F. B. Meyer, Back to Bethel: Separation from Sin, and Fellowship with God (Chicago: Bible Institute Colportage Association, c1901), "The Song of the Lord Began," p. 18.

Paul said: "The fruit of the Spirit is joy" (Galatians 5:22). Now, fruit is natural. There is no effort about fruit. Indeed the effort of the bough is to repress the fruit which presses forward into expression, so that g…