The apostle Paul puts a high note of commendation upon charity, when he styles it the bond of perfection. 'Above all things,' says he, 'put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness,' Col. 3.14. I am sure it hath not such a high place in the minds and practice of Christians now, as it hath in the roll of the parts and members of the new man here set down. Here it is above all. With us it is below all, even below every apprehension of doubtful truths. An agreement in the conception of any poor petty controversial matter of the times, is made the badge of Christianity, and set in an eminent place above all which the apostle mentions, in the 12th verse, 'bowels of mercies, kindness, gentleness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering:' Nay, charity itself is but a waiting handmaid to this mistress. [Hugh Binning]
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