Excerpt from Illustrations of the Shorter Catechism for Children and Youth, Vol. 2 Father, Son, Holy Ghost; or his titles - such as Lord of Hosts, King of kings, Father of lights; or his attributes-such as justice, mercy, truth, holiness, patience, power, in any other than the most reverential manner. Perhaps no sin is so prevalent at the pre sent day as profanity. We may say with Jeremiah, Because of swearing the land mourneth. I fear the curse of God is rest ing on us as a nation for this very sin. We daily hear the little boys in our streets using the names, titles, and attributes of Jehovah, till our hearts are pained. A minister on board a ship was disturbed by the profanity of a young man. He spoke to him kindly, saying that he wounded his feelings by using God's name in vain. The young man seemed to disregard his reproof, and soon left the ship. Some years after, this minister was in Philadelphia at the General Assembly. A young man accosted him and asked if he remembered him. He said, No. He then called to his mind the circumstances of the interview on board ship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.