...USEFULNESS. " What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works 1 can faith save him 1" "If a brother or sister be naked...which are needful to the body, what doth it profit -! " James ii. 14, 15, 16. IN our former number we endeavored to show the claims of Monthly Concerts...

...profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ? can faith save him ?" For " If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful for the body, what doth it profit?" (Id. 14 — 16.) Therefore our conscience, regulated by the rules...

...It is not good wishes, no, nor good words neither, that avail in such cases ; as St. James tells us, If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...filled, notwithstanding ye give them not those things that are needful to the body, what doth it profit ? Jam. ii. 15, 16. No sure, it profits them nothing...

...in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. Jo. i. 27- If a brother nr <i~ter his hands upon a few sick folk and healed them. And...you of a truth (said Jens) many widows were in Israe needfel to the body, what doth it profit .' Ja. K. 15, 16. Hereby perceive we the love of fi'jd. because...

...and handle these dainties without remembering the poor 1 But hark, says this heavenly messenger : " If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye gave them not those things which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ?' Methinks, I behold...

...not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be...which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. James' discussion of partiality and the...

...2:8). And in verses 15, 16 James, under the leadership of the Holy Spirit, puts teeth into the command: "If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...which are needful to the body, what doth it profit?" we are producing ugliness in the name of truth. I am convinced that in the twentieth century people...

...not works? can faith save him? 15. If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16. And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be...which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17. Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith,...

...fulness we must give in the same measure. There must be exchange, a giving of the unseen and the seen. "If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of...which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit?" Cleanse the motive. "Fine words butter no parsnips." There is a word that has substance as its base;...

...before a sinning immortality.' Franklin has abridged the original considerably. 93 James 11, 15, 16: 'If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of...which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?' (King James Version). 112 litera scripta manet: 'the written word endures'. 117 honourable 8> learned...