The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-07-10
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sermon that there IS net 81 iojgncSion n
tbs Bible mere difficult to obey than the
words Of the text. While It sppiauds
wholesome ind d;gnasion,i it YARNS against
sinful anger. and there is IN all the
reslm OF passion nothing mere 6estrnc
tive than indiscrinios:e haze. First Of
ali. it frcnzics the nervous gsngli. Those
people who easily fare up on little
pro7ocatiop go into high dudgeon, take
umb-age without reason, snap you up
quick, have ruined their nerves, and
there is only ore thing worse to ruin,
that is the brain, and ve say of one that
is given to frequent ebu!litions OF temper
that he is al uubslauced man. A busi-
ness man of our acquaintance said: Il
cannot sford to get mad. 1t hurts ms
so." And if sinful anger damages the
body how much more it rives the cispo-
sition. There are thousands OF men
clerks in stores who would bean mem
bers Of great business firms, and uader-
mechanics who wou?d have been boss
carpenters, snd attorneys who would
tave been leading advocates, AID
preachers to'coasregations who star7-
ing shen to deaIh eho might hs7e hsd
apprsciative Surroundings, who have
bean kept back AMI kept down By un-
so7e.rable tempors. The outbreak last
ed only q little while, but it impoded a
lifetime.
SURPRISING all other characters in the
worlds biography staais Jesus Christ,
wra:hful agsiDst sin, msrciEul to the
sinner. Witness his behavior to ward
the robed rufisns who demanded ca2i-
tai punishment for az offending wo-
nan-denunciatioa for their sinful
hypocrisy, psrdon for her sweet peni'
terce. He did not speak Of Herod as
''his MAJESTY" or ''his royal highness, "
but dared to compare him to a cunning
fox, saying, "Go ye and toll that fox "
But, alert TO the CRY Of suffering, he
fods ten lepers, and to low many Of
the ten awful invalids did be give con
valescence and health? Ten. Rebuk
ipg Phsrislisn in the most compressed
sentence in all the vocabulary Of aus
thsma-"Ye serpents, ye generation
of vipers, how can ye escape the dam
nation Of hell?"-yet locking upon
Peter with such tenderness that 10
word was spcken-and not word was
needed, for the look spoke louder than
words. And the Lord locked upon
Peter, and went out and wspt bitterly.
On what look it must have been to
break down the sWsrthy fisherman
apostle! It was such hurt look, such
loving look, such forgiving lock!
Was there in any other being since
time began such combination Of wrath
against wrong and compassion for the
Erongdoor2 Lion of Judah's tribe!'
Hear that! Lamb Of God who taketh
away the sins Of the world" Hear
thstl {.
Dsfying the mightiest government Of
the werld, the Roman government, yet
rubbing his hand just beloH the fore
head OF the blind mand until the optic
nerve of him who was born sightless is
created, and the sunlight has cWo new
paths to tread. Best illustration the
world ever saw Of anger without sin
ange: sgainst the denominations which
have nau.ed and blasted the earth from
its deepest cavern to its highest cliff,
but so much pity foc the SHINING and
suffering nations that he allowed them
tn trsns6x him UPON two pieces OF wood
nailed across each other on day that
was dark as the night; the Windows Of
heaven shut because the imnorsals
could not bear to look down upon the
assassination Of the lovellest being
that ever walked ths shore Of the lakes
| or, without pillow or blanket, slept on
the mountains.
Like him, let Us hate iniquity with
complete hatred; but, like him, may ne
help chose who are o7erthroWn and be
willing to suf=r for their restoration.
Then, although at the opening Of this
discourse our text may have seemed to
command US to do al impossible thing.
We will at the close Of this sermon, with
a prayer to God for help, be more rigid
and determined than ever before
against that which is wrong, while at
the same time We shall feel so kindly
toward all the erring and work so hard
for their rescue that We will rel z, that
We have scale the Alpine, the Htmala,
yan, height Of my text. which enioi25,
''Be ye angry and sin not.