Swearing Reproved

"A Young man having returned from sea, where he had unhappily acquired the habit of profane swearing, went to visit a friend in the country; when, walking in the garden, and approaching too near a bee hive, one of them stung him on the head; which so excited his wrath, that he began to strike violently at the bees with his hat, uttering at the same time the most dreadful oaths and curses. In the midst of his fury, one of these little combatants stung him on the tip of that unruly member, his tongue, which was then so actively employed in blaspheming his Maker. Thus can the Lord engage one of the meanest of his creatures in reproving the bold transgressor, who dares to take his name in vain."