The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-02-10
TALMAGE SERMON.
1 BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE olvlhF's SUN
DAY DISCOURSE
Subject: Guard Your Temporal Sweet
Disposition Adds Much to the JOY of
Living-Don't Waste Health Rehears-
ing Wrongs and scheming Revenge.


Disposition Adds Much to the Joy of
Living-Don't Waste Health Rehears-
ing Wrongs and scheming Revenge.
Copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1921
WASHINGTON, D. O.-In tails discourse DR..
placates the worlds revenges and
more of the saccharine and
less Of the sour in human dispositions; text,
Ephesians w., 26, ''Let not the sun 60 down
upon your wrath"
What a pillow, embroidered OF all colors,
jatb the dying dayi The cradle OF clouds
rom which the sun rises is beautiful
enough, but It Is surpassed by tho many
colored mausoleum In which at evening 1t
Is buried.
Sunset among the mountainsi It almost
takes ones breath away to recall the
scene. The long shadows stretching oyer
the plain make the glory OF the departing
light on the tiptop crags and struck aslant
through the foliage the moro conspicuous.
Saffron and gold, purple and crimson COM
mingled. All the castles OF cloud In con-
fagration. Burning Moscows on the sky.
Hanging gardens OF roses at their deepest
blush. Banners OF vapor, red as IL from
carnage, in the battle of the elements. The
hunter among the Adirondacks and the
Swiss viilager among the Alps know what
Is sunset among the mountains. After
storm at sea the rolling grandeur into
which the sun goes down TO battle at night
fall Is som ething to make weird and splen-
did dreams out Of for q lifetime. Alexan-
der Smith, In his poem, compares the sun
set to "the barren beach OF hell" but this
wonderful spectacle Of nature makes me
think Of the FURNISHED wall OF heaven.
Paul In prison, writing my :ext, remembers
some of the gorgeous sunsets among the
mountains Of Asia Minor and how he had
often seen the towers OF Damascus blaze
In 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 people
then and people nOwl Forgiveness befo re
sundownI He who never feels the throb
OF indignation Is imbecile. He who can
walk among the injustices OF the world in
nicted upon himself and others without
flush Of cheek or fash OF eye or agitation
of nature Is either In sympathy with wrong
or semi.idiotic. When Ananias, the high
priest, ordered tho constables OF the court
room to smite Paul on the mouth. Pau
fred up and said, "God shall smite thee,
thou whited WALL" In the sentence imme'
diately before my text Paul commands ths
Ephesians, "Be We angry and sin not. IL
ali depends on what you are mad at ano
how long the feeling lasts whether anger
IA right or wrong. Life Is full OF exaspera
lions. Saul after David, Succoth afte
Gideon. Korah after Moses, the Pasquin
after Augustus, tho Pharisees after Christ
and every ono has had his pursu ers, ant
we are swindled or belied or misrepresent
| ed or prosecuted or In some way wronged
and the danger Is that healthful indigna
| tlon shall become baleful spite, and tina
1 our feelings settle down into prolonge'
| outpouring Of temper displeasing to Go
| and ruinous to ourselves, and hence tn
| important injunction OF the text, "Let no
| the sun 60 down upon your wrath"
| Why that limitation to ones anger
| Why that period Of flaming vapor set t
punctra.e a flaming disposition2 Wha
has the sunset got &c do with ones resen,
| ment written by Paul without speeds
Significance? No, no. l think OF nv
reasons why we should not let the sun 81
before our temper,
First. because twelve hours Is lon
| enough to be cross about any wrong II
ficted upon US. Nothing Is so exhaustin
to physical health or mental faculty as
protracted indulgence OF Ill humor.
racks the nervous system. 1t hurts tt
digestion. Il heats the blood in brain an
heart until the whole body Is first owe
heated and then depressed. Besides tina
It sours the disposition, turns one asid
from his legitimate work, expends energit
that ought to be better employed an
does us more harm than It does OF
antagonist. Paul gives MS a good, wid
allowance OF time for legitimate denunci'
tion, from O'Clock to 6 O'Clock. but say
'Stop therel" Watch the descending OF
Of day. and when It reaches the horizo
} take a reef in your disposition. Unloo.
your collar and cool of. Change the sui
ject to something delightfully."- pleasan
Unroll your tight fist and shake hant
With some one. Bank up the fires at II
} curfew bell. Drive the growing dog
enmity back to its kennel. The hours
this morning will pass by, and the ate
noon will arrive, and the sun will begin
set, and, beg you, on Its blazing heart
throw all your feuds, invectives ar
satires.
Again, We ought not to let the sun s
down on our wrath. because we Will slet
> better II we are at peace with everybod
{ | Insomnia Is getting to be one OF the mo
, prevalent Of disorders. How few Poop
retire at 10 O'Clock at night and sleep Gle
through to In the morningi To relie'
this disorder all narcotics and sedattv
| | and morphine and choral and bromide
, potassium and cocaine and intoxicants
: used, but nothing Is more important thu
. 4 quiet spirit II we would win somnolenc
Q How IL a man going to sleep when he Is
= mind pursuing an enemy? With what ne
yous twitch he will start out OF dreal
That new plan of cornering his foe W
, keep him wide awake while tho CO
strikes II, IL, 1, 2. give you an unfaill
prescription for wakefulness: Spend t
:; evening hours rehearsing your wrongs a.
l the best way of avenging them. Hold
: convention OF friends on this subject
b. YOUR parlor or oflce at 8 or o'clot
Close the evening by writing litter lett
. expressing your sentiments. Take frt
% the desk or pigeonhole the papers in
9 case to refresh your mind with your {
. ernv's meanness. Then lie down and VI
: for the coming Of the day, and 1t will CO..
. before sleep comes or your sleep Will
d worried auiescence and, II you take
r preeaution to lie nae on your back,
frightful nightmare.
Why not put bound to your animosi
!. Why let your foes come into the sanctit
I. Of your dormitory? Why let those slaI
y erers who have already torn your repu
tion to pieces or injured your busin
bend over your midnight pillow and DIR
J. from you one OF the greatest blessings Il
God can of{er-sweet, refreshing, all
I MIGRATING sleep? Why not fence out "
:, enemies by the golden bars OF the suns
IL Why not stand behind the barricade
n evening cloud and say to them, "Thus
and no farther" Many a man and mi
q woman IL having the health OF body
10 we'll as the health of soul eaten away b
N malevolent spirit. / have in.time OF re-
a fous awakening had persons night al
night come into the inquiry room and
, no peace of soul. After while / b
"a bIuntly asked them, els there not some
Or against whom You have a hatred that
r. are not willing to give up2" After II
!. confusion they have slightly whisper