DISCOURSE: 1985 THE IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY 1 Corinthians 13:1. _Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and thou... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1986 A DESCRIPTION OF CHARITY 1 Corinthians 13:4. _Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoi... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1987 THE SAINTS’ VIEWS IN HEAVEN 1 Corinthians 13:9. _We know in part, and we prophecy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1988 FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY, COMPARED 1 Corinthians 13:13. _And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity_. THE scope of the whole chapter is, to shew the superiority of Christian love or charity to all the gifts that were so erroneously estima... [ Continue Reading ]