The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-07-05
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
BE We ANGRY AND SIN NOT"
EPH. ~: 20.
Tho Sin Of Aicob lism-Tho Spirit of
Gambiing-Aid for tho Unbeitever --
Indignation Over Fraud-Mercy for
the Errlng One.

Copyright 1901. by Louis Klopsch, ~ "
washington. June 30.-A delicate
and difficult duty is by DR.. Talmage in
this discourse urged upon all. and es-
pecially upon those given to quick
temper; text, Ephesians iv, 20, BE we
angry and sin not"
Equipose of temper, kindness. pa
thence, forbearance, are eXtolled by
most of the radiant pens of inspiration,
but my text contains that which at first
sight is startling. certain kind OF
anger is approved-aye, we are COM
manded to indulge in it. The most or
us have no need to cultivate high tenn
per, and how often we say things and do
| things under affronted impulse which
we are sorry for when perhaps it is
| too late to make effective apology.
| Why, then. should the apostle Paul dip
| his pen in the ink horn and trace upon
parchment, afterward to be printed
upon paper for all ages, the Injunction
BE ye angry and sin not?"
My text commends a wholesome in
dgnation. 1t discriminates between
| the offense and the offender the sin
and the sinner, the crime and the
criminal.
To illustrate: Alcoholism has ruined
| more fortunes, blasted more homes. de-
| stroyed more souls, than any evil that /
| think of. 1t pours a river of poison and
| fire through the nations Millions have
| died because of it. and millions are dy-
ing now, and others will die. Intern
| perance is an old sin. The great Cyrus,
writing to the Lacedemonians of him
self. boosted of many of his qualities,
among others, that he could drink and
bear more wine than his distinguished
brother. Louis X and Alexander the
| Great. died drunk The parliament of
Edinburgh in 1861 is called in history
1.-THE drunken parliament" Hugh Mil
Ter, the first stone mason and after
ward world renowned geologist,
writes of the drinking habits of his
day, saying: when the foundation
was laid they drank. When the walls
were leveled for laying the joists, they
drank. When the buildings were fin
ished. they drank. When an apprentice
joined, they drank In the eighteenth
century the giver of an entertainment
boosted that none of the guests Went
away sober. Noah, the first ship cap
tain. was wrecked-not in the ark, fol
that was safely landed-but he was
wrecked with strong drink, Every man
or woman rightly constructed will
blush with indignation at the national
and international and hemisphere and
planetary curse. 1t is good to be
aroused against it. You come out Of
that condition a better man or better
woman. Be We angry at that abomina
ton. and the more anger the more ex-
altation to character. But that aroused
feeling becomes sinful when it extends
to the victim of this great evil. Drunk
enness you are to hate with vivid
hatred; but the drunkard you are tc
pity, to help to extricate.
Frustrated by Alcoholism.
Just take into consideration that
there are men and women who once
were as upright as yourself who have
been Frustrated by alcoholism. Per
haps it came of physicians prescrip-
ton for the relief of pain, a recurrence
of the pain calling for a continuance
of the remedy; perhaps the grandfath-
err was an inebriate and the tempta-
ton to inebriety, leaping over gen
Grafton, has swooped on this unfortu-
nate: perhaps it was under an at
tempt to drown trouble that the be-
numbing and narcotic liquid was
sought after; perhaps it was a gradual
claiming Of the man with the bever-
age which was thought to be a SER
want. when one day it announced it
self master. Be humble now, and admit
that there is a strong probability that
under the same circumstances You
| yourself might have been captured,
| The two appropriate emotions for you
to allow are indignation at the intoXi-
| cant which enthralled and sympathy
for the victim. Try to get the sufferer
| out of his present environment; rec
| ommend any hygienic relief that you
| know of and, above all, implore the di-
| vine rescue for the struggle in which
| SO many of the noblest and grandest
have been worsted Do not give your
self up to too many philippics about
what the man ought to have been and
ought to have done. While your cheek
Pushes with wrath at the foe that has
brought ruin. let your eye be moisten-
cd with tears of pity for the sufferer.
In that way you will have fulfilled the
Injunction of the text. BE ye angry
and sin not.
The Spirit OF Gambling.
In Spain a don lost in "a hours what
equals $12,OO0,O00. Twenty years ago
1t was estimated thai the average gam
bling exchange of money throughout
Christendom exceeded $123, 100. 600. 900
a year. But statistics 20 years ago
would he tame compared with the pres
ent statistics il We could find any one
able enough at figures to tabulate
them. II is all the same spirit of gam
bling. whether the instruments are
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