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Show ! INTEMPERANCE. Intemperance In speech Ih comparable compara-ble with Intemperance In any other form. A man may easily bo transported trans-ported to tho vanishing point of sobriety so-briety by the passionate momentary Impulse for which he la remorseful when it I too lute. That experience lias Just befallen a clergyman of this city, who, In default of any clear and accurate apprehension of tho facts, took It upon himself to denounce de-nounce the conduct of a private social gathering The clergyman has made an honorable and manful retraction of his remark, says the Philadelphia Ledger. It Is a commentary upon the sensation-seeking natifre of some people peo-ple that the church was filled to over - Ilowlng to hear the apology but, at liny rate, the public recantation occurred oc-curred as promised. The misfortune Is that it was necessary. The clergyman clergy-man In particular, from the sanclty and authority of hla office. Is bound to measuio his words and consider their possible effect upon those whom he Is addressing. If the pulpit gives him a unique opportunity, it gives him also al-so a supreme responsibility. Mere 'uninformed Invective from the pulpit against overelaboration in social entertainment en-tertainment is likely to have no further furth-er result than to create class hatred and to stir up blind discontent which may overstep the boundary of Ironical Ironi-cal commentary. |