Whatsoever a Man Soweth, That Shall He Also Reap

Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

GALATIANS 6, verse 7.


The life above, when this is past,
Is the ripe fruit of life below.

Sow love, and taste its fruitage pure;
Sow peace, and reap its harvest bright;
Sow sunbeams on the rock and moor,
And find a harvest-home of light.

H. BONAR.


The dispositions, affections, inclinations of soul,
which shall issue hereafter in perfection, must
be trained and nurtured in us throughout the
whole course of this earthly life.
When shall we bear in mind this plain
truth,
that the future perfection of the saints is
not a translation from one state or disposition of soul
into another, diverse from the former;
but the carrying out, and, as it were,
the blossom and the fruitage
of one and the same principle of spiritual life, which,
through their whole career on earth, has been growing
with an even strength, putting itself forth in
the beginnings and promise of perfection,
reaching upward with steadfast
aspirations after perfect holiness?

H. E. MANNING.