The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12
Rev. DR.. TaInage Denounces the
Whispering of Evil.
AMONG GREAT VLLLAiNlES.
More Harmful Than Open Sian
ders. Destroying Coco
Names the Worst Of
Crimes.

that have cursed the WoTl0 au@ u! Ses
generous Interpretation OF the charac.
tens of others; text, Romans !, ~.
Full of envy, murder debate, deceit,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Paul was here calling the long roll OF
the worlds villainy, aud he puts in the
midst of this roll those persons known
in all cities and communities and places
as whisperers. They are so called be-
aause tlaey generally speak undervolce
and in a confidential way; their hand to
the side of their mouth acting as fun
nel to keep the precious information
from wandering into the wrong ear.
They speak softly not because they
have lack of lung force or because they
are oyerpowered with the spirit OF gen
leness, but because they want to eS-
cape the consequences Of defamation.
ff no one hears but the person whisper
ed unto and the offender be arra!gned,
he can deny the whole thing, for whls-
nerers are always first class liars.
Some people whisper because they
are hoarse from cold or because they
wish to convey some useful information
without disturbing others, but the
creatures photographed by the apostle
in my text give mutfied utterance from
sinister and depraved motive, and some
times you can only hear the slbllant
sound as the letter ''S'' drops from the
tongue into the listening ear, the oriet
hiss Of the serpent as 1t projects It's
venom.
Whisperers are masculine and femi-
nine, with tendency to majority on
the SIDE Of those who are called the
lords of creations. Whisperers are
heard at every window Of bank cashier
and are heard in all counting rooms as
well as in sewing societies and at meet
ings ofasylum directors ard managers.
They are the worst foes Of society, re-
sponsible for miseries innumerable; they
are the scavengers Of the world, driving
their cart through every community,
and today l hold up for your holy
anathena and excreation these Whls-
perers.
From the frequency with which Paul
speaks Of them under different titles |
conclude that be must have suffered
somewhat from them. His personal
presence was very defective, and that
made him perhaps the target OF their
ridicule, and besides that he was a
bachelor, persisting in his ce!lOacy
down into the sixties-indeed, all the
way through-and, some having failed
in their connubial designs upon him,
the little missionary was put under the
raking fire Of these whisrerers. He
was no doubt rare morsel for their
standardization, and he cannot keep his
patience any longer, and he lays hold
Of these miscreants Of the tongue and
gives them a very hard setting down IN
my text among the scoundrelly and tie
murderous. Envy, murder, debate,
deceit, maligpity-whisperecs,
The law Of libel makes quick and
stout grip of open SANDER. III should
in plain way, calling you by name,
charge you with fraud or theft or mur-
der or uncleanness, tomorrow morning
I might have peremtory documents
served on me, and | would have to pay
in dollars and cents for the damage |
had done your character. But these
creatures spoken of in my text are so
small that they escape the fine tooth
comb of the law. They go on, and they
go on, escaping the judges and the
juries and the penitentiaries. The
district attorney cannot find them, the
sheriff cannot find them, the grand jury
cannot find them. Shut them of from
one route Of perfdy, and they start on
another. You cannot by the force OF
moral sentiment persuade them to de-
sist. You might as well read the Ten
Commandments to flock Of crows, ex-
pecting them to retreat under the force
of moral sentiment. They are to be
found everywhere, these whisperers. |
think their paradise is country village
of about 1000 or ? 600 people where
every body knows everybody, but they
also are to be found in large quantities
in all our cities.
They have prying disposition. They
look into the basement windows at the
tables Of their neighbors and can tell
Just what they have morning and night
to eat. They can see as far through a
keyhole as other people can see with a
door wide open. They can hear con-
versation on the opposite side Of the
room. Indeed, the world to them is a
whispering gallery. They always put
the worst construction on everything.
Some morning wife descends into
the streets, her eyes damp with tears,
and that is stimulus to the tattler ard
is enough to set up business for three
or four weeks. II guess that husband
and wife don't live happily together. !
wonder if he hasn't been abusing her?
It's outrageous. He ought to be dis
ciplined. He ought to be brought up
before the church. III go right over to
my neighbors, and III let them know
about this matter She rushes in all
out of breath to neigbbor's house and
says: "Oh, Mrs. Allear, have you heard
the dreadful news? Why, our neigh
Dor, poor thing, came down off the
steps in food Of tears. That brute Of
husband has been abusing her. Well
it's just as I expected. : l saw him the
other afternoon very smiling and very
gracious to some one who smiles back,
and thought then I would just go ul
to him and tell him he had better &C
home and look after his wife and fami
ly, who probably at that very time were
up stairs crying their eyes out. Oh,
Mrs. Allear, do have your husband &C
over and put an end to tits trouble! It's
simply outrageous that or neighbor.
hood should be disturbed in this way
It's awful"
The fact is that one man or woman
set on fire Of this hellish spirit will keer
whole neighbcrhood boil. 1t does