New Britain herald., 1921-12-23
SAYS ALL MEN
ARE BORN LIARS
Petty jealousy Wrecked League
Of Nations

"A man must learn to tell the truth
the same as he learns TO shoot a
gun" said Rev. John l.. Davis, Of
Trinity NJ. Il. church, at Il session of
the Y. NJ. c. A. Bible class which
bears his name. last evening. IF
there is man in the room who never
told a lie, let him stand up" con-
tinued the minister land | will sit
down while he's standing" Beyond a
guilty looking grin which spread from
face to face, there was no noticeable
commotion and no one stood up.
The general theme Of this phase of
the address was that it becomes so
natural to eXaggerate things that
children must learn to tell the truth
with the same painstakng effort with
which they learn to walk.
why" continued the minister, IF
. people go outside and see a fight,
there will be Q different stories every
time"
Being "Perfcctly Frank"
The preacher severely scored people
who, under the guise of being frank,
do not hesitate to wound their friends
by telling them unpleasant truths
when there is no necessity for it.
whenever someone comes to me and
says, I want to be perfectly frank l
! know he is going to stab me to the
heart, There are two ways of telling
the truth. You can tell all the truth,
necessarily or not, regardless of con-
sequences, or tell only the best of the
true things and let unsaid the things
that hurt.
Don't Tell Everything.
Make sure that everything you say
Is true, but don't tell all you know.
Compliment a man when he does
something worth while, but don't
hatter people and give them wrong
impression Of themselves. Whenever
a man comes up and pats me on the
back and says: You're good fellow,
! like your face ! know he's after
something and I look to see if my
pocketbook is safe
proverbs, the 18th chapter and the
10Th verse says, The lip of truth shall
be established forever but a lying
tongue is but for a moment! The dip
lomatic history of the world will prove
the truth of that statement.
Advertisers Tell Truth.
Nobody will trade with a firm that
advertises untruths. The big business
firms of the country are doing bust
ness on the level. That is the only
way to prosper. There are a great
many men who haven't found out yet
that it doesn't pay to lie. They think
like the boy in school, who said: "A
lie is an abomination in the sight of
the Lord but an ever present help in
time of trouble Some people are
such natural born liars, everything
they say something they have to tell
nine more lies to cover 1t up.
Lack Of Justice.
"They are so busy telling additional
lies that they can't stop to explain the
preceding ones and it does no good to
stop them. A man is born almost a
liar He must learn to tell the truth
the same as he learns to shoot gun.
Lack of justice also causes much of
the trouble between man and man and
nation and nation. The Rockefeller
foundation reports that there are 49,
100000 people in America who are
too poor to go to law. They either
suffer Injustice or take the law in
their own hands.
The only thing to preach today is
broadness and friendship. We must
rise above petty jealousies. We must
have a larger vision. 1t was nothing
but petty jealousies between the presi-
dent and congress which caused all
the trouble over the league Of nations.
It was, Just petty jealousy, meanness
and narroWness."