There is no true love to Christ which does not also kindle in our hearts a corresponding love to men. He that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen cannot love God whom he hath not seen. Brotherly love is the very proof and badge of Christian discipleship. This love is not in name merely, but is real. It is a love that protects and helps; a love that keeps sacred watch over the good name of a brother, and by a strong arm averts the descending blow; a love that seeks every opportunity to bless and cheer and comfort; a love that serves and forgets self in loyal devotion even to death for a brother. In a word, it is “as I have loved you;” and how does Christ love us? To answer this is to tell how he would have us love the brethren. We can thus read the meaning of the lesson in the blessed life of our Lord.