A Learned Chinese humanist has observed that he has great respect and love for Christians when they act as Christians. What a challenge is this to those who profess to be followers of the lowly Nazarene! Would it not appear that this Oriental observer was more keenly aware of the ideals of Christ Jesus than many who ostentatiously clothe themselves in Christian habiliments?
The reader may be familiar with the tale of the shipwrecked sailor who fancied that the island on which he found himself was inhabited by cannibals. For weeks he ventured from his hiding place only at night, fearing the savages; but one day he heard the tread of approaching feet and the sound of angry human voices. He had about decided to surrender himself and end the misery when close by him passed a white man and woman, the two violently quarreling in unmistakable Anglo-Saxon. Dropping on his knees, the sailor exclaimed fervently, "Thank heaven, they're Christians!"
Now the Master in one brief sentence shows mankind how a Christian is to be identified. We read in the thirteenth chapter of John's Gospel, "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." Speaking of Love as a synonymous term for God, the beloved Leader of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy, writes (Miscellaneous Writings, pp. 249, 250): "What a word! I am in awe before it! Over what worlds on worlds it hath range and is sovereign!"
