Show Something to o Think About emu By F. F A. A 11 WALKER RESTRAIN YOUR SPEECH WHEN HEN Inclined to speak of o n persons person's faults though he or or she Bhe may be unfriendly towards toward's you restrain yourself and think of your own shortcomings Then en If It you ore are a charitable soul you wUl will turn your conversation Into another channel wh where ro there are no bidden hidden dangers and go sailing Balling under clear skies In Joyous su sunshine One thoughtless Impulsive slanderous slanderous slanderous derous word spoken In the presence of ot others and nd particularly In the tho hearIng hearing hear hear- ing lug of ot those given to gossip and disposed disposed dis die posed to magnify what they hear may ruin an Innocent man or woman t for r life Clean your own house before you s set sat t about the tho task of ot cleaning cleaning- the bouse house of your neighbor Purge your own soul of ot shortcomIngs shortcomings shortcomings ings and you will find yourself so bus busy In doing It that you will not have haye time nor Inclination to discuss the defects detects of ot others Let him without sin said the Master of ot Men cast the first stone stone- And the fua accusers of ot a hapless w woman man stole away one ono by one Your faults and my faults have haye come comedown comedown comedown down to us through the ages So let us always curb our speech wherever we may be and thin think noble thoughts Instead of the kind that debase debase de de- base others and ourselves as ns well Aside from the good policy of ot speaking speaking speak speak- ing no evil there comes to the man manor manor manor or woman who may adopt It a divine sense of ot serene rene happiness that cheers our way like the stars of ot night And another thing that accompanies such a course is the ability to make friends and hold them in all sorts of ot weather In lying down to sleep In waking and In In motion there here come coma no regrets no torments to torture a guilty conscience conscience con con- science no remorse that ages the heart henrt and drives es the soul to despair If It did nothing else this charItable charitable char- char table observance r would serve at nt least to give you peace make you greathearted greathearted great grent- hearted and antI enable you OU at all times to strike the nicest balance between right and wrong and to hold the respect respect respect re re- re- re and love lo of ot the community In which you Ou live ll And after atter nIl all Is said and done what Is there more to b be desired In life than the time good will of ot neighbors whose hearts and hands are always warm and friendly Copyright |