South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-06
Sunday M0rming Breakfast Talk
By ReU. Elmer Ward Cole

OF a site ~ we wished 10 make a
garden. How can I make this parti-
cular man morally strong and wiz
some2 And in answering that ques-
ton I must consecrate my magma
zion. my ingenuity. and adopt any
honorable expedient In seeking %
promote the fruits and flowers Of
The spirit For such purpose a
quiet delicate and sensitive charac-
ter VIII work in two-foid way. II
VIII work negatively In the ministry
OF prevention. II we held the de-
termination 70 help q man 70 lowell
ness. our very intention VIII produce
a Oortain sensttiveness, restraint and
reserve. And Il viii also work posi-
lively and we shall employ all the
devices OF a sacred crusade.
4 ministry OF this kind win labor
light OF a glorious prospect. grad
ually creating an atmosphere in
which the enmity OF our enemy will
pass away. no not think that an III
Will can permanently hesist the con-
tinual ministry OF lofty affection.
Cold antagonism will melt like ice
bergs in the gulf streams Pure
love IS the supreme maker OF atmos-
pheres, and IN its influences ugly
prsse noes are gradually transformed.
Now then. back 10 my first propO-
sition. The tramp, like many OF the
rest OF us, puts himself in a quarrel
some mood. II was not because the
man was black that ne hated him,
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heart and he wanted some one 70
quarrel with. It was not that he
wanted TO gain anything by his hate.
but he wanted someone to come
down and 'be as irresponsible and
hateful as he himself Now. Mister.
did you ever find yourself in this
mOOd2 Do you ever find yourself
as Ajax did when in the throes OF
mad passion. he went forth with
naked sword TO slay; in blind force
he thrust here and there through
the unressting End defenseless bod
les OF his imagined foes. and. the
glut OF passion over. he awakened
20 find himself butchering a flock Of
sheep, and, in agony of the shame.
killed himself. So does evil passion
die at its own hand when II meets
no resistance. 1t does take two TO
make a quarrel You cannot bring
yourself 10 smite a man who will
not defend himself. Against sucl.
men you need not, therefore. be
weak or afraid: IL may be that he
is wiser for your sake than his own
Sometimes. being angry with a
friend. and in anticipation Of a
quarrelsOTne meeting. 1 have had
my weapons ready. have prepared
my bitter phrases and sharpened my
retorts, and rehearsed with what
subtle feints and thrusts I would
answer his parties, but when I have
some fact TO face with him, and in
his love and wisdom he has offered
no resistance the whole thing has
misfired. How my hurtling boomr-
angs have come home! How his
humble admission OF wrong and mis-
takenness has left me limp How
the soft answer has turned away
wrath. and sent II dissipated into the
air! Hoy. ever-reaching myself I
have fallen helpless. with shattered
weapons. at his feet. 20 be helped
up by his own extended ann! How
his gentleness has made him great
and has revealed 10 me my mean
ness! How, as the healthy blood
corpuscle will seize upon the noxious
bacillus and render It harmless. how
his love has dealt with the evil thing
/ have projected against him. &C
cepting 1t. taking il up into itself,
flowing around il with IOve-SlIh-
stance and dissolving It away