Hasty in Words

Reprinted from When Thou Sittest In Thine House, by Abraham Kuyper, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan. 1929. Used by permission of Eerdmans Publishing Co. Mutual Quarreling Every gift of God brings its temptation. For it can either be used for God's glory, or misused in the service of sin. This applies, surely not least, to the wondrous gift oflanguage, that high privilege whereby, among all creatures, man distinguishes himself. For though in our times reports are...