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CHR . They are two things , indeed , and are as diverse as are the soul and the body ; for as the body without the soul is but a dead carcass , so saying , if it be alone , is but a dead carcass also . The soul of religion is the practical part : `` Pure religion and undefiled , before God and the Father , is this , To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction , and to keep himself unspotted from the world . '' -LSB- James 1:27 ; see vv . 22-26 -RSB- This Talkative is not aware of ; he thinks that hearing and saying will make a good Christian , and thus he deceiveth his own soul . Hearing is but as the sowing of the seed ; talking is not sufficient to prove that fruit is indeed in the heart and life ; and let us assure ourselves , that at the day of doom men shall be judged according to their fruits . -LSB- Matt .