Excerpt from Elements of Personal ChristianityAppearance is one of these. A Christian is anybody who seems to be a Christian. You know what I mean: You must be a Christian if you appear to be good, if you go to church regularly, if you pray publicly and testify and belong to church. These acts should be sufficient proof that anyone is a Christian. What do you think?Appearances are deceitful things. We do not ordinarily trust them too far. Wolves camou¿aged as sheep are as common to-day as in the days of Matthew. Persons who seem right do not always prove to be right. The apple that seems luscious may, after all, be sour or tasteless. The ¿ower suggesting perfume may possess no fragrance what ever. N o, seeming is not sufficient as the determining fac tor as to who 1s a Christian. Hypocrites make good pray ers frequently. Even really wicked people sometimes appear to be good and deceive the wisest of us.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.