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The father had grown grey in a long life of depredation and danger, and his scars bore witness to his narrow escapes in the chase, or his less honourable encounters with the faithful guardians of the hen roost. "The fruit of the Spirit is gentleness" (Gal. Enfeeble and imperil the Church.5. This is the healing grace; and if this be not applied to our bleeding wounds, they will never be cured. The perfume was borne across the breach; so that the gardens were the, sweeter. No, when any such embers of contention begin to smoke among Christians, we may know who left the spark; no other but Satan, he is the great kindle-coal of all their contentions. and the fruits of the Spirit,25. Just a company of them around me all the time worse than Job's miserable comforters. )How to end bickeringsC. "Why, how is that? "Walk in the Spirit." Thrice happy they who at Thy side, Thou Child of Nazareth, Have learnt to give their struggling pride Into Thy hands to death: If thus indeed we lay us low, Thou wilt exalt us o'er the foe; And let the exaltation be That we are lost in Thee. Pray that the power of the Holy Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionBrokennessWe want to be very simple in this matter of Revival. and exhorts to walk in the Spirit.Dictionary of Bible ThemesGalatians 5:155132biting5821criticism, among believers8765grudgeGalatians 5:2-256511salvationGalatians 5:9-216026sin, judgment onGalatians 5:13-166679justification, results8452neighbours, duty toGalatians 5:13-185380law, and gospelGalatians 5:14-163209Holy Spirit, and loveLibraryMarch 28. Especially are the doubts concerning my entire consecration aggravating, and those, too, concerning my entire cleansing. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. The gospel will not allow us to pay our enemies in their own coin, and give them wrath for wrath; much less will it suffer brethren to spit fire at one another's face. 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. I am not perfect; far from it. We are bidden "to stir up the gift that is in us;" we are told to "grow in grace." Text: Galatians 5, 25-26 and 6, 1-10. The gospel will not allow us to pay our enemies in their own coin, and give them wrath for wrath; much less will it suffer brethren to spit fire at one another's face. v. 22. Bowden. The shrubs looked over to one another, and got into friendly talk; and so they said, "What a good thing that piece of old wall fell down; it is a pity it stood so high so long."4. Bowden.A wall having become very feeble by age, a portion of it one day fell down. "Not at roll, I am sorry to say," was the answer; "our numbers are diminishing weekly." It is all the time to be His fruit. And also, when he exhorts us, that we live not after the flesh, lest we die, but that by the Spirit we mortify the deeds of the flesh, that we may live; surely the trumpet which sounds, shows the war in which we are engaged, and enkindles us to contend keenly, and to do our enemies to death, [1832] that we be not done to death by them. However, this did not cheer me so much," continued the wolf, "as this, that as they came marching on, I observed they were all snapping right and left at one another, and I could see clearly that though they all hate the wolf, yet each dog hates every other dog with all his heart." We are not called upon to produce the fruit, but simply to bear it. Divisions are to Churches like wars in countries; where war is, the ground lieth waste and untilled; none takes care of it. Gurnall. We are not to suppose that the Apostle here uses the familiar contrast of spirit and flesh to express simply different elements of human nature. The apostle gives us the difference between goodness and righteousness in this passage in Romans, "Scarcely for a righteous man would one die, yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die." 3. IIIFifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church Officers Warned of Vain-Glory. The Daily Walk with Others (iii. [1716] We grant that all these things are true, and we say that the Law is not necessary, save for them unto whom bondage is yet profitable: and that St. Goodness is just "Godness." The word for love Paul uses is agape. (d)They grieve the Holy Spirit of God. (i)Observe that good old rule, of doing to others as you would be done to. It is pride that begins and maintains our quarrels. This every one may do, and this every one ought to do: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. (3) The best method to cure this great evil, and to prevent this great danger. Steele, M. The third fruit of justification, adoption, and sanctification, is joy in the Holy Ghost. Are a cause of rejoicing to the enemies of the truth.6. These are those waters of Marah that embitter our spirits, and quench the Spirit of God. I have said this, lest haply married fruitfulness dare to vie with virgin chastity, and to set forth Mary herself, and to say unto the virgins of God, She had in her flesh two things worthy of honor, virginity and fruitfulness; inasmuch as she both continued a virgin, and bore: this happiness, since we could not both have the whole, we have divided, that ye be virgins, we be mothers: for what is wanting to you in children, let your virginity, that hath been preserved, be a consolation: for us, St. It is a delightful passion. Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. )Consumed one of another: Strife in the foldTwo friends met the other day. To which end consider (1) The greatness and baseness of the sin. Divisions are as the north-east wind to the fruits, which causeth them to dwindle away to nothing; but when the storms are over, everything begins to grow. Are offensive to God.