The fruits of the spirit are as discernible to any one honest enough and fearless enough to look; and the first and supreme of all is that which we have been considering this morning.

The question for you and for me, my brethren, is simply this: Are our lives full of the grace of love?
Do not shrink from the question.

Do not deceive yourselves with any substitutes; there are many offering zeal, the gift of prayer or of speech, yea, the gift of faith itself.

None of these will atone for the lack of love.

Let each ask himself, Am I a loving man ?" With quiet persistence he pursued them into all their relations in life--husbands and wives, fathers and sons, neighbor and neighbor.