The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-12-28

Dir. Talmage took for the theme OF hi
sermon in the Brooklyn Tabernacle tn
subject OF slander, choosing for bis tex
one word from the twenty ninth verse o
the First Epistle to the Romans --"Whis
perers" In calling the roll the world
villainy, said DR.. Talmage, Paul puts in th'
midst those persons known in oil commun
tiles as whisperers Wbisperers are al
ways first class liars. They are masculin,
and feminine, with tendency to majority
on tho side of those who are called the
lords OF creation. These creatures are sc
small that they escape the fne-tooth cont
of the law. They are to be found every
where, but their paradise is country vii
lage OF about one or two thousand people,
where everybody knows everybody. The
world to them is a whispering gallery. One
man or woman set fire with this hellish
spirit will keep whole neighhorhood
aboil. When two or three Of these whis-
perers get together they stir a caldron OF
trouble which makes me think Of the three
witches OF Macbeth dancing around a boil
ing caldron in dark cave. Here the
preacher recited the witches chorus, con-
tinuing: what caldronl Would
YOU like to have taste Of It? (LsnXhter. !
| have more respect for q poor walf OF the
street that floats down under the gaslight--
for she deceives no one than for the hags
of respectable socity who cover their tiger
claws with fine shawl and Dol. the hell
of their heart with diamond breastpin.
(Applause..
The work Of masculine whiperers is
chiefly seen in business embarrassments.
Crash goes everythingl All, if people
would only mind their own business we
would have the millennium next week!
Alas for these talebearers, these whisper
ers these everlasting ''snoops!" Laughter)
/ hate EN- with an ever increasing vehe-
mence OF hatred, and / ask God to give me
more intensity with which to hate them.
l think among the worst whisperers are
those who gather up oil the harsh things
thas have been said about you. After
they have made your feelings all raw they
take this turpentine and rub it on with a
coarse towel Rather than defamation OF
good names it would he more honorable
business to take box OF matches and q
razor and see how many houses you can
bnrn and how many throats you can cut.
The destruction of mans name is worse
than the destruction OF his life But how
much worse it is to damage woman's rep
utation! Some people say there Is no hell
for snch dospoiler of womanly character;
then it is high time that some pbilan-
thropliist build one What time the
whisperers will have when they all get to.
gether there rehearsing things. Semi-heay.
On Of scandalmongersl Stopping their
gabble about their diabolicI neighbors
only long enough TO 60 to the gate and ask
some new conner from the earth what is
the last gossip in Brooklyn. Laughter
Now, how are we 10 ward against this
iniqnity which curses every community
on earth? First, by refusal to listen or be.
lieve whispercr. There is,oniy one per-
son worse than the whisperer, and that Is
the man or woman who listens without
protest. An ancient writer declares that
the slanderer and the man who believes
the slanderer ought both TO be hanged,
the one by the tongue and the otherb by the
ear--and agree with him. Don't retail
gossip! Don't cackle Bnt although whis-
pers may do little damage their slander
becomes an eulogy. Go on and do your
duty and God will take care Of your rep
utation. Make right use Of your tongue,
II is loose at one end and can swing either
way, but it is fastened at the other end 10
the floor OF the mouth and that makes you
for whichever way IL wsgs
The time will soon come when we will all
whisper. The voice will he enfeebled 10
the last sickness. When that solemn hour
comes TO me and to you. a. come it will
may it he found that we did eur best to
serve Christ and 10 cheer our comrades in
the earthly struggle, and that we eonse.
Grated no. only our hand but our tongue
TO God, so that the shades that fall around
our dying pillow shall not be the evening
twilight Of a gathering night. but the
twilight Of su everlasting dayl