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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 15, 1866

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 27, No. 24.

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Profanity.

By A. JOHNSON.

MANY sins are committed under the apprehension that it is not wrong; but that to which I would more particularly refer, as claiming my most urgent attention, is the sin of repeating an oath from the lips of another. For example: Mr. A relates an incident to Mr. B, and being a profane man, he uses an oath. Mr. B likes the story, and soon repeats it to a neighbor, and as he is relating Mr. A's story, and not his own, he does not hesitate to use the same oath. This has become a common occurrence so that even those professing religion are guilty of this sin against God. To a person who has not given this subject any special thought the above may seem exaggerated, but careful observation will prove it to be true. This is one of Satan's methods of teaching human beings to swear, and none should be ignorant of its tendency. God forbid that we take his holy name in vain.
A. JOHNSON. Addison, Mich.