THE DANGER OF ANGER

A prominent business man some time ago related the following out of his own experience: “My father was an invalid and as his son it fell to me to manage his affairs. On one occasion I had more than the usual amount of overseeing to do, and I asked father, who was able to be about a little, if he would do the chores around the home that day while I finished up my work on the other farm. He agreed. But when I returned late, tired and worn, he told me that he had not done what he promised to do. The hot words were just ready to leap out, but somehow I choked them back, and said, ‘It’s all right, father. I’m not so very tired after all.’ I started off, when father called me back, and laying his hand on my head, he said, ‘George, you’re the best son a father ever had; God bless you.’ I went to my tasks and performed them.

“When I returned my father could not speak to me —he was done with all earthly tasks—but from that day to this, whenever the temptation to anger has come, I have felt the pressure of his hand upon my head.” That godly father must have taught his son the proverb—”A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.” And how thankful could the son well be that he had spoken the “soft answer”; that he had indeed ruled his spirit. —Selected.

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