Show SOURCE OF GREAT EVIL EV IL THERE have been several cases recently of complete failure to substantiate charges charge sp 0 o infraction of the ed mund slaw people have been dragged into court and their private affairs made public who ought not no to ha have ve been thus put to trouble humiliation and expense no one coyeta coveta the 0 op port unity to go upon the witness stand nor the ignominy of being closely questioned by a brutal attorney and 9 a hog boat like commissioner in regard to their family associations the public gain nothing by this exposure the rhe law is not vindicated thereby no good comes of it except to the officials who grab their fees and thus bleed the government f ori their personal sup support port but what is the chiei cause of these needless and vexatious proceedings it is the brainless chatter of babbling tongues it is the disposition to gossip in which so maup people indulge in some cases it comes from vile and despicable desires to cause trouble and sorrow to some object of vengeance or jealousy jeslo aby in others from thoughtless gabble and interference with others affairs while one is criminal and contemptible the other is evil and rable I 1 facilities are open to the lowest and basest informers to put up a job on the most law abiding members of the community A creature hired aired for the purpose is ready at any moment to make oath against the utmost stranger if a sugg suggestion estipa is made to him of the victims vict itne possible exposure to a prosecution under the edmunds law it makes no differ difference eMe that the professional to complaints is to totally unacquainted with the man mar marked 11 out for a defendant and with his family 0 condition oDdi tion and doings hi he is not called upon to make good ills his sworn accusation he is not punished for bringing people into needless jeopardy shohe who profit bolit in fees by his shameful conduct aguet are not likely to check him in his course or aid in bringing him to ustice justice J tor for his infamy it is ib a dirty bu business gilless sil less and a decent person would not edgag in it neither would clean men give it support und and encourage encouragement against the disposition to gossip there is no protection it can only be corrected by the cultivation ol 01 caution if men and women would only control their tongues avast a vast aunt amount of trouble would be saved to them and others mind your own business sometimes called the mormon creed I 1 appears to maly a useless injunction they must pry into the affairs of other people they will neglect their own homes in order to find out au all about their neighbors neigh bois if they hear bear Bous something ething about the family concerns of an acquaintance no matter bow little foun foundation clation there may ue be for the rumor they cannot rest lest till they have re repeated abed it to some friend and so tae the story goes from mouth to mouth gaining as it travels till a groundless report comes to be a pos positive iLive certainty informers catch the sound as it flies and then follow the ithe sworn complaint on information and beli behee e f the arrest of tome some good man mail the sum summoning monin of witnesses the anxiety and aad trouble ot of a judicial bidal e examination 0 13 a tuss fuss and a fizzle with no result ex except capt chagrin chagi m aad expense for the fally e ely accused and fees for those who fat fatten ten on the business why I 1 believe so bo and so has married such a one or 1 I just believe brother Ls ais name has taken suot another lier wife or 1 I heard that Thi ngamy lives with all his family just the same as ever is sufficient to set a ball rolli rotting fig which becomes comes a mountain of common reputation sufficient in te minds of some to ro condemn a nan man to imprisonment for years and in many instances the original author of the rumor would be startled startle dand and alarmed it if it was hinted that lit he or she was responsible for all the trouble Is it not about time that good men and women who condemn slander sad and deprecate gossip in theory commence to practise prudence and the government of their own tongues and when false reports are circulated cu Is it not requisite that some examples be made maae of their authors we think so the teachers Tea cheis are required to see that there is no iniquity y in the church chuich neither back biting nor evil speaking bereis a wide field for their labors labois and if chattering people will not put a brake upon their tongues they should be dealt with as the law of god directs no one has respect for a traitor A betrayer of his brother is not honored ot of god man or the devil A sucker of blood money is detested by ail ad as a human vampire we believe such degraded beings among us are ver very f few ew and lax far between bu bur more dangerous than they are the busy busybodies bodies and dabblers gabb lers the scandal bongers mongers and tale bearers who start tumors spread reports and with hints winks nods and guesses bring suspicion upon others and brea breed tr sorrow and widespread distress the voice of wisdom cries aloud if any man to be religious and brid leth not his tongue that mans religion is vain |