...most gracioos Lord, This mark of true perfection find f ' ' If any man offend not in word, the •une is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.' (James iii. 2.) Though this is an age of restless activity, we all need, in spiritual matters, to remember...

...which are often too hastily recited : — " I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue." " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man." Birds of the air, serpents, and the wildest tenants of the deep or the forest, have been...

...as respects the tongue, is as necessary as it is difficult. For we are told from divine authority, " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." As it is yof the utmost importance that we rule our awn tongues, so, en the other hand, it is of no...

...it renders us a blessing to others, and proves a good proficiency in the knowledge of Christ. For, " if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body."* Whoever can refrain his tongue from evil, is thoroughly established in the principles of Christianity,...

..."for out of the abundance of the " heart the mouth speaketh." And St. James says, (James iii. 2. 6.) " if any man " offend not in word, the same is a perfect " man, and able also to bridle the whole " body : the tongue is a fire, a world of " iniquity : so is the tongue among our " members, that it defileth...

...bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. — James i. 19.26. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, &c. The ships, though great, &c. yet are they turned about...

...bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. — James i. 19. 26. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, &c. The ships, though great, &c. yet are they turned about...

...knowing that we shall receive the greater conM demnation. 2 For in many offend all. If any man things we offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole...

...sometimes used (even where there, is no allusion to ancient sacrifices) to represent the whole man. " The same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." Is the soul here excluded ? Men say, Some body is coming. No body was there. It is needless to remark,...

...knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. ^— - 2 'For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 8 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole...