Show SLANDER ai AH mm POEM BY fal t L STONEY rutth FOR THE 4 arl 1 to POLISHED E 0 BY 0 y REC L n up the shining g md knitli liht heralds herald ho laap 1113 11 ins 13 iti ita full duty t Dic funi and alid plenty abond ga i coining ething by the score point to lifes life sweet comfort speak alk of over moie jD arc reanis ima that picture toils and treal me ecart art aeh tortures ies fast and dr ali amut blackest fea lias ims jocille d to pu uc thus tile night nev passing slowly lave have to man illan liapi tenor H or PAIN IAIN but tho the now fast approaching csecs to him true birb ngam avin aaen V to i life is open I 1 but the tre lie bedol ds il lift yoUr ofir eyes s and xa ua on it ita think on wh hat atthe tho view unfolds A pst a 1 lanati the wide vi ide world ovar lives of nf oil filters ot liera with our own ou compare and draw your own coh clu stong from what kind of seeds i grown s i aicra abero th 0 girl 19 w I 1 in T t fd T 1 0 I 1 soo poon 4 io to meet her school comi with atheni tha the tasks to so ro heart and feco aglow with rapture lap turo joy from tier lier sweet features CS bli I 1 i inus 11 as but ala how flow co bobu i her how AGAINST AG tier her each indinia ind inel inea lines isad sho turns her spirit broken lr what liaa wrought this sudden ellane ellan e dinow now my lily school matos once so kindly why does each cadi now act so strange the slanderous of gossip I 1 mongol Nio ngit them thein waged C his vicious strife and it its task has beell accomplished it lias has cr crustic eslic d tier her fair young life kach each in turn reci reliever ever the blackmail each gnep MN and ANGUISH feels till upon lm his sweet kind spirit ap nit sins determination steals Andl iid lifo life is 15 turned tinned and twisted ire ile colecta tho iho course thru the gossip of liis his fellows lie ile becomes the devils source glance again the gleaming sunlight 0 leaps above horizon bold gram tha world that lios lies before him revelations lio seye behold and there lifers me blo mon men and allo women ol 01 old d ali and d yo young 1111 i hangin tire life as with tho shirld wind thru the jhb slandering g gossips Os sips tongue thrown from worlds of abod interi intentions to allibe alife olsin of sin and shame shaffie by the laddering lan Aarl dering accusations accusation i of the serpents tongue 11 of flame satan served by human beings who his bis f falsehoods alac hoods widely spread ilea heaping aing mountains high their gossip on a fellow creatures head first ho he f fights the battle boldly till the world against hirn him turns i hard and is courageous courage oils and fur for companionship lie yearns kilt the world once turned against him wile true or dr falso false the file statements bep be spin ns hirn him scorns liim hini lies hes an all out cast thrown upon lifes stormy stonily son sen oft lie lacks moral cour courage arc 1 to isteni tile fierce temptation bicle that rouil around liim and above idin him crowding in on evory side now a i word ward of sweet consoling front from it a SIT hick tr true would lift vil up his soul broken ami ali d start liim out on life anew but society is H cruel it lias liar long loll 1011 r declared 1 liis his fite fate whosoever or s stoops to co liell kielp him fall beneath its haac each one larks the moral colina courage to stop step forth and to do right resu said who h N not rion FOH mo me Is au bt mo 1110 in tile the fight figl lt so mo they take the ax against hini him and the gossip goes tho the rounds ef each acl i one adds hs might to help it and band it grows by leaps and bounds till aie falls beneath the burden of a i task ask too hard to bc bear r grown drown from gossips slim foundation to a mount hi high tal i in the air so tile lives of hundreds thousands of our follows fellows are crushed out thru evage exaggerating rating t gossip and tho worlds inclining doubt and wo ask tile burning t quei question tion on oil whose shoulders Iders rests tile blame who when god calls for acco ing answer ind and admits the same in societies close circles gathers those with to apuin ario se ii mra I 1 ja ab 36 is workshop and the tools of beelzebub nell Bell they unwittingly become each one boosting conversation disinclined Dis inclined to be that dumb so 0 tile the empty heads of many must appear to be brini brim full of this useful information that they may not ile be dull thu the arrows dip dipped in p poison 0 1 ison oft are aie shot hot thru bitter spite ints from the empty shallows thrown not caring where they light fall upon gods dods noblest creatures casting blight upon their lives g up tit bach chance before them caring not how each one strives poison tipped tile the dart plows onward wardi till it strikes the inmost soul gossips work lias has lone done its bidding it at last has reached its goal mothers GRAY anav ii viand dimand heads of families do not spurn tho the gossip tense firing irin gout out their poisoned bullets striking sweetest innocence they oft times select the idol of the town in which she dwells dwell and pour forth their slander which upon tier her young youn ufa tells she is hurled to degradation 13 uy the blow a it deals cleat s and who should protect iter her she the pain of slander feels she is innocent no longer loti 7 cr ifer her young life is thrown away down the path of six SIN and she has GONE and she shotwill wil I 1 STAY F fathers too u upon poll tho the corn corner or in ili the pool room at tile bar tell tile tales that gossip hatches lives of fellows sure sine to mar even in tile the sanctuary too 1100 much gossip is allowed it creeps in to ermelo thru the overhanging cloud rank deceit is 13 stal stalking klog rampa rampant iii thru the land it proudly treads clothed in ill SACKCLOTH or in scan L LET ET naught on eith earth it P 11 A lifa or k it of truth tile world has taken holds it firmly in its clutch chilt cli all things known to human beings now dow mid and HUNT beneath its touch from froin the of school da thru the kerods pel kids of life 4 till upon th brink blink wo WC tol topple 1 of tile flip pr to end tile the deceit st rifa c n gossip i ie our ht it jg f ISS till we wc lask tho burning barnin 1 4 Is life worth li living vini or is id i 4 li s lias ijas caused this fierce doli condl d tiomi in ill it have YOU had ft a hlll ti havo YOU raised youji voice boico slander and thus cast it a noting lec tiny dart dar on whose wings tile tho gall of sorro sorn to a fellow would he be and his soul thru him YO YOUR u R aa or of deceit iu 10 sorely bof tun 11 if you have let vot not dun W iown down behind the true to tile alio ta task sk that gwili god li gi sivan ven I 1 11 sinking in ill the golden vast till you have raised your li heaven cavell and before bej ore your maker 15 dri that you your life have henc I 1 r civell to lift up fallen man inan forlorn before your GOT a on and axtt anent not to cease your our fill fight eglit for k till you know that slanders g ga 1 Is ii a tiling thing that last till you see pee mankind in union working for each others weal and the handshake of a DR BR dr riton bif vif r it once more in ili this life you ical C pluck the slanderous tongue gossip INSTANTLY from you among for many aboul a soul lias has died in ill wn U sa by tile tho poisonous reptile ile astl stung what m vy by this vile aland cr you yoli NOT but harms us ua MUCH and hearts lie arts alrea already dy lT and sink kink beneath ite meriom touch in ili the let your motivo tc ile Ul ift your fellow man and instead of tearing him bow DOWN do him all tile the gerv Go tri you dan dall cut not deep into his irit vitah als with the dart front from slanders tongue dipped in POISON VILE and FILTHY Y and by gossip flung filing rut but your aim place nion inan and 4 lil it up above tile the idle stun stuff of those who have been slander ander bongers mongers mon gers until bounre you arc strong enough to stand above all gossips ings 11 and make inake christ ideal aini aim and all things else CISO you can call accomplish thru his sweet aal anil holy hoi name |