Tattling
Juvenile Watchman
The Unionist 1833-09-05
Unionist content
Transcription
TATTLING. “He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life.” It is very common for young persons to tell every thing they hear, whether they have any grounds for the belief of what they hear or not. To the injury of an individual something may be said and spread abroad, when there is not the least shadow of truth in the story. And it is against this species of tattling which I wish to guard mankind. The wise man knew how prone the world was to this sin when he said,—“he that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life.” And truly that person who is careful what he says—especially when he knows it is in his power to injure the character of a person, or thwart any of his purposes—acts up to the proverb, and gains the esteem and friendship of his fellows.— Juvenile Watchman
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The Biblical quote is from the Book of Proverbs, 13:3, King James version. The Juvenile Watchman was a short-lived spin-off project of the Baptist newspaper, Christian Watchman. A remarkable Digital Humanities project [here] (https://www.merrycoz.org/bib/MAGAZINE.xhtml) includes a page tracking the lack of interest in this [periodical] (https://www.merrycoz.org/jwatch/RVJWATCH.xhtml#6).
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