Abideth; according to some, will outlive all miraculous gifts; according to others, will abide for ever: faith in the sense of confidence in God and Christ; and hope, as the joyous looking forward to an eternity of ever increasing blessedness.

The greatest of these is charity; not only in itself, but because it is the root and ground of the other two. Things which are only temporary should never awaken our deepest interest or be our chief concern. Nothing should do this that will not last for ever.

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