The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-23

you think he will be inspired by Low
TO return to you fourfold Of what b
took! Because you hate him do vo
think he will be Influenced to be
better and nobler character? Becaus
you hate him do you think the OIL,
bonds Of affection will be knitted tc
gether again? Oh, no. Continue,
wrath may destroy, but it never We
! purified. DR.. Adams once said, 9TH
angry man is like ship sent to Sc
which hath a devil for pilot" I sa,
III our dealings with a brother, bitter
v1ndictive, hating man IS like a pirat
sailing under black flag, whose onl,
| purpose Is to wreck and not to help o
rescue or save.
| We should renounce all our hatred:
| and bitternesses and animositlcs to
ward our brothers because these ha
treds are cursing our spiritual lives a.
we'll as theirs. You can dcnounce you
neighbor for doing wrong You car
hate him or despise him. Oh, yes. Blu
when you do be we'll aware that YOU
own spiritual life is gradually ebbtne
away. Week by week, month By
month, year by year. on account Of thai
bitterness you have been lifting highc,
| and higher and higher an unsurmount
able wall between you and God
Brother, sister, it is high time you tore
down that obstructing wall. 1t is
high time you consumed that hatred in
the conf1agration of the setting SUM- II
is destroying your spiritual hopes
There IS no doubt about it-you cannot
love your God with all your soul and
mind and strength and hate your
neighbor at the same time
Forgiveness of Others.
Can you not forgive others as you
would have Christ forgive You? Not
many years ago, wrote a famous writ
er, missionary was preaching to q
crowd Of natives in faroff India. Sud
denly native who stood behind him
lifted huge stick to crush in the mis-
sionary's skull, but happily the blow
fell short. The crowd would have torn
this would be murderer to pieces, but
the speaker commanded them to stop.
kill him, Kill him" cried the multi
tude. NO." said the missionary, II
will not allow you to kill him. Then
turning to the affrlghted man, he said !:
Brother, my religion commands me to
love my enemies and to do good to
those who injure me. l forgive you,
p,rt hor
you escaped punishment at my hands
you cannot escape punishment at the
hands Of God unless you repent Of your
SINS" Men, women, can you forgive
as this missionary forgave? Christ
bids you to forgive. Can you not feel,
as the missionary taught, that when
you are hating your brother you are
hating Christ? There is no escape
from eternal punishment unless you
repent Of your sins and forgive those
who have injured you. See, the sun is
set! 1t is now the twilight hour Hear
ye not the divine commandment: "Be
sc angry and sin not. Let not the sun
go down upon your wrath?'
In closing would draw a picture Of
the evening hour which we used to
spend In our childhood days and find
in it a symbol Of our evening relation
ship with God. The breakfast was
nearly always hurried meal. The
children had to get off to school. The
father had to rush away to business.
The mother had no servants In those
days. and all the homework had to be
done with her own hands. Many cares
came with their imminent demands and
said, "'Tend to me; tend to me now"
Then when the lunch hour rolled
around the dining room table was set
only for two or three Most of the fam
lily were away. But in the evening
hour father came home from the store
Then mother had her work finished.
She had put on her clean dress. The
boys were home from school or work,
and the girls were oil ready for the
games and innocent pleasures Of the
evening. How did you get on, father?"
mother asked oh" said he, things
were kind Of topsy turvy at the store
1t did seem as though l had to scold
and find fault an awful lot. But after
all, mother, I think the boys ut the
store will improve If only continue to
teach them right" Then mother told
her experiences Of the day. The chill
dren had all ~their happy stories to re-
peat. Then one Of the girls began to
tell how some one had treated her bad
~, and she said, Mother, l am just us
mad at Clara as l can be-" There,
there, there, child" said your mother;
"stop that. You have no right to bring
home disagreeable things and feel I'M
happy toward any one. Let us leave
all our cares and worries and bitter
nesses on our front doorstep. This is
family night. Let us all love every
body and love one another and be hap
Dy."
Love One Another.
Love one another and be happy you
did. No one who ever came in touch
with mothers sweet smile could ever
do anything but love- Thus God wants
us to come to him In the twilight hour.
Employer, you have scolded that clerk
enough because he broke the glass
counter; check your anger. Business
man, many hour. ago you denounced
that business associate who did you