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Coming to the
Scriptures to ascertain God's will, we find that the great work
which God asks of us is not work for others, but work in
ourselves, subduing, conquering, ruling self.
Everything else, therefore -- our service for the household of
faith, and our doing good unto all men, by home and foreign
missions, etc. -- is subservient to this most important work
within.
For, as the apostle by inspiration declares, though we should
preach the gospel eloquently to others, and though we should give
all our goods to feed the poor, or become martyrs for a good
cause, without love, the Spirit of Christ and the Father,
developed in us as the ruling principle of life, we would be
nothing, from the divine standpoint.
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