Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-11-09

rresuy rresoGyrced together with the texts ;u response to requests that It bf printed: -.. If any man among you seem td l.. ro1ioio,1s. and bridleth not his tono,,e but deceiveth his own heart .b;s t mans religion in vain. James 1l.l1 t.oe Also, James 3:2-10-1f any
 man m offend not in word, the same k .h h'1 nerfect man, and able also to bride x xfhe whole body
 "Behold we put bits in horses mouths that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body. "Behold also the ships which. tho
 tbev be so great. and are driven of
 a;erce winds, yet are they turned about with very small helm, with ersoever the governor listeth. "Even so. the tongue is little member. and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth; and the tonoue is 8 fire-a world of iniquitv. So is the tonpue among onr members. that 1t s defileth the whole body, and settoth m fire the course of nature; and 1t is set on fire of Hell. For every kind of beasts and of birds and If serperts and of things in the sea is tanned and hath been tanned of man kind: but the tongue can no man tame: t is an unruly evil full of deadly poison Herewith bless wo God even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the sinilitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth hlessino and cursing. My brethren, these things ouoht not to be-"
 q am advertised to preach on Pine Bluffs greatest sin. The great est sin of Pine Bluff is the rejection of Jesus that is the sin for which the world stands condemned; but there is sin so prevalent. so little spoken against, about which there seems to be no conscience, for the pentance, and that is the sin of tho tongue.
 The Sin of the Tongue.
 q have been in Pine Bluff over fourteen years. I am more or less acquainted with the industrial com mercial, social, and domestic life of the city. and with the private lives of many of it's citizens.
 q hear there is some boot-legging going on in the city: now and then murder is committed; now and then some one steals something. There are some who violate the seventh com mandment. I understand there are some men who play poker. and some | rv. But the most universal sin. the sin that no one rebukes, the sin that revels in the churches and in the world unhindered and uncondemed--- the sin warned agaanst in nearly every book of the Bihle-the sin twice mentioned in the decaloeue-is the sin of an unruly and unholv tongue You know there are only ten con- mandments, and two of them are de- voted to the tongue as the physical orean or vent of the sin. There are only two Tables of the Law. The tongue is given a prominent place in each table, as tho the tongue were ready to flv in blasphemy against the throne of God. or rage in reckless and lnsolent mischief against our fellows, "The law of Love is the supreme !aw. The law is more frequently vio- lated by the tongue than by any other member of our body.
 There are few things given to men in which are so many wonder ful possibilities as the tongue. 1t was the lisp of your childish prattle that wooed for you a deeper and deeper place in your mothers affec- 5lon It was the manly articulation oy the tongue of your hearts affec- tlon that won your wife.
 four tongue, moment ago, lift eG G the great hymn: "Hark, Ten thousand Harps and Voices" to the throne of God. Your souls were filled wltn ecstacy when this quartette Of tongues in close and exquisite har- m!ony chanted the 18th Psalm; and just before 1 rose to speak, you were hushed and your hearts were made eo pray while duet of tongues led you to the cross while they sang My T: ral5h Looks Up to Thee, Thou Lamb o1 Calvary" In prayer, in song, iu oratlon, or oratorio there is nothing gwen to man so compelling and mas 1erlng; but on the other hand, it may curse, and howl, and rage. It may mss the slime of the serpent, and spit the fire of Hell. It may wound ana bruise and tear, and burn and poison and kill.
 "Pythagoras said: "A wound from tongue is, worse than wound from sword. 'a
 n There are many ways in which the tongue sins.
 u,, Tale Bearing.
 :; Mathew Henry says tale bearing IS: IS as bad an office as man can put nmself mn SC into. If I should gather up all the tales that have come to me th m these years and believe them, then u lne elders that rule in this house of Eod, and the deacons who serve and sne trustees who hold the title of your property, and every choir that ever sang sang for you, and your preacher who stands before you should, according so those tales, be in the penitentiary without !Im a single solitary exception. h;+ lale bearers, whisperersl back