Love to the Uttermost

Love to the Uttermost, by F. B.
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Title: Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI.
Author: F. B. Meyer
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LOVE TO THE UTTERMOST
EXPOSITIONS OF JOHN XIII--XXI.
BY

F. B. MEYER, B. A.

Author of
"The life and Light of Men: Expositions of John I.--XII.;" "Old
Testament Heroes;" "The Shepherd Psalm;" etc.

NEW YORK ---- CHICAGO ---- TORONTO
Fleming H. Revell Company
Publishers of Evangelical Literature

Copyright, 1898-1899
by
Fleming H. Revell Company

THIS BOOK ON
THE UTTERMOST LOVE OF CHRIST
IS DEDICATED
TO MY DEAR WIFE,
WHOSE PATIENT CARE OF OUR HOME
HAS ENABLED ME
TO WRITE SO MUCH AND TRAVEL SO FAR
IN HIS SERVICE.

PREFACE
The former book on the first twelve chapters of this sublime Gospel
was called, The Life and Light of Men. The title was naturally
suggested by the subject-matter of those chapters. We had little
difficulty in finding a title for the present book, which covers, however
cursorily, the remainder of the Gospel. It lay open before us in the
opening verses of the thirteenth chapter, as translated in the margin of
the Revised Version. "Having loved His own which were in the world,
He loved them to the uttermost."
It has been impossible, in the limited space at my disposal, to deal with
these chapters as I would. Indeed, to do so, it would be necessary to
know the length, and breadth, and depth, and height of the Love of God,
which passeth knowledge. Time has been allowed to elapse, in the hope
that the view would be clearer, and the expression more adequate, of
the deep things to which the Lord gave expression. But it is useless to
wait till one is satisfied of the adequacy of one's work, else life will
have run its course before a beginning has been made. At the end of ten
more years, the task would seem still more impracticable.
In the closing chapters I have woven together the narratives of the four
evangelists, so as to give a succinct and connected account of the last
hours of our Lord's life, and especially of His death. It has been a great
delight thus to tread the Via Crucis, which is also the Via Lucis--the
Way of the Cross, which is the Way of Life, and Light, and Love.
F. B. MEYER.

CONTENTS
I THE LAVER IN THE LIFE OF JESUS II THRICE BIDDEN TO
LOVE III HEAVEN DELAYED, BUT GUARANTEED IV "MANY
MANSIONS" V THE REALITY OF WHICH JACOB'S DREAM
WAS THE SHADOW VI CHRIST REVEALING THE FATHER VII

THE GREAT DEEDS OF FAITH VIII HOW TO SECURE MORE
AND BETTER PRAYER IX THE OTHER PARACLETE X THE
THREE DISPENSATIONS XI THREE PARADOXES XII MANY
MANSIONS FOR GOD XIII CHRIST'S LEGACY AND GIFT OF
PEACE XIV THE STORY OF THE VINE XV "ABIDE IN ME, AND
I IN YOU" XVI PRAYER THAT PREVAILS XVII THE HATRED
OF THE WORLD XVIII THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON
THE WORLD XIX CHRIST'S RETICENCE SUPPLEMENTED BY
THE SPIRIT'S ADVENT XX THE CONQUEROR OF THE WORLD
XXI CONSECRATED TO CONSECRATE XXII THE LORD'S
PRAYER FOR HIS PEOPLE'S ONENESS XXIII THE LOVE THAT
BOUND CHRIST TO THE CROSS XXIV DRINKING THE CUP
XXV THE HALL OF ANNAS XXVI HOW IT FARED WITH PETER
XXVII THE TRIAL BFFORE CAIAPHAS XXVIII "JUDAS, WHICH
BETRAYED HIM" XXIX THE FIRST TRIAL BEFORE PILATE
XXX THE SECOND TRIAL BEFORE PILATE XXXI THE SEVEN
SAYINGS OF THE CROSS XXXII CHRIST'S BURIAL XXXIII THE
DAY OF RESURRECTION XXXIV THE LAKE OF GALILEE
XXXV PETER'S LOVE AND WORK XXXVI THE LIFE-PLAN OF
PETER AND JOHN XXXVII BACK TO THE FATHER

LOVE TO THE UTTERMOST
Expositions of John xiii.-xxi.
I
The Laver in the Life of Jesus
"He poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet,
and to wipe them with a towel wherewith He was girded."--JOHN xiii.
5.
In the court of the Temple there were two objects that arrested the eye
of the entering worshipper--the Brazen Altar, and the Laver. The latter
was kept always full of pure, fresh water, for the constant washings

enjoined by the Levitical code. Before the priests were consecrated for
their holy work, and attired in the robes of the sacred office, they
washed