The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1891-12-30

Take "a All In All the Human Family II
Mighty Queer set.


II takes 80 little 10 make a man mad,
writes "Ambcrn in the Chicago Tribune. 1
saw dog in the crowd last parade duy.
Somebody stepped on ITS tail, and although
II could not locate the aegrcssor Il snapped
on general principles. II ycipcd a nh Gre
alton Although unable % single out any
body In particular II mndc Il 40 by including
The innocent many with the guilty one, as
the teacher does when be keeps an entire
virtuous class ia after school because Tom.
my Traddles whispered. That is the way
with the average man (and womaul. We
will patiently endure great stress Of phys
ical pain, horrible ricusal anxiety, bank
ruptcy, dcserii0n, ami escn the close brush
0f deaths battcaxc. but ly all 10 pieces
0veg s0Rie little calucc Of offcnsc, anil rlaks
everybody miserable because of an affront
OF less import than thea,ridcnial troadingon
a dogs fall iu a crowd A man viii howl and
cupcr like n iunatis over refractory collar.
buttor.wlio would face death on battlefield
like hero. A woman will trot around all
day with q birthstone pug dog in her arms,
sit through n matinee wi:h q seven. story hat
between her and the stage, walk ten niles
on 4 shopping expedition and preserve her
amiability, but VIII whip her child sruelly
because II spills her perfuricry or loses her
spool OF cotton.
A man is proud of lis muscle and win
stand ur 10 be buffctcl by a boxer and pums
melcd into human ponlticc BY a scientific
antagonist and call it sport, but IL his baby
boy runs against hun and trips hini up, or Il
n stranger jostlcs him in the street, he ls
mad enough 20 set Coastantinoplc on hrcl
Now,if we lost our temper only under great
prOvocati0n II wouldn't be so pitlfuf For tho
Of escape, sets the clause. III Il be posi-
blc,' within the command 70 sliyc peace
ably with all mcn.n The dear Lord knew
when the admoui,ion was given that il
would be quite impossible 10 live always in
this world Of ours without losing our tenn,
per. Indeed, thiak Heaven itself would
blush for the nam ~ the woman who was
incapable OF getting downright mad for
special causes. When I saw a man riding
by my window few m0ments ago lashina
a poor old, brdken-dDwn horse with a
"blacksnalscu whip | was mad enough 10
stone that man nj the way from here to
Hyde Park. n hadn't been, there might
have been a reasonable doubt IN the record
Ing angels mind asio whether had a soul
worth balancing accounts With When I
ovcrhcurda woman NJ the matinee the other
dry tell her little two-year-old boy that she
would kill him II be didn't stop being afraid
OF the music, fcl mad enough at that
travesty Of every thing sacred and sweet in
motherhood 10 see her put IN the penitcn.
tary for tho rest 81 her lifcl And when q
father % on the train this morning slapped
his boy IN inc face because be cried aloud
with car-aclio think I could have signed
the brute's death warrant as readily as l
cruld receipt bill Thank God, every ono
81 you, II sou have enough cf Heaven in
your soul 10 denounced cruelty aud impurity
and dishonor wherever encountered. Rage
Is diviucly just when brought 70 bear
against great and harm 'ul wrongs. But
fugc vented on trining iss icS Is as out OF
place as artillery Ia hunting grasshoppers.
That One who. alone out ~ all who have
lived on earth. kept Himlclf pure and un-
sullicd by carth's deiilcmcnss, was not al
ways neck and mild. When lie thundered
forth lis denunciution Of hypocrisy; when
lie drove the mOney-chnngcrs from the
tcmplc; when IL denounced the whining
lfhavcs who did their aims in public and re-
bnked those who, being unclcan Them
selves, yet judged OF purity An others, He
WIS neither "mcekn nor alcwly.n lie
smotc as the bolt smifes that leaps from the
quiyering cloud, and He looks for wrath
and Indignation from every one OF us
against all forms OF oppression. prctension
aud tyranny. II is only, Think when we
lose our temper on questions OF personal
import that we are ign0ble. Looking ever
az our pattern OF tho sinless One, we sec
Him smitten, insulted, revilcd, betrayed,
forsaken ard cruclied, with never q
whisper but of Divnest patience and ten
dcrest forgivmg love. The soul that shall
possess itself in patience under the sense
Df all injuries and insults which affect only
Its own peace, attaiils closest unto tho
Divine similitudc
But, 0, deari how EASY il IS to lay down
rules for keeping oneself calm and superior
10 the sting Of insults and the slur Of ven
,uc.lus tongues The Bist impulse OF the
sd Adam within Us ell d 10 give as good
Is Is sent"
The old man who tried the plan or count
ng one hundred befowalse spoke, when his
lclghbor called him ndnes over the back
lcncc because he didu't ksob bis chickens
Il home, and went into tho house after
vslrd and hit his wil,,on thehead with
oootjaek, exemplifcd the merit OF all tha
7nlos laid down 20 cultivate self-p0ssess
non. It Is next 10 impossible to keep back
he angry words and keep down the spirit
I'M too awfully human to keep stlll under
lbusc II mny be Christian 10 turn tho
'thcr check and hand back q soft word for
} bitter one, but the only safety for the
II he wishes 10 keep his
emper, Is 10 run. II takes something
lighcr than human strength 10 pocket an
'rront swcosiy or'io keep your lips closed
shen q son OF Bclial Is linginQ hot shot at
tfft4 hf.ls.
ut We don't an or us possess H. So the
lext best thing 10 90, II you wish 10 pro-
crvc your self-rcspcct, is 10 quit tho scene
FOR next to "a man chasing his hat ia high
Wind, a man bludying angry words oyer D
rifle II tho most foolish sight In a world OF
oily. Soif you hnd yourself involved In
ireumsinnces where % stay means "a
uai'rcl, col For ] tell you no boy ever lost
is marbles more lrrevocably out OF
agged pocket Than you aud win lose oar
clf-rospect and our dignity II we remain
. take part IN u wordy discussion that cnds
d a broil.
Idon't suppose the dear little niai1cn who
rrote "a asl; ny veuaselms to.lgeeping ono's
smpcr under proyocalion viii find nylna
nrial AL in what hnve wratten. No soldier
m tnkn advice a. 10 baltic which he
lust flallt Tor himself, and no human heart
an substantially uld another TO graphic
flth and hold that wary and elusive focl
lo temper All we can 90 FOR ono another
J this campasen Tor which We hayc boon
RATED by destiny Is 10 encourage and
Dunsel as wu can. and leave ihc issue 10
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