Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-05
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about anybody. or detraction uttered. It
was all put down in this book. The
book was kept carefully. For the first
sew weeks there We're great many en-
tries, but after while there were no
eDtries at all Detraction stopped in
that household II would be good
thing to hav. slander book in all
households.
Are any Of you given to this habit of
whispering ABOUT others! Let me per-
Susde you ro desist. Mount Taurus
was great place for eagles. and
cranes would fly along that way. and
they would cackle so loud that the
ca giles would know of their coming and
they would pounce upon them and de-
stroy them. II is said that the old
cranes found this out. and before they
started on their flight they would al
ways have stone in their mouth so
they could hot cackle. and then they
would fly in perfect safety. Oh. my
friends. be as wise as the old cranes
and avoid the folly of the young
cranes, Do not c;ickle.
If there are people here who are
whispered about. if there are people
here who are slandered, if 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 a little damage
for awhile, but after awhile their de-
traction becomes 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 a whisperer. Room for the leper
Room" 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 well sheltered.
Proper Use of the Tongue.
Let me charge you, my friends, to
make right and holy use of the tongue.
1t is loose at one end and can swing
either way. but it is fastened at the
other end TO the floor of your mouth,
and that makes you responsible for the
way it 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 five
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
| tell you to get the best thing in the
market?" He said: 81 did get the best
thing in the market. Isn't the tongue
the organ of sociallty, the organ of
eloquence. the organ of kindness, the
organ of Worship"
Then Xantbus said Tomorrow /
want you to get the worst thing in the
market" And on the morrow the phi
losopher sat at the table, and there was
courses of tongue-tongue in this shape
and tongue in that shape. And the
philosopher again lost his pa tience and
said. Didn't tell you to get the worst
thing in the market?" The servant re-
piled, Il did; for isn't the tongue the
organ of blasphemy, the organ of defa-
nation, the organ of lyingY
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! If you whisper. whisper good
to the fallen and
hope to the lost. All, my friends, the
time will soon come when we will ali
whisper! The voice will be enfeebled
in the last sickness, and, though that
voice could laugh and shout and sing
and halloo until the forest echoes au-
swered, 1t will be so feeble then we can
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 to me, as come
soon ii will. may it be found that we
did our best to serve Christ and to
cheer our comrades in the earthly
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 Il gathering night, but
the morning twilight of an everlasting
day.
This morning, at half past 4 o'clock,
| looked out of my window, and the
stars were very dim. | looked out
few moments after, and the stars were
invisible. ! looked out an hour
or two afterward. Not a star was to
be seen. What was the matter with
the stars? Had they melted into dark
ness? No. They had melted into the
glorious li.,ht Of Sabbath morn.
An Easy Order to FIJI.
The lnatron of the Children's home In
kau., has received letter
from Il man who wants to adopt a
child