...to present to the eyes of the world the Christian character in all its spiritual harmony and beauty; "Put on as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering: forbearing one another, and forgiving one another,...

...be manifest among Christians, which leads them to be kind one to another, and tender hearted ;fe to put on, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering, and above all charity, which is the bond of...

...spirit of his mind, opposes them, and is mighty through God to mortify them. By the same power he puts on, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering, forgiveness of injuries, even as Christ forgave...

...predestinated us ; or when, addressing the whole body of the Colossian Christians, the same Apostle says, Put on, as the Elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies ; or when St. Peter, addressing the whole body of the Christian Strangers scattered throughout Pontus,...

...trespasses." — Mark xi, 25, 26. The exhortation by St. Paul is in his Heavenly MASTER'S Spirit : Put on, as the Elect of GOD, Holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long suffering ; forbearing One Another, and forgiving One...

...boils up to " malice," " malice " swells up to " blasphemy," and all these break out into "lying." And "put on, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering : forbearing one another, and forgiving one...

...were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord ; walk as children of light" (Eph. v. 8). "Put on as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering" (Col. iii. 12). " If ye be risen with Christ,...

...shall He who maketh intercession for them, condemn them? The same apostle instructs the Colossians " to put on (as the elect of God holy and beloved) bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering 4 ," &c. These are' the graces which we are...

...then sat in silence awhile, then I arose and ministered. I think the first text I had to speak was, " Put on as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long suffering." I had to show the wonderful power and efficacy...

...are all so ready to bear one another's burdens, they obey so perfectly the Apostle's injunction to put on, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, humbleness of mind, and the gentlest forbearance, that a more alluring picture of the pilgrimage could...