Show CARTON BARTON OBSERVES by A bacton Ba iton in section 42 verse 27 of the doctrine and covenants a standard publication li of the mormon church the following revelation was received received by joseph smith for the members of the church and for that matter it roay may be applied to all men thou not speak evil of thy neighbor nor do him any harm an hortative aut explanation of this follows lying is prohibited V 21 here speaking evil of a neighbor is also classed as a sin against the law of christ even if the evil spoken is true provided it is not in pursuance of duty it may be necessary to speak evil of another in a court civil or eca ecclesiastical in the in interest terest of juaice or for the purpose of cor a wrong in that case speaking evil may be a duty but it should be done in a brotherly spirit without exaggeration ge ration misrepresentation or gloating over the fall of a fellow being in all other cases speaking words that are arc harmful to anyone is a crime such words are idle and an account must be given given for them in the day of judge judgen avent vent matt 12 36 their source is wickedness the heart of the righteous stu dieth the answer but the mouth of the wicked out wicked things Prove bs 12 28 A very comanor way of breaking this caricatures intended to convey some falsehood about them that is a crime no less contemptible because it is popular how often do we hear tirades past and beyond justifiable stipulations of complaint 1 I allow low often when one is taken in a fault do we listen to a superfluity of accusations maliciously intended to enlarge the stamp ol 01 criminality on the accused rid did you ever see a man throw a chain away because some of the links were broken did you ever see a win nan tow his automobile to the Junk pile because he twisted a drive shaft or the head lights went out no these inanimate things are too precious to discard but when a human being through tensioned experiences snaps a link in the chain of social responsibility or finds a short circuit in the wires of his headlights head bead lights during dark moments of temptation he is classified as bing beyond repair and should ue tie towed to the junk heap thou not speak evil of thy neighbor nor do himi any harm even to speak the truth unnecessarily with malicious intent to do harm it a sin against the law of christ and this commandment is just as binding and just as important as any other as far as exaltation of man Is concerned so often we find ourselves reveling in scriptural interpretations that land comme commend iid us for keeping certain laws and commandments which are al aready 1 ready easy for us to keep but ignore t ose con us as ing of lesser importance such an attitude in and of itself is a sin not only because the herein quoted verse is a tenet of mormonism Monnon ism but it should meet the approval of of all all christians as being a principal con in binding the ties of the brotherhood of man not that which goeth into the mouth def ileth the man but that which cometh out of the mouth this def ileth the man but those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from froin the heart and they defile the man matt 15 11 and 18 there are so many things in life to conquer yet it would seem that one commandment is just as important as another for whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet of offend fend in one point b he e is guilty of all |