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190 LIFE OF PAUL . injudicioushastewould have destroyedhis influenceover thosewhom he sought to benefit. In the Galatianchurches, open, unmasked errorwas supplantingthe faithof the gospel. Christ, the true foundation, was virtuallyrenounced for the obsolete ceremonies of Judaism . The apostlesaw that if these churcheswere savedfrom thedangerousinfluenceswhichthreatened them ,the most decisivemeasures must be taken, the sharpestwarnings given, to bring them to a sense of their true condition. To dealwiselywith differentclassesof minds, under varied circumstancesand conditions, isa work requiringwisdom and judgment,enlightened and sanctifiedby the Spiritof God . The ministerof Christshouldlearnthe importance of adaptinghislaborstothe conditionof those whom he seekstobenefit. Tenderness,patience, decision, and firmness are alike needful; but theyaretobe exercisedwith properdiscrimination. It isonlyby maintaininga closeconnectionwithGod thathisservantscan hopetomeet judiciouslythe trialsand difficultiesthat still arise in the churches . Paul had presentedtotheGalatiansthegospel of Christin itspurity. His teachingswere in harmony with the Scriptures; and the Holy Spirithad witnessedto his labors: Hence he warned his brethrento listento nothingthat shouldcontradictthetruthwhich theyhad been taught. The apostlerevertsto hisown experience,of which the Galatianshave been previouslyinformed. He remindsthem of hisproficiencyin the learningof the Jews,and his zealfortheir religion. Even inearlymanhood he had achieved