Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-05-16
Communicated.
For the Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph.
whisperers and Backb.sePs.

Polus out tuese tNo cuAFacttTS 10 youI
readers. This week I promised to say
something about the evil they do. Il
is their work to sow the seeds of diff.
cu!ties. ! have been at loss to know
what compensation they receive for their
labors. a-s
I,oiH mention tie emil they do bst.0een
pcrsons.-We often hear the remark
"Look at this picture, and that"-we
r,ay look at objects before, and after
the whisperer and backbiter has reached
them. The same may be said Of them,
as is said of the locusts in the Bible:
"a ere devoureth before them, and be-
hind them Game burneth; the land is
as tho garden Of Eden before them, and
behind them a desolate wilderness
Yea, and nothing shall escape them. I"
Two young men lived together in the
same community; they had been friends
over since they went to school together;
they manifested the greatest interest in
each others Welfare. Time, adversity,
prosperity and affection separated them
not from each other. When they met
in the market-place, on the streets, or
in the social circle, it was to smile, and
to extend to each other the right hand
of fellowship, but one day the whisperer
and backbiter visits the homes of both.
They speak evil of one to the other, and
present their authority, "They." Next
time they met, they looked Mt each other
like fends. Their friendship was
broken up, and ended in their beating
and tearing each others flesh.
The erils they do in jamilies.-To on
der's large family composed Of par
ents, and children, and servants. The
servants arc faithful to the family aud
to each other. Parents and children
are proud of their servants. There is a
perfect understanding between them
They put forth every effort to make each
other happy. Should you happen to
drop in some Sunday night, when they
are all together, and see them bow the
knee before God to offer up the evening
sacrifice, you would leave this house ex
claiming-"well that is little heaven
on ea1 tn" But, alas! Our characters
find their way into the family. For
some time they had been enviers of its
happiness and prosperity. They begin
to say bad things of the lady Of the
house to the servants, and of the serv-
ants to the children. Their love for
each other grows cold. The servants
become unfaithful. The parents become
tyrants. They speak not to each other,
unless it is in wrath and anger. The
family that was, week ago, the type of
heaven, is now the type of perdition.
The er2 they do betoeea, fanlilies.-
Yonder's q village Of fifty, sixty, or a
hundred families. Some merchants,
some mechanics and some laborers.-1
They often visit each other. Every
neighbor is glad to think that his neigh
Dor is doing so well. Merchant a is
glad that merchant B is selling so many
goods. Doctor G Of the old school is
not displeased' because doctor Deof the-
new, has a few more calls than be-!
E is happy to think that
blacksmith T has. been able in i few
years3to build as good house as his
own. They all extend to each other
acts Of kindness, and are happy in each
others society But the whlsperer and
backbiter thinks that thing 'sress geiBg
along too pleasantly They start out o n
their hellish journey, go from house to
house, and speak evil Of one to the other, |
and tell their authority, "They." They
ranaack the entire village, and like the
snail, leave their mark behind them. !
The families stop visiting each. other. !
Tue social circle is braken up They
envy each others prosperity, and re- |
ioice over each others misfortunes.
Instead OF helping each other they throw ;
difficulties in each others road. Every
house now is converted into 4 battery
to throw, FIRE balls a.their neighbors.
The evu thcy do IN Churches.--In that
church there are many numbers; some
young, middle-aged, and some old =
fhey love each other, and are CO.
workers together in the Sabbath school,
acause, and prayer meeting.
How pleasant it is, to see, brethren /
dwelling together in Union" But the
and back bitter, having ''stolen
the livery of heaven to serve the devil
in, are found in their midst In a !
very short time, things don't 60 right
in that church. Misundersta ding be-
tween some of the brethren this week.
Difficulty between some Of the sisters
next wesk. superintendent of the Sab
bath.schoel giving up his office; he has
heard, that he was Mt the man for the
place. : I'he minister is troubled with
complaints from all quarters, The
memb bers begin to hate each other
God and men leave the prayer meeting.
1t has lost its power--it dies Many of
the members are !abseatss FROM thei
pews on the Sabbath. The congresa-
tion falls OF, and the minister may just
as we'll pack up aud leave for some
new place of labor 3S'os @s'A 7'i =
/ wouldlike to speak of5the evil they
do, betN cen Observation-Disclosures and
nations; but it would make this article
too long. -,
/ shall not attempt, for I could
hardly expac. to succeed, in telling how
greatly society and the world have
suffered at the hands. of The whisperers
and back bitter, The reputation Of men
and women, good and bad, old aud
young, arg alike withered by their
hlishtfug influence. Their authority, ,'A
s.They, is a convenient mask irolnsbe- 5
hind which they eu'it the foulest lihels, ]
the most scandaous rumors, and yllest.i
insinuations. They are demons who :
spread a moral slaria, that inrades !