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149:4.1 [[Jesus]] did very little [[public]] [[work]] on this [[preaching]] tour, but he conducted many evening classes with the [[believers]] in most of the [[cities]] and villages where he [[chanced]] to [[sojourn]] with [[James, the Apostle|James]] and [[John, the Apostle|John]]. At one of these evening sessions one of the younger [[evangelists]] asked [[Jesus]] a question about [[anger]], and [[the Master]] among other things, said in reply:

149:4.1 [[Jesus]] did very little [[public]] [[work]] on this [[preaching]] tour, but he conducted many evening classes with the [[believers]] in most of the [[cities]] and villages where he [[chanced]] to [[sojourn]] with [[James, the Apostle|James]] and [[John, the Apostle|John]]. At one of these evening sessions one of the younger [[evangelists]] asked [[Jesus]] a question about [[anger]], and [[the Master]] among other things, said in reply:

149:4.2 " [[Anger]] is a [[material]] [[manifestation]] which [[represents]], in a general way, the [[measure]] of the [[failure]] of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]] to gain [[control]] of the combined [[intellectual]] and [[physical]] [[natures]]. [[Anger]] indicates your lack of [[tolerant]] brotherly [[love]] plus your lack of [[self]]-[[respect]] and [[self]]-[[control]]. [[Anger]] depletes the [[health]], debases the [[mind]], and [[handicaps]] the [[spirit]] [[teacher]] of man's [[soul]]. Have you not read in the [[Scriptures]] that `[[wrath]] kills the [[foolish]] man,'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.5] and that man `tears himself in his [[anger]]'?[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.18] That `he who is slow of [[wrath]] is of great [[understanding]],'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.14] while `he who is hasty of [[temper]] exalts [[folly]]'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.14]? You all know that `a soft answer turns away [[wrath]],'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.15] and how `grievous [[words]] stir up [[anger]].'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.15] `[[Discretion]] defers [[anger]],'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.19] while `he who has no [[control]] over his own self is like a [[defenseless]] [[city]] without walls.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.25] `[[Wrath]] is [[cruel]] and [[anger]] is outrageous.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.27] `[[Angry]] men stir up strife, while the furious multiply their [[transgressions]].'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.29] `Be not hasty in spirit, for [[anger]] rests in the [[bosom]] of [[fool]]s.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter_.7] " Before [[Jesus]] ceased [[speaking]], he said further: " Let your [[hearts]] be so [[dominated]] by [[love]] that your [[Thought Adjuster|spirit guide]] will have little [[trouble]] in delivering you from the [[tendency]] to give vent to those outbursts of [[animal]] [[anger]] which are inconsistent with the [[status]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE divine sonship]. "

149:4.2 " [[Anger]] is a [[material]] [[manifestation]] which [[represents]], in a general way, the [[measure]] of the [[failure]] of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]] to gain [[control]] of the combined [[intellectual]] and [[physical]] [[natures]]. [[Anger]] indicates your lack of [[tolerant]] brotherly [[love]] plus your lack of [[self]]-[[respect]] and [[self]]-[[control]]. [[Anger]] depletes the [[health]], debases the [[mind]], and [[handicaps]] the [[spirit]] [[teacher]] of man's [[soul]]. Have you not read in the [[Scriptures]] that `[[wrath]] kills the [[foolish]] man,'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.5] and that man `tears himself in his [[anger]]'?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.18] That `he who is slow of [[wrath]] is of great [[understanding]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.14] while `he who is hasty of [[temper]] exalts [[folly]]'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.14]? You all know that `a soft answer turns away [[wrath]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.15] and how `grievous [[words]] stir up [[anger]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.15] `[[Discretion]] defers [[anger]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.19] while `he who has no [[control]] over his own self is like a [[defenseless]] [[city]] without walls.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.25] `[[Wrath]] is [[cruel]] and [[anger]] is outrageous.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.27] `[[Angry]] men stir up strife, while the furious multiply their [[transgressions]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.29] `Be not hasty in spirit, for [[anger]] rests in the [[bosom]] of [[fool]]s.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter_.7] " Before [[Jesus]] ceased [[speaking]], he said further: " Let your [[hearts]] be so [[dominated]] by [[love]] that your [[Thought Adjuster|spirit guide]] will have little [[trouble]] in delivering you from the [[tendency]] to give vent to those outbursts of [[animal]] [[anger]] which are inconsistent with the [[status]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE divine sonship]. "

149:4.3 On this same occasion [[the Master]] [[talked]] to the [[group]] about the desirability of possessing well-[[balanced]] [[characters]]. He [[recognized]] that it was [[necessary]] for most men to [[devote]] themselves to the mastery of some [[vocation]], but he deplored all [[tendency]] toward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialization_%28functional%29 overspecialization], toward becoming narrow-minded and [[circumscribed]] in life's [[activities]]. He called [[attention]] to the [[fact]] that any [[virtue]], if carried to [[extreme]]s, may become a [[vice]]. [[Jesus]] always [[preached]] [[temperance]] and taught [[consistency]]—[[proportionate]] [[adjustment]] of life [[problems]]. He pointed out that overmuch [[sympathy]] and [[pity]] may [[degenerate]] into serious [[emotional]] instability; that [[enthusiasm]] may drive on into [[fanaticism]]. He discussed one of their former [[associates]] whose [[imagination]] had led him off into [[visionary]] and impractical undertakings. At the same time he [[warned]] them against the [[dangers]] of the dullness of over[[conservative]] mediocrity.

149:4.3 On this same occasion [[the Master]] [[talked]] to the [[group]] about the desirability of possessing well-[[balanced]] [[characters]]. He [[recognized]] that it was [[necessary]] for most men to [[devote]] themselves to the mastery of some [[vocation]], but he deplored all [[tendency]] toward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialization_%28functional%29 overspecialization], toward becoming narrow-minded and [[circumscribed]] in life's [[activities]]. He called [[attention]] to the [[fact]] that any [[virtue]], if carried to [[extreme]]s, may become a [[vice]]. [[Jesus]] always [[preached]] [[temperance]] and taught [[consistency]]—[[proportionate]] [[adjustment]] of life [[problems]]. He pointed out that overmuch [[sympathy]] and [[pity]] may [[degenerate]] into serious [[emotional]] instability; that [[enthusiasm]] may drive on into [[fanaticism]]. He discussed one of their former [[associates]] whose [[imagination]] had led him off into [[visionary]] and impractical undertakings. At the same time he [[warned]] them against the [[dangers]] of the dullness of over[[conservative]] mediocrity.

149:4.6 While it is [[true]] that many [[men]] and [[women]] must assiduously apply themselves to some definite pursuit as a livelihood [[vocation]], it is nevertheless wholly [[desirable]] that [[human being]]s should [[cultivate]] a wide range of [[cultural]] familiarity with life as it is lived on [[earth]]. Truly [[educated]] [[persons]] are not [[satisfied]] with remaining in [[ignorance]] of the lives and [[doings]] of their fellows.

149:4.6 While it is [[true]] that many [[men]] and [[women]] must assiduously apply themselves to some definite pursuit as a livelihood [[vocation]], it is nevertheless wholly [[desirable]] that [[human being]]s should [[cultivate]] a wide range of [[cultural]] familiarity with life as it is lived on [[earth]]. Truly [[educated]] [[persons]] are not [[satisfied]] with remaining in [[ignorance]] of the lives and [[doings]] of their fellows.

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[[Category:Paper 149 - The Second Preaching Tour]]

[[Category:Paper 149 - The Second Preaching Tour]]