Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-04-05


wonder that Lincoln's policy of love
was the chief means OF uniting the
north and the south? Do you not also
realize that II you try the power OF
love and kindness you can change
many Of your enemies into friends?
Conquer by kindness" was the policy
OF the great president Conquer by
kindness is the teaching of my text.
Are you and ready to choke back that
sharp word we are so willing to hurl
at our enemies in an angry fit Of ten.
per?
But not only state that an ungoy-
ernablc temper makes your enemies
more hateful and bitter than ever be-
fore. but that an ugly temper reacts
and strikes hardest against those whom
you ought to love best on earth, your
own friends and dear ones. And of all
contemplate and despicablc actions
think one OF the most despicable is for
men and women TO go off in rage or
fit Of sulks merely because something
goes wrong in the house and thereby
to make wives or husbands and chill
dren live In perfect pandemonium Of
fear. And when | speak thus | am not
talking about n curse which is to me
merely theoretical. In every church l
have served as pastor there have been
10 my personal knowledge at least
| three or four families living such life
as | have described on account Of the
ungovcrnabe temper of one of its
members.
! The other day had this evil brought
20 my attention in very forcible way.
| The telephone bell rang, and gentle
| man said: 81 am a stranger TO you
am in grcnt trouble. Can | come and
see you at once?" Yes" / said; Jump
on the car and come up" No sooner
did he enter my parlor than his eyes
filed with tears, and his lips trem-
bled as he said. "Nlr. Talmage, my wife
and my two daughters have left me-
and / want you to help me to get them
to come back" do you drink" l
asked. NO, never drink" Are
you gambler NO" he answered.
Are you untrue TO your marriage
What Is the natter" well ! VIII
tell YOU" Then lie told me long sto-
ry He was very nervous man and
therefore very quick tempered. There
had been family quarrel, and the
mother had taken the two girls and
left the house. "And, OH he said, IL
do love them so much and | am 30
sorry. What am | to do: Will you
help me-"
tr-ill n&t 1,,tir
your wife for taking the stand she has
done As far as | can make out you
have again and again threatened her
life" He said, Eyes. | have" You
have been going off in your ugly fits
of Jealous rage for at least eighteen
years. If anything goes wrong in your
house. YOU work yourself up into a per
feet randcmonium of fury. You are
an unworthy husband, and there is nc
excuse for your actions. The wonder
10 me is that your wife has lived as
long with you. You go to n boarding
house aud get room and live there
alone long enough to prove that you
are sincere In your repentance. Give
part of your weekly wages. and
will see that she gets It, and that mon
ey will help her support her daughters
while you are away. Then, when your
repentance IS an evident fact she,
know. will go back and live with you
for she is good woman" Yes" ht
answered. she is a good woman"
Bitter Words n Curse.
do not know the history OF all your
homes. but do know this: Some are
homes in which it is absolutely impos
siblc for peace aud love to dwell. Why
Because in some OF those homes there
is n father or mother or sister OF
. a brother who has never learned tC
, control the temper. No sooner does
=. anything 20 wrong in those homes thar
bitter words come to the lips and sharl
sayings sting and laceratc. until lif'
itself becomes Il miserable burden I,
every one around them. God forgive
you, my brother, my sister, If You have
been one of those who, on account of {
vile temper, become curse to nj
! about them.
What are the causes of an ungovcrn
. able temper? There are two, and botl
, are directly or indirectly for the mos
, part attributable TO the parents of th,
, man or woman having the vile temper
, Father and mother sometimes are to-
+ lenicnt with their children when the,
raise them. They do not make thei
!, children obey. They do not teach then
, that yes" means yes and no
= means mo" When their children he
gin 10 cry or 10 pout or to sulk 70
something the indulgent mothers an'
! fathers say. "Oh, well. go ahead am
do II. If that will stop your crying
, The result is that many children neve
, learn 10 subject their wills to hishe
: will. Allowed 10 indulge in fits o
temper as babies, they are learning hoy
4 70 sulk as men. AS spoiled childre
+ they kick and scream because they car
= not have what they want, and as adult
= they will lash themselves into fur
| when they do not have what they wan
/, In the home or In the store. SolomO
q was right when he said, Train up
!, child in the way he should 60, an
. when he Is old he shall not depart frOi
l. it," 4 large percentage of UNCOVER
/. able tcmpers can be charged directi
4 or indirectly against wrong parents
!, training. Teach your children TO ODE!
i, Teach them TO recognize other people
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