It is startling to think what Christian conversation might be, of what it ought to be, and then of what it is. Why should such power for good be wasted, or far worse than wasted? Why should our Christian development be retarded by the misuse of the marvelous gift of speech? It were far better that one were born dumb than that, having a tongue, one should use it to scatter evil and sorrow, or to sow the seeds of bitterness and pain. Our Lord said we must give account of every idle word; and if for the idle words, how much more for the words that stain and injure, or fall as a destructive blight into other hearts and lives! When we give ourselves to Christ, we ought to give him our tongues; when we are regenerated, our tongues ought to be regenerated. It was not without significance that, when the Holy Ghost came down on the day of Pentecost, the manifestation was in "tongues like as of fire." One of the first results, too, of this heavenly baptism, was that the disciples spake with other tongues. It is not a mere fanciful interpretation that sees in all this an intimation that true conversion transforms the speech, and that a Christian should speak with a new, a Christian tongue.—Congregational Magazine.