The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-20
GOOD SERMON
Rev. Howard A. Pesse Talks on The
Religious Value OF Anger" i'm the
First Unitarian Church.

Anger has its dangers. like dyna-
mite: but II also has its uses, like
. dynamite" declared the Rev. Howard
\. Pease in his sermon on The Re
ligious Value OF Anger" at the serv-
ices of the FIRST Unitarian church.
held in the board OF TRACE rooms OF
the new Auditorium building yester-
day morning.
, The anger Of Jesus. the man of
peace. driving the Co,Intebanks and
money changers out of the temple.
was cited as consI icuous example.
Other instances OF Christ's anger. as
i well as several in tine life of Paul. the
exemplary Christian gentleman. were
given to show that righteous indigna-
tion. another term Tor anger. does
: serve 2 place OF real value as an agent
! OF both moral and religious advance
ment
Most great men have been men of
tstrong tempers well controlled as a
rule. but capable Of flashing forth
| with good effect In the presence OF
great provocatiOn or extreme inJus-
tice. Better this sort OF anger than
the sort of self-reprcssion that can
calmly hold its peace while the strong
take advantage of the weak. or while
evil. wearing the garb OF good. trea-
son. parading as patriotism. lawless-
ness. acting in the name Of the law.
I injustice. disguised as the blind god
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torch OF truth. prey upon the heart OF
society
The explosion OF righteous anger
clears the moral almost here. as when
I the heavens release the thunderbolts
and make the earth tremble. Anger
/ often indicates keen perception OF
/ moral distinction. of the difference be-
| tween right and wrong. and a dispo-
| sition to resent the wrong by lighting
! for the right \ curse OF the time is
/ indifference To moral distinctions: too
/ little rather than too much indigna-
ton al some OF the intustices that pre-
/ vail in sc8ety.
/ An Example.
The Impeachment OF Governor Sui
| Ger has its lesson. Governor SulZer
J Probably ought never to have been
I governor of New York. Probably Col
lier's Weekly appraised him correctly
! as "a man OF fiabby fiber. vain. a ran
/ ter and poser" but the fact re-
mains that Sulzer was not impeached
J Tor his shortcomings as governor, but
| Tor his characterization 10 Tammany
I The trial revealed nothing so clearly
/ as the fact that the real governor OF
I New York is the notorious Tammany
| chief, Murphy: the man who started
! the Impeachment proceedings. the
] man who could nave stopped them at
/ any stage Of the trial and the man
| who controlled the Jury that found
4 him guilty. Whatever may have been
! his sins before election. the fact re-
/ mains that. as governor. ne was tiv-
/ ing TO protect the peoples interests
/ against the grating ayarice Of Tam
/ many. "ud 10 v-"S for This that Tam.
/ many del osed him. And. further. that
/ the real governor OF New York is not
| Inc man the people elected bur the
chief Of political organization whose
| history smells To heaven.
Is not this ground for anger on the
part of the voters OF a great state
Nof bow f"~r.. n~s .ho..' TT ..,-,.-..-
can only be learned when the votes
arc counted at the next election.