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PRESBYTERIAN Church.

Presbyterian Church.
Yesterday morning Rev. n. W
Moore of the Presbyterian church
preached on the right and wrong uses
of anger, from ''Be ye angry and sin
| not; let not the sun go down on your
WRATH Eph. 1926. Part of the sermon
as follows:
"There is no power in the world
which has EN- Filtered life and separ-
ated more sacred relationships. dried
up the hearts of men and women like
ill-temper for anger wrongly used.
Some people never had friends because
of it-people who, otherwise, are most
lovesble. . How many are always ready
to fight at the drop Of the hat and live
in that attitude of mind. The fact is
when man ia angry nearly all the
hideous sins of his disposition come to
the surface. Don't be all sugar."
says some one, ''or the world will suck
you down, nor all vinegar, or the
says, make no friend with an angry
man; and with furious man thou
shalt not 60" An angry man is not
safe for q friend any more
than boy with dyna-
mite in his trousers is safe to play with
children. Talk and philosopher all
you please, every man wants good
natured wife; every wife, good natur-
ed husband: every lover, a good natur-
ed lover, every purchaser, q good nat
ured clerk. Good natured people get
all the best things out of life. They
are the children of the daylight.
But anger has right use. "Be we
angry and sin not" "As much as
lieth in you, live pesceably with all
men," With some men you cannot
live at peace. A neighbours anger at
a public wrong has often over
thrown tidal waves of iniquity. If you
would root out crime, gambling and
other cancers of society you may
enemy, but your anger is right
eous. When vice becomes res
pectable in a city and base people try
to DESTROY all distinction between vice
and virtue. then let just Indignation
rise and make itself felt. ''Abhor the
evil SAYS the Bible. Let every man
trea. a genuine scOundrel as as coundrel
SO long as he is boastful and puts forth
a determined and studied depravity.
1t is the business of every church to
raise up q strong testimony against
evil. Nice sweet people-oh, so
sweet, who are nothing but sweetness
and have no adherence of evil, and
who do not manifest an adherence of
evil. are not good types of Christian.
He is in baby dresses. No man has
robust Christianity who is so i'll
balanced. Ee We angry. lat evil, not
mem, and sin not: let not the SUI go
down on your wrath, for an unforgiving
spirit against brother has no place in
Jesus S gospel. Revenge is the worlds,
not Christ's.
But. oh the wrong uses of anger.
Anger is to be directed against evil,
not individuals. Nowhere in the bible
do you find command to hate one an
other. But men and women every
where, are using anger in personal ami
mosities. Mrs. a. will not speak to
Mrs. B. because Mrs. B. has been in
the city for year and has not called.
That is childish sullenness. is not beau
tiful. Two men who join stores carry
a chip on their shoulders ready to
fight. That is worse than foolish. DR..
A. is trying to ruin DR.. B. and vice YER
sa. That is sinful. Oh, how suspicious
are such people, What Sights they i'm
agine. 1 have heard of q Greek professor
who found a strange accent in q Greek
book. He tho't it something all other
minds had overlOoked-this strange
accent. After three years hard, pro-
found study, he found it was q fly
speck. All around US are people get
ting angry over foolish fly specks.
Think what weak nerves, anger, used
causes; what suspicious dis
positions i'll temper generates. Why,
such an one can't go out or eat about
8 friends table without the horror of
meeting his enemy. Oh, the greatest
griefs Of life are not caused by death
when the coffin lid shuts down. Rs
venge, unforgiveness, envy, all grow
ing out of i'll temper, fill lives with
How then, shall live the balanced
life: L reply, no man hates vice unless
he loves virtue: no one hates dishones-
ty unless he loves honesty; no one
knows how to hate unless he knows
how to love. Abhor fine evil, love the
good, are Paul's words. Let the same
mind be in you that was in Christ
Jesus our Lord, lis the remedy. Let his
spirit interpenetrate. and purify yours
and you will grow transformed. Fran
ces Willard is right: when dying she
said, ''only.the golden rule of Christ can
bring about the golden age of man"
Man is never liker God than when he
forgives. No one wears such beauti-
full crowns here on earth as those who
love: and on Gods great judgment
day Lord Eldon, Tennyson. Scott,
q Howard shall wear no grander
diadem that you who live the life of
holy love.