The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-07-08

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the evil words you spoke about your
neighboH All good men and all good
women have sometimes had dstrac,ors
after them. John Wesley's wife wills
pered about him. whispered all ever
England. kept on whispering Shou;
that good mau-as good a nan Is ever
ived-and kept OF whispering unit. the
cornuhial relation was dissolved.
Jesus Christ had these whispeen
after Him. and they charged Him with
drinking too much and keeping hsd
company. a wine bibber and the
friend Of pubioAns and sinners" Nou
take the best man that EVER lived and
put a detective on his track for ten
years. watching where he goes and
when he comes and with a determine
ton TO misconstrUe everything and to
think he goes here for a had purpose
and there for a bad purpose, with that
determination Of destroying him, a; the
end Of the ten years he viii be held de-
spieable in the sight Of a great many
people
If II is an outrageous thing to desPoil
q mans character, how much worse is II
TO damage a womAn's reputation? Yet
that evil grows from century TO cen
fury. and 1t is all done by whispers. A
suspicion is started. The next wills
perer who gets hold Of IL states the us
pieion as 4 proven fact. and many 4 good
woman, as honorable as your wife or
your mother, has been whispered out Of
all kindly associations. and whispered
into the grave. Some people say there
IL no hell. but II there be no he'll for such
a desPoiler Of womAnly character it is
high time that some philAnthropist
build one. But there is such a place es-
tAblished. and what a time they will
have when all the whisperers get down
there together rehearsing things!
Everlasting carnival Of mud. Were 1t
not for the uncomfortable surroundings
you might suppose they would be glad
TO get there. In that region where they
are all bad what opportunities for ex-
p~loitation by these whisperers. On
earth, TO despoil their neighbors some
times they had to lie about them, but
down mere they can say n Wors'
things possible soout tneir heien
n ten tru'h- jubilee Oh Whisper
el~ 0en VI
stopping their gaooie aOout 'neir una
It'll ,n1rr lon. annrVnh ~
DoheAl helghOors OIL! .ohg ehousu "
gouPt TO d. IRON gaze aho ASK some new
conner rom D eartn' VIVA, Is lhe
last gossip IN city on eArth "nere we
used 10 80.
Now now are we 10 war against 'n
iniquity whleh curses every eommn!
on earthF flrst' oy refusing hs'e
to or believe a Whisper Ever! eour' OF
the land mas ior q Ia" anu an oeeh'
communities nave Ior q ia" mat you
must hoid people mnoceh' uhti 'He'
are proved guilty. lhere IL only one
person worse than the "hisPerer' ahu
mat Is h man or woman VINO ns'sna
without protest. Inc trouble Is, you
hold b sack "hiie they NIL Inc re
ceiyer OF the stolen goods Is Just a.
bad as the thief. An ancient writer de
elares that a slanderer and o man who
receives the Islander ought both TO be
hanged-the one by the tongue and the
other by the ear-and agree witt
him.
When you hear something bad about
your neighbors, do not go all over and
ask about II, whether II is true, and
scatter It and spread II. You might Al
well go to a smallpox hospital and take
a patient and carry him all through the
community. asking people II they really
thought 1t a ease OF smallpox. That
would be very bad for the patient ant
for all the neighbors. Do not retail sian.
ders and whisperings. Do not MAKE
yourself the inspector Of warts, and tn,