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for others; but many consider it a light thing to poison the character of others, and injure their feelings by slandering, backbiting or talebearing. By these, thousands of innocent characters have been shamefully and maliciously martyred. p. 56, Para. 2, [HOLINESS]. Many professed Christians are not guarded enough, and fail on this point. If they are tried with a brother or sister, and see or hear any thing unfavorable about them, they are sure to tell it to others, and perhaps in their tried condition they will put a wrong construction on what they have learned; and if their remarks take and they are not checked, they will tell it to others, and then to others, and so on; and some are not satisfied till they have spread their slanderous reports among the enemies of truth. p. 56, Para. 3, [HOLINESS]. And then the poor, blinded, deceived souls may think they have done a noble work. But what have they done? They have got the sympathy of some, who will perish with them unless they repent. They have blown on and fed the fire of hatred which they in weakness suffered Satan to kindle in their breasts, till it has grown and kindled a great matter, and others have been set on fire of hell. They perhaps have discouraged weak and well-meaning brethren, who have not sufficient experience to meet their influence, and some of whom may never recover from the shock they have received. They have caused the good way to be evil spoken of, and some may have been shut out of the kingdom. The Spirit and lovers of peace have been grieved, and Satan and his contentious host rejoice. p. 56, Para. 4, [HOLINESS]. It is not strange that those who know not God, and the power of his truth, should indulge in slandering and backbiting; but for those who profess to know God and his truth, for professed followers of Jesus Christ, to backbite and slander, is shameful and criminal in the extreme. p. 57, Para. 1, [HOLINESS]. But thank God, those sins need not exist in the church of God, if gospel order and discipline are carried out. Says Christ, "Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone," etc. Matt. xviii, 15-17. Here is the proper course marked out by the Saviour. First go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone. He does not say, go and tell his fault to everybody in the church and to everybody in
the world. p. 57, Para. 2, [HOLINESS]. Those who do this err, and need to be immediately labored with themselves. If those who are tried with their brethren, would go directly to them with their grievances, they would not have so much to say, and much trouble might be saved. p. 57, Para. 3, [HOLINESS]. But some will here say, if ever wisdom is needed it is in doing this duty. This is true. But James says, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him;" chap. i, 5; and he describes heavenly wisdom as follows: "The wisdom that is from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy." Chap. iii, 17. If every trait of this wisdom were fully examined, and strictly followed, this would be an easy duty to perform. p. 58, Para. 1, [HOLINESS]. The following scriptures show how God looks upon slandering, backbiting and talebearing: "He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is fool." "Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes." "Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off." "For I fear, lest when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults." "Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people. . . I am the Lord thy God." "He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth (or enticeth, margin) with his lips." "Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out; so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth." Prov. x, 18; Ps. 1, 20; ci, 5; 2 Cor. xii, 20; Lev. xix, 16; Prov. xx, 19; xxvi, 20. p. 58, Para. 2, [HOLINESS]. One of those sins of backslidden Israel over which Jeremiah was grieved, and which ripened Israel to receive the lingering wrath of Jehovah, was slandering. Jer. ix, 1- 4. And when David undertakes to describe the man who will
Page 1 and 2: Daniel T. Bourdeau: 1835-1905 p. 1,
Page 3 and 4: into subjection to the will of God,
Page 5 and 6: Christ, let us go on to perfection;
Page 7 and 8: as holy, sanctified, perfect, and s
Page 9 and 10: When John the Baptist was preaching
Page 11 and 12: worship of the beast (papacy). By t
Page 13 and 14: Again, those parts which should be
Page 15 and 16: By it we appropriate to ourselves t
Page 17 and 18: can feast, and of which they can in
Page 19 and 20: future state given by Mahomet; also
Page 21 and 22: on just and reasonable motives, on
Page 23 and 24: in God's word? Consistent persons a
Page 25 and 26: doctrine. This was the case with an
Page 27 and 28: e dearer to us than life, and we sh
Page 29 and 30: works cannot be wrought and brought
Page 31 and 32: the senses; and Christians cannot k
Page 33 and 34: But we are to cleanse ourselves fro
Page 35 and 36: As God does nothing in vain, it is
Page 37 and 38: Para. 3, [HOLINESS]. The great apos
Page 39 and 40: the summer, and gathereth her food
Page 41: And first, the tongue is rightly us
Page 45 and 46: for this sin, and of the necessity
Page 47 and 48: employed in telling the truth. The
Page 49 and 50: e justified or condemned in that da
Page 51 and 52: present too many new ideas at once,
Page 53 and 54: praise and honor of men, to receive
Page 55 and 56: But to keep our bodies pure, we mus
Page 57 and 58: eing who is one with the Father, an
Page 59 and 60: who love aright are filled with the
Page 61 and 62: p. 80, Para. 2, [HOLINESS]. Again w
Page 63 and 64: good, and the glory of God demands
Page 65 and 66: gods, which lead men away from the
Page 67 and 68: strict investigation of our spiritu
Page 69 and 70: eareth witness with our spirit that
Page 71 and 72: "There are some who place great dep
Page 73 and 74: examination. We are too apt to leav
Page 75 and 76: judge sitting on a criminal case. I
Page 77 and 78: of God become holy. p. 101, Para. 4
Page 79 and 80: From certain texts of Scripture we
Page 81 and 82: etc. In the previous chapter we are
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make us love. It takes love to keep
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we have to perform to obtain help f
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is within thy gates: for in six day
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Again, they performed actual labor
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This is a species of our own work,
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abroad. p. 136, Para. 3, [HOLINESS]
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necessary that we should spend a po
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the seal of God. Again, the words s
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