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Rh Him as the Lord Jesus Christ. He came too for the very purpose of living a life of obedience to His own divine law. And now we have His holy and blessed example; and, besides this, we have His grace to influence our hearts, and we have His divine teaching to direct our lives, line upon line, and precept upon precept, saying to us—"Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you; he that hath my commandments, and doeth them, he it is that loveth me; if a man love me, he will keep my words; he that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings; if ye love me, keep my commandments." When the Lord had delivered these sayings to His disciples, then He said—"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you."

How are we to obtain the peace of Jesus? By obedience to His commandments. Obedience is the peace-maker. Obedience, or perseverance in well-doing, overcomes all difficulties, settles all controversies, adjusts all differences, and unites in one things that sin has separated from each other. It is quite true that we require to have love and faith as