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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 25, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 8.

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CHOOSE YOUR WORDS.

WE cannot be too careful of our words. We do not know what effect they may have. A word lightly spoken may make an indelible impression on some mind, and lead to results of a most serious character. Especially should we guard against light and trifling words in regard to solemn and sacred things. On such subjects we should always speak with reverence and thoughtfulness. While a word fitly spoken may be productive of much good, a careless, irreverent word may prove a moral poison, destructive to some soul. The apostle speaks of some in his day whose words did eat as a canker. We should set a guard upon the "door of our lips," and be careful that our words be "seasoned with grace."—Recorder.