Show retailing oon con conversation ersa tion everything tending to establish a righteous 4 confidence vin lin in any community one toward another should shala be caretti carefully ily lly fostered as one means of heading healing off that hypocrisy which is so prevalent in the world and of encouraging that frank and plain interchange of ideas so conducive to true social progress and so pleasing to all saints sainta but a random careless habit of reporting conversation not thoroughly understood or at improper times and places or in the hearing of those whom it do does es not concern and who are therefore liable to make an improper use of it or without the connect connecting ing circumstances cum stances spirit and ideas or at best reporting but bui a part may actually cause much injury to those who designed no harm hirm such a course cours e is obviously more or less subversive of confidence and ere random reporters are aware of it they have been the occasion of much causeless mischief and ill feelings and have closed hosed upon them the lips of prudent men except upon topics of little or no moment we are not now alluding in the least to the wilful t misrepresenting of what one may max hear bear said for such conduct is beneath the honor of even a good moral man map and we trust has little or no place in utah but a little more care in the matter of retailing L what is heard in conversation though lecresy be not at the time enjoined and ana though no harm be imagined as the he result would open the avenue to much information of which the careless BO so thoughtlessly 21 debar themselves when conversational a remarks are repeated by hearers to be of benefit it would seem that at al least the fair purport spirit and object of those remarks should be clearly set forth or there is a chance that the evils herein cautioned against may follow especially when the character or course of per sons pons is the subject in such cage case the most prudent policy would be to listen and profit but omit repeating unless requested so to do by the speaker this course would most certainly comport with the articles and teachings of our faith and with the example of our leaders and would be of no small assistance in advancing 11 us to that point of human perfection echi on which we all are or should be lawfully striving t to 0 obtain |