Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-07
Ca(111age
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmage, d. D.

Los Angeles, Cal, April LIN this
sermon the preacher deals with one OF
the familiar evils of our social and
business life, the curse Of ungOvern-
able temper and shows how the mis-
directed energy Of those who are vic
tins of the habit may be transformed
into blessing. The text is Proverbs
xvi. 30. "He taat Is slow to anger Is
better than the mighty and he that
ruleth his spirit than lie that taketh
city,
Popular enthusiasm is most easily
kindlcd when the admiring multitudeS
are allowed 10 bend the knee before
human idol clothed IN a soldiers uni
form. The most inspiring call for the
common people is the bugle blast
sounding the cayalrymln's charge.
,Tis true. the most beautiful monument
of Edinburgh is the one erected to Sir
Waiter Scott the writer, and in Lon
don It is the one erected to Prince Al
bert Queen VictOria's cOnsort, and III
some respects the most conspicuous
monument in Brooklyn is that erected
TO the memory Of Henry Ward Beecher,
the preacher. But where there IS one
monument erected in prominent cities
to the memory OF a statesman a SCI
ontist. a poet or an artist there are lVe
ten. twenty monuments erected to the
memory of military heroes. 1t IS righ'
TO honor the heroic deeds of these
chieftains. but the heroes Of peace
should be honOred also.
King Solomon recognizes this fact II
the words Of my text. He is not depre
clating such triumphs as that Of Cyrus
who 500 years later laid siege to th'
city. of Babylon and captured 1t D!
turning the Euphrates river from IT.
course and by marching under the cit!
Gates by night, when the king ana al
his courtiers were bemuddled at
drunken carnival. He is not sneerIni
ot military genius such as was display
ed by Titus, who captured Jerusalem
in 10 A.D.. but he is eX, ing the noDl
work Of man Of God who can cap
ture the citadel Of his own heart ant
hold his will and life in subjection TO
higher law. So today want to shoN
Won why self control IS 50 importan
for a successful life and why "he tina
Is slow to anger is better than ID
mighty and he that ruleth his spir
than he that taketh a city"
The ungoyernable temper IS TO Q
dreaded and feared. For the time D'
| ing it undermines mans thinking an
reasoning powers. 1t may even D.
come suicidal. 1t puts a man in IL
unenyiabIe position of hghting agaln
and destroying himself. As snai
whs., tcased BY ah-enenny y carn'
reach will in its frenzy bury its pc
sonous fangs in its own body, so u
slave Of ungoverned temper becom
the victim Of his own rage and chasri
Dependent on Each Other.
The brain in its action is very siI
,Iar 70 the organs of the body. All
different parts are interdependent'
the heart. the brain, the kidneys Z
unqs and the stomach act ana rea
unon each other. When the heart $40
its regular steady pumping, then eve
othor ORGAN languishes on account
tbis weakness. Then the water OF [
/ blood exudes through the tissues a
!, dronsv sets in. When the lungs relu
e 70 do their work, then the digestive
noratus is affected. Stomach trout
can cause nervous prostitution. On
oet the nerves out of tune ana y
may have nervous dyspepsia. Inc
oons Of the body are like the una
stones Of n great arching bridge. Ia
away any Of the substones ana
whole arch tumbles into n rum. 81
is the interdependence Of the dilrer'
narts of the brain. Let the VIII Pc
or once lose its grip and the reasonl
faculty. or the seat of Judgment
gone. Then Il man in his actions
words becomes like a runaway no
taking the bit in his teeth. lie Is J
rs ant to smash up against sI'
fence or to leap a precipice or TO u'
before the onrushing locomotive as
IS to keep the straight road OF satet.
At such times a man will DO sol
,e thing on the spur Of the moment WI
e. he is ant to regret all the days OF
le life. He is like a drunkard draw
~ q knife in a saloon brawl. lie IS
- q general intrenched in some lmpres
ou ble Gibraltar who deliberately op
81 81 the gates and makes a foolish sol
" He is like an army which goes OIL
leaves its fortress unguarded 10
bounced upon by waiting foe.
Now life under the very best OF
ditions is such an awful and a c
struggle that you and l cannot all
to make any mistake on account ol
uncomfortable temper. When we
in conflict with a skilled foe we
70 NOT afford to let our contempt get
l..
" better Of us, as did Goliath when
went forth to attack David. IL
do. lust as sure as you live you
place yourself at the mercy OF
antagonist. When you are prepa
for life's work because something
~ wrong or an injustice has been {
Won have no right to lose your ten
)r- as did Philip II. Sheridan at '
is Point when he thought a sergeant
II lnsulted him so fiery was the y'
uU Irishman's temper at that time ina
lie made an attack upon his officer
20 murderous bayOnet and by thaI
IL was in danger of being expelled
III the academy, and his glorious ser'
he 70 his country would have been
oil Becausc some enemy has been |
: lenting in his attacks you cannon
eI' ford. no matter how great or little
NAV be. to lose your temper as
James G. Blaine when he once at
For a Weak Digestion.
III No medicine can replace food
Chamberlain Stomach and