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Show H EVILb OP EVIL SPEAKING. H No denomination, ou church, can B iilfonl to tolerate the individual who H mnltot) it n point to spcuic evil of fol- P lowmou. If 0110 rnlo of discipline H U mudo especially dear nad em- B phatlo in tho htaudnrd of fuitli that nil acknowledge, it in thin. Tlio H longus that is not proporly con- H trollnd 1h said to ho "sot on llro of 1 lull" uud to bo "full of deadly poia- B ou." That expluiiiR why slander H in ouo of tho utout evils that must bo H doalt witlu Tho roatoflt amount of B human misery iu the form of ouvy- H Iiir, strife, confusion and evil deeds H conies from that eourco, and not from H tho so-oallod greater orltnos. H A writer la St. Joseph Proas makes H thiB comparison between ovll skoaltiug B nnd othor l "Murder is comparatively rare, H and usually pniulese. Theft hrltiKS B JodH of mere possessions, that can bo B replaced. Lust is a craven, who is AbAb hold in ohcok by tho conventional itios of tho most ordinary society. BVH Jntomponiuoo is n vlco that iuillcts BVH its worst punishment upon tho guilty BBSH 0110 who indulges it. Hut tho ovll BBV touguo, that sprouds tho sood of slim BbMbJ dor bohind tho buck of innocence, BVH commits 11 crimo nguiust follow inou BBVj that is more hiouous than all thoso, AVH bocauso it partakes of tho worso fuu- BbMb turos of thorn all. Liko murder it H kills; but unlike it, it iulllotu oxru- BBSH ciatiug pain uud torturo. Liko BBSH thott it doprivos ouo of a troasuro : SmB hut tho treasure is ouo that cannot H hd roplacod. Like lust it is cowurd BVH ly; hut social conventionalities en- BBSB courugo it. Like -intemperance It dom-BBVM, dom-BBVM, ' orallzoa the guilty onp; but it brings AVt; worBo mlsoij-.to U)() RulltlosH, " JJH' irfi , j yn i jMoono of tho most' ue'odleVg bVV " 'of nil aim,.- if that expression bo1 per1- AbB inlttod. Thero is no ovil in -any re ligiotiH community that cannot bo BBVI .oorroctod, or mot us it should bo, if BBVb tho proper rules 1110 followed. It BBmJI sorvos absolutely uo ;ood purpose BSV It is euro to bring condemnation up- Abb ou thoso who indulge iu it. Few pcoplo realize" thoroughly whnt tho rosults of ovll-spuking aro. If thoy did they would seek to bo dollv- BbbJ ' erod from its deal power aud prny BbTB for that spirit which is "puro, peace- C able, gentle, easy to bo entreated, full BBbI of mercy and good fruits without H partiality, find without hypocrisy." fl (Jumso 3:7) Doseret News. |