[Manna - February 20]
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue,...this man's religion is vain. James 1:26
BECAUSE the tongue is the index of the heart, because
"out of the fullness of the heart the mouth
speaketh," therefore the unbridled tongue, speaking
selfishly, enviously, bitterly, boastfully, slanderously,
proves that the heart from whose fullness these overflow
is unsanctified, unholy, grievously lacking of the
spirit of Christ—hence, whatever religion it may have
attained is thus far vain, as that heart is not saved,
nor in a salvable condition....The Good Physician
has pointed out antidotes for soul-poisoning—medicines
which, if properly taken according to directions,
will sweeten the bitter heart. Z.'99-215 R2517:2