The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-04
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.


/ sins Of the TOngue-J ames Usl-l3.
ARRANGED from Peloubet's Notes
GOLDEN TEXT.-Keep thy tongue from
evil. end thy lips from speaking guile
/ Psalm 3413.
PLACE IN THE HISTORY.-In sonnec-
ton with James as the presiding officer at
the conference IN Jerusalem. A ID. 70. Be-
tween the first and second missionary
1 journeys.
/. Re Not Many Teachers.-Vs. /, 2.
!. ''My brethren" James knew that
whatever his attainments, he was "of
like passions" and subject TO the same
temptations as other Christians. BE
not many masters" Paul bids us ''covet
the best gifts" not honNs, but fitness
for service q Cor. IL. 81; and this Is q
true saying. II a man desire the Office
OF bishop. he desreth n good work"
Il Tim. 3: ID. But u is for service not
fer rule. and the desire is most for fit
ness, and not for the honor. knowing
that we GALL who would be teachers)
shall receive the greater condemna-
tion:" If we err. or make mistakes, or
teach wrong doctrine, or guide into
wrong ways.
g. "For in many things we offend
all:" We all stumble or trip in our
moral walk; we err. we fail of the per-
fiction of duty We all do this, and do
it in many things.
III. The Test of Perfection.-V. 2. IF
any man offend not (stumbles not 10
not trippcd up) in word, the same is
perfect man." One who has attained
full spiritual and moral development.
who is perfect and entire, lacking in
nothing q: a. ABLE 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
q horse is guided by his bride. Ex-
pressing feeling increases, not the
emotion, but the source of the feeling
Angry words cultivate anger, soft
words cherish gentlepess of spirit, low
ing words increase love.
III. Two Illustrations of the Power
of so Small Thing as the Tongue
VS. 3-5. First. 3. 1--WE put bits in the
horses mouths:" "a horses bit Is a
small thing. yet when put in the unruly
horses mouth, we can control him bet
ter Herewith than il he had much har-
ness fastened to every limb. and worked
by neutrality-suspicious.
Second. 4. "Ships so grent
fierce winds, yet are they
turned about with very small helm"
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.
of an Uncontrolled Tongue.-Ns. SIS.
First The Tongue Compared to .
Fire. behold how great a natter" A
forest, or any material for burning.
6. 'The tongue is a fires" % 1t can
infict burning pains. Cd 1t can kindle
great amount of evil. 90 1t is
destructive agent, destroying much
good. "A world of inquiry" The
amount of iniquity is vast, the kinds of
iriquity innumerable, as. for instance,
blasphemy, lying, profanity, scandal.
SANDER scolding, backbiting, flattery,
obscenity, anger, Boosting. muring,
dishonesty, cruelty, error. suspicion.
The tongue" is the fire of hell, "fhc
devils ammunition"
ut dcfileth the whole body" This
flow of evil from us means nothing less
than this. that we have made ourselves
channel through which internal
agencies pass into the world Is il
possible for such a channel to escape
deflement ?"-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
tongue is ON ever-present inflammatory
element of evil. "And is set on fire of
hell" He'll is the source of the evils
that flow from the tongue; they are the
characteristics of hell which make it
what il is.
Second. The Tongue Compared to q
Wild. Untamable. Venomous Beast
z. "Every kind of beast" l. G., quad
rupecs of every disposition; as distin-
gushed from the three other classes of
creation. Birds serpents:"
Creeping things Of oil kinds are in
cluded III the original term, "and of
things IN the sea-" Nearly all the do
nestle animals, which we are ac-
crstomsd to see only when they are
tame. were once fierce and savage
Teces.
Neither his own nor others! No one
but God can tame the tongue, and that
by changing the heart. 1T Is an un.
ruly evil" Restless, uncontrollable.
Y. The Double Power of the Tongue.
According to What Inspires Tvs.
D-13. Any great power can be used
either for good or evil; not only the
tongue, but mind, wit, education, at
Effectiveness.
Q. "Thcrewith bless we God:" II our
hearts are right. Herewith curse we
men, II our hearts are evil.
TO- "Out Of tine same mouth proceed
eth blessing and cursing:" Either the
same kind of mouth. or the mouth Of
the same individual. This is possible,
because the hfnrt that inspires the
tongue is partly bad and partly good.
H. For yvhflp "r fcunfaipv capnot