“All things are lawful for Me” (I. Cor. x. 23).
I may be perfectly free myself to do many things, the doing of which might
hurt my brother and wound his conscience, and love will gladly surrender
the little indulgence, that she may save her brother from temptation.
There are many questions which are easily settled by this principle.
So there are many forms of recreation which, in themselves might be
harmless, and, under certain circumstances, unobjectionable, but they have
become associated with worldliness and godlessness, and have proved snares
and temptations to many a young heart and life; and, therefore, the law of
love would lead you to avoid them, discountenance them, and in no way give
encouragement to others to participate in them.
It is just in these things that are not required of us by absolute rules,
but are the impulses of a thoughtful love, that the highest qualities of
Christian character show themselves, and the most delicate shades of
Christian love are manifested.