Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-07-05

turned back from lpfideiity. but that
thought be could not undo the work OF
a lifetime and that he had talked SO
long on the wrong side I did not think
he could do anything by talking on the
right side. The mercy OF God is SO
great that many Of the rl'chtiest antag-
onists OF our religion haVg-ln their last
days been brought 10 repentance and
eternal life. let the thunder OF your
wholesome indignation be followed by
the kindly rain OF pity and love. "Be
ye angry and sin not"
The SIN OF Hate.
But let me confess ut this crisis OF
my sermon that there is not an injunc-
ton in the Bible more difficult TO obey
than the words CT the text. While IL
applauds a wholesome Indignation. II
warns against sinful anger. And there
IS in all the realm OF passion nothing
more destructive than indiscriminate
hate. First OF all. II frenzies the nerv-
Gus ganglia. Those people who easily
fare up on little provocation. go into
high dudgeon. take umbrage without
reason. snap you up quick. have ruined
their nerves. and there Is only one
thing worse to ruin. and that Is the
brain. and we say of one that is given
to frequent ebuilitions Of temper that
he is an unbalanced man. A business
man OF our acquaintance said. Il can
not afford 10 get mad; II hurts me so''
And IL sinful anger damages the body
how much more II rives the DISPOSE
toni There are thousands OF men
clerks in stores who would have been
members OF great business firms. and
undermechanics who would have been
boss carpenters, and attorneys who
would have been leading advocates.
aud preachers to congregations who
are starving them to death who might
have had apprcciative surroundings
who have been kept back and kept
down by ungovernoble tempers, The
outbreak lasted only little while. but
II impcded n lifetime.
A man thoroughly mad can say enough
10 two minutes 10 damage him for 20
years 1t took only FIVE minutes for the
earthquake TO destroy Caracas. One
unfortunate sentence uttered 10 affront
In speech 10 the United States senate
shut forever the door OF the White
House against one of the most brilliant
men of the last century. You can new
or trust horse that has once run
away. and you do not feel like trusting
man who has just once lost his equi-
hbrlum- You need to drive your tenn
Per as n man drives a fractions span
amid tho explosions of n Fourth of
Tft1rr
Fourth Of July night. with curbed bit,
taut rein, commanding voice, master
ing yourself and mastering what you
drive. II you are naturally high tenn
pered, do not unnecessarily go among
irritations and provocations. Do not
build blast furnace next to gun
powder mill. Then also such demon
STATIONS of ungovcrnability belittle
one. Men take out their lead pencils
and in estimating such a one take 90
per cent off. About the most hideous
spectacle on earth is an angry man or
woman, burning not with the anger
commended in my text, but with the
sin reprehended. After such . display
OF gall. Feasibility, virulence. his in
fuence with many is forever gone.
The world Is full of politicians, doc
tors, lawyers, merchants, mechanics,
ministers, housewives, who have by
such explosions been blown to pieces.
Keep Control OF Temper.
say to all young men hoping to
achieve financial moral or religious
success, control your tempers. Do not
let criticism or rebuff defeat you. YER
di, the great musician. applied to be-
come student i'm the Conservatory of
Music at Milan, and he was rejected by
the director, who said that he could
make nothing OF the newcomer, rs he
showed no disposition for music. But
the criticism did not exasperate or de-
feat him. The most OF those who have
largely succeeded In all departments
were characterized by self control. In
battle they could calmly look Mt the
bomb thrown ut their feet. wondering
whether IL would explode. In CONNER
cial life, when panics smote the city,
these men were placid, while others
were yelling themselves hoarse at the
Stock Exchange. While others nearly
swooned because n certain stock had
gone 100 points down they calmly whit
ed until 1t would get 100 points up.
While the opposing attorney In the
courtroom frothed Mt the mouth with
rage because OF something said on the
other side he OF the equlpoise put a
glass OF water TO his lips in refresh
ment and proceeded with the remark.
AS was saying when the gentleman
interrupted me-" Self control What
glorious thingl We want 1t in the
doctor feeling the pulse OF one desper-
ately Ill; we want IL In the engineer
when the headlight of another train
comes round the curve OH the same
track; we want It In Christian men and
women In times when so much In
church and state seems going to demo
lition-self controll What are you go
ing to be good for. o man or woman, in
a world like this, ever and anon your
dander up and so often in the sulks?
We admit that you have many things
to stir your blood and ill you with
wholesome Indignation. but going to
such extremes you offend my text,
which says you must discriminate and
not lose your self control. "Be We an
CRY and sin not"
Christ's Mercy.
Surprising all other characters In the
worlds biography stands Jesus Christ,
wrathful against sin, merciful to the
sinner. Witness his behavior toward
the robed rutfians who demanded cap
ital punishment for an offending wo-
INSTRUMENTATION for their sinful n.y.
procisy. pardon for her sweet peni-
tence. He did not speak OF Herod as
his highness" or ''his royal highness,"
but dared to compare him to n cunning
fox, saying, go We and tell that fox"
But, alert to the cry OF suffering, he
hnds ten lepers. and TO how many of
the ten awful invalids did he give con-
vaiescence and health? Ten Rebuking
Pharisaism in the most compressed
sentence In ali the vocabulary of an
athena: I'VE serpents! Ye generation
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