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“Why by their fruits you shall know them.” Matthew 7:20.  A real work is wrought by the Holy Spirit upon the human character, and its fruits are seen; just as a good tree will bear good fruit, so will the tree that is actually planted in the... Read More →

“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8. Wherever there is union with Christ there is love. Whatever other fruits we may bear, if love be missing, they profit nothing. Love to God and our neighbor is the very essence... Read More →

“For as much as you are manifestly declared to be the letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.” 2 Corinthians 3:3. A noble... Read More →

“ And why take you thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say to you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Why, if God so clothe the... Read More →

“ … When you make a dinner or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brothers, neither your kinsmen, nor your rich neighbors; lest they also bid you again, and a recompense be made you. But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed,... Read More →

He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8. Life’s best things—simplicity, honesty, truthfulness, purity, unsulli... Read More →

“He loves righteousness and judgment. …” Psalm 33:5. Christ is our example…. [Although] He was in the world, He was not of the world. He was not to conform to worldly practices in order to reach the object of His life. He was not to please... Read More →

“Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.” Proverbs 14:22. That which lies at the foundation of business integrity and of true success is the recognition of God’s ownership. The Creator of all... Read More →

“But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.” Hebrews 13:16. The giving that is the fruit of self-denial is a wonderful help to the giver. It imparts an education that enables us more fully to... Read More →

“You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God: I am the Lord.” Leviticus 19:32. There are services due to others which we cannot ignore and yet keep the commandments of God. To live, think, and... Read More →