Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-20

Brooklyn, November 19.-Throngs o
people still continue TO crowd Brooklyn
Tabernacle, this fall, audiences of fiv'
thousand being frequently gathered withir
its walls every Sabbath morning. and even
ing. After the opening hymn DR.. Talmag'
gave out his subject as
"whispers."
Text-Romans l., %: "Whispers."
Paul is calling the roll of the worlds vii
lainy and puts in the midst OF the roll
class of persons known in all cities, in al
neighborhoods and in all places as whis
perers. They are thus described because
they are apt to speak under voice and In
confidential mood and with hand at the
side of the mouth acting as funnel so as
to hinder the precious information from
wandering into the wrong ear. They dc
not speak softly because they are acting
in lung force, or because they are over
powered with the spirit of gentleness, but
because they do not want to be held re-
sponsible for defamation. II no one hear
eth but the one into whose ear the nice lit.
tie delicacy OF intelligence is distilled and
the offender is afterwards arraigned, he can
deny that he ever said it, for the whispereI
is always q first-class liar. Some people
cold or because they want to say some
thing useful without disturbing Others
but the creature photographed by the
apostle Paul gives
Mufied Utterances
from sinister and depraved purposes and
sometimes all you can hear is sibllant
sound as the letter ''5' drops from the tip ol
the tongue into the listening ea-, brief
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venom. They are masculine and femi'
nine, about equally divided, with little
tendency to a majority on The side Of those
who are called the "lords of creation"
They have been heard at the window OF
every bank cashier and in every counting
room, and in all business circles, as well as
at sewing societies, and at meetings OF
orphan asylum managers. They are the
worst foes of society, are responsible for
miseries illimitable, are the scavengers oi
the world, driving their carts through
every community, and, for your execration
and contempt, and loathing, lhold them
up this day before your. eyes. From the
manner in which Paul frequently alludeS
to them Judge that he had himself suf'
fered from their attacks. His persouil
presence was defective and gave abundant
opportunity for their ridicule, aud beside
that he was a bachelor, persisting down
into the sixties in his celibacy and nc
doubt some of them, having failed in
their connubial designs upon him, the lit
tie missionary had to
Take the Raking Fire
-of these whisperers. He was fine morsel
for their scandalization, and Paul, no
longer aole to keep his patience in regard
to them, shows these miscreants 'of the
tongue and heart sitting down in my text
beside the seoundrelly and the murderers.
The law of libel has . quick and stout
grip for open slander. If l should plainly
and by name charge you with fraud, OF
theft, or arson, or uncleanness, the next
morning might have peremptory docu-
ment served on ME. and in dollars and
cents should have to pay you for what
damage had done your character. But
these creatures spoken Of in nay text are
so small they slide through between the
fine-tooth comb of 1the law. They live on
and on, escaping courts and juries and pen
itentiaries. The district attorney cannot
find them. The grand jury cannot find
them. Shut them off from one route oi
perfidy and they start on another No
amount of moral influence can persuade
them to deSist. You might as we'll read
the ten commandments to a flock of crows
expecting them to retreat under the force
of the moral sentiment. They are found
everywhere. think they thrive best in a
village of one or two thousand Inhabitants
where everybody knows everybody, but
our large cities have full share. They are
of a prying disposition. They look into
their morning and evening meal. They can
See as Far Through the Keyhole
as other people see with the door wide
open. They can oyerhear conversations al
the other side of the room. To them the
world is whispering gallery. They puI
the worst construction upon everything
A wife descending into the street with eye:
q little dim with tears, the event is stimu
lating to the tale bearer and sets the whis
perer up in business for many weeks
''Guess that husband and wife don't live
happily together" Warrant you the hus
band abuses her" Outrageous" "Shal
go over and tell the neighbors, for this
thing has got to be stopped" 'Shall briue
the matter before the church" She rushe;
in out of breath, saying: Don't you think
Mrs. All-ear, that our neighbor, poor thing
came out of her house this morning crying
That brute Of a man has been abusing her
Isn't it awful? Just think of having oul
neighborhood disturbed by such goings on
Well, l have suspected it long while.
saw him down street the other afternoon
very gracious and polite. thought theu
he might better go home and pay attention
to his own family who were probably a
that verv time sitting up stairs crying theil
eyes out Now, do persuade your husband
10 60 over and pat an end to this outrage
Dear, me- isn't it awful?" Whisperers
The fact is that
One Woman Set on Fire
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borhood aboil She does not have to be en-
dowed with any special brain. 1t is quit,
requisite that she be not incommoded will
a large family. That would keep her a
home. Such must either be single or have
no children, in order that she may have
time 10 attend to all the secret affairs in tht
neighborhood. Women with large families
seldom succeed as whisperers. II anything
goes wrong she is the first one to hear it
There seems to be telegraph wires and tele
phones between her ear and all the house
helds of all the town. For good, healthy
news she has no appetite; but for the scrap
and peelingS that are thlown out from tht
sculiery into the back yard, she has grea
avidlty. The only day when she has NJ
| time TO 60 abroad is some day when there Il
q new divorce case in the papers with thret
or four delightful columns of private letter
published. That morning she has no TIM
to read even her Bible. She may saunte
out toward night, Just to get another pape
| to sse if there are any more particulars o
the case to get hold Of Satan does not hay'
to look very sharp after his evil dominion
in that neighborhood. He has let out Il
| her the whole contract. She
| Puts Husbands and Wives Ont
with each other, and brothers and sisters il
antagonism, and makes the pastor disgustet
with his church and the church irritatet
with the pastor, and makes neighbors VII,
feel kindly toward each other suspicion
and critical, kissing through their teeth 3
one rides past in q fine carriage, saying
I'VE could keep carriages il we never pai'
| our debts" 1.-two or three of these wins
perers happen to meet, they stir cauldroI
| that makes me think of the three witches 0
| Macbeth, dancing around the boiling caul
dron in a dark cave:
"Double, double toll and trouble;
| Fire, burn, and cauldron bubble.
Fillet OF funny snake.
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye Of newt and toe OF frog,
Wool OF bat and tongue OF dog,
Adders fork and blind worms sting,
Lizards leg and owlets wing,
For q charm of powerful trouble;
Like hell-broth boil and bubble. .-s
Scale OF dragon, tooth OF wolf;
4 Witches mummy; NAV and gun,
| or the ravind salt-sea shark;
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