Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-08-26

was Better than any one cse, ana
now to think she is nothing but
hypocriter". = "Haye you heard the
newsY again asks the evil tongue.
"No. What is itW Mr.. So-and-so
has Just failed" aha! He has! Well,
/ always thought he was living be-
yond his means. These men who send
their children off to college and 90
not pay their bills are nothing but
thieves. Yes, he has got just what ne
deservesw Oh, evil tongue, ready to
put the worst Interpretation upon your
neighbor's actionsf are you here to-
day? Vile serpent, with thy deadly
poison, thou art not destroying thy
neighbor nearly as much as with hiss
and rattle thou art proving to God
thine own infamy and thine own de-
pravity of heart. "The tongue can no
man tame. 1t is an unruly evil, full
of deadly poison" Is that your
tongue, o needless MANI
Tanning the Tongue.
But, though man cannot tame his SIN
full tongue, thank God, the LORD God
Almighty can tame 1t, and Will tame
1t by the power of the Holy Spirit, II
we will only let him. He will make
the yindictive tongue the tongue OF
forgiveness; the tongue Of vileness the
pure tongue; the tongue OF deceit the
truthful tongue; the tongue Of BIAS
phemy the praying tongue, and the
tongue of condemnation the tongue OF
charity. 1t Is said that many years
ago in a hotel dining room the late
DIR. Annesley heard some men cursing
God and their fellow men at an ad-
Joining table. The good doctor bade
the waiter carry a glass Of water TO
the blasphemers with his compliments.
"What is that for?" they asked. Il
thought" said DR.. Annesley gravely,
"that you would like to cool your
tongues in it, after the fiery language
You were uttering." That may have
been a lust rebuke. But II we today
will thrust our evil tongues Into the
"water of llfe' we shall not only cool
them, but by the power of the Holy
Spirit we shall change them. Oh, my
friend. will you not today let God
change your evil tongue into the
tongue of purity, the tongue OF prayer,
the tongue Of love and the tongue OF
gentleness?
But" says some one, "how can God
make this changer l do not know
how it is done, but / do know he can
do il and he will do it, II you Will only
talk with him and ask his help. He
can change your evil tongue in the
same way that your Christian mother
used to change it. You remember,
when YOU look back to your boyhood
life, how angry you used to get. l
can see you now in one Of your quar-
rels with your brother. Your little
fists were clnched. Your eyes were
flashing. Your breast was heavlng
You had raised your arm to strike
blow when you looked up and saw
your mother. She looked at you so
tender.y and reprovingly as she said,
Charley At first you could not an
swer. Then the muttered imprecation
left your lips. Your hand was low
cred Then you burst into tears as you
said: "Motherl Oh, mother! Forgive
me- mother! SO with this evil tongue
of ours. II we only use it to daily
talk with God, If we only use 1t to
pour out our desires into his ear, In
stead of being the organ of hate and
of blasphemy, it will become the or
gan of kindness, the organ Of gentle
ness and forgiveness and mercy ana
love. Oh, my friends. will you not let
God today conquer your evil tongue!
Would that this daily habit Of talk
ng with God might become ours! |
once read of n mother who tried TO
stop the evil tongue scattering its
poison by her ireside by writing
down. day after day. every evil say
ing which she heard her children
speak. Then, in the evening hour, she
would read to her family the evil
words of the day. That may be one
way to halt the evil habit Of a sinful
tongue, but l believe the best way to
conquer the tongues evil deeds is not
| to make q record Of It's faults and
errors. but to get our tongues In the
habit, every hour Of every day, of hay-
ing private conversations with God.
When we are about to do something,
we should lift up our voices involun-
tarily and say, Lord, would you like
me to do this?" When we are about
to speak, we should ask, Lord, shall
I say ths?" When we are about to re-
buke brother, we should say, Lord,
shall denouf mis- evil deedT' Then,
with the close touch of our tongues
with Gods ear, Gods tongue will be-
come our tongue. Lord God Almighty,
| may we never tire of talking with
thee. In Christ's name, we ask thee
to govern our speech, and then we
know thou shalt rule our lives. Tame
them. o Godl Tame our evil tongues
for thy divine service.
Il 1Aw AI