No Time for Swearing

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Oct 28, 1875

No Time for Swearing.

“Catch me using a profane word in the presence of ladies,” said a talkative stripling, with a shade of down on his upper lip. “There is a time for all things.”

No, sir, there isn’t a time for all things. No law, human or divine, ever set apart a time for swearing. A profane expression is a sin and an abomination, utter it when and where you will. As for ladies, yes, I’ll grant you it is well to be and act our best in their presence. We cannot be too true, too pure, too honorable, if we want to stand upright before a good woman or good girl. I know of one other before whom we ought to be just as particular, if not more so. When He is not around, my boys, you can safely do as you please. But when you are in His presence—have a care! Don’t offend the deepest love, the whitest purity, the grandest honor, of all.—Hearth and Home.