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Il oould not locate the aggressor IL snapped
- general principles. II yelp@d af 81 ere
49,. Although unable 10 slnwAs eat any~
lzusav IA pargiculnr II maale u ~ by includAna
- tnmormna many wath tbs gullky one, "a
sha tameh@r does when be keepa a. eutirs
vir4uous class In after school b@cmuse Tom-
CIV Traddles Whispered That IL tne wng
wvith the average man land womanl. We
wfll patiently endure great stress Of phy@
cal pain, horribls mental anxiety, bahS
ruptcy, dssertion, and even the close bruai
az deaths hatlle-axe but a. all 70 pieces
over some little cause Of offcnse, and max
everybody miserable because OF an anrons
Of less import than the accidental treadingon
dogs tail Ia a crowd. A man viii howl and
caper like lunatls over refractory collar
button, who would face death on battlefield
like hero. A woman viii trot around Al
day with birthstone pug dog in her armas
sit through 3 matinee with n seven story bat
between her and the stage, walk ten miles
On . shopping expedition aad preserve her
amiabilIty, but viii whip her child aruelly
because II spills her periumcry or loses hsr
spool Of cotton.
a man IL proud Of his muscle and WIN
stand up 70 be buifctel By boxer and pun
meled into human poultlce by scientific
antagonist and call II sport, but IL bis baby
boy runs against hlm and trips HIM up, or II
n stranger jostles him Ia the street, be a
mad enough 10 set Constnntinople on irei
Row, IL we lost our temper only under great
provocalion Il wouldn't be SO pitIfuL For ths
Good Book. among other blessed loop-holes
Of escape, aets the clause. 'df II be posi-
ble,u within the command TO "livo peace
ably with al men, Tie dcar Lord knew
when the admonition was given that IL
would be qn.se impossible to live always in
This weird OF .surs without losing our tenn
per. Indeed, -hinls Heaven itself would
blush for the ma cr the woman who was
incapable Of gel,ing downright mad for
special causes. When ! saw . man riding
BY my window few moments ago lashin9
o poor. old, broken-down horse with
s'blacksnake" whip | was mad enough Q
stone that man all the way from here 70
Hyde Park. IL hadn't been, there might
have been a reasonable doubt In the record
ing angels mind As TO whether had soul
worth balancing accounts With When
overhearda q woman az the matinee the other
day tell her little two-year-old BOY that she
would kill him IL he didn't stop being afraid
o. the music, l Eel. mad enough at that
srzvesty Of every thing sacred and sweet In
motherhood 10 see her put In the pcniteD
elary for the rest Of her lifel And when .
father % on the train this morning slapped
his boy in the face because he cried aloud
with ear-ache / think I could have signed
the brutes death warrant as readily as
could receipt bill. Thank God, every ous
u you, II you have enough CT Heaven IA
your soul TO denounce cruelty and impurfk1
and dishonor wherever encountered. RAGE
Is divinely Just when brt ught 10 bee
against great and harm ul wrongs. Blu
rage vented on tri6ing iss lea Is an out
place as artillery in hnnting grasshoppera
That One who. alone out Of all who have
hyed on earth. kopt Himself pure and un-
sullied By earth's dcnlenents, was not al
ways meek and mild. When lie thundered
forth dis denunciation OF hypocrisy; when
he drove the money-changers from the
temple; when he denounced the whining
knaves who did their aims In public and TO
baked those who, being unclean them
selves, Jet judged OF purity In others, he
was neither meek" nor @howly." he
scoote ns the bolt smites that leaps from the
auivering cloud, and he looks for wrath
and indignation from everJ one of us
against AL forms OF oppression. presensioa
and tyranny. It is only, think, when we
lose our temper on questions Of personal
1T our pattern Of the sinless One, we zee
Him smittcL. insulted, reviied. betrayed,
forxaken ard cruciled, with never .
whisper but OF Divinest patience and ten
derest forgiving love. Tue soul that shah
possess itself In patience under the senas
Of all injuries aud insults which Affect only
ita own peace, atfains closest unto the
Divine similitns.c
But, o. dear how easy Il Is 10 lay down
rules for keeping oneself calm and superior
10 the sting Of insul.s and the slur OF YEA
om0us tonguesl 1be Grst impulse Of tbs
cid Adam within as cn b 10 ~give as GOO
"a ls sent"
The old man VINO tried the plan OF count
Ing one hundred before he spoke, when hla
nsighbor called him names over the back
fence because he didn't KEEP his chickens
at home. and went ifta ih~ house after
ward and bit bis ys.is .. the head with .
bootjack. cxempsiicd the merit Of all the
rules laid down 10 cultivate self-posses-
sion. II is next 70 impossible TO keep back
the angry words and keep down the spirit
OF wrath under provocation. !, for one,
am too awfully human to keep still under
abuse. IL may be Christian 70 turn The
otker cheek and hand back q soft word for
a bitter one, but the onl- safety for the
unsanctincd, II he wishes 10 keep his
temper, is 10 run. II takes something
higher than human strength 10 pocket an
anront sweetly or 20 keep your lips closed
when a son Of Bclial Is flinging hot shot Al
you. Divine grace wall help a man through.
but we don't ali Of Us possess it. So the
next beat thing 10 do, " you wish TO pre-
serve your self-rospcct, Is 70 quit the scene.
For next to q man chasing las hat in high
wind, man baudying angry words over q
trihe Is the most foolish sight in q world OF
folly. Son you end yourself involved In
circumstances where 70 stay means 20
quarrel, gel For / tel you no boy ever lost
bis marbies mere irrrvocably out OF q
ragged pocket than you and | will lose our
sslf-respect and our dignity II we remain
10 take part IN q wordy discussion that cnds
In . broiL
don't suppose the dear little maiden who
wrote TO ask my counsel as TO keersag ones
temper under pr0rocaton will ind ny ma
terial AID in what have written. No soldier
can take advice a. 10 q battle which be
must fight for himself. and no human heart
can substantially aid another 10 grapple
with and hold that wary and elusive Zoe,
the temper. All we can 90 for one another
In this campaign for which we have been
drafted by destiny Is 10 encourage and
counsel as we can, aud leave the issue 10
Heaven and our own endurance and grit "a
faithful soldiers.
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