Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13

profanities. They have no regard 70
God, although they have great respect 70
the ladiesl My young brother, there
no manliness in that. The most ungen
demanly thing man can do is to sw al
Fathers foster this great crime. Their
are parents who are very cautious not I
swear In the presence OF their children Il
moment of sudden anger, they loo,
around to see il the children ar
present when they indulge in this habit
Do you not know, on father, that you
child is aware of the fact that you swesr
He overheard you in the next room, o
someone has informed him CT your habit
He is practicing now. In ten yesrs b.
will swear as well as you do. Do not, Of
father, be under the delusion that yol
may swear and your son not know /:
1t is an awful thing to start the habit II
the family-the father to be proisne, ant
then to have the echo of his example COM
back from other generations; so that gen
eratioDs after generations curse the Lord
The crime is also tostered by msste
mechanics, boss carpenters, those wht
are st the head Of men in hat factories
md in dock-yards, and at the head Of
GREAT BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS.
When you go down to look st the work O.
the scsffolding, and you flnd it is no
done right, Whist do you say? Il is no
praying, is II? The employer swesrs-
mis- employe is tempted to swear. Tht
man says: "I don't know why my EN-
ployer, worth $4,000 or 100000, should
have shy luxury l should be denied sim
ply because 1 am poor. Because an
poor and dependent on days Wsges,
haven't IS much right to swear as he
has with his large inc0me2" Employers
swear, and that makes SO many employees
5wesrI
The habit also comes from inhrmity Of
temper. There are good many people
who, when they are at peace, have right,
eousness of speech, but when angered
they blaze with imprecation. Perhaps
III the rest OF the year they talk in right
but now they pour cut the fury
Of whole year in one red hot paragraph
If five minutes. l knew of man who ex.
FUSED himself for the habit, saying: 81
only swear once in great while.
must do that just to clesr myself out"
The habit comes also from the profuse
lse Of oywords. The transition from q
1yword which may be perfectly harmless
% imprecation aud profanity, Is not 6
very large transition. 1t is "my stars "
md "mercy on mel" and "good gra-
;iousi" snd "by George!" and "by
Lowell" and you 60 on with that c little
While, and then you swear. These words,
harmless in themselves, are
lext door to imprecation and blasphemy.
profuse use Of bywords always ends in
profanity. The habit is creeping up into
he highest styles of society. Women
lave no patience with fas and unvar-
,ished profanity. They will order man
tut of the parlor indulgirg in b!asphemy,
md yet you will sometimes find them
With fairy fan TO the lip, and under chan
tehers which bring no
BLUSH TO THEIR CHEEK,
sking on their lips the hottest Of names
Il utter trlvlslity.
Why, ny friends, the English lsngusge
s comprehensive and capable Of express
ng all shapes Of feeling and every de-
gTe CT energy. Are you happy, Noah
Webster will give you 10000 words with
which to express your e1hilEration. Are
'ou righteously indignant, there are
Whole aImorles IN the vocabulary, righte-
}us Oca0ulGry-Whole armies Of denun-
.iation, and score, and esIcasm, aud
roIy, End CariCatlre, and wrath. You
.xpfess yourself sgsinst some meanness,
II hypocrisy, il ali the oaths that ever
smoked up from the pit, and will come
ignG On sitter you and give thousand
bid more emphasis of denuucistion to
he same mesnness and the same hypoC-
Icy in words across which no slime has
,ver trailed, sud into which the Ares Of
lell have neYer shot their forked tongues
the pure, the Innocent, God-honored
Anglo Saxon in which Milton sang, snd
TOhn Bunyan dreamed, and SHAKESPEARE
lram6tizad.
There is no use for profanity when we
lsve such magnificent lalguage-such
. flow OF good words, potent words,
mighty words, words just to suit every
;risis a1d every case. Whatever be he
;ause Of it, profanity ia on the increase,
md if you do not know it, it is because
'our ears have been hardened by the din
If imprecstions so thstyou arenot stirred
nd moved as you ought to be by profani-
les in these cities which are enough to
ring hurricane CT fire like that which
consumed Sodom.
Do you know that this trivial use of
fod's name results in perjury? Do you
nov that people who take the name of
led on their lips in reckless2ess and
houghtlessness are fostering the crime Of
,e:jurY? Mike the name of God foot
all in the community, and it mss NO
lwsr when in courtroom and legiela-
i've assembly it is employed in
SOLEMN ADJURATIoNl
see the way sometimes they admin
ster the oath: "S'help you God-kiss
ne bookl" Smuggling, which is always
violation Of the oath, becomes in some
Ircles grand joke. You say to man :
How is it possible for you to sell these
foods so very cheap2 l can't understand
J." "Ahl" he replies, with a twinkle of
he eye, "the custom house tariff Of
dese goods isn't as much IS it
night be-" An oath does not mean
g much as 1t would were the name of
rod used in reverence and solemnity
Why is it that so often jurors render I'M
crountshle verdicts, and judges give IN
CCountSole cnoCSesJ auu useless rAllrOh0
chemes pass in our state capitals, and
here e most unjust changes made in
arifs-tsrih lif ed from one thing and
mt upon smother?
What is an oath? Anything solemn?
lnYthing that calls upon the Almighty?
Anything thst marks sn event IN mau's
istoryH Oh, mol 1t is kissing the book!
acre is no habit, tell you plainly-snd
talk to hundreds and thousands of men
o-dsy who will thank me for my utter