The Fight Interrupted

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TWO of the boys in our picture began fighting, and now the teacher has come to find out what the trouble is. The small boy is trying to explain to him how the fight began.
We do not know for what reason they got into such an ugly temper; but naughty words must have been spoken, for it is our tongues that always cause us trouble.
How unhappy the boy with the clenched fists must feel way down in his heart.
He knows he has hurt the boy who is leaning against the well, and he has disgraced himself.
Our natural hearts are so wicked, and capable of every evil thing. Our tongues speak forth the wrong things that are in our hearts.
“Every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” James 3:7, 87For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. (James 3:7‑8).
We have no power of ourselves to control even our lips; it is as we depend upon the Lord Jesus each day, that we can use our tongues rightly.
“Be not rash with thy month, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon the earth: therefore let thy words be few.” Eccles. 5:22Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. (Ecclesiastes 5:2).
“BY THY WORDS THOU SHALT BE JUSTIFIED, AND BY THY WORDS THOU SHALT BE CONDEMNED.” Matt. 12:3737For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Matthew 12:37).
ML 06/11/1933