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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Oct 9, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 38.

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Wooden Swearing.

A SABBATH-school was assembled recently for its monthly concert. The lesson was about swearing, and when the children had repeated their verses, the minister rose to talk to them: "I hope, dear children," he said, "that you will never let your lips speak profane words. But now I want to tell you about a kind of swearing which I heard a good woman speak about not long ago. She called it wooden swearing. Its a kind of swearing that many people beside children are given to, when they are angry. Instead of giving vent to their feelings in oaths they slam the doors, kick the chairs, stamp on the floor, throw furniture about and make all the noise they possibly can. 'Isn't this just the same as swearing?' said she. It's just the same kind of feeling exactly, only they do not like to say those awful words; but they force the furniture to make the noise, and so I call it 'wooden swearing.' I hope, dear children, that you will not do any of this kind of swearing either."