The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-05

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CLARA M. TADLOCK.
The Liar and his End.
When God created man He made
him pure and in His own likeness
and image. He was placed in the
Garden of Eden, where he was sur
rounded with all that could make
man happy and contented. His
peace was unbroken, his joys were
unclouded. No sorrow came to his
happy home, no tear bedimmed his
eye. His life was one continual
scene Of pleasure; no death to fear,
no grave to dread. The great enc
my of souls, viewing his condition,
and being glutted with envy, jeal-
ousy and hatred, undertook to de-
throne his peace and happiness.
He knew no method by which to
accomplish his design only by lying
and deception. The enemy accom-
plished his mission and caused the
downfall Of man, by falsehood.
Lying has been the cause of the
death Of Christ; it has been the
cause Of the death Of man and all
the miseries and woes that man.
kind is doomed to suffer. And to-
day the agents of this dread mon
ster are in every community, seek
ing to destroy the peace of some
poor traveller to the tomb. There is
no character beneath the sun so
low and SO degraded as that Of the
liar and the tongue of the slanderer.
They destroy the peace and quiet
ude of families, cause friends to be-
come enemies.
The same God who hath said,
thou shalt not murder, hath said,
thou shalt not lie nor bear false wit
ness against thy neighbor; yet, If a
man should take the life Of man he
is CONDEMNED to die upon the scafold
and goes down to his grave in
shame, while the slanderer is per-
mitted to 60 forth sowing seeds OF
discOrd and contention among the
children Of men. Like thieves at
the midnight hour; like vile SER
pent with their poisonous tongues)
coiled by the path of the traveller,
kissing and striking their venemous
fangs into the hearts Of its victim
like vultures Of the air, feeding up
on the carcass of its victim, so they
feed their filthy nature and glut
their vengeance and desires upon
the character of their fellow-men
like the serpent beguiling Eve they
crawl through their filth and slime
into society, seeking to. rob you OF
your peace and good name. And
when they have accomplished their
fiendish and unprincipled desires
they return to their vomit, like a
dog, and feed upon the spoils
thereof. Such characters should be
banished and excluded from 50.
ciety. They deserve nothing but
the criticism of men and the frowns
of God. And when their false and
faltering tongues (Which have
caused hearts to bleed are silenced
in death they deserve to be buried
in some dark valley of the noun
tain where the howl of the wolf and
the scream of the nighthawk will
whistle over their sleeping dust
How dark and how sad will be the
future reward of those who are
guilty of such a low and debase(
act. Trace the soul as it sweeps GU
to meet the fiery darts of eterna
justice; there will be depicted il
every feature of that immOrta
spirit untold remorse, and as recol
lection runs back to injured one
and broods over past sins, thi
crime against humanity will sur
mount all others, while arch fiend
will conduct it to it's last abode, t,
become a companion of the THE
and murderer, where conscience
will forever feed upon the soul
Then while the winds of eternit,
will fan the flames of justice, bite
recollection will feed remors
throughout endless eternity.
SUBSCRIBER.
Farmers Convention.
Pursuant to a call of the Vice