The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-07-24

about him without investigation; ant
we may vilify him by silence when
friendship would demand defence OF
a friend.
A Scotch preacher was once visited
by one OF his Pensioners whoinform'
/ ed him that several Of the ladies had
been discussing the length of the
cords with which he fastened his
preaching gown, and that they had
come to the conclusion that they
were six inches too long and If he
had no objection she (having brought
her scissors along) would shorten
them. Certainly" ne said. He
permitted her to clip them off and
then reached for her scissors with
the remark "Will you please hold
out your tongue, it is also six Inches
too long.
Every babbling tongue that brings
forth evil gossip against neighbor,
ought to be trimmed (six inches)
that 1t bring forth less gossip. A
gossip is like mosquito-not as dan.
gerous as an eleven pound cannon
ball but as destructive and annoying
as a rapid firing gun. would as
lief face gattling gun as to face a
Cabling tongue, because you can
see the way the gun points and dodge
but the tongue points all ways at
once and it, no man can escape.
An automobile running away
through crowded streets is not so
great menace to public health as
an uncomfortable tongue. A gallop-
Ing horse is less to be feared than a
galloping tongue for one runs In the
open while the other gallops in secret
"Every nature Of wild beasts and
birds, Of creeping things and things
in the sea, is tanned and has been
tanned by human nature. But the
tongue no man can tame, restless
evil full of deadly poison.
We owe our neighbor the duty of
personal sincerity. In the days of
busy building in Rome, contractors
used to mix wax with mortar which
at the moment could not be discover
ell but the tooth of time easily gnaw-
ed away the dish onest admixture and
clearly showed the deception. So
that all builders thereafter insisted
that clause should be inserted in
every contract In reference to the
mortar, reading thus "Sinc Cere'
without wax. From these two
words we form our English word
"sincerity. The kind of life that
we ought to live before our neighbor
is a life "without wax" sincere.
We ought to watch for the good
points IN our neighbours life and
Judge him by the best that is in him
and not by the worst. In the gar
den Of every mans life is some fertile
spot in which the flower OF truth
may flourish, if we drop in the seed.
Strike an average 10 every mans
life and believe in him until you are
positively and repeatedly deceived.
and don t bear false witness against
YOUR neighbor on petty proveea.
ton.
Remember that God sees us as
we'll as our nelghbor, and if we
falsely speak about our nelghbor
and deceive the scandalmonger.
who is always ready to listen to
our idle tale, we can not deceive
God.
Two young men hired horse
and carriage Of liveryman to
drive to a neighboriug town ten
miles away. They did not stop
there but drove five miles farther.
making the round trip thirty miles.
When they returned they denied
that they had overdrlven the horse
until the lIvervmen touched the
spring Of the odometer attached to
the wheel and revealed to their as
tonisbed and shame-faced gaze the
record OF their journey.
A record OF the journey OF life
that YOU and are making is being
registered by Him who with ipvIsl-
Bile hand taxes notes OF human
progress, OF human language, Of
human deception. Sometime that
record will be revealed to our gaze.
Bear false witness now and that
witness will be our own accusation
when we must face the record God
sees. Be true and frank and sim
cere and faithful.
One thing more-not to speak
the truth tor Christ is to live con-
slant lie. Silence is the worst Of
speech if by that silence we deny
our Lord. Shalt we be found false
witnesses against Him or shall our
lives and lips be eloquent with the
truth and for the truth.