Milford chronicle., 1906-04-06
Calmaqe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Tslmase. D. D.

DuoluEon me- AAAE NuloE VI uuEUAEAA
able temper. and shows how the mi.
directed energy Of those who are vic
Tins of the habit may be transforme,
into a blessing. The text is Proverb
xvi, 80 "He that is slow TO anger
better than the mighty and he tina
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh (
city"
Popular enthusiasm is most easily
kindled when the admiring multitudes
are allowed to bend the knee before a
human idol clothed in a soldiers uni
form. The most inspiring call for the
common people is the bugle blast
sounding the cavalryman's charge.
'Tls true. the most beautiful monument
of Edinburgh is the one erected to Sir
Walter Scott. the writer, and in Lon
don it is the one erected to Prince Al
bert, Queen Vict0ria's consOrt, and in
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 statesman, sci
enlist. a poet or an artist there are five,
ten, twenty monuments erected to the
memory of military heroes. 1t is right
to honor the heroic deeds Of these
chieftains, but the heroes Of peace
should be honored also.
King Solomon recognizes this fact in
the words of my text He is not depre- |
ciating such triumphs as that of Cyrus, |
who 800 years later laid siege to the |
city Of Babylon and captured it by |
turning the Euphrates river from its /
course and by marching under the city
gates by night, when the king and all
his courtiers were bemuddled at a
drunken carnival. He is not sneering
at military genius such as was display
ed by Titus, who captured Jerusalem
in 20 A. D.. but ne is eXalting the noble
work Of a man Of God who can cap
ture the citadel of his own heart and
hold his will and life in subjection to a
higher law. So today l want to show
you why self control is so important
for a successful life and why "he that
is slow to anger is better than the
mighty and be that ruleth his spirit
than he that taketh a city"
The upgOvernabIe temper is to be
dreaded and feared. For the time be-
ing it undermlnes O mans thinking and {
powers. It may even be-
come suicidal. It puts a man in the !
position of fighting against
and destroying himself. As a snake 7
when teased by an enemy 1t cannot G
reach will lu Its frenzy bury its pol
lonous fangs in its own body, so the c
slave OF ungOverned temper becomes '
he victim of his own rage and chagrin. q
Dependent on Each other. q
The brain in its action is very sim "
lar to the organs of the body. All its
Iifferent parts are interdependent, as 9
he heart, the brain, the kidneys, the c.
ungs and the stomach act and react u
pon each other. When the heart stops Il
Is regular steady pumping. then every y
ther organ languishes on account of 81
bis weakness. Then the water of the O'
lood exudes through the tissues, and y
ropsy sets In. When the lungs refuse y
} do their work, then the digestive ap- y
aratus is affected. Stomach trouble n
an cause nervous prOstratiOn. Once -
ct the nerves out of tune and you is
lay have nervous dyspepsia. The or ~
ans Of the body are like the under ~ ~
tones Of a great arching bridge. Take ~
way any Of the substOnes and the II
hole arch tumbles into a ruin. Such ~
the interdependence of the different
rsfc Of IL, I OF nn
: once lose its grip and the reasoning le
lculty, or the seat of judgment, is re
one. Then a man in his actions and ai
'Ords becomes like a runaway horse n'
king the bit in his teeth. He is just u
5 apt to smash up against a stone le
snce or to leap a precipice or to dash Id
sfore the onrushing locomotive as he
to keep the straight road of safety. tn
At such times a man will do some lsl
ling on the spur of the moment which II
e is apt to regret all the days of his eli
fe. He is like a drunkard drawing W
knife in a saloon brawl. He is like yC
general intrenched in some impregna- sn
le Gibraltar who deliberately opens ca
le gates and makes a foolish sortie. al
-e is like an army which goes off and DC
aves its fortress unguarded to be u
ounced upon by a waiting foe. DS
Now. life under the very best Of con- IN
Itions is such an awful and a close 81
ruggle that you and cannot afford IS
make any mistake on account of an 10
temper When we are IT
conflict with a skilled foe we can el
IT afford to let our contempt get the
stter Of us. as did Goliath when he OF
ent forth to attack David If you OF
}. just as sure as you live you will g
ace yourself at the mercy Of your 10
ltagonist. When you are preparing
r life's work because something goes w
rong or an injustice has been done w
II have no right to lose your temper &c
did Philip H. Sheridan at West u'
int when he thought a sergeant had so
suited him. So fiery was the young al
shman's temper at that time that he o.
ide an attack upon his officer with on
bayonet and by that act n
Is IN danger OF being expelled from VI
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