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Show SLANDER. SUBJECT OF A SERMON BY REV. CHER "Is It worth while to jostle a brother. Bearing his load on the rough road of life? Is it worth while that we jeer at each other. In blackness of heart that we r to the knife'' God pity us all In our pitiful strife' "God pity us all as we Jostle each other God pardon us all for the triumph we feel When a fellow goes down ueath his j load on the heather. Pierced to the heart. words are keener tbau steel And mightier far for woe than for wow "Look at the roses saluting each oth- er; Look at the herds all Id peace on the plain , Man and man only makes war on his brother. And laughs In hl6 heart at his peril and pain, BBSMl Shamed by the beasts that go down I on the plain "Is it worth while that we battle to humble, Some poor felloe down in the dust? God pity us all! Time too will soon tumble All of us together like leaves In the dust, Humbled, Indeed, down into the dust." So wrote Joaquin Miller, our western west-ern poet, and who yays he w rote not wisely or to the point" "Judge not that ye be not judged " Neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more " These are the Mas- i ters counsels in regard to the temp-I Latlon to slander, but for its cure the J grace of Christ Is needed. No habit Is more difficult of reformation than! the habit of thought or tongue. If J ours. It is then ours must be tb strong determination and constant care aided by the strength of Chriltj to overcome. We slander Christ today to-day when we say salvation is won bv confession of word and not deed, and when we make religion a pas time and not the real duty of the soul It Is Interesting to know thai Wisconsin Wis-consin has a law jbuder which convlc tions have been made, which deals wth slander It reads: "Every person per-son in the presence and hearing of another than the person slandered, v hether he be present or not. who shall maliciously speak of or concerning concern-ing any person any false or defamatory defama-tory words or language which shall injure or Impair the reputation of si.ch person for virtue or chastity or Which shall expose him to hatred, contempt or ridicule shall be gulltv ol a misdemeanor and be punished by Imprisonment In the county Jaii not more than one year or by fne not exceeding $25u. Every slanderer herein mentioned shall be deemed ma-licloUS ma-licloUS If no jUBtlflcaton thereof be shown. No convicton shall be had unless on evidence of two perons Other 'ban the person slandered |