Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-06-03
NE SUNDAY soaa-l
international Lesson for june q. Isa7
sins of the TongEe-.,ame :s:I-I3.

tsO4>Ct.-s La keep tag tongue from
etli. md Thy lips from speaAle s4lie--
/ Psalm 54.I2
PLACE IN THE HISTORY. In counec-
/ tlon with James as the presiding officer al
tho conference IN Jerusalem. A D 81 b.
/ tween the first and second missionary
THE LESSON.
|. BE Not Many Teachers.-Ns. /. 2.
l. My brethren: james knew that
Whatever his attainments. he was of
Ike passions" and subject to the same
/ temptations as other Christians. BE
net many masters" Paul bids us ..covet
the best gifts" not honors, bur fitness
1 for service Il Cor. u. 81 and this IS a
/ true saying. If a man desire the Office
| Of bishop. he desileth a good work"
/ q Tim. s: ID. But Il is for service not
| fer rule. and the desire Is most for fit
iiess. and not for the honor. Knowing
that We (au who would be teachers)
snail receive the greater condemns
t.on:" Ii we err, or make mist lkes, or
| teach wrong doctrine, or guile into
wrong ways.
2. For in many things we offend
a'l:" We all stumble or trip in our
moral walk; we err, we fail Of the per-
fection of duty. We all do this, and do
it il many things.
II. The Test of Perfection.-N. ?. If
any man offend not (stumbles not. is
not tripped up in word, the same is a
perfect man." One who has attained
full spiritual and moral development.
who IS perfect and entire, lacking in
nothing i: ~. cable also to bride the
whole body" The control of the tongue
Is one OF the means by which the body
and soul are controlled and guided. as
horse is guided by his bride Tx
pressing feeling increases, not the
emotion, but the source of the feeling
Angry words cultivate anger, soft
words cherish gentleness of spirit, low
ing words increase love.
III. Two Illustrations Of the Power
of 50 Small Thing as the Tongue
KS. 3-5. First 3. 1--WE put bits in the
horses mouths:" "a horses bit is
small thing, yet when put in the unruly
horses mouth, we can control him bet
ter Herewith than if he had much har-
ness fastened to every 80, and worked
by machinery deems.
Second. L. "Shias 50 great
fierce winds. yet are they
turned about with a very small heinz"
Great as was the contrast between the
rudder and the ship in those days, the
contrast is far greater in our day, when
we see our immense steamers. which
will held a small city full of people,
controlled by one man.
". Two Illustrations of the Danger
of an Uncontrolled Tongue.-Vs. SIS.
First. The Tongue Compared to a
Fire. Behold how great a matter" A
forest, or any material for burning.
s. The tongue is a, fire." "a 1t can
inflict burning pains. CD It can kindle
a great amount of evil. 60 1t is a
destructive agent, destroying much
good. "A world of iniquity:" The
of iniquity is vast, the kinds of
iriquity innumerable, as, for instance,
blaspheny, lying, profanity, scandal,
scolding, backbiting fattery,
obseenlty, anger, Boosting, murmuring,
dishonesty, cruelty, error. suspicion.
The tongue" is the fire of hell, the
dcvil's ammunition"
1t defileth the whole body" This
Cow Of evil from MS means nothing less
then this that we have made ourselves
a channel through which internal
& gencies pass into the world Is it
sible for such a channel to escape
defiement? ''-Plummer. "Setteth on
fire the course of nature" or wheel
of nature. What IS meant is that from
the beginning Of life to its close. the
toEeGe is an ever-present infammatory
81 e. q
bells" Hell is the source Of the evils
tAa1 flow from the tongue; they are the
of hell which make it
what it is.
Second. The Tongue Compared to a
Wild. Untamable, Yeuonaous Beast
:. Every kind of beast" i e., quad
rureds OF every disposition; as dstin-
Cuished from the three other classes of |
creation. Birds serpents:"
Creeping things Of all kinds are in
cluded III the original term. "and of |
things in the sea-" Nearly all the do
nestle animals, which we are ac-
customed to see only when they are
tame. Were cnce fierce and savage |
races.
$. But the tongue can no man tame"
Neither his own nor others! No one |
but God can tame the tongue, and that |
by changing the heart. 1T is an I'M |
ruly evils" Restless, uncomfortable.
Y. The Double Power of the Tongue,
According to What Inspires Tvs |
9-13. Any great power can be used !
either for good or evil; not only the
tongue, but mind wit education. at
I m 81 iytvY1ssSS
9. Herewith bless we Cod" If our |
hearts are right. "Therewith curse we /
mem" If our hearts are evil
1o- "0ut Of the same mouth proceed |
eth blessing and cursing:" Either the +
same Kind Of mouth, OF the mouth of I
the same Individual. This Is possible,
because The heart that inspires the
tongue ) partly bad ard partly good
II. For while "a fountain" cannot /
send forth at the Same place sweet /
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