The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-02
Christian Art of
Getting Mad
By Rev. INGRAM +. HILL
Pastor Of North Shore Baptist Church.
Chicago
TEXT-Be ye angry and sin not.-Eph
4

1t ia a great thing to know how to
get real angry without making a fool
OF ones self Not everybody knows
how TO do II. II IL an accomplished
art, the ability TO get mad like a gen.
tleman. To know when to get angry
Is a criterion OF character. 1t is an
accomplishment which Is not learned
In the schools. II Is acquired in the
relentless training Of practical expe.
rlence.
II Is not a sin TO get angry. Any
man with half an ounce of ginger In
his system ought to get angry occa.
slonally. Temper is the impress Of
God upon the soul. II is the mark OF
personality and intellectual stamina.
The scriptures say that God is angry
with the wicked every day. Jesus
got angry. Can you not see him stand.
Ing at the temple door? Can you
not see the market scenes which
were enacted there? Can you not see
his eyes klndle? Can you not see
his illumined countenance blaze fierce
and glorious? Can you not see the
miraculous energy OF his personality
as he cast out all them that sold and
bought in the temple and said unto
them: My house shall be called a
house Of prayer, but ye have made II
a den OF thieves
Christianity Is something more than
n religion OF love, Jesus said: I came
not to send peace, but sword
Passivlty may be all right for weak.
lings, but action is the birthrlght OF
heroes. The man who tries to be
sweet with everybody will find some
day that he is nothing but a lemon
1t Is very easy. however. to get
angry foolishly. Sometimes II Is prop
er 10 get angry, and sometimes II is
not II may be proper at times for
man to get angry with the janitor.
1t may be proper at times for man
TO get angry with the umpire. II
may be proper at times for man TO
get angry with the family upstairs.
But II Is never, never proper for a
man to get angry with his wife
There Is many a man who will say
nasy things to his wife that he would
not think Of saying TO his chauffeur
Temper is good A bad temper Is
what you have made of a good thing.
A rifle is good thing in good hands
But when It has become rusted and
out OF repair II is going to explode
some day in the hands Of some cheer
full idiot who did not know II was load.
ed. II your temper gets the best OF
you what you need is to go of to |
the repair shop and be made over.
These fits OF temper, this sour disposi. |
tion. this iceberg atmosphere. this /
sptefu spirit are as contrary to the
Christian as light is opposed to dark.
aess.
Tell me. what do you get mad
about? That is the practical question.
A man calls you a liar and you retort
In similar language. But men are
God liar every day and you
do not get angry Wherever there are
wrongs to be righted. wherever there
are evils to be tramped under foot,
wherever there is justice TO be meted
out, wherever there is iniquity In high
places or low. there is your opportun
ity to show Of what stun you are
made.
Somebody treads on your corn and
you get mad at him This very night
a courtly and attractive son Of perdl.
tion will lure girl n her teens to
one Of the winerooms OF this prodigal
city. He will give TO her a drink that
will inname every passion and deaden
every moral sense He will lead her
forth to her ruin and laugh like
devil over the havoc he has wrought.
II you are going to get angry In
Gods name get angry at something
worth while
We are in the midst here Of a so.
,iety which is fond of wine and Joy
rides and clandestine flirtatlons A
society that Is rotten to the core.
Iilded resorts or doubtful character
haunt their disregard of high moral.
ty Fiends in human shape are stalk.
ng the streets and outrages are com.
nitted at our very doors. There is
/ time to be angry. There ia time
or Christian men to speak out, and
hat time is now When the good peo.
pie wake from their lethargy and be,
,in to tackle something that Is really
worth their mettle, then shall right
,e triumphant and Justice win the
lay,