Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-04-21

the ~. that we have uttered SO
many profanities in the last few days.
4; is replied the gentleman. Then, q"
sid the m4n who had taken the manu-
- will never swear again
But il is Il comparatively unimportant
hing If a man makes record OF VI inn
'roprieties Of speech, The more memo
able consideration is that every improper
word, every oath uttered. has "a record in
he book of God remembrance, and that
he day will come when all our crimes of
pccch, if unrepcnted Of. will he our con
.emnation. | shall not today deal IN alb
fractions. | hate distractions. | am
DING to have a plain talk with you, nay
'rother, about a habit tina; you admit to
&C wrong.
GROWING HABIT.
The habit grows in the community in
be fact that young people think 1t manly
0 swear. Little children, hardly able to
walk straight on the street, yet have
nOugh ~dlstinctncss of uttcrancc te let
ou know that they are damning their
wn souls, or da,nning the souls Of Others.
/ is an awful thing the first time the
itle feet are lifted to have them set
own on the burning pavement Of hell.
Between sixteen and twenty years OF
gc, there is apt 10 cOme a time when a
Dung man is as much ashamed of not
,eing able to swear gracefully az he is of
he dizziness Of his first cigar. lie has
lis hat, his boot. and Ais coat Of tlc right
and now. il he can only swear
without awkwaIdness, and as well as his
omradcs. he believes he is inlhc fashion.
are young men who walk in al
tmosphcre of ~imprecation oaths on
heir lips, under their tongues, nesting in
heir shock of hair. They abstain from
/ IN the elegant drawing room. but the
trect and clubhouse ring with thrir pro
antics. They have no regard for God,
Though they have great respect for the
My young brother, there is no
lanlincSs in that. The most unCentle.
manly thing a man can 90 is to swear.
Fathers foster this great crime. There
re parents who are very cautious no to
wear in The presence of their children;
d IL moment Of sudden anger, they look
round To see if the children are present
,bcn they indulge in this habit. DO
on not know, @ father. that your child
: 81 " dl' - INV Ii'l llNb y wv. wal Nv
.vcrheard YOU in the next room. orsome-
ne has informed him Of your habit. He
; practiring now. In ten years lie will
wear as well as you DO. DO not, O
be under the dclusion that you
nay swear and your son not know it.
/ IL an awful thing TO start the habit in
family-the father to be profane, and
hen to have the echo of his example
ONE back from other gcneratiCLs; So
generations after generations curse
he Lord.
now SWEARING Is FOsTERED.
RI" crime is also fostcrcd by master
Mechanics. boss carpenters, those who are
the head Of men in hat factories. and
n dock yards. and at the head of great
BUSINESS establishments. When YOU 90
II to look at the work Of the scaifold-
ny, and you find it Is moi done right,
, hat do you say? 1t is not praying, is it?
Ihe employer sWears- his cmployc is
cmptcd to swear. The man says: Il
know why my employer, worth
coo or 500, 600. should have amy lux
| should toe dcnAd simrly because
IN poor. b cause | am poor and Deepen.
tent on a day wages, haven't | rs much
light To swear rs he has with his large in
ONE. Employers swear, and that makes
o many employees swear.
The habit also comes from inhrmity of
cmper. There are a good many people
yho, when they are at peace, have right
Of speech, but when fingered
hey blaze with ~mprcCation. Perhaps
III the rest of The year they talk in right
anguagc. but now they pour out thefury
y "A whole year in one red hot paragraph
" five minutes. ! knew OF "A man who
REUSED himself for The habit, saying: II
My swear once in a great while. / must
20 that just to clear myself out"
The habit comes also from The profuse
$50 of bywords. The transition from a
y word which may he perfectly harmless
impreCation and profanity. is not a
yery large transition. 1t is my stars
md mercy on me- and good gra-
'ious,' and by George and by
lover and you go IN with that a little
while, and then YOU e These words.
perfectly harmless in themselves, are leXt
ioor to imprecation and ~blasphcmy. a
use Of bywords always ends in
profanity. The habit is creeping into the
styles Of society. Women have
10 patience with flat and unvarnishcd
profanity. The will order a man out Of
he parlor INDUCING in blasphemy, and
'et o will sometimes find them with
airy fan 10 the lip, and undcrChandelicrs
bring no bluah to their cheek. tax
ne on their lips the hottest of names in
alter triviality.
LANGUAGE WITHOUT PROFANITY.
Why, my friends, the English language
$ comprehensive and capable Of express
all Shapes of feeling and every degree
If energy Are you happy, Noah Web
win give You ten thousand words
to express your hilaration. Are
r~igbtCouslv indignant. there arc
whole armoriCs in thc yocabulary-yight-
vocahulary-wholc armies of denun-
,iation, and scorn, and sarcasm, and
ronv. and carlcaturr, and wrath. You
'xprcss yourself against some mcanncss
,r hypocrisy. in all the oa,hs that ever
moked up from the PIT. and | will come
light on after YOU and give a thousand
old more emphasis Of dcnuncjaiiOn to
he same meanuCS and the same hVpOc-
isy in words across which no slime has
trailed, and into which he fires of
lell have never shot their forkcd tongues
the pure. the innocent, God-houorcd
Apglo-Saxon in which Milton sang, and
dreamed, and Shakspere dram
There il no excuse for profanity when
We have such a magnlicpnt language