Editorial March 13, 1976 Issue

Defense Against Babblings

Naomi Price

The Word of God is powerful to heal. It is so powerful that those who have felt its influence and recognize its importance in the world know that no effort is too great for them to put forth to guard its purity in their own consciousness.

These people shun profanity, vulgarity, gossip, and other modes of evil speaking. They turn away, too, from descriptions of disease and discord. They detect that any impure thoughts and words put in question the power of God to maintain His creation in perfect harmony, and voicing them is therefore to be avoided.

When we understand the importance of keeping our thought and conversation at the highest level, we may sometimes wonder how we can defend ourselves against hearing and speaking evil while still mixing with people in general daily life. Some have found the answer in the Bible promise: "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust." Then the psalm continues, "Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence." Ps. 91:1-3;

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