"What Did You Talk About?"
This question was put by a little boy to his mother, who had been visited by a neighbor. Perhaps it would not have been wise to have gratified his curiosity in this regard. Very probably some things were said that had better been unsaid. When Christians come together they do not always talk about those things that are suitable. How often do they dwell on the fashions of the day, on the faults of others, and on various worldly and trivial themes? Too often is it forgotten that "every idle word that men shall speak they shall give account thereof in the day of Judgment." In all social gatherings there is always an unseen One present who listens and takes note of all that is spoken. "Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another; and the Lord hearkened and heard it; and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord and thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him."