The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-08-08
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sufficient to start the tongue of
SANDER.
Never does a man portray his
own character moro WILDLY than
his manner in portraying anoth-
er's. There is something unusual
about the man whom you have
never heard say a good word about
any mortal, but who can say much
OF evil, of nearly all he is acquaint-
ed with. Never speak evil of an
other, even with O cause. Remem-
Der we all have our faults, ana if
we expect charity from the world,
we must be charitable ourselves.
Most persons have visible faults,
and most are sometimes incOnsist-
emit; upon these faults and mis-
takes petty scandal delights to
feast. And even when free from
external blemishes envy and jeal-
ousy can start the blood hound of
suspiciOn--create u noise that will
attract attention and many may
be led to suppose there is game
where there is nothing but thin air.
A word once spoken can never
be recalled, therefore tits prudent
to think twice before we speak, es-
peciulIy when i'll is the burden Of
our talk. Give no heed to an in
famous story handed you by per-
son known to be an enemy to the
one he is OBTAINING, neither con-
denim your neighbor unheard, for
there are always two sides to a
story. Hear no i'll Of q friend, nor
speak any of an enemy. Believe
not all you hear, nor repeat all
you believe. Be cautious in be-
lieving i'll of others, and more eau
tious in reporting it. There is sci
dom anything uttered in malice
which returns to the heart of the
speaker. Believe nothing against
another but on good authority, nor
report what may hurt another,
unless it be a greater hurt to 9th
cr5 to conceal it. 1t is a sign of
bad reputation to take pleasure in
hearing i'll Of our neighbors. He
who sells his neighbor's credit at Il
! low rate makes a market for an
other to buy his at the same rate.
He who indulgcs himsolfin calum-
mating or ridiculing the absent
plainly shows his company what
they may expect from him after
he leaves them.
Deal tenderly with the absent.
Say nothing to infict a wound on
their reputation. They may be
wrong and wicked, yet your knowl-
edge of it does not oblige you to
disclose their character, except to
save others from injury. Then do
it in a way that bespeakS spirit
of kindness for the absent offender.
Evil reports are often the results
of misunderstanding or of evil de-
signs, or they proceed from an en-
aggerated or partial disclosure of
facts. Wait, learn the whole story
before you decide; then believe
what the evidence compels you to
and no more. But even then take
heed not to indulge in the unkind-
ness else you dissipate all the spirit
of prayer for them, and unnerve
for doing them good. On many q
mind and many heart there are
sad inscriptions deeply engraved
by the tongue of SANDER, which
no effort can erase. They are
more durable than the impression
of the diamond ON the glass, for
the inscription on the glass may
be destroyed by a blow, but the
impression on the heart lasts for
ever. Let not the sting of calumny
sink too deeply in your soul. He
who j. never subject to SANDER Is
generally of too little mental ac-
count to be worthy oft. Remem-
Der that it is always the best fruit
1.-The birds eat, the wasp lights on
| the finest flowers, and that ISLANDERS
fare like flies, that overlook al
mans good parts in order to light
Ion his sores. Know that SANDER
| ID not long lived, provided that
your conduct does not justify them,
land that truth, the child Of time,
ere long will appear te vindlcate
lthee Golden Gems OF life.
The word Catholic means 'uni-
\ ..olep, and the Catholic church