| Show UOSSIP The NundalJIonger Seen In Ills or Her TruiLight AMERICAN FORK Jan 10 ISfW Special Correspondence of the DEjf = S IjOntho supposition supposi-tion that flies and mosquitoes nnd I in fact every created being fills t some niche In the great structurecf nature and that they are created to meet some useful end I presume that the gossip aud wandalmonger have their ujcs AS well as nbuns llf they accomplish naught betides they teach us to be patient under criticism and discreet in our bearing bear-ing toward the rwt of humanity They are a sort of preventive agent and in some noses have remedial re-medial powers because were it not for the gOsipli and scandalmongers scandal-mongers there are some who might takcad vantage of Uler nom from I attack and uot to the line of Irreproachable Irrepro-achable conduct as they do now Herein li item preventive mUalon of the gossip The remedial effect i in placing an obstacle in the way of a repetition of misdoing 1 men and women have in their inner life that irrepressible monitor called a conscience Tint man or woman who is I without I is I not worthy of tile name They are no diflereut from the brute which hiss no per el ton of riht or wrong arid their conscience I lomctiiing that In all I properly constituted peras I docs not becofue scanil It Is active and asserts Itself wherever there U wrongdoing in contemplation 11ut granting that the noi and the KanJal monger have theiru > es with tome of the other pestilcntiul venalnuf thuunivenw lu catli one what sicrlliceof honoran I nance and dignity do We sti It I a brutal bru-tal act to mock and exaggerate the horteoming of others It I heartless heart-less and wicked I to spread the report t r of rubbing when mj just aa mdch the wlckedue uf one to err D the other There is no infallibility in this world aud with this I truth in ones Jci liowidUpo jIbitliatone should make of liimclf a judge of the conduct of others To be a woman gossip is bad enough but a male gossip has no right to exist and to enjoy the pleasures of this e A mm should hem in better business We can partly overlook le Iu of scanJalniongerinx in the weaker sex because with a great many women time hangs heavily upon their liindsand i is certainly very true that an Mc brain h the devils own worWioii Sodetv is to blame for this l IfetlcFsness on the part of many women and thelrcou Sequent raisclievuu act I It were the fashion to work in place of I dawdling and lolling there would be less time to devote to our neigh negh holl bu lll and his or hcriuisof omission and commission and sure Iy the results would L more ben ucla and healthy to the individual as well u to socMr Women who respect th n > selrcs should be above this wicked nmue ment I call it amusement because bUe to all gossips It is i a i > o = itlvu pleasure to blacken tile character of their associates as-sociates especially someone that I Is really better than the tilebearer And if ii woman persists in this coarse If he wU tep every bit of street report that atrts iii ste repor Il any war the htteofanotiierand will rcet In it someivlnt as a cat roll about in a bed of valerian aud helps to dis comfit and blacken tire reputation of that other brother or sister i is I proof beyond question that she IHM sesscs no selfreDert tm mivc sion and a lameutablu I want of fore thought Thatshcfcdcflcientinseir respect is manifest because If she had that proper sense the would never aid besmirching nni min lug tho character of another when such criticism can get no good for thescaudalmonser I there were any genuine feelings of pleasure or any material benefits nrisini from the indulgence of this appetite there would be some reasons for I hut there Uler are none unless one might call the gratification of a Ion i and morbid taste a material benefit I Is DI plain that the retailer of scandal has no compassion Ar u Ar mentis not necessary to prove tla this assertion is Impregnable I there wero compassion it would lead us t protect and love aud forgive le I would never prompt us to Injus tlc and cruelty pmIt J And as for the lamentable want Imentlle of forethoughtit is shown In the ab slut dlreganl of future contlusen Hf9 Does the gossip know that her life will ever 0 free from mistaki I Is she sure thai no one can see In atm 8orlUlle Jt her 8nl ltle atlrerdoor And rfiould she faU from grace or by ame art iosccaMe In Iml yj jwme Iocaste thlHYe of nr friends does she think hat the y will Th t sirowpity and symniathy I fonherf ThatTvoufa not be 1 human nature I we criUclfe others We must ex pect to b critlcled In turn When wc how companion then we CDlJlon can wiihjusttce demand that tht commas son that shah Lc sown louis itemeni comlJ I think that one ofthemost touch orhemot ns episodes in I the life of our le loved Savior Jesus Christ ant I One I of the prettiet InciJeiits In the Xu tesiamernt h the nary that Join > ells of Uie tle woman who w wQlnn wa taken tken irthecommtjIon commIssion of a wrong act The Pirtriom roni act 3rilnltheD lhr o thy goner ally nrin do In l thl mJer daS took a prlnclInl part in the proceJure p IJrJllr Hiey brought the tht poor woman to Saniorana arraigning her be r JrlgnlnJ Tore IeI ore Him aecutet her with sanne show unto Oth superior morality and Nme said ChnrEs Masher this wod was taken In adulteryin 1 the z < ultrJln very act ow Mr4as In the law eonF I mandctt sushi irouid he I but what fel hold Itole < Thou saJct his This th thry sold tempkgllUn sid tempting Him tht hey might tines to accuse Ihinr V ncs nut JewJsstoo1etl downnniwith His finn ger write ° fin-n the ground 5 as though be herd them not So when S they eontinucstaskhcg tley klcg Him lielifleni isimseifand lne up d said unto them 11 