Sharp County record., 1888-04-26

ona has informed him or your A"D-O' ~
fs ,racrfcing now. In ten years Ne VIII
.-raa7, as well as YOU do. Do not OIa.A7r'
| La ,1rdar +ae deLusiou that you may S"e'',
o~d T-our son not know it. It Is an a"-1-
tbing To start the habit in tanllj-J,Ie
| s-+1a, +o he Drofane, and then to nave .--'
echo Of his example come back ron - 80
generations, SO that generations '-'7-
Generations curse the Lord.
-Tbe crime is also fO5rered by MASTER
4 -,acbonfcs. boss carpenters, those WHO
ara At rIe head Of men in hat factories,
and in do,k yards, and at the mead OIL
C,,,aa+ bu,iaess establishments. Nlen you
r., down 10 look at the work OF the sea--
s,TJi1r and vou find it is not done rlGIl'
what do you say; 1t IS not pra!.L-, -' ~. =,
The employer swears; his enP-o!e ID
tar,---d 10 swear. The man says:
II don't know Why my employer worm
4s+v thousand dollars or one hundred
-housand dollars, should have any luxury
T shourd be denied. simply because "lI
moor. Because I am poor and dapenaslg
IN a davis wages. haven't as much rlsAo
TO swear as he has, with his -'L5' IL
Gomez"
Fmn7overs swear, and that makes so
| many employees swear.
The habit comes from IntrmtF Oh Ten
rer. There are a good many people "Lo'
when lhev are at peace, have righteous
rass Of sneech. but when angared tAry
Haze with imDracatiJu. Perhaps all tAe
rest Of tie wear they talk III rl-AD
language. but now they pour ont the lu-y
of a whole yea in one re I-hoJ paragraph
Of five minutes. I knew Of man VINO
avonsed himself for the habit, saying; -
only. swear once in a great while. must
do that lust to clear myself out
The hab t comes also from the proruse
nse OF bv-w0rds. The transition from %
Jy-word which may be perfectly harmless
to imDrecatiou and profanity, is not avery
large transition. It is my stars ~ ana
"marcv on me" and good gracious =.
and ..bv George and by Joye" and
Won 90 on with that a little while and then
Won swear. These words, perfectly HARM
less in themselves, are next door to IN
{ Dreca ion and bIasThemy. 4 pro-use use
of bv-wOrds always ends in profanity,
! The habit is creeping up into the highest
stvIe Of society. Women have no patience
, with flat and uuvaruished profanity. They
] will order a man out Of the parlOr Indul--
; ing in bIasphemy, and yet you will some-
times find them with fairy fan to the lip,
, and under chandeliers which bring no
blush to their cheek, taking on their lips
i the hoIiest Of names in utter triyiaIty.
l Why. my friends, the English language
is comprehensive and capable Of express
=, ing all shapes Of feeling and every degree
/ Of energy. Are you happy, Noah Webster
= will rive YOU ten thousand words with
/, which to express your ezhiLaratlon. Are
YOU righteOusly indignant, there are whole
, armOries in the vocabulary, righteou,
vocabularv-whOle armies Of denuncia'
q tion. and scorn, and sarcasm, and irony
= and caricature. and wrath. You expires,
V Yourself against some meanuess OI
n hypocrisy, in all the Oaths that evel
e smoked up from the pit, ana l will com'
e right on after you and give a thousand
= fold more emphasis, of denunciasion t.
e the same meannesi and the SAM
e hypocrisy in words across which nd Slim
= has ever trailed, and into which the fire
of hell have never shot their fOrkeC
n toncues-the pure, the innocent, God
2 bonored Anglo-SaXOn in which MlLtol
Q sang. and John Bunyan dreamed an
2 Shakespeare dramatized.
!. There is no excuse for profanity whel
e we have such a magnificent language
Il such q flow Of good words, potent words
= mighty words, words just to suit ever
: ] / hot he
e cause Of it, profanity is on the increase
D and if you do not know It, it is becaus
2 YOUR ears have been hardened by the di
h of imprecatious so that you are not stirre
and moved as you ought to be by pro
Il families in these cities which are enoug
Il TO bring a hurricane Of fire like that whic
S consumed SOdom.
d Do you know that this trivial use G
= Gods name results in perjury? Do yO
e know that people who take the name O
|, God on their lips in recklessHess an
y thoughtlessness are fostering the crime c
V perjury? Make the name Of God foot
e ball in the community, and ithas no powe
: when in courtroom and in legislative as
e sembly it is employed in solemn adjura
h ton! See the way sometimes they ad
: minister the oath: "S' help you God
kiss the book" Smuggling which is a.
st ways a violation Of the oath, becomes i
o some circles a grand joke. You say to
! man:
e "How is it possible for you to sell thas
e goods so very cheap? can't understan
+ it."
d "Ah!" he replies, with a twinkle Of tn
l. eve, ''the custom-house tariff Of thes
l. goods isn't as much as it might be-" A
e oath does not mean as much as it woul
st we're the name of God used in reverend
and in solemnity. Why is it that so oftr
Jurors render unaccountable verdicts an
n Judges give unaccOuntable charges, an
II useless railroad schemes pass in our Stat
capitols, and there are most uniu
1t changes made in tariffs-tariff lifted fro
= one thing and put upon another?
: If you would get rid of this habit, wal
r you, my friends, to dwell upon the u.s.
n lessness Of it. Did volley Of Oaths ev,
1t start heavy load? Did they ever exit
If pate meanness from a customer? D
: they ever collect bad debt? Did the
y ever cure a toothache? Did they ev
J stop the twinge of the rheumatism? D
y they ever help you forward one step in ii
% right direction? Come, now, tell me,
who have had the most experience in tn
e habit, how much have you made out Of
% Five thousand dollars in all your lif
K No. One thousand? No. One hundre
h No. One dollar? No. One cent? No.