The Secret of Power From on High

FOURTH DAY.
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" Having the same spirit <strong>of</strong> faith, we also
believe."-2 CoR. iv. 13.
o you begin to realise why it is so
D important to commit to memory
the text, Gal. v. 22 ? It will strengthen
the desire in our hearts to have and to
hold the fruits <strong>of</strong> the Spirit within us.
Our expectation <strong>of</strong> the blessing God will
give will be enlarged. Let us pause
awhile on the two last fruits <strong>of</strong> the Spirit
-Faith and Temperance.
When the disciples asked the Lord :
" Why could we not cast out the evil
spirit ? "-His reply was : "This kind
goeth not out but by prayer and fasting."
<strong>The</strong>ir faith was not powerful enough,
and even if they had prayed, they had
not the zeal and self-sacrifice needed for
prevailing prayer. Here we see the
union <strong>of</strong> faith and temperance.
Faith is a fruit <strong>of</strong> the Spirit-and leads
the seeking soul to depend on God alone.
Faith believes God's Word, and clings to
Him, and waits in perfect trust that His
power will work within us all that He has
promised. <strong>The</strong> whole life <strong>of</strong> the Christian
each day is a faith life.
Let us now think <strong>of</strong> Temperance. This
refers in the first place to eating and
drinking, and leads us to restraint, carefulness,
and unselfishness in our conversa-
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