Ulat Is Sd uo him ii without eta along yu let first fnt cast n stone nt her And again he stooptJ down tl and Ipn thegrounti And theywirlci wrote own Irearsi I bIng cnlctIl by their sOnadence lec went out ono by one beginning at the eldest even unto the last anti Jotut t tnt Je was left alone and the woman wa tire mi nul tle staudir In up tle himself Whln ant Jes had lifted hlms Ind saw none but the Woman He said unto irer Ulto her Woman where are thOu thin accusrs omn Hath 3U3r no man condemned She satd rry0 rnlemned ti e bd man LerrIaoi j aw Jesus L Mid JOS unt her KeIUlcrdo I condemn thee gonad sin nonnore S Urorefore The Story I toll In tine nomor and tlrore moving style of Blile o the holy Il1 ntan who will o fai forgot f f3 himself forel to as cicuIate cvii culat storicis I about n woman whether he knows them to kows L false or true is IitUe totter btr than n dog Indeed It IUdl on second thought es not halt n good dog nnd He is more of I brute thin s Iman5 something more of o a man th3 than nn a vampire But ii mplr he clearly belongs to the belong rrptilla lie should take iris place among r1ptlla throes tr that are not iwrniiited 10 I walk upright 11 tbe lm of their Maker but crawl about on alt tour Itlatiad al I i fir blacken enough character n oC worms another to I woman or a man however to be an ahJerandabettorosodasa I nbettrofs 11 s villainous and ws lat I deruln an actbut ntbt honestly Is the real man who II On would do II Are they nct reptiles who h3ve the semblance t of semblnc a nun arid who Sri betatIoresj unW ar btalIr they In I menr poet the word a Thego pand the an sentl1Imob gr have loon execrated Ln earn the beginningotIm In the t tme crudest form orgeniJ sacieiythe crdet contumelious was singled ont a setythe object gossip for remarks We find ber and ther In the Dible these references fnrooekas Leviticus i thereto thU injunction L I thi Injuncton Thou shalt not g up nail down as a talebearer among the people Solomon vroe The words of a talebearer Tare wounds tlebr ore a and they go do ninto th Innermost partsof the belly Them 1 are other l aib ertt a otherpaosagcatotleearneit0 I Thi Ime wrote old Latin writer Juvenal lucre h a lat la mm uo cbira ea leo le-o Isndl pabll hl r our ntl jabort ihioc Oa ctclei iriori immorut eudl rr mole TlrtooM > tlou a bet torn ad I dleN dleNy is a lathetlc history narrated nar-rated by tins Talmud about a noblewoman noble-woman who sinned onc But for tit one sin sho was singled out by the talebearers for their derision and scorn Rachel however was a grand woman She knew that die had Finned nnd she knew too nnl that thcclrcumstancca undcrwhlch I her error had been committed were such as to entitle her t the mercy of her townsw omen Hhe al o knew that n Ufo of blameless conduct might be tho oDerlng which would atone for her misdeed And she lived a noble lifea life that tot only silenced the scandal mongers but that converted all 1 their vituper aUon into affection Where there Is olio woman like naciicl with courage rnough to sustain sus-tain her in tins hour of tribulation and with olutiou bufhYieut Ion Io-n l the stain upon her reputation and its attending consequciices therearua hundred who give up in despair A man survives the elKcls of a talelxarvr4 words better than a womnnl ever in the mete of a man especially a ruah of finu ten ibilities the tongue of a gossip is venomous and stings with wnsplike i severity few women there are that can arm themselves against this polou They bear the punishment < o long as Uiiy 1e Dayoutaythit they deserve somepenalty that will last with their HVtt that will cause them to ioo friend social caste aud serenity of mind Then think hotV uly I la to mae a ml < > take how much loftier a trait of tlie inlDJ I atoforglu lliau to censure IB I not tire mission of human kind to bring joy and light to hours that r gloomy isuit darksome I i not tne mission of mel aud women too a to-o the grief of the aflllcted and to make the cros > light instead of heavy OI ye first spore not where mistakes have been made think of this I O are without lncast the first stonr I yoi arc not without fault why do you censUft The world I to uncharitable We should cultivate charity chanty for the iliorteoinlugi far the misdeeds of other What does Paul r the treat Apostle say of charity Though 1 speak with the tom of to-m n nnd of angel and have uot charity I am become as sounding brass era tinkling cymbal f And though I bestow all my roods t feed the poor and though I girt my body to be burned and have not charity i profiteth me nothing Charity suffereth long and is kind chanty cnvieth not charity vauiit ell not ItMjlf in not putted 1 up doth not behave Itself i unseemly seekelh not her own la not easily provoked thlnktth not ell rvjoiccth not In iniquity but rejolceth in the truth lieiteth 1 all things believeth all thlng hopeth all thing ell < 1unb all thiuga These words have the ring of the true metal about them Charity is another word for mercy As wo expect to he judged when we arc arraigned fjr error so should w c judge others Sweet mercy is nobilitys true badge writes Shakespeare In other words that man htho I noblest who Is 1 the most merciful Mercy is a grand quality of the human soul Shakespeare in his Merchant i Mer-chant of Veniceputs thi3 exquUilo sentiment in tile mouth of Portia lIre quality of merry i i not trained Itdrorrcthu the Etnlle rain from bean Cr n the 1lae IxocaUi Itli twice lltsre 1 blcf cth him that civet and him that aits Tl > mightiest la the mighty it become The throned monarch Utter than hji crown Let us never forget to be merciful where there I err for With what measure yu mete It shall b measured to jou again flit iu ISIACSON 0 |
