Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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mutha
BY PHEBE HART
sects make so much noise so continuously?
The reply Ireceived was, "That is largely
the means whereby they know that they
are alive." I have thought of that answer
many times since, and I am willing to accept it as
correct.
ONCE asked the question, Why do the in-
Ascending up the scale of animate existence even to
the human, we sometimes see a manifestation of the
same thing. For there are some who seem to depend
very greatly upon talking or being talked to, to relieve
themselves of the monotony of an existence without
noise. While for one to depend upon many words 'and
much noise as a means of exciting the sensations
that
produce consciousness, indicates, if not a low degree of
mind development, at least a state of immaturity. Yet
at times the most pleasing and long-remembered incidents
of one's life are where there was a quiet interchange
of thought with some congenial mind,
use of words.
thru the
When we consider and in a measure perceive the consequences
of our words, it is strange how very careless
we are in the use of them!
A few days ago a person
quoted to me a statement made by a mutual friend, and
I felt grieved at the inplication of the statement. An-