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The Sin of Slander

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 7, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 1.

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The Sin of Slander

“A good motto — since the hanging of mottoes is the fashion of the day — to put up before every sewing society, every corner-store crowd, and to hang from every village steeple, is the ninth commandment, ‘Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.’ This is the common offense of good people. Men and women who would not hurt a fly, think nothing of sticking the knife of scandal into a neighbor’s back; and persons who would not steal a straw, take a fiendish pleasure in robbing a man of his good name.”