[Songs in the Night - November 7]
Brother shall deliver up the brother to death. Matthew 10:21
ALAS, that this should be so—that the love of God
should at any time fail to constrain us so that we would
not only turn from his love and fellowship, but that
the sword should be used to smite down brethren!
Get
the picture impressed in our minds and sealed in our
hearts of coming days with spiritual Israel, when
brother shall be against brother, which the Lord will
permit just prior to the establishment of his kingdom.
Let us resolve that however others may fight, the
weapons of our warfare shall not be carnal and that
our battling shall not be against those who are the
Lord's by covenant, but against the great Adversary.
Carnal weapons are not merely guns and swords, but
more injurious and death-dealing is the tongue when
used to slander and wound.
God forbid that our
tongues, wherewith we praise God, should work injury
to any man, but particularly to any of the household
of faith. Z'08-267 R4235:5 (Hymn 333)