Faith, Hope and Love

All the graces of Christian life which ever abide—faith, hope and love—the "threefold cord" binding together all that they did, were there. If they wrought, it was a work of faith. The soul counted on God and was sustained in doing His work, that He would be with His servants and own their service as His own. Their labor was not a mere routine or duty, but it was a labor undertaken in love. And the Lord Jesus was the object before the heart, and the affections were centered on Him. He who had identified Himself with His people was coming; while the labor went on, He sustained the heart, and the heart waited patiently for Him.
The conscience, too, was kept right—each one walking before a God and Father's eye, and in His presence nothing was allowed contrary to His nature and will. Thus heart and conscience were filled and directed. Nothing can exceed this beautiful picture of the freshness of the first blush of Christian life in the world.