The Weakness and Unprofitableness of Falsehood.
By Editor
There is no excuse for a lie, for the simple reason that the truth is better, and God is on the side of truth. "A God of truth is He." Then, too,—a not unimportant consideration,—the habit of lying spells weakness and disintegration of character. The liar has no confidence in his own integrity, and he soon gets to look upon others through the media of his own perversions of truth, and therefore he can not trust even those worthy to be trusted. His companions soon learn to estimate him aright, and while they may say nothing, they do not trust him. He has none whom he can call his friends; those who know him, those of discernment, can not trust him. All his pleasures, all his joys, all his satisfactions, are shallow and ephemeral. In his better moods, unless his heart is utterly perverted, he must be the most miserable of men. Reader, are you in this class? Let us plead with you in the words of inspiration, "Lie not one to another." "The lip of truth shall be established forever."