The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-12-13
A FOBGTVING SPIRIT.
Dr.. TaIhags PIacatss the Worlds
RsvsngeG
he ReeSnmends More Of the sneehs-
Efne and Less OF the Sour I'm Hu-
Dan observation-disclosures
ness Before sundown.
fOpyrigbt. Isss. by Louis KIOpsch.l
Washfn0fou nee n

bur in human dispositions; text, Ephe-
Eans, 4:z6: 'Let not the sun go down
upon your wrath"
What pillow, embroidered Of all col
orS, hath the dying day! The cradle OF
clouds from which the sun rises is beau
tifuI enough, but it is surpassed by the
many colored mausoleum in whish at
evening it is buried.
Sunset among the mountainsI Ital-
most takes ones breath away to recall
che scene. The long shadows stretching
over the plain make the glory Of the de-
parting light on the tPtop crags and
struck aslant through the foliage the
more conspicuous. Saffron and gold,
purple and crimson commingled. All
the castles Of cloud in eonfagration.
Burning Moscows on the sky. Hanging
gardens of roses at their deepest blush.
Banners Of vapor, red as If from car
mage, in the battle of the elements.
The hunter among the Adirondacks and
the Swiss viiiager among the Alps know
what Is a sunset among the mountains.
After storm at sea the rolling gran
deur into which the sun goes down
to bathe at nightfaII is something to
make weird and splendid dreams out
of for a lifetime. Alexander Smith in
his poem compares the sunset to "the
barren beach of hell" but this wonder
full spectacle Of nature makes me think
Of the FURNISHED wall of Heaven. Paul
in his prison, writing my text, remem-
bers some Of the gorgeous sunsets
among the mountains Of Asia MINOR
and how he had often seen the towers
Of Damascus blaze at the close of the
oriental days, and he flashes out that
memory in the text when he says: "Let
not the sun go down upon your wrath"
Sublime, all suggestive duty for peo-
pie then and people now! Forgiveness
before sundownI He who never feels
the thrOb Of indignation is imbecile.
He who can walk among the injustices
of the world inflicted upon himself and
others without flush of cheek, or fash
of eye, or agitation Of nature, is either
In sympathy with wrong or semi-idiOtie.
When Ananias, the high priest, ordered
the coDstables of the courtroom to
smite Paul on the mouth, Paul fired up
and said: God shall smite thee, thou
whited walt" In the sentence before
my text Paul commands the Ephesians:
BE ye angry and sin not" 1t all de-
pends on what you are mad at and how
long the feeling lasts whether anger
il right or wrong. Life is full Of dx-
asperafions. Saul after David, Succoth
after Gideon, Korah after Moses, the
Pasqufns after Augustus, the Phari-
sees after Christ, and everyone has had
his pursuers, and we are swindled o.
belied or misrepresented or persecuted
or in some way wrOnged, and the dan
ger is that heaIthfuI Indignation shall
become baleful spite and that our feel
ings settle down into a prolonged out
pouring Of temper dixpleasing to God
and ruiuous 10 ourselves. and hence
the important injunction 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 a flaming disposition?
What has the sunset to do with ones
resentful emotions? Was it haphaz-
ard sentiment written by Paul without
special significance? No. no; l think
of five reasons why we should not let
the sun set before our temper.
First, because 70 hours is long enough
to be cross about any wrong inflicted
upon Us. Nothing is so exhausting to
physical health or mental faculty as a
proirscted indulgence of i'll humor. 1t
racks the nervous system. II hurts the
digestion. It heats the blood in brain
and heart until the whole body is first
oyerheaied and Iben depressed. Besides
that. Il sOurs the disposition. turns one
aside from his legitimate work. expeDds
energies that ought TO be better en-
ployed and does Us more harm than il
does our antagonist. Paul gives US a
gsOd. wide allowance Of time for le-
gitimate denuDcistiou. from six O'Clock
10 six O'Clock. but says: Stop there!'
Watch the descending orb Of day, and
when il reaches the horizon take rect
in your disposition. UuIOc sc your col.
lar and cool of. Change the subject to
something delightfully."- pleasant Tn.
roll your tight fist and shake hands
with some one. Bank up the frs at the
eurfeW bell Drive the growing dog
OF enmity back 10 its kennel The
hours Of this morning will pass by. and
The afternoon Will arrive. and the sun
will begin 10 set. and. beg you. on iti
brzzing hearth throw all your feuds, in
VeetiSe< and saiireA
Other things being equal. the mar
who preserves good temper will come
out ahead. An Oh =sriteT says that the
celebrated John Henderson. Of Bristol
England, was al dining party whess
political excitement ran high and .hG
debate got angry. and while Heudes1ol
was speaking bis opponent. unab,e iC
answer his argument. dashed a glass oi
wine 10 his face. when the speaker de
liberately wiped the liquid from hi,
face and said: This. sir. is q digres
sion Now. IL you please. for the msir
argument While worldly philosophy
could help but very few Of such equi
poise Of spirit. The grace Of God eouIC
help any man TO such triumph. I'm
possible" yOu say = would baE'
either left the iable in anger or haV'
knocked the man dOWB." But I hav'
come 10 believe that nothing is impOs
asI.fa 70 fs~..I 49,