The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-07-21
Or. 1ALMAG['S SERMON.
1Re9ARED ESPECIALLY For YOUNG
AND OLD.
Subject: Whispered nm Voice OF
tho Gossip Like the serpent's Hiss
Purveyors Of Idle Tales Are Prisoners
of Society-An Arrai2nine nt Of Liars.
Copyright, Louis KIopsch, 1888 !

and urges generou, Interpretation OF tGc
character Of others; tex, Romans L., %,
Full Of envy, murder, debate, deceit, Ia
Lightly; whisperers."
Paul was here calling the long roll OF the
worlds vill;liny. and he puts in the midst
o. this roll those persons known in all cities
and communities and places as whispeters.
They are so called because they generally
speak under voice and In n confidential
way, their hand to the side Of their mouth
acting as q funDel to keep the precious in
formation from wandering into the wrong
ear. They speak softly not because they
have lack Of lung force or because they are
overpowered with tho spirit OF gentleness,
but because they want to escape the conse-
Qucnces OF defamation. II NJ one hears
but the person whispered unto, and the o.
fender be arraigned, he can denythe whole
thing. FOR whlsperers are always iirst-ciass
liars!
Some people whisper because they ara
hoa1se from q cold or because they wish to
convey some useful information without
disturbing others, but the creatures photo
Rraphed by the apostle in my text give
mufied utterauce from sinister and de-
PRAYED motive. and sometimes you can
only hear the sibilant sound as the letter
- drops from the tongue into the listen
Ing ear, the brief hiss.of the serpent as it
projects its venom.
Whisperers are masculine and feminine.
with a tendency to majority on the side OF
llOSo WHO 4 cdIlcu IL lOEtS Oh
creation" Whisperers are heard at every
window OF bank cafalier and are heard in
oil counting rooms as well as in sewing
societies and at meetings OF asylum dfrec-
tors and managers. They are the worst
foes Of society, responsible for miseries IN
numerable; they are the scavengerS Of the
world, driving their cart through every
community, md to-day l hold mp for your
holy RnatheIa and eXecratioa these
whisperera.
From the frequency with which Paul
speaks OF them under different titles l con-
clude that he must have suffered sOme-
what from them. His personal presence
was very detective. and that made him.
perhaps. the target OF their ridicuie. And,
besides that, he was Il bachelor, persisting
liz his celibacy down into the sixties, in
deed oil the way through, and. some hav-
Ing failed in their c~Onnuhial designs upon
him, the little missionary was put under
the rakinS fire OF these whisperers. He
was no doubt a rare mOrsel for their scan
dalization. and he cannot keep his
patience any longer, and he lays hold OF
these miscraants or the tongue and gives
them q very ha.d setting down In my text
among the scoundreliy ana the murderous.
Envy, murder, debate, deceit, m%alignity;
Whisperers.'
The law Of libel makes quick and stout
grip OF open SANDER. II l should in Il
plain way, calling YOU by name. charge
y'A NAh fiauA "a NhSiA IA Va Ill
cleanness, tomorrow morning might have
peremptOrv documents served on me, and
would have TO pay in dollars and cents
for the damage l had done your character.
Bat these creatures spoken OF In my text
are SO small that they escape the Gne tooth
comb OF the Law. They go on. and they go
on, escaping the judges and the jnries and
the penitentiaries. Tho district attorney
cannot find them. the sheriff cannot find
them, the grand jury cannot find them
Shut them of from one route OF perfldy and
they start on another. YoI cannot by the
force OF moral sentiment persuade them to
desist. You might as we'll read the Ten
Commandments to- flock Of crows, ieX-
pectfnS Thorn to retreat undo the force o.
moral sentiment. They are to be found
everywhere. these whisperers. | think
their paradise is Il country village OF about
1000 or 1000 people, where everybody
knows everybody. But they also are to be
found In large quantities in all our cities
They have c prying disposition. They
look into the basement windows ut the
tables OF their ne;Shbors and can tell jus,
what they have morning and night to eat.
They can see as far through u keyhole rs
other people can see with n door wide
open. They can hear convers alton on the
opposite side OF the room. Indeed. tht
world to them is u whispering gallery
Some morning a wife descends into the
street. her eyes damp with tears, and that
Is q stimulus to the %tattler and is enough
to set up a business for three or fou,
weeks. Il guess that husband and wife
don't live happily together. l wonder II hs
hasn't been abusing her? It's outrageous
He ought to be disciplined. He ought to
be brought up before the church. I'll &c
right over to my neighbors aud I'll lie,
them know about this matter" She
PUSHES in all out OF breath to a neighbor':
house and says: "Oh, Mrs. Allear. have
you heard the dreadful news? Why. on,
neighbOr, poor thing. came down OF IN.
steps IN a flood OF tears. That !rute OF Il
husband has been abusing her. Well. IL:
just as ] expected. / saw him the o.he,
afternoon vc-y smil NIX aud very gracious
to sNnN one who sniinl hnnk nml-j