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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 15, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 36.

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ORTHODOX LIVES.

No man really believes any more than he practices. "Faith" is the most abused noun in the language, and "believe" the most abused verb. Men say they believe in Christ, who do not show the first quality of his temper. Women say they believe in love, who are exacting, selfish, vain, worldly, altogether unlovely. People are very orthodox in notions, who are the greatest of heretics in their lives. The Jews never became atheists or infidels; but if you want to know what they really believed, read the twenty-third chapter of Matthew.
In religion, only that is believed which is lived. There is no Christian faith unless it makes a man a Christian, and that not in the head, but in the heart. If you call yourself a believer, and want to know whether you are justified in so doing, ask yourself this question: "What kind of a man am I?" And remember, "If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his."—Presbyterian Observer.