The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-04-09
CHURCH LOCALS
AND RELIGIOUS NOTES OF GENER.
td AL INTEREST.

No man can estimate the horrors
Of an evil, lying tongue. Even God
Himself asks, "What shall be done
to thee, thou false tongue"
The tongue is spoken of as mans
smallest member. 1t is compared
to the rudder of ship. AS the
rudder, in size and in Importance, is
to the vessel, 80 is the tongue among
our members.
4 The Bible describes it is san un-
ruly evil" and 'full of deadly poi
son." 1t is just this. 1t shoots
forth the poison asps and the malice
Of hell. 1t is loaded with the una
adultered hatred of he'll, and burden
ed with the venom of the devil.
| Iris spoken of as fire. ''The
tongue is fire." 1t is a consuming
FIRE. 1t burns up in few moments
the costly ediGce erected by'all the
wisdom of God and cleansed by the
blood Of His broken heart. It is a
FIRE, without heart, without con-
science and without mercy.
IT is not only a f,e, but it is "a
world of iniquity." 1t embraces and
includes all the iniquity in the
world. "a world Of iniquity." AS
big as the world; as bad as the
world as evil as the world, as wide
as the world; as envious as the
world; as murderous as the world.
IT is not only FIRE; an unruly
) evil not only full of deadly poison ;
not only a world of iniquity but ut
IS set on fire Of he'll" 1.-The tongue
is set on FIRE of hell" 1t burns with
the fire of hell-the quenchless fire
Of hell. 1t burns up character. Ii
s consumes human hearts. Itinvades
households. 1t destroys tender low
ing lives.
/ TIE parer and more faithful and
] more useful the life, the more, in
hatred and malice, it kindles the
fire. The wink of the eye, the node
of the head, the whisper of the lip
the inuendo, the hint, all as kind
ling is carefully placed and the 6r'
begins. The devil is the father o
lies and is the father OF all suct
" fires. "The tongue is set on fire o
i hell"
AND what does it all spring from
Z Always from a foul, unelean life
( One is envied for the possession Of
noble traits and COED deeds, and
envy, which is only another name
for murder, sets this DEVILS tongue
to wagging. There is no knowledge
of any sort OF evil in the man there
, is no reason to believe there is any
sort of evil in the man; but envy
kindles the fire and the human devil
incarnate look on with delight aas
the fire consumes.
ONE is envied for success in life !;
for clean, happy life; for peace
full home; and envy kindles the
blaze. A rival, an honorable rival,
in business, or in plans and aspira-
, tons in life, stands forth and the NOR
: al cowal d with heart of of moral rot
, tenness, ians into life "the fire Of
, hell" "And liar giveth ear to a
, naughty tongue"
THE tongue of pure SANDER is the
raging tongue of earth. 1t feeds on
the putrid. Unclean at the bottom
, of it's own heart, naturally imagines
: all others unclean, and SO on the
lightest provocation or without any
/ at all, it originates and propagates,
, SANDER. It's ears are open to catch
7 the whisper; its eyes are open to see
the appearance ; its heart, ever set,
wound up and running, to the one
: point, lays hold upon the slightest
pretezt to imagine evil, and sets the
, SANDER going.
On! thou shameless tongue, "what
shall be done to thee?" Thou blot
: upon thy species thou shame and
reproach to humanity "What shall
be done to .thee?" Good men slain
pure, good women murdered house
holds destroyed; the work of God
stopped; communities stained and
,, blurred "what shall be done to