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Paul exhorts that all
shall cultivate the grace of humility, and that in every affair each
shall take heed that “nothing be done through strife or vainglory,”
that self-laudation and strivings for pre-eminence be thoroughly put
away as the greatest enemies to the Spirit of the Lord and the
blessing of the Church. On the contrary, each should have that
lowliness of mind which can see the good qualities of fellow
brethren and appreciate some of these qualities at least as superior
to his own. All the talents, and all the abilities, need never be
expected in any one person in any congregation. So, then, each may,
if he be of lowly mind, see in others certain good qualities or
graces superior to his own, and should delight to recognize these
and to esteem their possessor accordingly. |
