May 25
Daily Cheer for All the YearBe ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.—EPH. iv, 26.
No sinful word, nor deed of wrong, Nor thoughts that idly rove, But simple truth be on our tongue And in our hearts be love.
ST. AMBROSE.
"If possible, seal your lips in silence when the storm is rising; shut up your anger in your own bosom, and, like fire that wants air and vent, it will soon expire. Angry words often prove a fan to the spark. The subjection of your temper to the control of religion is a thing that must be done."
No form of vice, not worldliness, not greed of gold, not drunkenness itself, does more to un-Christianize society than evil temper. . . .
A want of patience, a want of kindness, a want of generosity, a want of courtesy, a want of unselfishness, are all instantaneously symbolized in one flash of temper.
HENRY DRUMMOND.
Remember that every word you utter wings its way to the throne of God, and is to affect the condition of your soul forever.
TODD.