The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1902-12-25

HURST HAMMERS
A tiIDEOUS HABIT
Proianit, Pointed, Rcbukcd BY Chicogo's
Principal yellow Paper.

NHl'H il'HIhl 'Hl'HE' AIh'IhHn ~ u
conspicuous example, hence the sketch
below. from recent issue of that paper,
is worthy of special consideration, as
showing the attitude Of u hard.hoadcd
man Of affairs toward foolish, wicked,
and utterly incXcusablc habit:
In u little town out here In .ho west
there has just been organized an anti.
swearing club"
The object 0f this club will be- to cul.
tivutc the habit Of correct speech among
its mrmbcrs, and through them 10 In.
lucncc for the better the speech Of the
entire community.
The profanity habit Is not the worst
habi, In tho world, hut il II bad enough;
and II the club thus organized can stop
or materially curtail the habit 1t will
be II anGcd by n great many people.
II Is painful in the highest degree Ia
hear the holcst names in the vocnbuln.
ry Of our human speech kicked aud
bundled about like 80 many footballs
This is II wonderful world in which
We live, with lis day and night, winter
and summer, sccdtimc and harvest; its
widc-rcachiEg continents, rolling seas,
and grand old armament.
And here in the midst ~ II all are
ourselves, with our bursts of great
heart aud slips in sensual mirc, with
our good and evil. our smiles aud tears,
our hopes and fears
The world aud ourselves Together
they make II Tremendous fact. fact
that keeps us busy trying 10 account
for IL.
In thinking about II We come 10 the
conclusion that behind the mystery
the mystery OF the world aud ourselves
stands GOD
1t is the largest, the holics, word cv.
or pronounced by human lips, because
/, stands for the largest, holicst thought
ever born Of the bumnn brain
And it is not good manners TO use this
great word as many are in the habit Of
doing.
The man that filings that sucrcd word
around proiancly may not be lad at
heart, but there is no escaping the con-
clusion that hc is criminally careless.
But one closer even than the word
God We often hear kicked and cuiled
around the curbs,oncs and alleys by
thoughtlcss mortnls.
This Is the name jesus
DO you know, you who are in the hab-
II Of bandying that name about in your
silly oaths, what IL stands for?
Have you read the little book known
as the New Testament? Have you read
ii seriously, with n real desire To under.
stand it?
II you have you ara prepared TO agree
with Ills that Jesus was not only the pur.
est being ever on this earth, but also
the kindlicst.
Reader! Jesus was the best friend
our poor old humanity ever had. He
lived for bu, one purposc-to make us
better and happier aud at last be died
u martyr TO the truth which, out OF his
love Tor us, he could not desert.
And how ungrateful II is to take that
noble name upon your lips and blow il
around us you do the lroih iron youl
beer
That name is worthy OF more respect,
ful treatment at your hands. Ynr
should be ashamed 10 use 1t ns you do
But quite apart from all this the fact
remains that words are the symbols q
our thoughts, hopes, and noblest ideal,
and TO lightly treat the symbols q
these thoughts, hopes, and ideals is II
lightly treat, and eventually 10 despisc
our better selves.
Profanity Of speech leads logically L
profanity Of though, and desire
and the man that mas no rcycr
ence for the symbol is in danger Of los
ing his reverence for the thing Of whicI
the symbol is the reflection.
II is US sure as anything can be i
this world that the young boys growin
; up ,odny with The habit Of profan
swearing fixed upon them will not hav
as much faith in themselves and in th
WORLD ns much hnnn fnr The tulnrn q