Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1917 — “For the Benefit of Gossipers,” Be Careful What You Say. [ARTICLE]

“For the Benefit of Gossipers,” Be Careful What You Say.

hfn "speaking of a person’s faults Pray do not forget your own; Remember, those with houses of glass Should seldom throw a stone. If we have nothing else to do But talk of those who sin, ’Tis better we commence at home .Amd. from that point begin. We have no right to judge a man Until he’s fairly tried; Should we not like his.,company • ~ We know the world tis wide. Some have their faults'—and who has The old as well as young; Perhaps we may, for aught we know, Have fifty to their one. I’ll tell you of a better plan, And find it works full well, To try my own defects to cure Before of others tell; And though I sometimes hope to be No worse than .some I know, My own shortcomings bid me let The faults of others go. Then let us all, when we commence To slander friend or foe, Think of the harm one word may do To those who little know. Remember, curses, something like Our chickens, ‘ixx>st at home’; Don’t speak of other’s faults until We have none of our own. ‘ —Contributed.