Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-12-16
GUARD YOUR TEMPER
DR.. TALMAeE RECOMMENDS REPREs-
SION OF WRATH.
a Sweet Disposition Adds Much to
the Joy of LivinE-Dont Wnstc
Health Rchenrsing Wrongs nnd
Scbem,nr Revenre.

+ A Sweet Disposition Adds Much to
the Joy of LivinE-Don't Wnstc
Health Rehenrsing Wrongs md
scheminE Revenge.
copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1891
WASHINGTON, Dec 10.-ln this dis
course DR.. Talmage placates the
worlds reyenges and recommends
more of the saccharine and less Of the
sour in human dispositions; text.
Ephesians iv. 20, Let not the sun go
down upon your wrath"
What pillow. embroidered Of all
colors, hath the dying day! The era
die of clouds from which the sun rises
is beautiful enough. but 1t is surpassed
by the many colored mausoleum In
which at evening 1t is buried.
Sunset among the mountains! 1t al
most takes ones breath away to recall
the scene. The long shadows stretch
Ing over the plain make the glory Of
the departing light on the tiptop
crags and struck aslant through the
foliage the more conspicuous. Saffron
and gold. purple and crimson COM
mingled. All the castles Of cloud in
conhagration. Burning Moscows on the
sky. Hanging gardens of roses at
their deepest blush. Banners of va
Dor. red as IL from carnage. in the bat
tie Of the elements. The hunter among
the Adlrondacks and the Swiss vii
lager among the Alps know what Is
q sunset among the mountains. After
storm ut sea the rolling grandeur
into which the sun goes down to battle
at nightfall Is something to make
weird and splendid dreams out OF for
lifetime Alexander Smith In his
poem compares the sunset to 1.-THE bar
rem beach of hell" but this wonderful
spectacle Of nature makes me think
of the FURNISHED wall of heaven. Paul
In prison, writing my text. remembers
some Of the gorgeous sunsets among
the mountains Of Asia Minor and how
he had often seen the towers of Da'
mascus blaze IN the CLOSE of the orient.
al DAYS. aud he haSii's oui thai mem.
ory In the text when hr SAYS. Let not
the sun go down upon your wrath.
Sublime all suggestive duty for poo
pie then and people now. Forgive
ness before shutdown. He who never
feels the throb Of Indignation Is lmbe-
ellie. He who can walk among the In
justices Of the world inflicted upon
himself and others without flush OF
cheek or flash of eye or agitation OF
nature Is either in sympathy with
wrong or semI-idiotc When Ananias.
the high priest, ordered the constables
Of the courtroom to smite Paul Oh the
mouth, Paul fired up and said. God
shall smite thee. thou whited wall"
In the sentence Immediately before
nv text Paul commands the Ephe-
slams, "Be ye angry and sin not" 1t
all depends on what you are mad at
and how long the feeling lasts whether
anger is right or wrong Life Is full
OF exasperatlons. Saul after David,
Succoth after Gideon, kornh after
Moses, the Pasquins after Augustus.
the Pharisees after Christ. and every
one has had his pursuers. and we are
swindled or belied or mlsrepresented
or prosecuted or In some way wronged.
and the danger is that beautiful In
dignatIon shall become baleful spite
and that our feelings settle down into
prolonged outpourlng OF temper DIS
pleasing to God and rulnous to our
selves, and hence the important In
junction of the text, Let not the sun
go down upon your wrath"
Why that limitation to ones anger!
Why that period Of flaming vapor set
to punctuate q flaming disposition!
What has the sunset got to do with
ones resentfuI emotions? Was 1t a
haphazard sentiment written by Paul
without special significance? No, no.
think of five reasons why we should
not let the sun set before our temper.
Away with Teuds.
First, because II hours Is long
enough to be cross about any wrong
inflicted upon US. Nothing is so ex-
hausting to physical health or mental
faculty as q protracted indulgence of
Ill humor. 1t racks the nervous sys-
tenn. 1t hurts the digestion. 1t heats
the blood in brain and heart until the
whole body Is first overheated nnd
then depressed. Besides that. II sours
the disposition, turns one aside from
] his legitimate work. eXpendS energies
that ought to be better employed and
does us more harm than il does our
! antagonist. Paul gives us Il good.
wide allowance OF time for legitimate
denunciation, from 4 o'clock TO Il
o'clock, but says. stop therer Watch
the descending orb of day, and when
it reaches the horizon take reef In
! your disposition. Unloose your col
lar and cool off. Change the subject
to something delightfully."- pleasant
| UnrolI your tight fist and shake hands
with some one. Bank up the fires at
the curfew bell. Drive the growing
cog of enmity back to its kennel. The
hours Of this morning will pass by
and the afternoon will arrive, and the
| sui Will DeSlu W SCI, di1N' we 49,
on its blazing hearth throw all your
feuds. invectives and satires.
Other things being equal. the man
who preserves good temper will come
out ahead An old writer says that the
celebrated John Henderson Of Bristol
England. was at dinner party where
political excitement ran high and the
debate got angry. and while Henderson
was speaking his opponent. unable tc
answer his argument. dashed glass
| of wine In his face. when the speaker
deliberately wiped the liquid from his
face and said: This. sir. is Il dlgres'
sion. Now. if you please. for the main
argument" While worldly philosophy
could help but very few to such equl-
poise of spirit the grace of God could
help any man to such triumph. lin: