The Observation Post FRIDAY, DECEMBER. 18, 1942. Swearing
The Padre’s forceful sermon last Sunday evidently sank home with the result tnat there has Deen a decided improvement in the language used in camp, but still the two words he complained about can still be heard la” man must realise the amount of prayer and thought our OKaJevoted to.this matter before coming out in the open and ncfnajlllffly'the words, and also using them in the beginning portion of ThFPadre probably does not look on many things in the same way as -inost of us, he has a narrower’ outlook and sometimes we feel that he is.' not ‘‘of us but there is not a man, who, having heard his straight-from-the-shoulder sermon, will dare to deny his courage and his manliness. We are-going to our homes, are we going to swear before our womenfolk and young children? Of course, not! Well, how about making one New Year resolution we intend to keep. One that will be comparatively easy because we shall have refrained from swearing at-home for at least seven daysthat is, if we are proud of our homes. Let our resolution be. ‘‘No swearing or blasphemy,” . or ; as one Padre put it, Keep your swearing clean.”
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Observation Post, Volume 1, Issue 31, 18 December 1942, Page 2
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