other words, to
make the cylinder talk back again to me the words which I had spoken
into the tin box and recorded upon the cylinder.

[Illustration: Phonograph Cylinder.]

Just as light carries the photograph or picture, so the air carries the
sound of our words and other vibrations of the atmosphere which we call
sound. Thus you see the light is one book and the air is another, and
God doubtless has many other forms of making and keeping the record of
our actions and words--yes, even of our thoughts, and in the great
Judgment Day these words which we utter will say themselves over again
in our ears. If you uttered any bad or wicked words yesterday or to-day,
or shall do so tomorrow, remember you will have to give an account of
them in the great Day of Judgment.

But there is another thing connected with our uttering of bad words, as
well as the fact that we must give an account of them. Bad words are
connected with bad thoughts, and so every bad word which we utter
indicates the character of our thoughts and has a bad influence upon our
minds and hearts.

Not only do these words record themselves upon the atmosphere, but they
also record themselves in a lasting--yes, in an eternal influence upon
the hearts and the minds and the lives of those who hear them. Just the
same as the words which are spoken into a phonograph are recorded and
can be repeated over and over many times, so the bad words and the
wicked thoughts which are expressed into the ears of others make an
indelible record upon their thoughts and hearts, and are oftentimes
repeated to others, thus multiplying the record, and at last all these
records will appear against us in the great Day of Judgment. How careful
you and I should be to speak only good words and to think only good
thoughts.

QUESTIONS.--Has God other record books beside the
one of deeds? What does one of the other books
record? What is a telephone? What is a phonograph?
What happens to the air when our words strike it?
What are these air-vibrations called? What does
the air do with sound? What two things may be used
as God's recording books? Must all bad words be
accounted for? What do bad words indicate? Upon
what instrument can words also be recorded? Are
all words like those which are recorded by a
phonograph? Why? (Permanent). Will God hold these
records again