Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-07-07
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your neigbbOrs do not go all over AMI
ask about II. whether II Is true. and
scatter II and spread IL. You might as
we'll go TO n smallpox hospital and take
a patient and carry him all through
the community asking people II they
really thought IL Is case OF smallpox.
That would be very bad for the patient
and for all the neighbors. DO not retail
ISLANDERS and whisperings. DO not make
yourself the Inspector OF warts. and
the supervisor OF carbuncles, and the
comMlssioner for street cutters. and
the holder OF stakes for dogtghi.
Can II be that you. an immortal man,
that you. an immortal woman. can find
no better business than to become Il
gutter inspector?
Besides that. AT your family table al
low no detractlon. Teach your children
10 speak we'll OF others. Show them the
difference between a bee and a wasp
the one gathering honey. the other
thrusting a sting. | read Of a family
where they kept what they called "A
Slander Book" and when any SANDER
Gus words were uttered In the house
about anybody, or detraction uttered, It
was all put down In this book. The
book was kept carefully. For the first
few weeks there were great many en-
tries, but after q while there were no
entries at all. DetractiOn stopped in
that household. 1t would be a good
thing to have a slander book In all
households.
Are any Of you given to this habit OF
whispering about others? Let me per-
suade you to desist. Mount Taurus
was great place for eagles, and
cranes would fly along that way. and
they would cackle 50 loud that the
eagles would know OF their coming and
they would pounce upon them and de-
stroy them. 1t is said that the old
cranes found this out, and before they
started on their flight they would al
ways have a stone in their mouth so
they could not cackle, and then they
would fly Ia perfect safety. Oh, my
friends, be as wise as the old cranes
and avoid the folly Of the young
eranes Do not cackle.
II there are people here who are
whispered about, il there are people
here who are slandered, II there are
people here who are abused in any cir
Gle OF life, let me say for your encour-
agement that these whisperers soon
run out. They may do little damage
for awhile, but after awhile their de-
traction becomes a eulogy, and people
understand them just as well as though
some one chalked all over their over
coat or their shawl these words; Here
goes whlsperer. Room for the leper-
Roomw You go ahead and do your
duty, and God will take care OF your
reputation. How dare you distrust
him? You have committed to him your
souls. Can you not trust him with
your reputation? Get down on your
knees before God and settle the whole
matter there. That man whom God
takes care Of Is we'll sheltered.
Proper Use OF the IOEBucs
Let me charge you, my friends, to
make right and holy use Of the tongue.
IL IA loose at one end and can swing
either way. but 1t is fastened at the
other end to the floor Of your mouth,
and that makes you responsible for the
way II wags. Xanthus. the philoso-
pher. told his servant that on the NOR
row he was going to have some friends
to dine and told him to get the best
thing he could find In the market The
philosopher and his guests sat down
the next day at the table. They had
nothing but tongue-four or i've
courses Of tongue-tongue cooked In.
this way and tongue cooked In that'
way, and the philosopher lost his pa
tience and said to his servant "Didn't
I tell you to get the best thing ip the
markety He said: "I did get the best
thing In the market. Isn't the tongue
the organ Of sociality, the organ OF
eloquence, the organ OF kindness, the
organ Of Worship
Then Xanthus said, Tomorrow l
want you TO get the worst thing In the
market" And on the morrow the phi
losopher sat at the table, and there was
nothing there but tongue-four or five
courses OF tongue-tOngue in this shape
and tongue In that shape. And the
philosopher again lost his patience ana
said. "Didn't tell you TO get the worst
thing In the marketT The servant re-
piled, II did; for isn't the tongue the
organ Of blasphemy. the organ OF dera-
nation, the organ Of lyingT
oh. my friends. employ the tongue
which God so wonderfully created as
the organ Of taste, the organ Of deglu-
tition. the organ Of articulation to
make others happy and in the service
OF God! II you whisper, whisper good
-encourag cement to the fallen and
hope to the lost. All. my friends, the
time win soon come when we will all
whisper! The voice will be enfeebled
ia the last sickness. and. though that
voice could laugh and shout and sing
and halloo until the forest echoes an
SWere0, IL VIII De 50 lccDiC ehch W N~-
only whisper consolation to those
whom we leave behind and only whis-
per our hope Of heaven.
While | speak this very moment
there are hundreds whispering their
last utterances. oh. when that solemn
hour comes to you and 10 me. as come
soon II will. may II be found that we
did our best to serve Christ and to
cheer our comrades In the earthly
struggle and that we consecrated not
only our hand. but our tongue, to God.
So that the shadows that fall around
our dying pillow shall not be the even
ing twilight OF a gathering night bus
the morning twilight Of an everlasting
day.
This morning, at half past o'clock
looked out OF my window. and the
stars were very dim. looked out 9
few moments after. and the stars were
almost Invisible. looked out an houl
or two afterward. Not a star was &C
be seen. What was the matter VIII