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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 to 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
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