We all know that love is a transfiguring quality. But what is the love that is a fruit of the Spirit? Love for lovely or loveable people? Yes; but love for all sorts and conditions of people as well. Some of the most selfish and disagreeable people you ever saw had an intense love for a few particular individuals. Anybody can love those who are kind, sweet, spirited, and unselfish. “If ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? For even sinners love those that love the.” The love which the Holy Spirit kindles is love for unlovely people as well as lovely, love for those who are not gentle and kindly, and love for enemies. It is a love that is stirred by human need, wherever it appears, and that rests not in mere sentiment, but reaches out its hand to help and bless.