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Show -SINCERITY SHOWN ft LIFE j: Venerable Declaration TPat Faith Without Works Is of No Avail Remains True. An author tells us that sincerity Is the supreme virtue; but that sincerity is not expressed In words only in real life. The -venerable declaration that faith without works is dead Is true. And one will see an Illustration Illustra-tion of the fact on every side every day. The fact Is the world does not live what It believes. We noted In a book the other day that there would be little. If any, controversy If men said what they thought and felt. This is surely true. Men differ as soon as they appeal from the spirit to the intellect. This is because the spirit deals with the fundamentals and the intellect with the details. Sincerity belong to the former. It Is more than an opinion. It is bigger than a standpoint. stand-point. It is where sincerity gets its Influence, which is the still, small voice that comes out of the whirlwind that roars around every man's life. But we should remember that sincerity sin-cerity is not a concoction, but a virtue, vir-tue, as real as a mother's love. And don't mistake sincerity for consistency. consis-tency. They may be acquainted, but they are not related. Ohio State Journal. |