No name of Christ means more to us in the interpretation of His life and love than Friend. We are not only to tell those we teach of the beauty of the friendship of Christ; we must interpret that friendship in ourselves. What Christ was to those to whom He became a personal friend we must be to those we make our friends. He did not seem to do many things for them. He did not greatly change their condition. He did not make life easier for them. It was in a different way that His friendship helped them. He gave them sympathy. They knew He cared for them, and then the hard things meant less to them. It is a great thing for a boy to know that a good man is his friend, is interested in him. To many a lad it is the beginning of a new life for him. "If you will be my friend I can be a man," said a pupil in a mission school to his teacher who had spoken to him the first really kind word he ever had heard. The great moment in anyone's life is when he first realizes that Christ is his Friend. –
The Master and the Children in The Book of Comfort
Our errand in this world is in a small way the same that Christ's errand was. He does not now…go about doing good---we are to go for Him. The only hands Christ has fro doing kindness are our hands. The only feet He has to run the errands of love are our feet. The only voice He has to speak cheer…is our voice. –
The Lesson of Love