True Love Is Practical - A PERFECT BOND OF AMIABLE uNION

 Let us be friends.  He that has friends must do something, he must be friendly.  (Proverbs 18:24) "A friend loveth at all times; and a brother is born for adversity." (Proverbs 17:17, AS) By such permanent friendship it becomes manifest to this world that we are Christ's disciples, true Christians.  (John 13:34, 35) Love makes such permanent friendship possible.  "Love covereth all sins." (Proverbs 10:12) Love is an indissoluble tie, it is is the real article.  The unity in which it holds brothers together tightly is charmingly pictured at Psalm 133:1-3: "Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down upon the beard, upon the beard of Aaron, running down upon the collar of his robes!  It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls upon the mountains of Zion!  For there the LORD [Jehovah] has commanded the blessing, life for evermore." - RS. 

The oil with which Moses' brother Aaron was anointed and consecrated as Israel's high priest was not only smooth but very fragrabt, releasing a pleasant perfume upon all around  about and making it agreeable to be in the high priest's neighborhood. It was a fragrance that no other ointment had, for God did not let anyone else make an anointing oil of its composition. In the same way the fragrabce of the New World society's unit makes us pleasantly conscious of an atmosphere of love such as no organization of this world exhales. We enjoy being in that atmosphere; it is good for us. It comes from  God through his great High Priest, Jesus Christ.  It is the breath of His spirit. -EXODUS 30:22-33; ACTS 10:38. 

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