Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-20
WORDS.

BY thy words thou shalt be jUsti7nd, and by
thy words thou shalt be conGemnej Matthew
XII; 81.
Polonius coxnselea his son Laertss thus:
''Give thy thoughts no tongue. Give every
maSa shine ear, bat few thy voice." William
of Orange had the rare gift of thinking
without speaking, and when Henry the
Second of France revealed to him the par
ticclars of the royal plot, and the manner
in which all heretieS were to be massacred,
The received the communications of Henry
wi out revealing to the monarch. by word
or look, the enormous blunder be had
committed" and by this silence he was en-
able2 30 give timely warning to t8e Eeth-
eriands.
Words as the expression of love, 81 az
patty and kindness are of iasstimabIa
vaiUe. "a word spoken in due season
how good is it"' said the Wise Nan. Y.
P. Willis, in ore of his paems, tells Of a
vision he had of thought he hsd givss
to the world, "Fitheut fear that it
might tusn to i'll, without prayer that il
might bless" Ia his dream, OF vision, he saw
thst an angel with an open book followed
the thought, and however rapid the
Thought went it sOEld not eut-fse the
'callA pen that wrete its history for heav.
ell" And of the hearts it moved and of
the dreams. passions" and hopes il raised
that aRgel kept record. What fornid.
able array of witnesses for or against a
maa at the bar of judgment, will the words
he has spoken prove.
a word fully spoken is like apples of
geld in pisturss of silver Whs can tell
the good kind Wsrd may do? How often
has word, spoken at the right moment
changed the whole current of a MANS life
To know what to say and when to say it is
one of the most difficult as well as the mesI
useful lessons of life. Few persona strike a
haBpy medium between garruIity and
dUmbness. The speaker has exhausted Ehe
suspect" Is often remarked of some lee
turer or preacher whose ideas could net
Keep pace with his words. When a
men dlss his virtRss are ex.
toAe and his good deeds, real or irrasin-
airy, are follower and over, 'as devotee
c0Ehts her beads" until the hearers are
glad TO barry his name and memory .pse,
81 IN avalanch' of words Now 6.ys everv
event of the slightest Importance is herald.
ed by words. A trifing gift REQUIRES 81
erePtion Of words in the giving ana 20.
caiving; friends part with vaIedictsrv and
meet with salutatorial addresses. IF II he
true that, by thy words thou shalt he
justified, and by thy words thou shalt h.
eoAd9mued," let each enc try to estimate
the numbsr of words he has spoken, and
the COED or evil they have wrought. Is MOI
ths sun appalling?
low maAy false, ssanaalsus, vulgar and
psefane words are daily spsksr. Esu
muSh harm is done by careless v.rd; evon
ny persons who arc enSeavsring to fovow
C-ci5t! A disobe&ieat child j. CALI -
repamand' and the angry parent A.
teacher, not content with a simel, rsaroof
brings Up his past misdeeds ard scoIJ. -. =
t"'.+ h'n until feeling of iaiu,t5es
ran';le8 in his heart, for he know o.,l'.
toe Te!l, how much She .DnisbraYt ~
c'eds tso odsA's, and ine4IeoI.bl. is;.r,.
IS doAe, fse injustice ruins more a.aSsas
thu Indulgence. Il
Angry worI8, and sharp retorts are ~
the ar Qments of the wisest and boat rol-',
ated minds. Of course if a child has h.