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Show H A lltIMI PEVf Tho aitonlihlni; prevalence of thu PftV teuiolrM vice of profanity hat doubt- HBV Iraa caunod every thoughlful ivraon to EVJ wllh that tho law might ikp In wllh HEVJ penaltlea where Christian periuatlon HEVJ haa foiled lo tflVtrt cure. One might PftVJ nlmoit welcome wllh Joy tho rcenict- PBVJ nient and enforcement of the rlgoroui P&VJ "blue laws" of hnllowe.l memory 10 HHH outrageoua and ihameluai ha the HBH iractico become; and It la with no PBVj mult pleaauro that one lieara of the !' revival In lnglanJ of an old atatute P&VJ of Ueorgo III, according to which a HBpj t laborer muit pay a thllllng for PBVJ fivery oalh uttered In public, n ! roan above the grado of laborer ! ruuit pay two, and a "gentleman" fl ve. PKVJ llecent report go to ahow that theto HBV l punaltlea are being entrgetlcally lm. PftVM I lnwl, and that the choice ixpretilom PBPj io frequently dropping from the "gen ! tlemen'a" llpaaru Iwlng converted Into PEVM coin at a rata that la likely lo make P&VM iiulte a material addition to tho ubllo PBPJ rovenuca. If the effect ahall alio bo to PftVJ check the practice and extlnulah It PftVJ altogether, the final result will be HEVJ worth nil that It haa cont aud n great ! deal more. ! l'rofaulty Is the national vlco of P&VM America, and It Is growing with a rap- KVJ Ulty that Is positively painful. Our PBV own community, free oa It was for PBW a long tlmu from tho Infection, Is PBW dow mont grievously ollllcluj. The PPP city ordluancua on the subject PBV are a dead letter, far thone PPPJ who ought to eDforcu them are them- PPP, selves vloUton. Tho busier streets PPPJ cansoarcely Iwtraveriedat any hour PPPJ when coarse, brutal oiths do not fill PPPJ tho air. On some of the sunnier our. PPPJ tiers, crowds of loafers cougregate nnd PPPJ utter forth In common conversation PPPJ Imprecations that are shocking to the PPPJ car. Old und young vlu with each PPPJ other In tho variety uud liiiremilty of PPPJ their swearing, uud tho sucroi name PPPJ ol Deity Is hourly profanid by mouths PPPJ too foul to bo permitted lu dtoelit PPPJ society. For the etke of clvlllntlon PPPJ and Christianity, for Ihesikoof re PPPJ fined womanhood nnd pure childhood, PPPJ for the sake of tho law of both (Jod aud PPPJ man, a sharp lesion shoul I bo taught PPPJ tbewrvtohiidwho thus glvooUense. |
