Brotherly Love.

remarkable Jewish institution of the Jubilee , was founded upon the brotherhood subsisting amongst all the people , and gave it practical effect . In connection with this institution we find it said in Leviticus

xxiv ., 17 , " Ye shall not therefore oppress one another ; but thou shalt fear thy God , for I am the Lord your God . " Again , "And if thy brother be waxen poor , and fallen in decay with thee , "—and here it is evident that the term brother includes

every member of the great family of Israel" Then thou shalt relieve him , yea , though he be a stranger or a sojourner , "—and this extends the law beyond the limits of the natural descendants of Jacob , — " That he

may live with thee , lake thou no usury of him , or increase : but fear thy God ; that thy brother may live with thee " ( Leviticus xxv ., 35 , 36 ) . And still further , " If thy brother that dwelleth with thee be waxen poor , and be sold unto thee ; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a

bond-servant , but as a hired servant , and as a sojourner , he shall be with thee , and shall serve thee until the year of Jubilee . And then shall he depart from thee , both he and his children with him , " & c , ( Leviticus xxv ., 39-41 !) In the Book of

Deuteronomy , we find the following law amongst others of the same character : — "If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee , thou shalt not harden thy heart , nor shut thine hand from thy poor

brother : But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him , and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need , ^ in that which he wanteth . Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart , saying , The seventh year , the year of release , is . at hand : and thine eye be evil against thy

poor brother , and thou givesthini nought ; and he . cry unto the Lord against thee , and it be sin unto thee . Thou shalt surely give him , and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him :. because that for this thing the Lord thy

God shall bless thee in all thy works , and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto . Eor the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee , saying , Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother , to thy poor , to thy . needy , hi thy land" ( Deuteronomy xv ., 7-11 ) . In Deuteronomy xxii ., 1 , II is written ,

" Thou shalt not see thy brother ' s ox or his ass go astray , and hide thyself from them : thou shalt in any case bring them again to thy brother . " And again , ( Deuteronomy xxii ., 4 , ) " Thou shalt not see thy brother ' s ass or his ox fall down by the wayand hide thyself from them : thou

, shalt surely help him to lift them up again . " It would be easy to cite other passages of similar character from the Books of Moses , but it is unnecessary-Enough has been adduced to show that the law of brotherly love is written there

; it is as clearly there as it is in the New Testament , and although it is not brought forward in the same prominence , yet it appears as the basis of the whole system . ....

There are passages in the books of the . Prophets and even in the historic books . of the Old Testament , which might be quoted- , as bearing upon our present subject , and shewing the recognition of the law of brotherly love , and of its importance .. But we deem it unnecessary to quote themfor

, abundant proof has certainly been already , adduced that the . Scriptures . of the -Old Testament , as well as those of the New ,.-contain and inculcate this law . . . ¦ .. --The law of brotherly love maybe : said , to have its origin in the

divinelconstitutedy family relation .. The family is as . truly a- , divine institution as the Church , and there ; is nothing in which the welfare of mankind . is more concerned than in the maintenance ..

of this institution m its original perfection . With this are connected the . mutual affect tions of parents and children , and those of the . other members of the same familybrothers and sisters—towards one another . But such love as brothers and sisters naturally bear to one anotherthe law . rof

, God requires that those should bear and manifest in their conduct who . belong to Israel , to the Church , and this law of the Old Testament Church is , as Ave have seen , the law also , of the New Testament : or . Christian Church . There is nothing more ,

beautiful . than the brotherly love , of members of the same family , unless it be that wider extension of it which includes a larger circle , giving greater Ojjportunity for its display . . .-..

I hat brotherly love is not dispLiyed as it " ought to . be in the Christian Church is the regret of all true Christians . Much indeed is . done for the conversion of un-