Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-08-26

Whit Is ~" "Why. you know Mrs
So.snd-so. the daughter Of our pastor
Well. she Is being sued for divorce by
her husband" lis that so: Well. /
knew IL would come. never did like
her father He always pretended TO
be so good that felt there was some
thing wrong about him. II that father
had only lived as good life as he
pretended 10 live. his daughter would
not have turned out as she did. Good
for him. I never did like that daugh-
ter anyhow. She always thought she
was better than any one else. and
now TO think she Is nothing but
hypocrite" Have you heard the
news" again asks the evil tongue
mo. What IL it?'' MIR So-and-s so
has Just failed" AHA! He has, Well.
I always thought he was living be-
You'd his means These men who send
their children Off 10 college and do
not pay their bills are nothing but
thieves. Yes. he has got just what he
deserves oh. evil tongue ready TO
put the worst Interpretation upon your
neighbours actions. 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-
praylty of heart. The tongue can no
man tame II Is an unruly evil. full
OF deadly poison" Is that your
tongue. q needless man:
Tanning the Tongue.
But. though man cannot tame his sin
full tongue. thank God. the Lord God
Almighty can tame IL. and will tame
II by the power OF the Holy Spirit. II
we will only let him. He will make
the vindlctive 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. Ii Is said that many years
ago In hotel dining room the late
DIR. Anncslcy heard some men cursing
God and their fellow men ut an ad-
joining table. The good doctor babe
the waiter carry glass OF water TO
the blasphcmcrs with his compliments
what Is that for?' they asked. II
thought" said Dr. Annesley grayely.
that you would like To cool your
tongues In ii. after the fiery language
you were uttcring" That may have
been just rebuke. But II we today
will thrust our evil tongues into the
water of life" 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
gentlencss?
But" says some one. "how can God
make this changer" do not know
how II Is done. but do know he can
do II and he will do II. II you VIII only
talk with him and ask his help. He
can change your evil tongue in the
same way that your Christian mother
used 10 change IT, You remember.
when you look back TO your boyhood
life. how angry You used TO get. /
can see you now in one OF your quar-
rels with your brother. Your little
fists were clinched. Your eyes We're
flashing Your breast was heavlng.
You had raised your arm TO strike a
blow when you looked up and saw
your mother She looked at you so
tenderly and reprovlngly 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 Mother. oh. mother. Forgive
me, motherr' So with this evil tongue
of ours. II we only use II 10 daily
talk with God. II we only use II TO
pour out our desires into his ear. IN
stead OF being the organ OF hate and
of blasphemy. 1t will become the or
gan OF kindness. the organ OF gentle
ness and forgiveness and mercy and
love. oh. my friends. will you not let
God today conquer your evil tongue!
Would that this daily habit OF talk
ing with God might become ours.
bHtt VI IN WIN W
stop the evil tongue scattering its
poison by her fireside by writing
down. day after day. every evil say
Ing which she heard her children
speak. Then. In the evening hour, she
would read 10 her family the evil
words OF the day. That may be one
way to halt the evil habit OF sinful
tongue. but believe the best way TO
conquer the tongues evil deeds is not
20 make record OF Its faults and
errors. but TO get our tongues In the
habit. every hour OF every day of hav-
ing private conversations with God.
When we are about TO do something.
we should lift UP our voices lnvolun-
tarlly and say. Lord. would you like
me 10 do this?" When We are about
10 speak. we should ask. Lord. shall
I say this:" When we are about 10 re-
buke brother. we should say. Lord.
shall denounce this evil deedf' 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
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