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550 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES ^^A new commandment I give unto you/' Christ said, "That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. ' ' ' What a wonderful statement; but 0, how poorly practised! In the church of God to-day, brotherly love is sadly lacking. Many who profess to love the Saviour do not love one another. Unbelievers are watching to see if the faith of professed Christians is exerting a sanctifying influence upon their lives; and they are quick to discern the defects in character, the inconsistencies in action. Let Christians not make it possible for the enemy to point to them and say, Behold how these people, standing under the banner of Christ, hate one another. Christians are all members of one family, all children of the same heavenly Father, with the same blessed hope of immortality. Very close and tender should be the tie that binds them together. Divine love makes its most touching appeals to the heart when it calls upon us to manifest the same tender compassion that Christ manifested. That man only who has unselfish love for his brother has true love for God. The true Christian will not willingly permit the soul in peril and need to go um warned, uncared for. He will not hold himself aloof from the erring, leaving them to plunge farther into unhappiness and discouragement, or to fall on Satan's battle-ground. Those who have never experienced the tender, winning love of Christ cannot lead others to the fountain of life. His love in the heart is a constraining power, which leads men to reveal Him 2 John 13:34.