The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-07

| That would be very bad for the patient
/ an6 for MI the neighbors. Do not retail
| slanders and whlsperings. Do not make
yourself the inspector Of warts, and
| the supervisor of carbuncles, and the
commissioner for street cutters. and
the holder Of stakes for a dogfight.
Can 1t be that you, an immortal man,
that you. an immortal woman, can find
no better business than to become a
gutter inspector?
Besides that, Mt your family table al
low no detraction. Teach your children
to speak we'll Of others. Show them the
difference between bee and n wasp
the one gathering honey, the other
| thrusting n sting. l read Of q family
where they kept what they called "a
Slandcr BoCA," and when any slandcr-
Gus words were uttered in the house
about anybody, or dctraction uttered. II
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 while there were no
entries ut all. Detraction stopped in
TINT household 1t would be good
thing to have q SANDER book IN all
households.
Are any Of you given to this habit of
whispering about Others2 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 so loud that the
jeaglcs 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 nl-
ways have n stone in their mouth SO
they could not cacklc, and then they
would fly in perfect safety. Oh. my
friends, be as wise rs the old cranes
and avoid the folly of the young
cranes! Do not cacklo.
If there are people here who are
whispered about, IL thero are people
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 a eulogy, and people
understand them Just as well rs though
some one chalked all over their over
coat or their shawl these words: Here
goes o whtsperer. Room for the leper.
RoomW You SO 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 Ess 9f the Tongue.
Let me charge you, my friends, to
make right and holy use Of the tongue.
1t is loose at Que end and can swing
either WAY, but It Is fastened at the
'ther end to the floor Of your mouth,
d that makes you responsible for the
y 1t wags. Xanthus. tho philoso-
r, told his servant that on the NOR
" he was going to have some friends
dine and told him to get the best
,thing he could find In the market. The
4 philosopher and his guests sat down
tho Hext day at the table. They had
"~thinG but teaSGas-fapr or FIVE
courses of tongue 1-t"neus eeeked IN
this way and tongue cooked in $50.
way. and the philosopher lest his pa
thence and said to his servant, "Didn't
I tell you to get the best thing in the
market| He said: ~ did get the best
thing in the market. Isn't the tongue
the organ Of social!ty, the organ Of
el,Quence, the organ Of kindness, the
organ os worshipT
Then Xanthus said. Tomorrow I
want you to get the worst thing In tho
market" And on the morrow the phi
losopher sat Mt the table. and there was
nothing there but tongue-fOur or Ave
courses OF tongue--tongue In this shape
and tongue In that shape. And the
philosopher again lost his patience and
said. Didn't tell you to get the worst
thing IN the market?" The servant re-
piled. 81 did; for isn't the tongue the
organ OF blasphemy, the organ Of defa.
nation. the organ Of lying"
Oh. my friends. employ the tongue
which God 80 wonderfully created as
the organ Of taste. the organ Of deglu
tition, the organ Of articulation tC
make others happy and in the service
of God! If you whisper, whisper goot
encouragement to the fallen and
hope to the lost. All, my friends, the
time will soon come when we will nj
whisper! The voice will be enfeebled
in the last sickness, and. though thai
voice could laugh and shout and sing
and halloo until the forest echoes an
swcrcd, 1T will be so feeble then we eaI
only whisper consolation to those
WHOM we leave behind and only whis
; per our hope Of heaven. ''''''
While 1 speak this very momen
: there are hundreds whispering thei
last utterances. Oh, when that solemn
hour comes to you and to me, as come
soon 1t will, may 1t be found that We