---
title: 'A Sermon on Slander'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Samuel Stanhope Smith'
date: 1791-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '18th century'
topics:
- 'Speech'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'James 4'
- 'Ephesians 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/18th-century/smith-1791-a-sermon-on-slander
---

# A Sermon on Slander

Sermon (1790) by Samuel Stanhope Smith condemning slander—malicious lies, partial truths, and social gossip—and urging charity and prudence in speech.

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