his fellows, "Treat them," he said, "as if they were invalid or even as if they were children.' That is what faith in Christ enables to do, and thus helps us to keep the commandments by which we enter that immortal life which is fellowship with God.
And if anyone is troubled by the thought that those who never heard of Christ or have never properly understood him are thereby shut! out from immortality, is not this the answer? It* is acceptable to. God and leads to fellowship with Him if a man has tried to keep those two supreme commandments which Christ came to unify and help us to fulfil, for the name.of Christ is no magic formula bat the inspira tion of our obedience to the law of perfect love.
Finally, let us return for a moment to the illustration' with which
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