...to all, who make profession of the Gospel, a searching criterion of their sincerity, when he says, " If any " man among you, seem to be religious, and...not his tongue, but deceiveth his own " heart, this roan's religion is vain." This passage should not be thought a hard saying, for it stands in the Bible...

...the greatest stress, as necessary to salvation. But St. James tells us, that " if any man among us seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain :" and that " pure religion, and undented before God the Father, is this...

...obsceneness, shocked with oaths, or overpowered with scandalous abuse. Well might the apostle write, If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, that man's religion is vain. If we consider these vices of the tongue in the order of their enormity,...

...decorous, even by the professors of religion. Now all this is not only wrong, but fatally wrong. " If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain." " By thy words thou shalt be justified,...

...laid the greatest stress, as necessary to salvation. But St James tells us, that " if any man among us seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain." And that pure religion, and undefiled before God the Father, is this...

...Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain, I Peter 3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and...

...not eat of their dainties. Three inspired statements from James bear on our text. James says in 1:26, If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Now consider James 3:2, For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is...

...and knoweth God, He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love "(I John 4:7-8), One Religion "If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man 's religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the...

...mortal sickness lightly and hoped for the best from an understanding and reasonable God Evil speaking If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain. (James 1:26) Of the many duties owing both to God and our neighbour, there...

...of religion toward any one, we may know that his profession of religion is vain. "If any man seemeth to be religious and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain." The saint loves his enemies. The things commanded in the gospel are really true of the saints. They...