He gives the gifts of the Spirit and the soul comes into its own.

Can you imagine Love weighing the scales so that they may be equal—to give us what we, out of our poor resources, can give Him? When looked at in a direct way, we can realise that things could never be equal between us and our Father, and never will be. Our Father watches over the growth of the baby-soul. He alters the nature of His vigil as the child grows up, and then when maturity is reached, He gives gifts of powers, of opportunity, and of right desire. Later, still again He alters that which He offers in so free and lavish a way—He gives the gifts of the Spirit, that inward peace, that joy beyond all expression—and then the soul comes into its own.

Nubian woman, Anglo-Egyptian SudanFrank and Frances Carpenter CollectionUnited States Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs division