Posted by: Changi Chapel Community | August 4, 2010

An antidote for gossip..…..

In 1752, a group of Methodist men, including John Wesley,signed a covenant which every man agreed to hang on his study wall. The six articles of this solemn agreement were as follows:

  1. That we will not listen or willingly inquire after ill concerning one another;
  2. That, if we do hear any ill of each other, we will not be forward to believe it;
  3. That as soon as possible we will communicate what we hear by speaking or writing to the person concerned;
  4. That until we have done this, we will not write or speak a syllable of it to any other person;
  5. That neither will we mention it, after we have done this, to any other person;
  6. That we will not make any exception to any of these rules unless we think ourselves absolutely obliged in conference.

Always remember: the person who tells you "Don’t tell this to a soul" has probably told all the souls you know!

[God’s Little Devotional Bible Pro.11:13]


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