Hannah More believed her Christian duty encompassed both evangelism and social action. She saw caring for people's spiritual and physical needs as intertwined. Living God's way produces love, joy, peace and other fruit in one's character as God brings gifts into their lives naturally, like fruit appearing on trees, including care, enthusiasm, calmness, commitment and self-control.

1. Hannah More
saw her
Christian duty
embracing both
evangelism and
social action.
Hannah More
saw her
Christian duty
embracing
both
evangelism
and social
action (1857)

2. Hannah More
saw her
Christian duty
embracing both
evangelism and
social action.
“Careless,
thoughtless,
godless,
swearing
young
fellow”

6. By contrast, the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, generosity,
faithfulness, gentleness, and
self-control.

7. What happens when we live
God’s way?

8. He brings gifts into our lives,
much the same way that fruit
appears in an orchard —
things like affection for others,
exuberance about life, serenity.

9. We develop a willingness to stick
with things, a sense of compassion
in the heart, and a conviction that
a basic holiness permeates things
and people.

10. We find ourselves involved in loyal
commitments, not needing to force
our way in life, able to direct our
energies wisely.
(The Message)