For men shall be blasphemers \u2026 <\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014II Tim. 3:2<\/i><\/p>\n
4783<\/b> A Rare Disease? <\/b><\/p>\n
A London psychiatrist reports the strange case of a man who could not keep himself from shouting profanity at a rate of forty obscene words a minute. <\/p>\n
According to the psychiatrist, the swearing habit started when the patient was nine. As he grew older his uncontrollable swearing increased. He obtained a salesman\u2019s job but had to give this up because he would suddenly begin cursing during his sales presentation. <\/p>\n
The doctor diagnosed the compulsive swearing as a rare disease known as \u201cgilles de la tourette,\u201d named for the French doctor who first noted the disease in 1885. <\/p>\n
4784<\/b> Good-Mannered Horses<\/b><\/p>\n
A successful owner of fine horses once told his trainers: \u201cI have never seen a good-mannered horse that was sworn at all times. It hurts the feelings of a sensitive horse, and I\u2019ll keep my word to discharge any man caught swearing within the hearing of any horse in this stable.\u201d<\/p>\n
4785<\/b> The Ruined Boy Was More Serious<\/b><\/p>\n
Josiah Wedgwood, maker of the famous Wedgwood pottery, one day showed a nobleman through the factory. A boy who was an employee of the factory accompanied them. The nobleman was profane and vulgar. <\/p>\n
At first the boy was shocked by the nobleman\u2019s irreverence. Then he became fascinated by his coarse jokes and laughed heartily. Mr. Wedgwood was distressed. At the conclusion of the tour, he showed the nobleman a vase of unique design. The man was charmed with its exquisite shape and rare beauty. <\/p>\n
As he reached for it, Mr. Wedgwood designedly let it fall to the floor. The nobleman uttered an angry oath! \u201cI wanted that vase for my collection,\u201d he said, \u201cand you have ruined it by your carelessness!\u201d Mr. Wedgwood answered, \u201cSir, there are other ruined things more precious than a vase, howsoever valuable, which can never be restored. You can never give back to that boy, who has just left us, the reverence for sacred things which his parents have tried to teach him for years! You have undone their labor in less than half an hour!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Good News Digest<\/i><\/p>\n
4786<\/b> How Haldane Was Converted<\/b><\/p>\n
James Haldane, when a young man, commanded the man-of-war, the Melville Castle<\/i>. In a fierce battle with an enemy ship, he ordered new men on deck to take the place of those who had been killed or wounded. The men, seeing the mangled bloody bodies of their comrades, fell back in horror. Captain Haldane began to swear frightfully and wished them all in hell. <\/p>\n
At the close of the fight a Christian soldier stepped up and said respectfully to the young captain, \u201cSir, if God had answered your prayer just now where should we have been?\u201d This faithful word of rebuke went home to the conscience of Haldane. It led to his sound conversion. He abandoned his career in the Navy and became a preacher of the Gospel and labored for fifty-four years. <\/p>\n
But this was not all: James led his brother Robert to Christ who also became a preacher and an able commentator of the Bible. Nor was this all. Robert Haldane was the means of the conversion of Felix Neff a philanthropic Swiss preacher and leader of Protestantism. What if that Christian soldier had remained silent instead of rebuking Captain Haldane? <\/p>\n
\u2014Triumphs of Faith<\/i><\/p>\n
4787<\/b> General Washington\u2019s Directive<\/b><\/p>\n
General Washington had this notice posted for his men in 1776: \u201cThe General is sorry to be informed that the foolish, wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore little-known in the American army, is growing in fashion. He hopes the officers will, by example as well as by influence, endeavor to check it. We can have little hope of the blessing of Heaven on our arms if we insult it by our impiety and folly. Added to this, it is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man of sense and character detests and despises it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Mrs. Clarence Jones<\/p>\n
4788<\/b> King Henry V Never Swore<\/b><\/p>\n
King Henry V never swore a profane oath. He had only two ways of expressing his utmost determination and what his resolution was. When anything wrong was proposed to him, his one word was \u201cImpossible.\u201d When anything in the shape of duty came before him, he had only one expression, \u201cIt must be done.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Dean Stanley<\/p>\n
4789<\/b> Why General Grant Never Swore <\/b><\/p>\n
Gen. Horace Porter, in his \u201cCampaigning With Grant,\u201d in the New Century<\/i>, says:<\/p>\n
