From an editorial in the Chronicle-Tribune Marion, Indiana

Manifestly, we must live for some purpose.... Endowed as we are with intelligence, affection, and volition, there should come out of our existence here something of permanent value. In the Bible, the word "fruit" is used very often to express the product of our life. In the fifth chapter of Paul's letter to the Galatians, the apostle sets over against the fruit of the flesh the fruit of the spirit. He says the fruit of the spirit is "love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance." It will readily be recognized that the fruit of the spirit is embraced in what we call character. Christianity is a character-producing agency....

The world has never conceived of anything more beautiful than the life of the man of Nazareth. If we were to live in the spirit of Jesus, this would be a perfect world....

It is the fruit of the spirit that makes for spirituality, and it is spirituality that fits us for a spiritual existence. Good fruit in this world is not grown without a great deal of careful attention on the part of the grower. Fruit groves need to be carefully cultivated....

In the matter of character fruit bearing, it does not appear to occur to many people that there is urgent need of the same careful, continuous, and intelligent attention.... But, it must be very apparent, if good fruit is to be grown, attention must be given to the growing of it.

Each day, with its activities and its diversions, should be entered with the determination to make everything contribute in some measure to character building. As the Apostle Paul says, "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit."

In other words, we must put into practice Christianity in our every thought, word, and deed. If, everywhere, these things, which Paul calls the fruit of the spirit, characterize our life in all our relations, we shall surely bring forth the fruit of the spirit and attain more and more unto that Christlikeness which should be the real aim and object of every Christian.

S. E. Pritchard, M. C., M. A. in an address to children from The Christian World Pulpit London, England

If you stand directly beneath the sun you will cast no shadow. One of the thrills of crossing the equator is that we have no shadow, for then the sun is immediately overhead. God is like that. He casts no shadows. And I believe that when God is over us we too will never cause a shadow to be cast over anyone. God casts no shadow because He is Light.... God has no shadow of turning because He is Light. It reminds us of the Psalmist who said he would not be afraid of any terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day, because God was always with him and above him.

From an article in The Commonwealth Richmond, Virginia

Reading and study of the Holy Bible should not be limited to any period. It is a vital and living source of inspiration, information, and guidance at all times.... Many individuals accept and use the Word of God as a "twoedged sword" which penetrates to "the dividing asunder ... of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." ...

Many businessmen use the Bible for reference, to authenticate quotations, or to clarify a statement of principle. They use it as a basis of policies to be considered or established. When there is need, ... reference to the Bible becomes a source of comfort.

Those seeking inspiration find it readily in the exceeding great and precious promises which are theirs through Christ Jesus.... The mere presence of the book on a business desk serves as a reminder of the omnipotence and the grace of Almighty God.

From an article by Dr. E. Stanley Jones in The Progressive Farmer Birmingham, Alabama

The most solitary thing a man can do is to pray. When man prays he shuts the door—he is alone with God. And yet Jesus has made the most solitary thing—prayer—into the most social thing. He begins with "Our." Had it begun with "My," it would have changed the nature of the Christian faith—changed it from being something that embraced me and my brother into something concerned only with me. It would have killed that faith.

But all too often we use "our," and then proceed to circumscribe it. We make it "our" race, "our" class, "our" denomination. We can judge how high we have risen in the scale of being, by asking one question: Whom do I include in "our"? If it is a limited "our," then we are limited by it. The "our" that Jesus used was unlimited — it put its arms around every man....

The center of attention in the Lord's Prayer is the Father—His name be hallowed, His kingdom come. Prayer is not me-centered, but God-centered. Prayer is ... drawing my will to His will. When I throw out a boat hook and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to myself, or do I pull myself to the shore? In prayer, I pull my will to His will. ... Prayer is self-surrender.