...21.) The word of truth is freely engrafted in us : it is the sum of " all the good and perfect gifts from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variableness or shadow of turning;" but it is necessary that all filthiness and superfluity of evil...

...and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death. \j Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no change, nor shadow 18 from turning. Of his own will he begot us with the...

...founded on ' the inward work of the Spirit,' Ut that they flow from that work. ' Every good giving, an-i every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of Lights,' lit., 'of the lights,' whether pUysu î. mental, or spiritual, and who has said, ' If any of \ aaltet...

...statesmanship and brave achievements. We are in no sense concerned to ignore or to undervalue these things. "Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights." So, too, gifts less good, less perfect, inasmuch as they are of nature, not of grace, are yet good...

...their parity exists not at all. Next, be what we hold both of reason and of faith remembered, that " every best gift and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights," that God is the fountain head of all good, and that all gifts whatsoever flow over from Him to His...

...St. Bernard. Thou canst not have even the will to do good of thyself, it is the great gift of God : " every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights " (St. James i. 17). The result of all thy care will be nothing without God's blessing, therefore implore...

...celestial hosts ? [§ 35. The sinner's cry to God^] I know, O Lord God, Thou Ruler of my life, that every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father and Fountain of lights (St. James i. 16). I know that I can offer no acceptable pleasing thing to Thee,...

...hands unto God in the heavens. — Lam. iii. 40, 41. Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with "whom is no change, nor shadow from turning. Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is...

...I have nothing that I have not received, and if all things are thine, to whom can I prefer myself ? Every best gift, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights. And thanks be to God, thanks be to God, thanks be to God, I aee what I am, where I am, and of what...

...a holy parable which covers and signifies a Divine reality. The Apostle St. James has written that "every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of Light, with Whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration " (St. James i. 17). If there are perfect...