To an eminent Christian Lady, and to her Children, from the Officer of the Church. I sincerely love you all, and not I only, but also all those who have learned to know the Truth.

It was a great joy to me to find the lives of some of your children guided by the Truth, in obedience to the command that we received from the Father.

And now, I pray you, Lady--not as though I were writing a new command for you; no, it is the command which we had from the first--Let us love one another.

And this is love--to live in obedience to the Father's commands. This is the Command as you learned from the first, to live in a spirit of love.