The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-14

control ana CONSERVATION VI WV
tongue. and Christian conduct
calls for wisdom in word and
work.
CHRISTIAN SPEECH
(Vcrses l-l2)
BE Christian in WORD. Slips Of
speech, involvinG goodness rather
than grammar, are to be regret
ted in everybody and reprchendcd
especially in any who pose rs
teachers, since they are judged
with greater StrictneSs and by a
srvcrcr standard than others. Is
ne not in perfect control Of his
powers and his person who never
Slips or stumbles in speech? On
the contrary, the tongue out OF
control is like poison gas or wild.
fire. We note here ten traits oil
the tamcleSS tongue:
% l. is Il Stumblngblock IN
the path TO success. 1t Is rock III
the road OF wire across the pain
One loses his position because he
talks too much. Another is feared
and hated in the social circle Tor
the same reason. In a thousand
WAYS many reel to failure on ac-
count of their tongues.
(2) Ii is a little member. 1t IS
hut Il fraction of the body $
weight. But it is like the helm OF
ship, guiding the ocean monarch
on TO its destination or to IT'S
min. II is like the horscbit; it Is
little. but the powerful Steed
ObcyS il. ,. !.
go 1t boasteth great things. IL
hoosts of a power out of all pro-
portion to it SSi2e. 1t boasts OF us
position at post strategic IN the
nbv,ical organism. 1t boasts Of Il
past that may be red with the
blood of wounded hearts or muir
dorcd reputation. Who does not
dcspisc the pretcnse of PRIDE Is
not conccit always contemplated
"a 1t is fire. Under control,
il piycs out light and warmth
But uncontrolled, it is a contla'
grafton which sweeps 4 pranle OF
reduces a city to ashes. 1t is the
torch Of an inccndIary DurhlhS
mn the good name and happiness
Of fellow man. And it Is Il flame
liz from the eternal hre.
90 1t is a world of iniQultI
among our members. There Is
more crookcdncsS in our words
than in any other segment OF oul
ives. And this moral iniQulty Is
not Il country or continent, Du'
= world. How many slips and sin,
Of the tongue.
} (Gl II defilcs the whole body
Can the tongue express the WIG
thoguhts of a corrupt mind anc
rpmain clean? And it not only dc
files the speaker but the nearer "a
well. 1t throws mud and slime or
his garments. 1t makes nm
breathe a stcnch-fiIled atmoS
pherc. How defiling.
On 1t is untamed and tamcleSs
No human will has ever yet an
solutcly conquered it. Man mas
trained the beasts Of the field ant
the birds of the ain and the very
seruents which trail their way
through weeds and rocks. Ever
the dcnizenS out Of the depths o.
the sea have been taught to one!
man. But the tongue can no mar
tame" A higher power must nelP
(S) 1t is a restless evil. There
is n tattler who receives 4 bit OF
sensational news which can b'
colored to create stir. See nov
restless he is! 1t takes but htti'
! time for the breath of scandal e
pervade an entire community, Inc
restless tongue is responsible. l
even outruns the argus-eyed ah'
wing-footed newspaper.
90 1t is full of deadly poison
Il assumes a thousand shapes un
der myriad names but none laDel
ed with skull and croSSboneS
Sometimes it is the tasteful dam
tx of friend, accompanied VIII
the germs of death. Now II j
poison oak, emitting upon you II
exhalations through the morning
dew. Again it is the venomou
fang of a serpent waylaymg you
path. The poison of asps is In TN
untamed tongue. n
UO 1t is inconsistent. 1t IS I'M
chief citadel of all our hollow
hypocrisies. The same tongue
sings in the sanctuary and curse
on the street. 1t flatters MAJ
before his face and ISLANDERS mn
at his back. 1t may denounce cru
elty to the poor brute that !
beaten and dragged to the slaugh
ter pen, yet scold in bitter tone
the family circle at home.
Capture it! Control 1t. Conse
crate it! And so make it powe
for good and for God!
CHRISTIAN CONDUCT
VERSES 1919 -,
Re Christian in WORK. Tha
means-Be wise and understand
ing in everything desired, devise
and done. But what is wisdom! !
is more than knowledge, or skilI
or Judgment, OF prudence; II Is
in fact, the right use OF then
all; it implies the highest an
noblest use of all ones powers
physical, intellectual, moral, an
spiritual. Therefore, to be CHRIS
ton in work one must live tn
life of wisdom. We find ten thing
here about such life and and w
put them in the form of mpera
tiveS: ,
o. Live the life of goodness
OF course there must be goodnies
in the heart first of all; thel
goodness in deeds that are un
tainted b yevil intent or effect
Goodness is not negative, passive