Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-11
CURSED BE GOSSIP!
REV. DIR. TALMAGE ON THE EVILS
OF TALEBEARING.
The Sensational Press a School for
-Tattling Women
Appropriate Anecdotes.


DR.. Talmage recently lectured in St
Louis, before an audience of over 5000
people, on the "School of Scandal" The
lecture was reported at length in the
Globe-Democrdt Among other things he
said:
The largest school in the world was the
school of scandal, which was bigger than
| any of the greatest universities ever seen
Many thousands had graduated at it, re-
ceived diplomas with black seal, and had
practiced on it day or night ever since
They slandered ministers, and doctors, and
lawyers, and merchants, and State and ma.
tional officials. The newspapers North
South, East and West were sometimes sur
feited with them.
But he would not like his audience tc
imagine that he was disgruntled with the
world, or that he took pessimistie views Of
it. All the fault he had to find with the
world was that it treated him altogether
too WELL. But his friends were badly
treated and slandered, and he often felt
sorry for them. About every 1000 years
| tuTIeu ONtI Il uGW teal Ill t1lc ullt
verse. The time was close at hand for the
next new leaf; he didn't know what that
leaf would be, but he hoped that it would
be the emancipation and evangelization Of
all the world
| The best way to deal with reports Of
evil was to believe nothing unless it was
| thoroughly substantlated; and then he
himself always tried to persuade himsel
that there some mistake about it. Take q
pleasant view about character and make
allowances, as Daniel O'Connell did once
The great Irish agitator was speaking at g
meeting and man stood up. The people
got impatient, and kept shouting "Sit
down." until there was danger of riot
But the more they shouted sit down" the
more that man stood up. At last OCon
nell said "Don't worry. That man i;
probably standing up to rest HIMSELF per
haps he's tailor and has to sit down q
good DEAL"
And the man sat down. Loud laugh
ter. Some men got such bad reputation,
that people wouldn't even believe then
when they accused themselves. Like 8
man who was accused of an ofiense. He
entered a plea of guilty, but there wa.
some technical difficulty and the Judge
sent the case to the jury. This body
promptly found the prisoner not guilty.
| Amt you rather stultifying your
selves" asked the Judge. "This MAJ
said he was guilty"
That's just it." replied the foreman
awe all know that man, and he is such {
COMPOUNDED liar that we can't believe q
word he says" Much laughter.
There were huge factories of ialsehood
and they had to run day and night because
the demand was so great. Almost every
body got lied about some time or other
and if any one in the audience had escaped
so far, he might attribute it to his youth
his time would come sooner or later. Lie:
had destroyed great men and small, and g
lie would have destroyed the man who af
terward became the father of his country
if he had not driven it back with his little
Ratchet. Laughter and applause.
Take case of the old woman gossip
She gets husbands suspicious of wives
brothers vexed with sisters, ministers dis
satisfied with their congregations, anC
people dissatisfied with their pastor.
few whispers are sufficient to make people
eye a carriage as it drives along and re
mark, ooh, we could all keep carriages i
we didn't pay our taxes" Oh the poo
waif on the street, who goes down to he
grave despised by all, is less despicabl'
than the professional tattler, the bag Wit
hides her meanness and tigers claws will
an elegant shawl. Cursed be gossip Ant
the trouble is that when the whole thin,
came to be inquired into, the wrong per
son was always blamed.
Suppose, for instance, man had NJ
more use for his carriage and sold it. Thel
some tattler whispers: "Oh, thought i
would come to that He can't afford t,
keep horse and carriage any more
From this 1t gets to worse, and at last al
the mans creditors get scared, and if h
had the capital of a national bank, h
couldn't withstand the demands made upol
him. Oh ! before person went down TIL
street and talked scandal about the people
he or she had better take q box of matche
and knife and see how man,
houses could be fired and Threats cut
The moral assassination of man was wors,
than his physical assassination, for wha
had man left when his reputation hat
been whispered away? These people ag
: gravated man up to the point Of profan
ity, and then cursed him because he didn'
forthwith sing psalm tunes.
And if mems characters were whispere,
away, what was done with regard t.
women's regulations? Why, many a
honest Il woman as the wife and sister o
the best man in the audience had had he
reputation ruined by scandal, and had beer
tittle-tattled into the grave. Some people
said there was no hell Well, if Their
wasn't hell for such persons as started
SANDER with such result, it was higl
time for some philanthropist 10 step for
ward and provide one. There was oul,
one person who was worse than the tat
tier, and that was the person who listened
to him without protest. The one held tn
bag and the other filled it. The receive
was always worse than the thief. Peopl
who desired to stop SANDER shouldn'
listen to SANDER, and what was especiall
necessary for the education of the young
no Islander should be permitted at til,
family table.
In Judging a neighbor it was only fai
to take circumstances into consideration
There was such thing as good blood an'
bad blood, and some people were born ia,
and never had half chance to be good
Some families had had moral twists il
them for centuries. Some people wer
born liars, others were born kleptomaniacs
and others were born outlaws. 1t wa
only fair to take these things into consid
Grafton. Some people were born nuisances
and couldn't help being nuisances, ant
always must be nuisances. They shout,
be pitied. He (the DOCTOR once met on,
of these born nuisances while on
Western tour. He had to speal
at an important meeting, anc
while preparing his speech he lef
word he could see no one. But mar
insisted on coming in, and after three re
fusals he was admitted on the plea of ar
gent and pressing business. The mar
came in and said
'Oh, doctor, am glad to see you. l an
an annihilationist and want your views OF
the subject. I believe the mind viii e
when the body goes. When my body die,
my mind will die, too, and that wall Be
the last of me-