A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another. John 13:34
OH 13:34{The love of Christ is not an absorbing, but a radiating love. The more we love Him, the more we shall most certainly love others. Some have not much natural power of loving, but the love of Christ will strengthen it. Some have had the springs of love dried up by some terrible earthquake. They will find "fresh springs" in Jesus, and the gentle flow will be purer and deeper than the old torrent could ever be. Some have been satisfied that it should rush in a narrow channel, but He will cause it to overflow into many another, and widen its course of blessing. Some have spent it all on their God-given dear ones. Now He is come whose right it is; and yet in the fullest resumption of that right, He is so gracious that He puts back an even larger measure of the old love into our hand, sanctified with His own love, and energized with His blessing, and strengthened with His new commandment.
But He had need of her. Not one new gem
But many, for His crown not one fair sheaf,
But many she should bring. And she should have
A richer, happier harvest-home at last...
Then through the darkness and the chill He sent
A heat-ray of His love, developing
The mystic writing, till it glowed and shone
And lit up all her life with radiance new—
The happy service of a yielded heart,
With comfort that He never ceased to give
(Because her need could never cease) she filled
The empty chalices of other lives,
And time and the't were thenceforth spent for Him
Who loved her with His everlasting love.