SERMON II. THE PERFECT LOVE.


1 JOHN IV. 10.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent
His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

This is Passion-week; the week in which, according to ancient and most
wholesome rule, we are bidden to think of the Passion of Jesus Christ our
Lord. To think of that, however happy and comfortable, however busy and
eager, however covetous and ambitious, however giddy and frivolous,
however free, or at least desirous to be free, from suffering of any
kind, we are ourselves. To think of the sufferings of Christ, and learn
how grand it is to suffer for the Right.

And why?

Passion-week gives but one answer: but that answer is the one best worth
listening to.

It is grand and good to suffer for the Right, because God, in Christ, has
suffered for the Right.

Let us consider this awhile.