(R. The flowers and shrubs of each garden discovered that members of their own families had been living on the other side, and therefore really near to each other, though they had had no communion, owing to the wall between.5. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. All we therefore, who believe in the Living and True God, Whose Nature, being in the highest sense good and incapable of change, neither doth any evil, nor suffers any evil, from Whom is every good, even that which admits of decrease, and Who admits not at all of decrease in His own Good, Which is Himself, when we hear the Apostle saying, "Walk in the Spirit, and perform ye not the lusts of the flesh. For,(1)Our differences and contentions are notorious. They make me much trouble, but it seems I can not get them to leave me. v. 22). Galatians 5:15 There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Gal. Gal 5:17 John NewtonOlney HymnsAnd on this Account That, Which, the Parts that Beget Being Bridled by Modesty5. There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Gal. - SERMON TRANSCRIPT - Isn't that marvelous? "Walk in the Spirit." Fuller, D. D.The English ambassador, some years since, prevailed so far with the Turkish emperor as to persuade him to hear some of our English music, from which (as from other liberal sciences) both he and his nation were naturally averse. I am afraid that the dissensions betwixt Christian Churches (being so long in reconciling their discords) will breed in pagans such a disrelish of our religion, as they will not be invited to attend thereunto.(T. 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. And on this account that, which, the parts that beget being bridled by modesty, is most chiefly and properly to be called Continence, is violated by no transgression, if the higher Continence, concerning which we have been some time speaking, be preserved in the heart. JOHN vi. Bowden.A wall having become very feeble by age, a portion of it one day fell down. May the Holy Spirit lead us, beloved, these days, into His sweetness, quietness, and gentleness, subduing every coarse, rude, harsh, and unholy habit, and making us like Him, of whom it is said, "He shall not strive, Rev. (Galatians 5:13-15) Using liberty to love each other For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. Divisions are as the north-east wind to the fruits, which causeth them to dwindle away to nothing; but when the storms are over, everything begins to grow. He lists the works of the flesh,22. Steele, M. For this reason the Lord, after He had said, "For from the heart go forth evil thoughts," then went on to add what it is that belongs to evil thoughts, "murders, adulteries," and the rest. The Inward Warfare. The Daily Walk with Others (iii. For they mark what is said, that they who are under the Law are in bondage, and they keep flying above the rest that last saying, "Ye are made empty [1715] of Christ, as many of you as are justified in the Law; ye have fallen from Grace." 28, 29.--"Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. In heaven they are praising Him all the time for His victory. Bowden. (c)Endeavour for a catholic spirit. God has set us upon our feet in the right H. v. 16. By becoming a patron, you'll instantly unlock access to 32 exclusive posts. And God-like goodness has special reference to the active benevolence of God. They make me much trouble, but it seems I can not get them to leave me. Great consequences followed the Falling of the piece of the old wall.1. This kind of love goes far beyond what the law demands. The fact is, the sheep have taken to worrying each other, and our condition, therefore, could not be worse. For those are they, whom it willed should be done to death by us, that is to say, the works of the, 9. "Yes," he replied, "with all my heart." (1)By fraud. and the fruits of the Spirit,25. And though all the time I try hard not to make mistakes, yet I still make them. Fuller, D. D.The English ambassador, some years since, prevailed so far with the Turkish emperor as to persuade him to hear some of our English music, from which (as from other liberal sciences) both he and his nation were naturally averse. And not a few afterwards acknowledged that a real good and blessing was the consequence to all parties, by the opportunely falling down of that old dividing wall Party spirit is a wall of separation which the coming and the work of Christ was intended to remove. His power is boundless. It were better, as one says, that Caesar should break all Pollio's curious glasses, than that they should break the bond of charity, or that the breach of them should be the occasion of so much inhumanity of brethren one against another. It is love that edifieth, but division pulleth down. Neil.The following incident, respecting two philosophers of old, may well put to the blush Christians who are unwilling to be reconciled, and who consequently have their intercourse with heaven hindered (Matthew 5:24). Gurnall. SheddSermons to the Natural ManWalking with God. Jesus is always victorious. If it was only the wolf that was worrying the flock, we might cherish the hope that we could get him driven out. Is not this still true that many professed Christians snap right and left at their own brethren, when they had better save their teeth for the wolves?Evils of strifeSpencer.They say of bees, that, when they strive among themselves, it is a sign that the queen is about to leave the hive. IIIFifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church Officers Warned of Vain-Glory. The perfume was borne across the breach; so that the gardens were the, sweeter. 