. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . forevery oath. One young man, a notorious swearer, was fined several times,once for say-ing with a noath that liewould not belined day hem e t with aprovoking ac-cident at hiswork, and theready oath; sprung to hislips. Themen stoppedtheir work to OLD LAN TUCKER. W;ltCh hi 111. He set his teeth, he stamped lns feet, his face grew red, theveins in his forehead swelled, he clenched his lists, he seemedchoking, and at last he cried out, Constamparampus IThere ! I did nt swear, did I ? I feel better. It was hisfirst struggle agains
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . forevery oath. One young man, a notorious swearer, was fined several times,once for say-ing with a noath that liewould not belined day hem e t with aprovoking ac-cident at hiswork, and theready oath; sprung to hislips. Themen stoppedtheir work to OLD LAN TUCKER. W;ltCh hi 111. He set his teeth, he stamped lns feet, his face grew red, theveins in his forehead swelled, he clenched his lists, he seemedchoking, and at last he cried out, Constamparampus IThere ! I did nt swear, did I ? I feel better. It was hisfirst struggle against the habit, and it seemed easier for him,after that, to refrain. Many men pride themselves on their firmness, which is aname they give to an acquired obstinacy. You cannotmove me, as the old man said, I m sot, yes I m sot, andwhen I m sot, a meetin-house aint softer! Such a mandoes nt hold opinions, but opinions hold him; when he ispossessed of an error, it is like the evil spirit, cast out withdifficulty; what he lays hold of he never loses, though it. THE BOY Wllo SWORE BY 82 PERSONAL KKSTONSIBILITY. help to sink him; the slighter and more inconsistent his .fancies arc the tighter lie clings to them. Some of themwould fall to pieces it he did not. He opposes you in thingsindifferent and frivolous, and would suffer martyrdom ratherthan part with the least scruple of his prejudices. He under-stands no mans reason but his own ; his understanding isas hard as Pharaohs heart, and is proof against argumenl :with him. a prejudice once conceived, or a passion oncecherished, will resist all rational argument for its relinquish-ment. Me will deny all he has never witnessed, and refuseto witness all he is resolved to deny. In man} cases the recklessness of youth, indulged with-out restraint, leads to a habit of systematically ignoring allindividual responsibility. Every man has felt, more or less,the consciousness of his personal responsibility to God andhis fellow-men pressing upon hi
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