Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-12-02
y ye righteous! and again | say, re.

ihghI Put The gun TO your shoulder,
and aim at the black Jungle from
which the hooting comes, pull the
trigger, aud drop that croaking. loath-
some. hideous owl of religious melan-
choly into the bushes.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT GossIPs.
Again; taking the suggestion Of the
text, drive out the yulture from your
soul. God would not allow the Jews
TO eat it. II lives on carcasses; il fat
tens among the dead; with leaden
wing it circles about battle fields.
Wilson, the American ornithologist.
counted two hundred and thirty-seven
vultures around one carcass. II cross
Ing the desert when there is no sign Of
wing in the air, a camel perish out Of
the caravan, Immediately the air be-
gins 10 darken with vultures. There
are many professed Christians who
have a vulture in their souls. They
prey upon the character and feelings
Of others. A doubtful reputation is a
banquet for them. Some rival in
trade or profession falls, and the vul-
ture puts outs its head These people
revel in the details of a mans ruin.
They say: 81 told you So" They
rush into some store and say: Have
you heard the news2 Just as | ex.
pectedl Our neighbor has gone all TO
pieces Good for himl"
That professedly Christian woman,
having heard Of the wrong doing of
some sister in the church, instead Of
hiding the sin with a mantle Of char
ity, peddles il ali along the streets.
She takes the afternoon TO make her
long neglected calls. She tells the
story ten times before sundown, and
every time tells il larger. She rushes
into the parlors TO tell it, and into the
nursery 10 tell il, and into the kitchen
to tell il. She SAYS: Would you have
thought in Well, | always said there
was something wrong about her.
Why, | should not speak to her if
| saw her in the street Is il not
horriblei But better not say anything
about il, because there may be some
mistake. do not want my name in.
volved in the matter. / guess 1 will
Just 90 over and ask them at No. 263
whether they have heard it Guess il
must be so, for Mary Ann says that
her husband saw O man who heard
from his business partner that his
blind old grandmother had seen some
thing that looked very suspiciousl"
The most loathsome, miserable, God
forsaken wretch on earth is a gossip.
Ican tell her on the street, though
have never seen her before. She walks
fast, and has her bonnet strings loose
for she has not had time 10 tie them
since she heard that last scandal. She
looks both ways as she passes, hoping
TO see new evidences Of depravity il
the windows. think that when Saiar
has a job so infinitely mean that in al
the pit he cannot find devil meal
enough 10 do it, and all bribes ant
threats have failed TO get one willing
for the internal crusade, he says TO on,
of his sergeants: Go up TO Brook
lyn, and in such a street, on such G
corner, get that gossiping woman
and she will be glad 10 do il.
And sure enough. like a hungry
fish, she takes the hook in her mouth,
and Satan slackens the line, and lets
her run out farther and farther, until
after awhile he says: 1T is time Ia
haul in that line" and with a few
strong pulls, he brings her TO the beach
OF fire What do you sayi That she
was a member of the chuchl | can
not help that w IN Satan goes a-tish-
ing, he does not care what school the
fish belong TO, whether it is a Presby-
terian mackerel or an Episcopalian
salmon. Amidst the thunder crash of
Sinai, God said; Thou shall not bear
false witness against thy neighbor "
And in Leviticus, he says: Thou
shalt not 60 up and down as a tale
bearer Take not into your ear
that scum OF hell that people call
tittle-tattle. Whosoever willingly lis
tens to a SANDER isequally guilty with
the one who tells il, and an old writer
says they ought both TO be hung, the
one by the tongue and the other by
the ear Do not smile upon such a
spaniel, lest, like a pleased dog, he
put his dirty paw upon you, Throw
back the shutter Of your soul, oh
Christian men and women, and see If
there be within you vulturo with
filthy talons and cruel beak. Let not
this unclean thing roost in your soul,
for my text says: "Ye shall hold in
abomination among the fowls, the
vulture."
THE ERROR OF BEING LIKE A BAT.
Again: taking the suggestion Of the
text drive out the bat from your soul.
No wonder God set this bird among
the uncean. II is an offense 10 every
one. Let il fy into the window Of a
summer night, and all the hands,
young and old. are against il. II is
half bird and half mouse. Il seems
made partly TO walk and partly
TO ay, and does neither well
and becomes an emblem Of those
Christians who try TO cling 10 earth
and heaven at the same time. They
want 10 walk on earth in worldlineSs.
and yet lly toward heaven in spirit
uality; and their soul, between feet
and wings, is constantly perplexed
oh, my brethren, be one thing or th,
other Choose the world II YOU pre-
fer IL; and sec how many dollori
you can win, and how much applaus,
you can gain, and how large a busi
ness you can establish aud how gran,
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