...Gospel had one subject to begin and end with, whenever such a one addressed his younger brethren. " The message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another ;" the " more excellent way" — the mark by which all men are to know the disciples of Christ's LOVE,...

...divided into two great classes. It is exemplified in the first man who was born into the world, who slew his brother ; and wherefore slew he him ? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous : thus furnishing a clear and satisfactory account of the matter....

...they heard from the beginning of their hearing the gospel : it concerned their loving one another ; For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love another. 2. Here is a recital of Cain's murder of his brother Abel. As also who Cain was of: with the...

..."For this is the message that ye have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another ; and not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother." (1 John iii, 12.) "Wo unto them ! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the...

...persecution of the Christ mystical ; in other words, it is " blaspheming glories," or the way of Cain, " who slew his brother, and wherefore slew he him ? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous." In turning the grace of God into lasciviousness, they deny...

...Jobn, iv. 7-U, 20, 21. Whosoever doeth not righteousness, is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. For this is the message that ye heard...And wherefore slew he him ? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. We know that...

...children of the devil ; whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that lovcth not his brother ; for this is the message that ye heard...from the beginning, that we should love one another." In a word, he will act from Christian motives, and upon Christian principles. He will seek to possess...

...affectingly was the full operation of these principles displayed at an early period of human history ! " Cain was of that wicked one, and slew his brother ; and wherefore slew he him ? because his own works were evil and his brother's righteous." How familiarly, alas ! has the same scene been repeated between...

...This is that love on which the apostle John so frequently .and strongly insists : " This," saith he, " is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another," 1 John iii, 11. " Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we...

...that now causes a cruel separation ; and of more closely uniting brother to brother, so fulfilling "The message, that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another." Our Lord has promised the Comforter—he does not come, and cannot come, where division reigns, Peace...