[Manna - January 15]
What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8
THAT these are very reasonable requirements will
be conceded by all.
That God could not require less
from those whom He is educating for the future judging
of the world, is evident: and yet, all three of
these qualities specified through the prophet, are
comprehended in the one word Love.
Love requires
that we shall deal justly with our neighbors, with the
brethren, with our families, with ourselves; that we
shall seek to cultivate our appreciation of the rights
of others,—their physical rights, their moral and intellectual
rights, their liberties; and that, appreciating
these, we shall in no sense of the word seek to abridge
or deny them. Z.'02-172 R3020:6