The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-08-10
no GOSSIP rs A SIN.
n. ralmage Denounces the Practice
Of Whispering Of Evil.
.. II Among the Worlds Great
.v,,uatnies-MoreH Harmful Than
o.en Slander-A Destroyer
of Good Names.
.ronvright. 1899, by Louis Klopsch.)
+ Washington,

s. Washington,
.h;s discourse DIR. Talmage vigor-
..,r arraiens one of the great evils
y .s.t have cursed the world and urges
s.u.rous Interpretation OF the cnarac-
tsrs Of others; text. Romans l:2s'
.rnll of envy, murder, debate, deceit,
r.l;rnity-whisperers.
panl was here calling the long roll OF
4. worlds yillainy, and he puts in the
..;dst of this roll those persons known
!, IN cities and communities and places
!. : vhisperers. They are SO called he
eanse they generally speak undervoice
nd n a confidential way, their hand to
,he side of their mouth acting as a fun
uel to keep the precious information
spm wandering into the wrong ear.
They speak softly not because they
Nave lack of lung force or because they
arr oyerpowered with the spirit OF gen.
tleuess. but because they want to es-
zane the consequences of defamation.
sH II NO ono hears but the person whis-
nered unto. and the offender be ar
raiened, he can deny the whole thing,
for whisperers are always first-class
liars.
Some people whisper because they are
hoarse from cold or because they wish
10 convey some useful information
without disturbing others, but the crea-
lures photographed by the apostle in
nv text give muff1ed utterance from
sinister and depraved motive, and some
times you can only hear the sibilant
sound as the letter IS" drops from the
tongue into the listening ear. the brief
Hiss Of the serpent as it projects its
venom.
Whisperers are masculine and femi-
nine, with tendency to majority on
lie side Of those who are called 1.-THE
lords Of creation" Whisperers are
heard at every window of bank cashier
and are heard in all countingrooms as
well as in sewing societies and at meet
ings Of asylum directors and 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 COM
munity, and to-day hold up for your
holy anathema and execration these
whispcrers.
From the frequency with which Paul
speaks of them under different titles !
conclude that he must have suffered
somewhat from them. His personal
presence was very defective, and that
made him perhaps the target of their
fidicule, and besides that he was a
{ bachelor, persisting in his celibacy
down into the sixties-indeed, all the
xay through--and, some having failed
IN their connubial designs upon him
the little missionary was put under the
raking FIRE of these whisperers. He
{ was no doubt rare morsel for their
scandalization, and he cannot keep his
patience any longer, and he lays hold
sof these Tiscreants of the tongue and
{ gives them very hard setting down in
ny text among the scoundrelly and the
mFderous. Envy, murder. debate, de
eit, inalignity-whisperers."
The law of libel makes quick and
stout grip of open SANDER. If l should
2 plain way, calling you by name
charge you with fraud or theft or mur
ger or uncleanliness, tomorrow morn
ins might have pcrenptory docu
Ments served on me, and i would hav,
y Pay in dollars and cents for the dam
ase \ had done your character. hui
saese creatures spoken of in my tex
ssfe 50 small that they escape the fin,
nom comb of the law. They go on, ant
.aey go on, escaping the judges and tn,
ui1es and the penitentiaries. The dis
met attorney cannot find them, tn,
saerin cannot find them, the grand jur,
snnot find them. Shut them off from
rs route OF perfidy, and they start OF
sosner. You cannot by the force o
ofal sentiment persuade them. to de
4 ~. You might as well read the Tel
sommandments to flock of crows, ex
setting them to retreat under the fore
= moral sentiment. They are to b
1oand everywhere, these whisperers.
snank their paradise is country villag
3 about 1000 or 1000 people wher
s'ersoody knows everybody, but the,
H slso are 70 be found in large quantitie
y all our cities.
sney nave prying disposition. The
e. INTO the basement windows at tn
4 sao.es of their neighbors and can tel
~ wnat they have morning and nigh
g eat. They can see as far through
synole as other people can see with
soOf wide open. They can hear CONVEX
s-s.on on the opposite side of the room
ueeo, the world to them is whisper
~ gallery. They always put the wors
s'lucilon on everything.
0'ne morning wife descends int
~ s.rset, her eyes damp with tear.
s'a enat is stimulus to the tattler an
h ! snough to set up business for thre
3 ,oar weeks. 4 guess that husban
- vie don't live happily together.
So. saoer It he hasn't been abusing her
3 oatrageous! He ought to be di.
l'ned. He ought to be brought u
.e the church. I'll go right over |
- aelshbor's and I'll let them kno'
tnis matter" She rushes in .