"Let us watch, therefore, to see that our thoughts as well as our words are such as to add to the happiness of those about us. Calmness and carefulness will accomplish this. Let us guard well against the ill-spoken word, however harmless it may seem.
"Said one girl to another, 'Don't you think Julia is a splendid girl?'
"Oh, yes,' responded the other, 'but I have sometimes wondered whether or not she is always sincere in what she says.'
"How easy it is to attach a sting to an innocent remark! Our lightly-spoken words may blight the life of an innocent one, for words repeated are like the rolling snowball which grows larger as it is pushed over the fallen snow. As one dog, howling in the night, causes all the other dogs in town to howl, so we may start a needless alarm by a single unfair word.
"Let us praise the good, always, for none—not even ourselves—is perfect."
THE DECEITFULNESS OF SIN
—Sin
—Allurement
The Modern Artificial Fishing Bait As an Illustration of Seductiveness.