CHRISTIANITY VINDICATED BY CHARACTER
An official of a Mission Board was appointed to examine a candidate. He told the young man to come to his house at 6 in the morning. The young man went at 6 in the morning to be examined, and the examiner kept him sitting in the room until ten. Then he went down to him and said abruptly, “Can you spell? Can you spell God?” “Yes, sir,” came the answer calmly. “Can you write your name? Do you know what your name is?” “Yes, sir,” again he replied. He put him through a series of questions of that kind, and then went to the Missionary Board and said, “He will do. I tried his patience for four hours and he did not break down. I then insulted him and he did not lose his temper. Christ’s love has conquered his heart and the Christianity that has made him what he is vindicated by the very quality of his character; he will do.” In Galatians 5:22-23 Paul states that peace is a Fruit of the Spirit. The Greek word for peace eirene is the root of the English word serene whic