Árdís - 01.01.1951, Síða 9

Ársrit Bandalags lúterskra kvenna
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dýrmæta sálarfrið sem andlegt samfélag við Guð hefir í för með
sér. Og að læra svo loks að segja, með stillingu:
„Að þótt ég öðlist eigi, gef ei ég þreytast megi
Sem bezt að biðja þig.
Þú einn veizt tíma og tíðir, ég treysti því, um síðir
Þú bænheyrir og blessir mig“.
Guðlaug Jóhannesson
The Greatest Thing in the World
BY MRS. R. E. EMMETT
We have been told that the greatest thing—in the religious
world is Faith.
But Paul in his Epistle to the Corinthians, 13th chapter, puts
Love in the place of Faith.
I have taken you—in the chapter just read, to Christianity at
its source. And there we have seen the greatest of these is Love.
Paul says Love is the fulfilment of the Law—what a noble gift it is!
The power of playing on the souls and wills of men, and rousing
them to lofty purposes and deeds. Love is not a thing of emotion,
it is the rich, strong, vigorous expression of the whole round
Christian character. Paul gives us an amazing analysis of this
supreme thing called Love, and is made up of nine ingredients,
namely: Patience . . . “Love sufferth long”; Kindness . . . “Love
is kind”; Génerosity . . . “Love envieth not”; Humility . . . “Love
boasteth not, is not puffed up”; Courtesy . . . “Does not behave
itself unseemly”; Unselfishness . . . “Seeketh not her own”; Good
Temper . . . “Is not easily provoked”; Guilelessness . . . “Thinketh
no evil”; Sincerity . . . “Rejoiceth in the truth”.
All of these make up the Supreme Gift . . . There is no time
to do more than make a passing note upon each of these ingredients.
1. Love Is Palience.
This is the normal attitude of Love—not in a hurry. Love
suffers long—beareth all things—hopeth all things—Love under-
stands and therefore waits.