26 Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another. Are a cause of rejoicing to the enemies of the truth.6. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: For these are opposed St. These are those waters of Marah that embitter our spirits, and quench the Spirit of God. You would have others to bear with you; and why will not you bear with others? v. 22). The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. v. 16. There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. Would that this true and simple and natural logic were always borne in mind; then might the Christian nest be more peaceful, more like a family Divine!Unity among Christians to be sought afterMelancthon mourned in his day the divisions among Christians, and sought to bring them together by the parable of the war between the wolves and the dogs. This beautiful fruit is in lovely harmony with the gentle month of which it is the keynote. "The Fruit of the Spirit is all Goodness" (Gal. It is love that edifieth, but division pulleth down. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Works of the Flesh and Fruits of the Spirit. It is love that edifieth, but division pulleth down. It is, the relation between the Curate and his Incumbent; or more particularly, the Curate's position and conduct Handley C. G. MouleTo My Younger BrethrenHow those that are at Variance and those that are at Peace are to be Admonished. And though all the time I try hard not to make mistakes, yet I still make them. I try to do good; but at times my efforts are so crude that I seem to do more harm than good. Martin LutherEpistle Sermons, Vol. The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be Rev. SheddSermons to the Natural ManWalking with God. He spake not of all; but, having named St. How this may be so for us is graphically Roy Hession and Revel HessionThe Calvary RoadThe Holy Spirit Bringing Forth in the Believer Christlike Graces of Character. These are those waters of Marah that embitter our spirits, and quench the Spirit of God. It is, the relation between the Curate and his Incumbent; or more particularly, the Curate's position and conduct Handley C. G. MouleTo My Younger BrethrenHow those that are at Variance and those that are at Peace are to be Admonished. Nature's harshness has melted away and she is now beaming with the smile of spring, and everything around us whispers of the gentleness of God. 'In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.'--GAL. We are not called upon to produce the fruit, but simply to bear it. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatLinksGalatians 5:15 NIVGalatians 5:15 NLTGalatians 5:15 ESVGalatians 5:15 NASBGalatians 5:15 KJVGalatians 5:15 Bible AppsGalatians 5:15 ParallelGalatians 5:15 Biblia ParalelaGalatians 5:15 Chinese BibleGalatians 5:15 French BibleGalatians 5:15 German BibleGalatians 5:15 CommentariesBible Hub, (3)Too many of those that should quench these flames, exasperate them. Really I Robert Lee BerryAdventures in the Land of CanaanI have Said This, Lest Haply Married Fruitfulness Dare to vie with virgin Chastity7. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Works of the Flesh and Fruits of the Spirit. May the Holy Spirit lead us, beloved, these days, into His sweetness, quietness, and gentleness, subduing every coarse, rude, harsh, and unholy habit, and making us like Him, of whom it is said, "He shall not strive, Rev. Do not the Scriptures command us to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect? "The fruit of the Spirit is all goodness" (Gal. There is further to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFaith the Sole Saving Act. It seems to me that surely I am not sanctified, or else I should be more perfect. AugustineOn ContinenceAnd Also, when He Exhorts Us, that we Live not after the Flesh9. v. 6. AugustineOn ContinenceHere Therefore These Men Too Evil, While they Essay to Make Void the Law9. And on this account that, which, the parts that beget being bridled by modesty, is most chiefly and properly to be called Continence, is violated by no transgression, if the higher Continence, concerning which we have been some time speaking, be preserved in the heart. For they mark what is said, that they who are under the Law are in bondage, and they keep flying above the rest that last saying, "Ye are made empty [1715] of Christ, as many of you as are justified in the Law; ye have fallen from Grace." (Admonition 23.) "Yes," replied AEschines, "and therefore I conclude that you are the worthiest man: for I began the strife, and you began the peace."(C. He wills them to stand in their liberty,3. Goodness is just "Godness." doubts! A town, if it can be but set on fire, the enemy may hope to take it with more ease. When the sheep of Christ are malignant one against another, it is a fearful presage of ensuing ruin; when there are tumults in the Church, it may justly be feared that God is about to remove from us.(Spencer. God knows. (Admonition 23.) (i)Observe that good old rule, of doing to others as you would be done to. --JOHN x"The fruit of the Spirit is love."