Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-25
PEOPLE WHO SWEAR.
Startling Examples Quoted by Mr.. Tai
mage of Men Who Rare Cursed God and


Startling Examples Quoted by Mr.. Tai
maze of Men Who Rare Cursed God and
Died
The Brooklyn tabernacle was crowded
last Sunday morning when MIR. Talmage
took his text from the ninth verse of the
second chapter of Job, Course God and
die.'' Prefacing his remarks with the
story of Jobs tribulations and his refusal
to curse the Lord at the command of his
wife, Mr.. Talmage said that blasphemy
is one of the ten plaques. The drayman
curses in the street and the girl swears IN
the factory Little children swear, men
swear, ladies swear (half-suppressed
Notwithstanding, from the calling On
the Almighty in the low restaurant
up to the ooh, Lordl" from female
lips in the glittering drawing room. 1t
was no profanity when James A. Garfield
in the Washington depot cried out: sob!
nv God What does this mean I" There
is no profanity in ealing on God in the
day of desolation. Between sixteen and
twenty years of age there is time when
young man is as much ashamed at not
being able to swear freely and gracefully
as he was of the dizziness caused by his
first cigar 1t is not heard in the draw
ing room-men have NO reverence for
God, but they respect the ladies. Fathers
and children swear. The crime is also
fostered by master mechanics and those
at the head of great business
houses. Some men say they only swear
once in a great while when they get
mad; they've got to do ito clear
themselves out. The habit comes from
bywords. "My stars! Mercy on me!
Goodness gracious! By George! By
Jovel' daughter among the ladies'
These words, perfectly harmless in them
selves, are next door to swearing. The
continual use of bywords always leads to
profanity. Here the preacher asked if
there were not words enough in the En-
glish language to express ones hatred
and condemnation of anything mean and
false without having resource to swear
ing. He would let any man begin and
curse and he would come after him and
express stronger condemnation and
hatred with good, pure English. "There
Is not,' he continued, ga city or village
which cannot give you an Illustration of
a man struck down in the moment of
imprecation. In New Brunswick, n. j.,
| Just before l went there as student, a
man on the railroad track uttered hor-
rible oath. A train came along and
struck him dead. The physicians exam
lining the body found hardly bruise, ex-
cept that the tongue was cut out. No
mystery in it. He cursed God and died.
In Scotland there was club for hor-
rlble purpose. Whoever uttered the most
horrible oath was to be president. The
man who assumed the chair contracted q
most peculiar disease. His mouth swelled
and his tongue protruded out of the mouth.
The physicians could not understand it.
There was no record of such case. l
understood it. He cursed God and died.
In the village of Catskill crowd of men
stood IN a blacksmith-shop during a
storm. A clap of thunder came and they
were frightened. One man said: Il am
not afraid. can defy the Almighty.
He made a wager and went out. He
shook his fist at the heavens and said
Strike, if you dare!' Instantly he fell,
struck dead He cursed God and died. u