Article January 7, 1956 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from S. E. Pritchard, E. Stanley Jones

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....

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