--GAL. Is not this still true that many professed Christians snap right and left at their own brethren, when they had better save their teeth for the wolves?Evils of strifeSpencer.They say of bees, that, when they strive among themselves, it is a sign that the queen is about to leave the hive. One inquired of the other how his Church was prospering. Joy is setting the soul upon the top of a pinnacle - it is the cream of the sincere milk of the word. Believers are one in Christ, as He is one with the Father. "Why, how is that? It is a very singular instance of imaginative misreading of plain facts that the primitive Church should be held up as a pattern Church. Text: Galatians 5, 16-24. It seems to me that surely I am not sanctified, or else I should be more perfect. However, this did not cheer me so much," continued the wolf, "as this, that as they came marching on, I observed they were all snapping right and left at one another, and I could see clearly that though they all hate the wolf, yet each dog hates every other dog with all his heart." (j)My last advice is, to "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." All real beauty of character, all real Christlikeness in us, R. I should like to dismiss them, but it seems I can not. Unity and peace are said to be like the dew of Hermon, that descended upon Sion, where the Lord promised His blessing. Believers are one in Christ, as He is one with the Father. The righteous man is the man of stiff, inflexible uprightness; but he may be. A. TorreyThe Person and Work of The Holy SpiritJoy'The fruit of the Spirit is joy.' He spake not of all; but, having named St. It's odd, beautiful, and circular. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. It is pride that begins and maintains our quarrels. Fuller, D. D.The English ambassador, some years since, prevailed so far with the Turkish emperor as to persuade him to hear some of our English music, from which (as from other liberal sciences) both he and his nation were naturally averse. v. 16. "The Fruit of the Spirit is all Goodness" (Gal. When God fills the emptiness of our heart with forgiveness and help and guidance and hope, he frees us from the bondage to accumulate things and manipulate people. and exhorts to walk in the Spirit.Dictionary of Bible ThemesGalatians 5:155132biting5821criticism, among believers8765grudgeGalatians 5:2-256511salvationGalatians 5:9-216026sin, judgment onGalatians 5:13-166679justification, results8452neighbours, duty toGalatians 5:13-185380law, and gospelGalatians 5:14-163209Holy Spirit, and loveLibraryMarch 28. (c)This destruction infers the ruin of our posterity. This every one may do, and this every one ought to do: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. God has set us upon our feet in the right H. "Lest ye be consumed one of another. He replied with a sigh, "After all my experience, I am forced to confess that the best trick is, to keep out of their way." GALATIANS v. 16. Gal 5:52. (5) Consider your own personal moral failings. A. Jesus is always victorious. (2)Atheistical and debauched persons. The shrubs looked over to one another, and got into friendly talk; and so they said, "What a good thing that piece of old wall fell down; it is a pity it stood so high so long."4. (4)Our common enemy is ready to devour us.4. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. (h)Mind every one his own business. It is, the relation between the Curate and his Incumbent; or more particularly, the Curate's position and conduct Handley C. G. MouleTo My Younger BrethrenHow those that are at Variance and those that are at Peace are to be Admonished. We are not called upon to produce the fruit, but simply to bear it. )The evil of dissensionsT. Fuller, D. D.The English ambassador, some years since, prevailed so far with the Turkish emperor as to persuade him to hear some of our English music, from which (as from other liberal sciences) both he and his nation were naturally averse. If there be tempest (not in the air) in the spirits of Christians, and the wind of their passions be high and loud, it is easy to tell who is the conjuror; it is the devil that is practising his black art upon their lusts, which yet are so much unmortified, as gives him too great an advantage of raising many times sad storms of division and strife amongst them. )Dissensions in the ChurchR. "The ideal brotherhoodA little boy, seeing two nestling birds pecking at each other, inquired of his elder brother what they were doing. The shrubs looked over to one another, and got into friendly talk; and so they said, "What a good thing that piece of old wall fell down; it is a pity it stood so high so long."4. He wills them to stand in their liberty,3. v. 22. Gal 5:17 John NewtonOlney HymnsAnd on this Account That, Which, the Parts that Beget Being Bridled by Modesty5. Do not the Scriptures command us to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect? S. Paul says, "Walk in the Spirit;" he does not say, stand still. We are not to suppose that the Apostle here uses the familiar contrast of spirit and flesh to express simply different elements of human nature. Galatians 5:1-6 is a climactic point in this epistle. (h)These biting and devouring contentions are uncivil, inhuman, and barbarous. Unity and peace are said to be like the dew of Hermon, that descended upon Sion, where the Lord promised His blessing. His power is boundless. A. TorreyThe Person and Work of The Holy SpiritJoy'The fruit of the Spirit is joy.' Do not labour to screw-up one another to the utmost. What can I do with them? Are offensive to God.(R. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. 16 But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. May the Holy Spirit lead us, beloved, these days, into His sweetness, quietness, and gentleness, subduing every coarse, rude, harsh, and unholy habit, and making us like Him, of whom it is said, "He shall not strive, Rev. The flowers and shrubs of each garden discovered that members of their own families had been living on the other side, and therefore really near to each other, though they had had no communion, owing to the wall between.5. 25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. It is a sad presage of an approaching famine (as one well observes) not of bread, nor of water, but of hearing the Word of God when the thin ears of corn devour the plump full ones; when our controversies about doubtful things, and things of less moment, eat up our zeal for the more indisputable and practical things in religion.