White and black lies

Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.
OR,
Truth Better than Falsehood.
MRS. MADELINE LESLIE
AUTHOR OF TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER, AND OTHER SABBATH-SCHOOL BOOKS.
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord; but they that deal truly are his delight.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY IRA BRADLEY & CO.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by HENRY HOYT, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
PREFACE.
THE Bible ranks truthfulness among the cardinal virtues. Perfect veracity is a prominent element of a good character, lying at the foundation of permanent success and of enviable fame. Yet, from the prevalence of a passion for the marvellous, the temptations are numerous in our age and country to the practice of the arts of deception. The thought of these exposures of the young has recently revived my early recollection of the excellent treatise on lying, by Mrs. Opie, a book which I read in childhood with the liveliest interest, and which has deepened my conviction of the desirableness of a work expressing similar sentiments, but more fully illustrated and enforced by the teachings of the Bible.