The Harrison times., 1912-02-03

It is a great thing to know how TO
get real angry without making a 1901
of ones self Not everybody KNOWS
how to do It. 1t is an accomplished
art, the ability to get mad like gen
tleman. To know when to get angry
is a criterion of character 1t Is an
accomplishment which is not learned
in the schools. It is acquired in the
relentless training Of practical eNpe'
rience
1t Is not a sin to get angry, ANY
man with half an ounce OF. ginger IN
his system ought to get angry Qcca'
sionally Temper is the impress OF
God uron the soul It 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 when
were enacted there? Can you not see
his eyes kindlo? Can you not see
his illumlnod Countenance blaze merge
and glorious? Can you not see the
miraculous energy Of his personality
as be cast out all them that sold and
bought In the temple and said unto
them, My house shall be called Q
house Of prayer but ye have made It
q den Of thieves
Christianity Is something more than
| a religion Of love Jesus said; ! came
not to send peace, but a sword,
Passlyty may be all right for weak
| lIrgs, but action Is the birthrighl OF
heroes The man who tries TO be
sweet with everybody will End some
/ day that he Is nothing but lemon
/ It is very easy, however, to get
angry roolishly Sometimes II is prop
/ cr TO get angry, and sometimes 1t Is
/ not II may be proper AT times for
4 man to get angry with the iantcr
/ It may be proper at times for a man
/ to get angry with the umpire II
may be proper at times for a man TO
get angry with the family upstairs.
4 Eut II Is never never proper Tor n
man to get angry with his wife,
There Is many man who VIII say
4 nasy things to his wife that he would
not think Of saying to hts chauffeur
Temper 70 good A bad temper Is
what you have made Of good thing,
! 4 rife Ia a good thing In good hands
But when It has become rusted and
ont Of repair It Is COINS to explode
some day in the hands Of ssme cheer
! ful idiot who did not know II was load
| cd II your temper gets the best OF
you what you need Is 10 so of to
the repair shop and be made over
These nts Of temper, this sour dIsposi'
ton this iceberg atmosphere, this
sptcml spirit are as contrary TO tho
Christian as light Ia opposed TO dark
! ness,
Tell me, what do you get mad
about? That Is the practical question,
A man calls you n liar and YOU reiort
In similar language But men are
making God liar every day and you
do not get angry Wherever there are
wrongs to bo rIghted, wherever there
are evils to be tramped under foot,
wherever there IL justice to be meted
out, wherever there Is niQuity In high
places or low, there Is your opportun
ly TO show Of what stun you are
made
Somebody Ueads on your corn and
YOU get mad at him This very might
4 courtly and attractive son Of perdi.
ton will lure Il girl In her teens to
one Of the wInerooms Of this prodigal
city He will give to her Il drink that
win inhNme every passion and doadeO
every moral sense lie win lead her
forth to her ruin and laugh like A
doyl 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 80
clcly which Is fond Of wine and Joy
rides and clOndostIno nrlatIona 4
society that N rotten to tho core.
GIldcd resorts or doubtful character
0amD their disregard Of high moral
fly Fiende IN human shape are stalk
Ing the streets and outrages are com
mitlod at our very doors There is
Il time to be angry There Is Il time
for Christian men to speak out, and
that time is now when the good peo
pie wake from their lelhOrgy and be
gin to tackle something that Ia really
worth their mettle, then shall right
be triumphant and Justice win the
day
The Law OF Love,
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