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and difficult duty is by DIR. Talmage In
this discourse urged upon all and espe-
cially upon those given to quick tenn
per; text, Ephesians iv, rs. BE We an
cry and sin not
Equipoise OF temper. kindness, pa
thence. forbc3rance. 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 il. The most of
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
IL 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 up
ON paper for all ages. the injunction,
''Be We angry and sin not?"
My text cc;nmends n wholesome in
dignation. 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
1 think of. IL pours river Of poison
and fire through the nations. Millions
have died because of It, and millions
are dying now, and others will die. In
temperance is an old sin. The great
Cyrus. writing to the Lacedemonians
OF himself. bcasted of many of his quail
tiles, among others that he could drink
and bear more wing than his diStin-
guished brother. Louis Y aud Alexan-
der the Great died drunk. The parlia-
mcnt OF Edinburgh i'm 1861 is called in
history "thc drunken parliament"
Hugh Miller, first stoncmason and aft
erward n 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. they drank When
the building was finished. they drank.
When an apprentice Joined. they
drank" In the eighteenth century the
giver OF an entertainment boasted that
none OF tie guests went away sober.
Noah. the first ship captain, was wreck
cd not in the ark, for that was safely
landed. but he was wrecked with strong
drink. Every man or woman rightly
constructed will blush with Indignation
ut the national and International aud
hemisphere and planetary curse. Ii is
good TO be aroused against it. You
come out OF that condition better man
or better woman. BE ye angry ut
that abomination. and the more anger
the more cxaltation 10 character. But
that aroused feeling becomes sinful
WHOM IN RxfnndS IN IN .-frfft,, or
great evil. Drunkenness you are TO
hate with vivid hatred. but the drunk
ard you are to pity. to help TO extricate.
India aation and Sympathy.
Just take into consideration that
there are men and women who once
were as upright MS yourself who have
been Frustrated by alcoholism. Per-
haps IL came OF n physicians prcscrip-
ton for the relief OF pain. recurrence
OF the pain calling for continuance OF
the remedy. Perhaps the grandfather
was an incbriatc. ana the temptation to
inebricty. lcaping over generation.
has swooped ON this unfortunate. Per-
haps IL was under IN attempt TO drown
trouble that the benumblng and mar
cotic liquid WAS sought after. Perhaps
IL was very gradual claiming OF the
man with the beverage which was
thought TO be a servant. when one day
IL announced itself MASTER BE hum
ble now and admit that there Is n
strong probability that under the same
circumstances you yourself might have
been captured. The two appropriate
emotions for you TO allow are indgna-
zion nj the intoxicant which enthralied
and sympathy for the victim. Try TO
get the sufferer out OF his present er.-
vironmenS. Recommend any hygienlc
relief that you know OF. aud. above all.
implore the divine rescue for the strug-
gle In which SO many or the noblcst
and grandes' have hecn worsted. DO
not give Yourself up TO too many phi.
lippics about w.stt the man ought to
have been arI ought TO have done.
While your cheek bushes with wrath
Mt the foe that has brought the ruin.
let your eye he moIstened with tears
OF pity for the sufferer. In that way
you will have fulfilled the injunction OF
the text. Re We angry and sin not
There Is another evil the abhorrence
or which you are nil called 10, and II
Is on the incrrase-the gambling prac.
ticc. Recent developments show that
much or thIS devastation Is being
wrought IN ladies' parlors. 1t Is an
evil which sometimes Is as polite and
gracious as IL h. harmful Indeed there
never were so many people trying 10
Let money without earning It, But IL
is a haGgard iransgrcssion that comes
down TO us from the past. blighting ell
its way.
nave seen In the archives OF the M
tion In this national capital a large
book In wi'rh one of the early prrsl
dents or ths. United States kept an nc
count In his own handwriting OF gains
aho LOSSES nj playing cards, on one
page thc gains aud on the other the
losses. an'. there are many pages. I'm
other days many of national reputa.
lion went from the halls OF congress
ana III" S'na'e chamber TO spend the
night ~ notorious gambling saloons.
H"ip the Cnfortunnte.
IN S;'a.n "a don lost i'm ~ hours What
equals sl1i~Tl000. Twenty years neo
II WAS "S'.,..aIetl that the average Gam.
oiin2 ~. aaage or money tllrouyhont
Christcndom exceeded SI23. 100 m,o ooo
year, but statistics 20 years ago
would be tame compared with the pres
ent statistics IL we could find any one
able enough at figures to tabulatc
them. Ii is all the same spirit OF gam.
DING whether the Instruments are
cards or the clicking chips or the turn
ing wheel or the bids of the Stock Tx.
change. where people sell what they
never owned and fail because they can.
not get paid for it. A prominent bank.
er tells me that he thinks 10000 people
were financially Frustrated by the re-
cent insanities in Wall street. Here
and there case is reported. but the
vast majority suffer In silence. The
children are brought home from school:
the wardrobe will be denied replenlsh-
mGnf. tho tahlo xx-fIl l.