Evening star., 1912-11-16
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Idle Words.

Among the mistakes often made are
| those Of unguarded conversation. 1t is
easy to recognize that evil words are an
abomination. but how few consider that
the idle. useless word is a mistake?
Christ said that every Idle word that
thereof in the day of judgment, for by
thy words thou shalt be justified and by
thy words thou shalt be condemned"
Ii the tree is good the fruit will be
good; II the tree is corrupt the fruit will
be corrupt. Our words are the fruit from
the root in the heart. If the heart is good
and pure the lips will be pure and vain
and useless talk will not find expression,
being out of harmony with the source
from which utterance issues.
Words are the souls ambassadors which go
Abroad upC0 her errands to and fro;
They are the sole expounders Of tha mind
And correspondence keep twixt all mankind.
There is a sense in which words have
sacredness, for the Divine Being, who
has accomplished the salvation of man
kind, is called the Word. AS men make
known their thoughts and purposes to
one another by means of speech, SO God
by His Son reveals His mind and de-
signs in the fullest and clearest manner
to men.
That mistakes may not be made by
use of evil or idle words. 1t is necessary
to first consider whether it be worth
while to say thing at all before taking
pains to say it we'll. After it has gone
forth it cannot be recalled.
What you keep by you. you may change and mend,
But words once spoken can never be recall'd.
The power and force Of words is SO
great that, as expressed by Addison, "a
description often gives US more lively
ideas than the sight of things themselves.
The reader finds a scene drawn in
stronger colors and painted more to the
life in his imagination by the help of
hon hyy an
scene which they describe"
/ When they are susceptible of such no
BILE power and influence, how unworthy
and mistaken it is to use them for vain
this line our hearts should ever pray,
Let the words of my mouth and the
meditations of my heart be acceptable
unto Thee" who art the divine and
eternal Word.
Human to Err.
1t is a very great mistake to be un-
willing to own our mistakes when they
are discovered, yet it is only the few who
will admit themselves to be in error
Most persons never feel contented except
when they are being praised. All are
quite ready to quote. 1T is human to
err" but generally with little thought
of its personal application.
On the other hand there are a few who
are so mistaken as to believe that their
blunders and mistakes are so glaring as
to be continually watched and commented
upon by others. There may be occasion
to worry over unnecessary mistakes our
selves, but not over others remembering
them against us. The others always have
troubles of their own 20 think about.
All should remember that "Our mis-
takes are not so important to the world
as to ourselves
1t is a mistake to be oversensitive
about the opinions of others so long as
we are conscious of doing the best we
but we may learn wisdom from failure
much more than from success We often
discover what will do by finding out what
will not do; and probably he who never
made a mistake never made a discov-
cry"
Castle of Error.
In an old allegory of the Castle of Err
ror we find mention and Illustration of
the mistakes often made. the fatal mis-
takes through blindness, ignorance and
unwilingness to know and accept the
truth in place of error.
The castle is situated. we are told, in
that part Of the universe known as this
present evil world. and belongs to the
prince OF the power Of the air. It stands
On very low ground IN tne must OF Dogs
and marshes of depravity and corruption
The fever of sin prevails not only in the
castle, but in all the neighbo hood
around it. The whole region of error is
shrouded in the dense clouds of ignorance:
! darkness and gloom pervade the atmos-
phere. The light of the sun does not
penetrate 1t by day or the stars by night
There Is nothing to dispel the darkness
in all the region of error. except the light
of human reason. The inhabitants are in
great part totally blind, some partially
blind, and the rest near-sighted The
tribes that are total, lind are called
idolaters. the partially =. nd are known
as backsliders and procrastinators. and