While sitting with him at the campfire late one night after everyone had gone to bed, I said to him: \u201cGeneral, it seems singular that you should have gone through all the rough and tumble of army service and frontier life, and have never been provoked into swearing. I have never heard you utter an oath or use an imprecation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, somehow or other, I never learned to swear,\u201d he replied, \u201cwhen a boy, I seemed to have an aversion to it, and when I became a man I saw the folly of it. I have always noticed, too, that swearing helps to arouse a man\u2019s anger; and when a man flies into a passion his adversary who keeps cool always gets the better of him. In fact, I could never see the value of swearing. I think it is the case with many people who swear excessively that it is a mere habit, and that they do not mean to be profane; but to say the least, it is a great waste of time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014W. J. Hart<\/p>\n
4790<\/b> No Swearing During Church Building<\/b><\/p>\n
When St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral was being built, its famous architect, Sir Christopher Wren, had posted in different parts of the structure this notice: \u201cWhereas among laborers and others that ungodly custom of swearing is so frequently heard to the dishonor of God and to the contempt of His authority, and to the end that such impiety may be utterly banished with these words which are intended to the service of God and the honor of religion, it is ordered that profane swearing shall be a sufficient crime to discharge any laborer that comes to the call.\u201d<\/p>\n
To the builder of St. Paul\u2019s and those other noble temples associated with his name, profane words spoken by the builders desecrated and profaned the holy place. If that is true of the temple made with hands, how much more is it true of that most wonderful temple of all, the temple not made with hands\u2014man him self! <\/p>\n
\u2014Selected<\/p>\n
4791<\/b> Pres. Wilson\u2019s Father<\/b><\/p>\n
Woodrow Wilson liked to speak of his godly ministerial father, Dr. Joseph R. Wilson, for many years a distinguished Presbyterian minister in the South. Among the anecdotes he related of him was this: \u201cHe was once in a company of men where they were having a heated discussion. In the midst of it one let out a profane expletive. Then, seeing Dr. Wilson there, he offered him an apology, saying, \u201cSir, I had forgotten that you were present. Please pardon me.\u201d Dr. Wilson\u2019s reply was, \u201cIt is not to me that you owe your apology but to God.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n
4792<\/b> Story Of Two Parrots<\/b><\/p>\n
The story is told of two parrots who lived near each other. The one was accustomed to sing hymns, while the other was addicted to swearing. The owner of the latter obtained permission for it to associate with the former, in the hope that its bad habit would be corrected. But the opposite happened; both learned to swear. <\/p>\n
\u2014Foster<\/p>\n
4793<\/b> Wedding For The Birds<\/b><\/p>\n
For more than a year a Toronto man has been searching for a minister to join his two mynah birds, Rajah, in holy matrimony. Finally, Pastor Lindsay King of the Willowdale United Church consented. Objections by his church members, however, forced him to cancel the ceremony. King expressed disappointment, saying the action would have made his church \u201cmore human.\u201d<\/p>\n
The birds\u2019 owner said six big Las Vegas casinos and a Niagara Falls hotel were competing for sponsorship of the wedding. <\/p>\n
4794<\/b> Ordaining A Dog<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cSadie,\u201d a Labrador retriever belonging to the Charles Thurber family in Terra Linda, California, has been ordained as a minister of faith by the Hilltop House Church in San Rafael. The dog\u2019s name and $15 were submitted by the Better Business Bureau of San Francisco through a newspaper ad. By return mail Sadie received her \u201cCertificate of Ordination.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Pastor\u2019s Manual<\/i><\/p>\n
4795<\/b> Cussing-Cars For Passengers<\/b><\/p>\n
The railroads have mail-cars, baggage-cars, passenger-cars, sleeping-cars and smoking-cars. And now they should add a cussing-car and all swearers ought to be shown to seats in it as a protection to the travelling public. <\/p>\n
\u2014James R. Stuart<\/p>\n
4796<\/b> Epigram On Profanity<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 A Farmer drove his team of mules into town and was very late returning home. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat took you so long?\u201d asked his wife. <\/p>\n
\u201cWell,\u201d the farmer explained, \u201con the way I had to pick up the preacher, and from there on, these mules of ours didn\u2019t understand one word I said.\u201d<\/p>\n
See also:<\/b> Atheists ; Matt. 5:37; I Tim. 4:7; Jude 15; Rev. 13:6; 16:11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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