Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-31
GUARDOUR TONGUES,
LEST THEY Do WRONG
We Should Use Them in Uplift
and for the Cause, This
Weeks Lesson.

Topic "Our Tongues An For Christ, "
written by Mrs. Mary u. Morris, Of Els
mere, e.. u. Society.
For moment let iis stop and think
to what use we put our tongues DO we
ask the stranger to ru with us In church,
When speaking of some one do we always
try to find the good in that person or if
we cannot eeern to find any good sav
nothing at ALP fear not II il 10 much
enaier to sny unklnd things. sometimes
only IN fun, vet when they finally reach
the ears Of that person what real heart
ache they GAUGE and il we could we would
gladly take those words back
We nre told in Proverbs "A word spoken
in due season. how good it is'' Now how
better could we do this than by getting
up and saving something nj our meeting
when the opportunity IL ofcredi DO We
do this | have always felt that this IL
ono thing God experts us to do. tn show
our appreciation Of all he haa done for us
He tells ua that the tongue ia the most
unrnlv organ of our body, and We know
this from our own experience !, ia so
much easier to give u,Iick unkind answer
than II Is To be like the Master, kind an
thoughtful OF others
Then we are told that Tho tongue ~
an unrily evil that no man can tame
But II we iise our tongues tn ask God for
help we shall receive IL. SO 20 what more
profitable usc could we put ~ Another
good use would be TO help the pastor bv
inviting folks to the different servicca. eaz
pecially the Christian Endeavor servicc
which has meant 80 nurh ~ us
Then ono more thing. do wn use orr
tongues To make the stranger IN our midst
feel at home Many who attend one scr
vice would come again # we were little
more cordial
TheEe are a few of the ways in which
we can serve thrst with our tongues. To
help us in this effort 10 guard our tongues.
let us remember the following quotations
from Peter Ill 10 For he that will
love little and sec good davs. let him re
fraln his tongue from evil and his lips that
they speak no guile
Don't mind The criticism of man ~
long as yuu arc right with Cod and arc
seeking to win others for Him Take for
instance such mon ~ Dwight | MOODY.
l}iliy Sunday and many other nvangelists,
mon who have ION thousands for CHRIST
They have been criticized for her me h
ods, their manner of preaching. etc hut
vet their efforts have not been IN win
Fndeavors. Let us guard against o,tf
Tongues. lot ua keep them from Saving
tlie harsh words that caiiso 50 many heart
aches, hut jet us strive to uso them for
tiod Perhaps someone ~ waiting for voH
to invite them to JON them in worship
ing God. perhaps thov are waiting for
Won - ask them to become member ri
Your Christian Iudoavor Society Do
Won know Of any person who Is outside
the fold2 II So. get busy Ask them -
come enjoy theHo services with you and
soon They Will hc part of the servicc
and Will be asking others et ms apply
tins httlo rule to orr tongllee When
vou think Won nrc wrong stop. but when
,ou think vou nre right go ahead You
kuuow YOU arc right whrnynu arespeakiug
for thrlEt.
The holidays are nearly OVER and we
are about To start our fall and wint er work
t,At Il a.