Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-03-04

The Eject Of DlanAeP UDon the
. slsnAersr sDa she 1lAAAsroa.

The Effect Of DlanAer UD0o IN
slanAersr HpA she slAsAsssa.
For The REPUBLIcAH.
"The tongue is fire, . world of in
quity, so Is the tongue among our men
bsrs that 1t dsflesh the whole BODY
and se,teth on fire the course of nature
and ID Get on fire of hcll. For ever
kind of beast, and Of birds, and of ssr
pents, and things in the sea are tame
and hath been tanned by man kind
but the tongue can no man tame; 1t
an unluly evil full of deadly poison.
The bard of Avon IL hsrdly y less sever
upon the tongue than is St. James:
Back wounding cslumy,
The whitest virtue strikes;
What king so strong
Can tie tho gall upon the 'lsndsrou
tong kuer'
"There are but ten precepts Of tn
law of God, says Leighton, land tw'
Of them, 80 far az concerns the outwsr,
organ and vent of the sins there forbid
den, are bestowed ou the tongue, Con,
in the first table and the other in th'
second table) A. though 1t were ready
to fly out both against God and man /
not thus bridled." "
"Surgery may heal bodily wound
but " hat balm can bind up the bite OF
= slandrous tongue? Robbery may be
recompensed by res tuition, but how car
you ever make anends to the man you
have traduced? tell you truly, not oil
the wealth you have III the world can
wipe away the wrong you have done
in such = case. Hear Shakespeare
again:
Who steals my purse steals trash.
'Tis somethlnu, nothing,
Twas mine, It's his, and las ben slave u
thousands.
But lie who filchss me OF my good name,
kobs Inc OF that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.'
Whom professed christians back bite
and slander their brother, they disgrace
their profession, and bring great re-
proach upon chris ;ianity.
These slaLderers are most dangerous
of all and most to be dreaded.
Some one has said: Evil.speaking,
gossiping, bSckbIting, and slandering
ruined more characters, and is a great
er evil to mankind, than the rum and
whiskey traffic with all their woes aud
sorrow."
The slandered and injured one should
rememb b,r that the Judge wi pass SEN
tenc-, not according to what any other
person said concerning you, but accord
ing to what you have yourself spoken.
They that are accused, then, have nc
need to fear, but they that accuse, Mr..
Wesley says: Don't talk much, nor
long at q time. Few can converse pro-
titable above an hour, keep AT the ut
most distance from pious chit chat, from
religious gossiping.'
"a disposition to scandal, says Dr..
Kitlo, ''is a compound of iIalignity
and stimulation. 1t never urges an
opinion with the bold ConciOuness of
the truth, but deals in mono.onous jar
gon of half sentences, conveying its am
biguties by emphasis. Its propagators
lay mighty stress upon the May be's'
and IN say no more Let us hope
not "rhey do say SO and Time will
show, thus confirming the evil they
affect to deplore, more under the SEM
blance of pity and prudential caution,
than they possibly could in any shape
short of denunciaiion.
Observe the greatest reserve with
persons of this description, they are the
hyenas of s.cie:y, perpetually prowl-
ing over reputation, which is their
prey, lamenting and at the same time
enjoying the ruin they create.
Hannah Moore fully endorses the
preceding sentiments when she says ::
"Ihe artful inquiry, whose ven.
omed dart scarce wounds the hearing.
while it stabs the heart
Tho guarded phrase whose meaning
k lis, yet told,
The listener wonders how you thought 1t
cold.
These, and thousand griefs minute az
these pervade our comfort and destroy
our ease.
The man who attempts to rise in the
world by pulling his neighbor down, is
unfit to be elevated, and mankind will
do well TO keep him where he Is, unless
they wish to create a heartless tyrant.
The woman who can 60 from house to
house, and opens her budget of evil
reports, begs you not to mentlon 1t on
any account, it would 10 greve her that
it should get abroad, and the poor crea.
ture be injured, and repeats the SAINT
wherever she goes, is not only a very
character, but she proclaim.
herself very vixen. Pollock truiy
says of such one
"'T was slander filed her mouth
with lying words,
Sander, the foulest wLelp Of SIN"
But it takes two to make SANDER, one
to speak and The other to hear. Ii there
W, 70 not a receiver of tales, there would
be no vale bearer
Tale bearers and tale hearers are
alike guilty; the one hates the devil in
his tongue, the other in his ear. They
both deserve to be hanished from the
pale of virtuous and honorable society,
until they reform their lives. DR..
South says "The two deserve, if they
continue in their sin, to be suspended
in the flames of hell, tho one by the ton
que and the other by the ear. as the
proper mode of expsting their sim"
The following from Mrs. Osgood truth
fully depicts the spread and fatal re-
suits OF the slanderer
"Ah me d quick and eager ear
Caught up he II tie meaBilg sound
A other voice has b"sathed 1t clear,
And 80 it W nders 70 md
Flom ear to lip, foIA lip to ear,
Uat ] 1t reached gentle heart,