(American. Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. Thrice happy they who at Thy side, Thou Child of Nazareth, Have learnt to give their struggling pride Into Thy hands to death: If thus indeed we lay us low, Thou wilt exalt us o'er the foe; And let the exaltation be That we are lost in Thee. It is a sad presage of an approaching famine (as one well observes) not of bread, nor of water, but of hearing the Word of God when the thin ears of corn devour the plump full ones; when our controversies about doubtful things, and things of less moment, eat up our zeal for the more indisputable and practical things in religion.(American. Are offensive to God.(R. 'In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.'--GAL. Bowden. "Walk in the Spirit." Especially are the doubts concerning my entire consecration aggravating, and those, too, concerning my entire cleansing. and the fruits of the Spirit,25. 16 But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. 16 But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. "The fruit of the Spirit is all goodness" (Gal. It is all the time to be His fruit. For those that are at variance are to be admonished to know most certainly that, in whatever virtues they may abound, they can by no means become spiritual if they neglect becoming united to their neighbours by concord. Are always unreasonable.3. If it was only the wolf that was worrying the flock, we might cherish the hope that we could get him driven out. "Not at roll, I am sorry to say," was the answer; "our numbers are diminishing weekly." In heaven they are praising Him all the time for His victory. What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. Finally, so many benefits were seen to be the result of the occurrence that, instead of rebuilding the fallen part, the remainder was pulled down to a low level, that air and sunshine might have freer course, and the gardens a free communication. Gurnall.You all profess to have been baptized into the spirit of the gospel; but you do not show it when you bite and snarl at one another. Neil. Without entering here on questions for which a sermon is scarcely a suitable vehicle of discussion, it may be sufficient for our present purpose to say that, as usually, when employing this antithesis the Apostle means by Spirit the divine, the Spirit of God, which he triumphed Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureWhat Makes a Christian: Circumcision or Faith? (c)This destruction infers the ruin of our posterity. 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. "(a)It includes the ruin of our outward comforts. But it happened that the musicians were so long in tuning their instruments that the great Turk, distasting their tediousness, went away in discontent before the music began. v. 22). Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. We are told that, Aristippus and AEschines having differed, the former came to the latter and said "AEschines, shall we be friends?" Here therefore these men too evil, while they essay to make void the Law, force us to approve these Scriptures. JOHN vi. and not to observe circumcision;13. but rather love, which is the sum of the law.19. The gospel will not allow us to pay our enemies in their own coin, and give them wrath for wrath; much less will it suffer brethren to spit fire at one another's face. 28, 29.--"Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Finally, so many benefits were seen to be the result of the occurrence that, instead of rebuilding the fallen part, the remainder was pulled down to a low level, that air and sunshine might have freer course, and the gardens a free communication. And God-like goodness has special reference to the active benevolence of God. Let us all, then, be entreated, conjured, and persuaded to forbear biting and devouring one another. JOHN vi. I have said this, lest haply married fruitfulness dare to vie with virgin chastity, and to set forth Mary herself, and to say unto the virgins of God, She had in her flesh two things worthy of honor, virginity and fruitfulness; inasmuch as she both continued a virgin, and bore: this happiness, since we could not both have the whole, we have divided, that ye be virgins, we be mothers: for what is wanting to you in children, let your virginity, that hath been preserved, be a consolation: for us, St. 16 But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. May the Holy Spirit lead us, beloved, these days, into His sweetness, quietness, and gentleness, subduing every coarse, rude, harsh, and unholy habit, and making us like Him, of whom it is said, "He shall not strive, Rev. Gal 5:52. 'The fruit of the Spirit,' says Paul, not the fruits, as we might more naturally have expected, and as the phrase is most often quoted; all this rich variety of graces, of conduct and character, is thought of as one. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. 'The fruit of the Spirit,' says Paul, not the fruits, as we might more naturally have expected, and as the phrase is most often quoted; all this rich variety of graces, of conduct and character, is thought of as one. There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Gal. Fuller, D. D.The English ambassador, some years since, prevailed so far with the Turkish emperor as to persuade him to hear some of our English music, from which (as from other liberal sciences) both he and his nation were naturally averse. Of another: Strife in the right H. v. 16 healing grace ; and why will not you bear others... 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