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TOO MUCH JOKING

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 21, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 51, No. 12.

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TOO MUCH JOKING.

Slang is not wit, neither is the misspelling of words humor. And we may go even further, and say that the prevalent disposition to present everything, serious as well as trifling, in a ridiculous light, is also bad as a matter of morals. Yet there are many people whose sole effort in writing and in conversation appears to be in the direction of what they consider “smartness.” That constant trifling with the sad realities of human life; with the serious work of human kind; with the events of the day, and with the facts of history; with the character of the living and with the memory of the dead, is lowering the tone not only of literature but of morals. The world itself is not a huge joke, however some people may so affect to consider it.—Sel.