...doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ? Can faith save him ? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...which are needful to the body , what doth it profit ?" 2. This very thing is often mentioned in scripture, as an essential part of the character of a godly...

...we were as sheep going astray, but now are we returned to the shepherd and bishop of our souls. 5. If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily...in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding yc give them not of those things, which arc needful to the body, what doth it profit? 6. To do good,...

...shedding tears, or uttering good wishes over their distresses. If a brother or sister be naked, or destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them,...which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? Nothing is more absurd, nothing is more contemptible, than the charity which evaporates in words...

...It is the dependance, not upon a true, but upon a false faith. He then adds, verse fifteenth, — " If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled," fe make profession of good will towards them, but, notwithstanding, " ye give them not those things...

...inactive and worthless benevolence, so delebrated, in modern times, by Godwin and other philosophers. If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...say unto them. Depart in peace : be ye warmed and be ye filled: notwithstanding, ye give them not those things which are needful to the body ; what doth...

...supplies. What a hearty, healthy, honest, spirit breathes through the christianity of the Bible! " If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily...body ; what doth it profit ? Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead, being alone." I had little time to dwell upon this principle, but never did...

...their evil courses. The body must also partake of our charity : for as St. James likewise observes, If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...which are needful to the body; what doth it profit either the afflicted or your own soul? for let that man, whose chanty only shows itself in his lips,...

...it profit, mj brethren, though a man say he hath faith, anfl have not works ? can Aiith save him ? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...you say unto them. Depart in peace, be ye warmed and lilled ; notwithstanding, ye gjve them not those things which are needful to the body, what doth it...

...Christian kindness manifested in the conduct as well as in the profession ? If a brother or sister he naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you...which are needful to the body, what doth it profit? (.« Jas. 15, 16.) 14. Does true friendship continue in adversity? A friend loveth at all times, and...

...is to him a strange thing, of which he has heard little or nothing. " If a brother or .••:.-ir be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of...notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful for the body, what doth it profit ?" There is one respected individual whom I cannot forbear to mention...