TO HIS WIFE.
Edinburgh, l3th April 1860.
Now let us read (2 Cor.)
chapter xii., about
the organisation of the Church, and the different gifts of
different
Christians, and the reason of these differences that Christ's body may
be more complete in all its parts. If we felt more
distinctly
our union to Christ, we would know our position as members of His body,
and work more willingly and intelligently along with all
the
rest in promoting the health and growth of the body, by the use of
every
power which the spirit has distributed to us.
14th April 1860.
Let us read about
charity,—that love which
is so perfect that it remains when that which is in part shall be
done
away. May God purify our love, and make it fit for eternity, by
grafting
upon it the love of Himself, that so both the human
root
and the engrafted branches and the divine fruit may be holy to
Him!