...and likeness of God. And thus what is written in the Scriptures is exactly descriptive of them : " He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him ;" and again, " If we walk in the light, we have fellowship one with another."— The reading of the...

...and likeness of God. And thus what is written in the Scriptures is exactly descriptive of them : " He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him ;" and again, " If we walk in the light, we have fellowship one with another." — It is not surprising...

...Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned ; behold the judge standeth at the door1. He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until nowk. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil ; whosoever doth not...

...amidst the derision of all ungodly men throughout the world. The Holy Spirit, by St. John, has said : " He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness." (1 John ii. 19.) Do I hate any of my fellow creatures? Lord, thou knowest that I hate no one. Our Lord,...

...that we may not mistake the meaning of the phrase, walking in the light, the same Evangelist writes, " He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness, even until now." And even among those who admit the indispensableness of works, the most pernicious errors prevail,...

...light now shinelh. He that saitli he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.* In him was life ; and the life was the light of men. t So St. Paul used them : For ye were sometimes...

...scarcely on any thing else, but a spirit of christian love, and an agreeable practice, 1 John ii. 9, 10, "He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light and there is none occasion of stumbling in him." Chap....

...in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not;" as the same writer says in another place, " he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth." Then it may be asked, if the wicked do not comprehend or discover this light, how does Christ light...

...Christianity is to be found, we may be sure that it is not, where the spirit of enmity is prevalent. " He that hateth his brother, is in " darkness, and...in darkness, and " knoweth not whither he goeth." heT very test of Christian vitality*, is — the spirit of brotherly love : — love, * First Episde...

...and hateth his brother, he is still in darkness. He that loveth his brother dwelleth in the light; but he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither hegoeth: for darkness hath blinded his eyes. And moreover he saith, Hereby we manifestly know the children...