The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-12-14
REV. Or. TALMAGE.
THE EMINENT DIvINE's SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
Subject; Guard Your Tempsr-A Sweet
Disposition Adds Much to the JOY of
LivIng-Don't Waste Health Rehears-
ing Wrongs and scheming Revenge.

IiVlng-DOnt WAhte Health heneAre-
ing Wrongs and scheninE Revenge.
Copyright Louis Kiopsch. ls9e.l
WASHINGTON, d. C.-In this discourse Dr.
Talmage placates the worlds revenges and
recommends more of the saccharlne and
less OF the sour IN human dispositions; text,
Ephesians w., 26, LET not the sun go down
upon your wrath"
What n pillow, embroidered of ell colors,
hath the dying dayl The cradle OF clouds
from which the sun rises is beautiful
enough, hut 1t is surpassed by the many
colored mausoleum In which at evening II
Is buried.
Sunset among the mountainsl II almost
takes ones breath away to recall tho
scene. The long shadows stretching 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 con-
nagration. Burning Moscows on the sky.
/ Hanging gardens of roses at their deepest
blush. Banners OF vapor, red as II from
| carnage, in the battle OF the elements. The
hunter among the Adrondacks and the
Swiss vilager among the Alps know what
Is "A sunset among the mountains. After
storm at sea the rolling grandeur into
which the sun goes down to hathe at night
fall Is som ething to make weird and SPLEEN
did dreams out of for lifetime. Alexan-
der Smith, In his poem, compares the sun
/ set to 'tuB barren Oe1cn OF nell,' Dut 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 tho
mountains OF Asia Minor aud how he had
often seen the towers OF Damascus blaze
in the close of tho oriental days, and he
flashes out that memory In the text when
lie says, Let not the sun go down upon
votr wrath"
subi'too all suggestive duty for people
then and people now Forgiveness before
sundownl He who never feels the throb
OF Indignation is imbecile. He who can
walk among the iniustices of the world In
nlcted upon himself and others without
flush OF cheek or fash of eye or agitation
| OF nature II either I'm sympathy with wrong
or semi-ldiotic When Ananias, the high
priest ordered the constables OF tho court
room to smite Paul on the mouth, Paul
fred up and said, "God shall smite thee,
thou whlted WALL" In the sentence imme-
diately before my text Paul commands the
Epheslans, "Be ye angry and sin not" II
all depends on what you are mad ut and
how long the feeling lasts whether anger
is right or wrong. Life Is full OF exnspera-
tions. Snul after David, Suceoth after
Gideon, Korah after Moses, the Pasquins
after Augustus. the Pharisees after Christ,
and every one has had his pursu ers and
we are swindled or belled or mlsrepresent-
ed or prosecuted or In some way wronged,
and the danger Is that healthful indigna-
tion shall become baleful spite, and that
our feelings settle down into u prolonged
outpourlng of temper displensing to God
and ruinous to ourselves, and hence the
important injunction of the text, "Let not
} the sun go down upon your wrath"
Why that limitation to ones aDger7
Why that period OF flaming vapor set to
punctuate n flaming dlsposltion2 What
has the sunset got to do with ones resent.
iul emotions? Was 1t q haphazard senti.
ment written by Paul without special
Significance? No. no. / think OF five
rensons why we should not let the sun set
before our temper
First, because twelve hours Is long
enough to be cross about any wrong in
ficted upon us. Nothing is so exhausting
to physical health or mental faculty as n
protracted Indulgence of i'll humor. 1t
, racks the nervous system. 1t hurts tho
digestion. 1t heats the blood in brain and
heart until the whole body is first over
heated and then depressed. Besides that
IL sours the disposition, turns one aside
from his Legitimate work, expends energies
that ought to be better employed and
does us more harm than 1t does our
antagonist. Paul gives us n good, wide
, allowance of time for Legitimate denuncia-
tion, from o'clock to 6 O'Clock, but says
"Stop therel' Watch the descending orb
OF day, and when 1t reaches the horizon
take reef in your disposition. Unloose
your collar and cool Off. Change the sub
: ject to something delightfully."- pleasant.
Unroll your tight fist and shake hands
with some one Bank up the fires at the
curfew bell. Drive the growing dog Of
enmity back to its kennel. The hours Of
} this morning will pass by, ana the after
noon will arrive, and the sun will begin to
set, and, beg you, on its blazing hearth
throw all your feuds, invectives and
satires.
Again, we ought not to let the sun 20
, down on our wrath because we will sleep
better II we are at peace with everybody.
Insomnia Is getting to be one Of the most
prevalent OF disorders. How few people
retire at 10 O'Clock at night and sleep clear
through to in the morning To relieve
this disorder all narcotics and sedatives
Z and morphine and chloral and bromide of
} potassium and cocaine and intoxicants are
, used, but nothing Is more important than
quiet spirit II we would win somnolence.
How is a man going to sleep when he is In
mind pursuing an enemy? With what ner-
vous twitch he will start out OF dreaml
That new plan of cornering his foe will
keep him wide awake while tho clock
strikes IL, ~, /, 2. / give you an unfaillng
prescription for wakefulness: Spend the
{ evening hours rehearsng your wrongs and
the best way of avenging them. Hold a
convention OF friends on this subject in
your parlor or oGice mt or 0 O'clock.
Close the evening by writing litter letter
expressing your sentiments. Take from
the desk or pigeonhole the papers In the
case to refresh your mind with your en-
emy's meanness. Then lie down and wait
for the coming Of the day, and 1t will come
before sleep comes or your sleep will be
worried quiescence and, II you take the
precaution to lie Rat on your back,
frightful nightmare.
Why not put bound to your animositv?
Why let your foes come into the sanctities
OF your dormtory2 Why let those sland-
erers who have already torn your reputa-
tion to pieces or injured your business
bend over your midnight pillow and drive
from you one of the greatest blessings that
God can ofIer-sweet, refreshing, all In
vigorating sleepf Why not fence out your
enemies by the golden bars Of the sunset1
Why not stand behind the barrlcade OF
evening cloud and say to thom, "Thus far
and no farther" Many q man and many
woman is having the health OF body as
we'll as the health OF soul eaten away by q
malevolent spirit. have in.time OF relig-
ious awakening had persons night after
night come into the inquiry room and get
no peace OF soul. After u while 1 have
bluntly asked them, SIS there not some one
against whom you have hatred that you
are not willing to give upp" After n little
confusion they have slightly whispered
"Yes," Then have said, "You will never
find peace with God as long as you retain
that virulence."
The rabblns recount how that Nebuchad-
nezzars son had such Il spite against his
father that after he was dead he had his
father burned TO ashes and then put the