...hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.— Ps. cvi. 24, 25. 33". A prayer to be hept from sinful words, Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips.—Ps. cxli. 3. 34. Why the serpent of brass was lihe Christ. And as Moses lifted up the serpent...

...turbulent, and easily inflamed member, you are going to God with the prayer of the psalmist, (Ps. cxli. 3,) " Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, keep the door of my lips." You call to mind that admonition, which God has repeated, for its importance, in the New Testament,...

...heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle. Ps. xxxix. 1. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips. Ps. cxli. 3. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, this man's religion...

...April 28, 1794. Broad Marston. — "After much fatigue, and many fears, I arrived here this evening. ' Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips.' Let me remember that wisdom shows itself in speaking just enough, and not too much, and in proper time....

...that are good. Thus did Agur; " Remove far from me vanity and lies," Prov. xxx. 8. Thus did David; " Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips," Psa. cxli. 3. As you must beg pardon of God, when you have offended in the misgoverning your tongues,...

...expressions of it be resolutely controlled. In such a case, how suitable is the psalmist's prayer, " Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips!" If we can sufficiently command ourselves to give utterance to the " soft answer which turneth away...

...take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle. Ps. xxxix. 1. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my his tongue, this man's religion is vain. James i. 26. The tongue is a little member, and boasteth great...

...prayer be j-set forth before thee a* incense ; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. od's judgments against the enemies of the church. 13 The privilege the righteous. Their lips, which uttered mischief against others, shall be the means of covering themselves...

...will take heed to my ways that I sin not with my tongue, I will keep my mouth as with a bridle." " Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips." St. James, who seems to have been especially anxious to recommend the daily practice of Christianity...

...question. He felt deeply the importance of a well-regulated tongue, and made it the subject of prayer. " Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips." David was evidently not one of those who held the use of speech to be uncognizable by the Divine law....