The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE sY THs NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject Control Nour rempcr-why One
May Have n Wholesome Indignstion-
Sins That We should he Angry with
PITY the sinner.
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discourse urged upon all and especially
upon those gwen 10 quick temper; text,
Ephesians ~, %, BE ye angry and sin
not"
Equipoise OF temper. Kindness. patience.
iorbearance, are eNtolled by most OF the
radiant pens OF inspiration, but my text
contains that which at first sight u start
ling. y certain kind OF anger l. approved;
ave, we are commanded 70 indulge in IL.
The most Of Us have no need 10 cultivate
high temper, and how often we say
things and do things under atfronted i'm.
pulse which We are sorry for when per
haps II Is too late 20 make effective apol-
ogy! Why. then. should the apostle Paul
dip his pen IN the ink horn and trace
upon paper FOR all ages, the injunction,
BE " angry and SIN noty'
My text commends a wholes pme indig-
nation. IL discriminates between the Of
fence 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. lt pours river OF poison and
fire through the nations. Millions have
died because of II. and millions are dying
now, and Others will die. lntemperance Is
an old sin. The great Cyrus. writing To
the Lacedcmonians of himself, boasted of
many OF his qualities, amC nc Others that
he could drink and bear more wine than
his distinguished brother. Louis y. and
Alexander the Great died drunk The
Parliament of Edinburgh in 1861 Is called
II history the drunken Parliament"
Hugh Miller. first stonemason and after.
ward world renowned geologist, writes
Of the drinking habits of his day, saying:
when the foundation wao laid, they
drank. When the walls were levcled for
laying, they drank When the building
was finished, they drank. When an APP
prertice joined, they drank. In the
eighteenth century the giver OF an enter
tainment boasted that none of the guests
went home sober. Noah, the hrst ship
that was safely landed but he was wrecked
with strong drink. Every man or woman
rightly constructed will Lush with lndig.
nation 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 a better woman. BE ye angry at that
abomination, and the more anger the more
eXaltaton TO character But that aroused
feeling becomes sinful when it extends TO
the victim of this great evil. Drunken
ness you are 10 hate with a vivid hatred,
but the drunkard you are 10 pity, to help
to eXtrlcate.
just take into consideration that there
are men and women who once were as
upright as yourself who have been pros.
trated by alcoholism. Perhaps II came of
a physicians prescription for the relef OF
pain. a recurrence OF the pain calling for
a continuance of the remedy. Perhaps
the grandfather was an inebriate and the
temptation 20 inebrety, leapng over n
generation, has swooped on this nfortu-
nate. Perhaps II was a very gradual
claiming Of the man with the beverage
which was thought to be servant, when
one day It announced itself master. BE
humble now, and admit that there IL
strong probability that under the same
circumstances You yourself might have
been captured The two appropriate emo
tlons for YOU TO allow are Indignation at
the intoXicant which enthralled and sym
pathy for the victim. Try 20 get the suf-
ferer out of his present environment.
Recommend any hygenic 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 yourself up TO
too many philippics about what the man
ought TO have been and ought 10 have
done. While your cheek flushes with
wrath at the foe that has brought the
ruin, let your eye be mositened with tears
of pity for the sufferer. In that way you
will have fulfilled the INDUCTION Of the text,
BE We angry and sin not
There is another evil the adherence of
which you are all called to. and II ~ on
- the increase-the gambling practice. Re
cent developments show that much of this
devastation il being wrought in ladies'
parlors. IL is an evil which sometimes Is
as polite and gracious as it IL harmful.
Indeed there never were so many people
trying TO get money without earning n.
But IL is a haggard transgression that
comes down TO US from the past, blghting
all It's way.
have seen in the archives of the nation
In this national capital large book in
which one of the early Presidents of the
United states kept an account in his own
handwriting of gains and losses. at play
ing cards, on one page the gains and on
the other the losses. and there are many
pages In other days many OF national
reputation went from the halls OF Con
gress and the Senate chamber To spend
the night in notorious gambling saloons.
In SPAN don lost IN twenty-four hours
what equals Sl20OO,00O. Twenty years
ago 1t was estimated that the average
gambling exchange OF money throughout
Christendom exceeded Sl23, l00.000.OO0
year, but statistics twenty years ago would
be tame compared with the present stats
tics If we could find any one able enough
at figures 90 tabulate them. IL Is all the
same spirit Of gambling whether the in
struments are cards or the clicking chips
or the turning wheel or the bids of the
Stock Exchange, where people sell what
they never owned and fail because they
cannot get paid for it. A prominent
banker tells me that he thinks 10000 peo-
pie were financially prostrated by the re.
there a case Is reported but the vast ma
Jority suffer IN silence. The children are
brought home from school; the wardrobe
will be denied replenishment; the table
will have scant supply; wild generosity
VIII be turned into grim want. Forty
years from now will be felt the disaster
Of last months black Thursday.
But, while you are hot,y indignant
against the crime, how do you feel about
those who were heeced and slainy They
did not know that their small boat was 20
near the maelstrom. Some of them were
born with a tendency TO recklessness and
experiment and hazard They Inherited
a disposition 20 tempt chance. Do not
heap on them additional discOuragements
Do not deride their losses. Help them 10
start again. Show them that there are
more fortunes 10 be gained than have yet
been gathered, and that with Col for
their friend they will be provided for
here, and through the Saviour mercy
they may reign forever IN the land where
there are no losses and infinite gains
While you may redden in the face al the
fact that gambling IL the dlsgaceful moth
er Of muititudlOus cnmes, of envies, zeal
ousies, revenges, Quarreis, cruelties. false
hoods, fOrzeTies, suicides. murders and de
spair, be careful what you say 20 the vic
tim Of the vice and what you do. lie
needs more sympathy than the man who
came up from inebriety and debauch and
assassination, for many such repent and
are saved. but confirmed gamblers hardly |
ever reform. During the course OF a pro
longed ministry / have seen Thousands re-
deemed, many OF them who were clear !
gone IN SIN, by Almighty grace rescued. |
in al parts Of this land and IN some parts |
OF other lands ! have seen those who we're |
given up a. incorrigbie and lost recoy. |
cred for God and heaven, but how many |