THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
"Love" is the perennial spring of spiritual life; "joy," the up-gushing of its waters; "peace," the restfulness of a holy mind, and the placidity of God's presence that spreads over it; "long-suffering," the enduring quality of a sanctified and merciful heart; "gentleness," the amiability of external conduct and softness of manner, the politeness of Christian courtesy; "goodness," the brand, the label, that tells the quality of the whole make-up of the man; "faith," the atmosphere that surrounds the Christian, and works611like heart beats within him, keeping every attribute of soul and body alive, and every organ in motion; "meekness," the regulator of temper, the veto of anger, the antidote to fits of madness, the cure of a quarrelsome disposition, the power that draws the sting out of external provocations; "temperance," the scales that weigh all our tempers, words, actions, and pursuits, and keep the Christian in a perfect balance.—Selected.