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May 19, igog.
Sunda;
BELIEVIN(
Jamei
I acti/in for
GOLDEN TEXT.?"Faith
2:20.
DAILY HOI
M.?James 2:14-26.
W.?Matt. 7:15-29.
F.?-2 Peter 1:1-11.
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TOPICAI
Faith Shown by Works?
Without works faith is dea
Examples of dead faith,
Examples of living fail
SHORTER
Q. 57. Which is the fourth
A. The fourth commandm
day to keep it holy. Six day
work; but the seventh day is
in it thou shalt not do any
daughter, thy man-servant,
cattle, nor thy stranger thai
days the Lord made heaven i
them is, and rested the se
blessed the Sabbath Jay and
LESSON
James, the writer of this
wicsl sun 01 josepn ana iviur
a disciple of Jesus, so far a
reel ion, the risen Lord appei
view. From that time he 1
and influential men among w
along with Peter and John
was unquestionably at the he
Jerusalem, whether as paste
tionship, is uncertain. His 1<
i of Palestine was, in all pro!
t was held at Jerusalem, and
of admitting nnclrcumcised G
lowship. There is no purpos
I line teaching of justification
incidentally useful in prever
Paul's words in the interest
different questions, each as
other is accepted as truth.
James is showing the futili
the life. Paul is discussing
James reminds his readers
the word of God, receive it v
sees himself in a mirror, go
he is a ?3vout and profited
conduct is wholly unaffected
fessed io receive. The man i
est form of solNleception, tc
are to be assented to, rather
It is fairly common for peo
unfortunate, and, therefore,
THE PRESBYTERIA
y School
j AND DOING.
i 2: 14-26.
May 30. 190'J.
without works in dead."?Jarae^
VIE READINGS.
T.?'James 1:16-27.
Th.?Titus 3:1-8.
S?1 John 3:13-24.
!.?Col. 3:1-15.
L .OUTLINE.
d. vs. 14. 17, 18.
vs. 15. 16. 19 20
th, vs. 21-24.
CATtCHiSM.
i commandment?
lent is: "Remember the Sabbath
s shalt thou labor and do all thy
the Sabbath of the Lord thy God;
work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
nor thy maid-servant, nor thy
t is within thy gates; for in six
uid earth, the sea, and all that in
ventli day; wherefore the Lord
hallowed it "
COMMENTS.
letter, is, in all probability, the
y, born after Jesus. He was not
s we know, until after the resurared
to him in a personal interbecame
one of the most zealous
.e early Christians. He is ranked
as a pillar" in the cnurch. He
>aj of the Christian community at
>r or hi some other official relaetter
to Jewish Christians outside
lability, written before the Synod
before the question was agitated
lentiles generally to Christian fele
apparent to antagonize the- Pau
by faith. What James writes is
iting any antinomian wresting of
of error. The two are discussing
suming that the position of the
ty of a mere profession, belied by
a credible profession of faith,
tnat a man may intelligently hear
rithout antagonism, and, as a man
away satisfied with himself that
hearer of the Word, and yet his
I by what he has heard and pros
self-deceived. It is the commont
think that the demands of truth
than to be acted upon.
pie to feel genuinely sorry for the
to regard themselves as kind
lN of the south.
hearted people, who never do i
the cold and hungry. Genuine <
in the hardest hearts. He onlj
puthy prompts him to relieve sufl
hand, to say whether the cmot:
Its character is only disclosed b;
Two plants came up in my gai
ous, leaves were much alike,
tiower and which the weed. Hy
I saw a woman reading a book
thy with the sufferings of the he
she is a kindhearted woman. Hi
relieves no suffering. She findi
plaining why every concrete cat
imposture or sin.
If a man be a hearer cnly, an
hearing is dead. If a man only
his sympathy is dead. is not
sentiment. There is sentimenti
There is no mysterious differen
sometimes used, "head faith" am
The head and the heart, intellec
1 erhaps equally in both. Corre
suitable emotions are stirred.
It ends there. If it be real it dot
ference that we can see is the
belief. If a man wants to kno\
or spurious faith, he must watc
is the result of whatever faith
really believes when he sees hi
lieves in Jesus and makes no a
mands, his faith is dead in its<
seperate things as two oars to
thing, as the fruit and the plant
the fruit, and works is the frui
do not know why. They are des
barren. Spurious faith is never
lent illustration. Abraham's i<
abortive. It "was the genuine
manifest in that it "wrought w
to conceive of Abraham believ
obeying him in the matter ot li
his own judgment did not approi
Abrahams faith was t"he workin
that justifies.
Paul is right, of course, in ins
faith only, and James is on hit
not true faith which is "faith o
the sight of God or man.
Naturalists are guided in the
ence of species of plants and i
and characteristics which are c
those peculiar to each. These
of the classification. The type o
sole basis of its classification. I
works. Demon and wicked mei
apprehend the facts and feel cor
keenness, but it is the resulting
of faith. It was this James, k
afterwards agreed with Paul a
proflteth nothing "and ecclesiastic
Do not draw interest on the i
thing to-day.
Faith in God is something far
theory or opinion about God; i
consequences in logic and in lift
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more than to speak kindly to
amotion of sympathy can exist
r is kind hearted whose symfering.
It is impossible, beforeion
is genuine or seRtIrnetit.il.
y the resulting conduct,
rden. Their first, or eotyledon1
knew not which wa3 the
meir irults they were known,
and shedding tears of symparoine
of the story. She thinks
ei; neighbors can her hard. She
5 fault with sharp tongue, exie
of need she meets is either
<1 not a doer of the Word, his
say kind things to the hungry,
. sympathy, in fact?only false
il faith, as well as real faith,
ce between them. The terms
1 ' heart" faith are unfortunate,
it and emotions, are concerned
*ct facts are apprehended and
If the faith is sentiment only,
*s not end there. The only difconduct
that comes from the
v wnether he has saving faith
h his conduct. What he does
he has. He knows what he
Is conduct. If he says be bettempt
to do what Jesus comelf.
Faith and works are not
a boat. They are the same
. Faitn is the force producing
t. Some plants are barren. I
troyed. Genuine faith is never
fruitful. Abraham is an exeellith
was not sentimental and
and perfect variety. This is *
ith his works." It is possible
ing God, and never dream of
saac, or any other matter that
vo and his own lust covet. But
g variety and that is the sort
sisting that we are justified by
i side in insisting that that is
nly," and it can not justify in
fir determination of the differ
animals, not by those features
ommon to several, but only by
peculiarities are the sole basis
f works wrought by faith is the
n this sense we are justified by
a and good men may all alike
responding emotions with equal
conduct that discloses the type
nown as James the Just, who
nd Barnabas that circumcision
cat ritual is non-essential.
W. D. Hedleston.
mrcesses of the past; do somedeeper
and more vital than any
and it draws after it immense
!.?Charlee Gordon Ames.