Is the amount of scrupulous attention which I am paying to … - Frederick William Faber

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Is the amount of scrupulous attention which I am paying to the government of my tongue at all proportioned to that tremendous truth revealed through St. James, that if I do not bridle my tongue, all my religion is vain?

Frederick William Faber

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Frederick William Faber (June 28, 1814 – September 26, 1863) was an English hymn writer and theologian.

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