Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-10-17

whom they are directed In this as in
other things, with what measure ye
ne e it shall be measured to you again.
a. In many instances cowardice is |
the potent cause of evil speaking. You
have had difference with your neigh
Dor, or rival in business. He has not
the moral courage to meet you face to
face, and demand an explanation or
an honorable adjustment. Possibly he
is conscious of the weakness of his
cause, or knows that he is in the wrong.
II so his hate will be intense. 1t is
not the man whom you have injured
who hates you most The man who
hates you most bitterly, and who never
forgives you, is the man you have
treated justly, and who has served you
wrongly The man who should be your
friend is often your bitterest enemy.
He has wronged you, and knows it.
He knows that he ought to make manly
reparation and confession. He lacks
the moral courage. That man who
should say nothing false against you,
is often the very one who lies about
you deliberately, and sticks to it. That
mans lips will quiver with Lies about
, you to his dying day. He will back
J bite you, and stab you in the dark with
J the sharp dagger of evil whispers. But
the special causes Of evil speaking are
, legion. point out only one other:
, S. 1t is sense of inferiority
A large, noble Newfoundland dog,
, can scarce ever pass through the streets
without lot Of little ours swapping at
his heels. His dignity, lordly carriage,
and worth, seem to challenge the spite
r and ill-well of every worthless, NANCY
' cur that sees him. So they snap and
snarl. In man, or dog, superiority
: must always pay this penalty. Every
! brave, true, successful man will feel the
{ swapping teeth of inferior men. Every
noble woman, who dares to be singular,
{ and to make for herself name and
y place in the world, must expect to
e hear the yelpings of Blanche, Tray and
Sweetheart
. So much for the causes of evil-speak.
/ ing. | call attention now to the 7oays N
ac,hich khe restless, poisoned tongues do Mei,
b 7e,0,R.
S 1. Perhaps the least common, but
p undoubtedly the NEST criminal, is by
b deliberate false accusation. This crime
J. is two-fold. 1t involves malice of the
It heart and lying with the tongue. Every
l. true man holds it the blackest O
II crimes. God declares, most solemnl,
r and explicitly, that all who are guilty
II of it 'shall have their part in the lake
p which burns with fire and birthstone.
n This is too gross, too black form O
e slander to be common.
If 1t is only the reptiles of society who
t are guilty of it But there is yer,
v common sin which is quite close OF kir
g with it Many persons who would no
IS go SO far as to maliciously fabricate {
e false accusation against another, com
y init the sin of exaggerating the rea
= faults which they discover in the
-e character, or conduct of others Trutl
at requires us to state facts as they are
10 without any additions, and in their con
lie nection with other kindred facts. 4
N half-truth is sometimes the worst kind o
% a lie Any intentional exaggeration 0
lie fault, any suppression of part Of th'
a. facts, or of extetenuating circumstances
a made for the purpose of casting rehec
d tions upon mans character, or ere
,e ating prejudice against him is a lyinl
lie slander And the man who does it i
ly both liar and slanderer.
d 2. The unnecessary recital of tn,
rt real faults of others is another favorit
method of the poisoned tongue, Tru
Of Christian charity, Paul says, "rejoicetl
n not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in tn
d truth. Beareth all things, believeth al
e, things, hopeth all things, endnreth al
A. things" But the gossip is just tn
IS opposite He rejoices in the faults c
er men And when good samaritan
IL bind up the gaping wounds and pou
,p lin the oil Of love and the wine c
~ charity, the gossip tears off tn
C. bandages, irritates the healing sore, am
er makes public exhibition of putridity
III No good ever comes of bandying
in mans faults like a shuttle-cock, thrC
IN the community No man was eve
helped by it But many have bee
~ driven to deeper depths of crime by il
n 3. Back-biting is another favorit
i'll method with the poisoned tongue
d. The word carries in it the condemn
as alton and contempt in which the go'
ne sip should be held 1t is fgur
IS taken from the cowardly conduct of
ie mean dog; and it is intended to cor
he vey the treble sense of knavishnes'
e. cowardice, and brutality. He is
Id knave who would rob another of hi
e- good name: he is coward who woul
ne say in the absence of another, what h
es dared not say in his presence: and onl
lg an ill-conditioned dog would fly at an'
'es bite ones back when his face wa
So turned from him All these ideas ar
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