Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-02-02
How to Cure a Bad Temper.

out, and then am sure to be very
angry" Such were the words Of a
little boy named Fred Smith. And
as he spoke them frOWn rested on
his face.
A lady who was ON visit at the
house of Fred's father heard these
words. The few days she had been
in the family had brought to her no.
tice the bad conduct Of the little boy.
AS she had been much grieved about
it, she felt it was her duty to speak to
him on the subject.
One evening they were in the libra
ry. Soon she began to talk to him
about the folly and sin of allowing his
angry temper to overcome him. TRY
to cure it, Fred" she said, "for it
must make you unhappy in your own
mind, as it makes you unlovely in
the eyes of your friends. Consider,
too, how wicked it is in the sight of
God. If you would see how such
conduct appears, and what it leads to,
read the story of Cain in Genesis iv.
3-l5, and then turn to Mathew V. 81
q, and hear what our Lord says Of
anger"
Il will try to cure my bad temper
that | am resolved" said Fred; but
he made the resolve in his own
strength. The next day showed him
how weak he was in himself, for on
only a slight atfront he few into a
passion with his cousin Charles, who
got before him in class he scolded
his sister Mary, who had by accident
broken the tail of his kite, and burst
into fit of anger when he stumbled
3 over the yard dog as it lay basking in
4 the sunshine.
: A few weeks after the day the lady
] had left, he sat down and wrote her 9
! letter, in which he said:
4 "Today is my birthday, and l NEAR
f to turn over new leaf, as father call
t it. have quite made up my minC
n to attend to what you told me. l vii
: never more be angry. / will Away
}. fight against my naughty temper. l
a makes me unhappy and my parent
d are unhappy, too. And you say tina
v it offends the Holy God"
l. Now this was quite right, but the
Fred had forgotten to pray. He ha
J. again resolved in his own strength t
k fight against his temper. He had nc
J. asked to be forgiven his past sins, nc
Ie sought help from God to overcome hi
4. evil passions.
lie The kind lady to whom he wrot
10 sent reply, in which were thes
le words:
d 81 am glad you have made up you
10 mind boldly to resist all bad temper
This is as 1t should be; but we can d
ce nothing without the help of the Hol
~ Spirit, nor can we hope to be pardon
ne ed except we believe in our Lord j.
lg sus Christ. The Apostle Paul fe
Of that he could do all things if Chri
n gave him strength; and we kno
es what he overcame and what he di
of through the grace of his Saviour. /
hit not forget, then, to seek of God f
'e. that help you need. If you seek
d, you shall find it,"
at Fred did indeed pray, and CT
es heard his prayer. From that time
d. began to "watch and pray" He tn,
in fought with success and BEGAN
nd known among all his friends
he "Little Fred, the kind.temper
'er boy"
n So let US all watch against whI
ever may lead US into evil or awak
is bad tempers within us. Let
st, watch against the first risings
ne passion in our hearts and watch ur
of prayer. Whilst we pray that ,
in enter not into temptation, we mt
let "avoid it, pass not by it, and p'
set away" Prov. iv. Is. And if ,
he are at any time over-astray, let
g." truly repent of our sins, and ask
Sc more grace for the time to con
sh- while we look in faith to Jesus, tn
nd for his sake, we may be forgivir
ed. "When for some little insult given,
ep, My angry passions rise,
er III think how Jesus came from hcay
AIR And bore His injuries.
"When upon the cross he bled,
Id With all His friends in view,
nm Father, forgive them twas He said
,iu They know not what they do"
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