Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. <\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014Rom. 13:13<\/i><\/p>\n
4859<\/b> A Surprised Judge<\/b><\/p>\n
Hell is vibrant with ghoulish glee when Christians in church fight among themselves. <\/p>\n
A New Jersey judge advised prayer as a solution to a church property dispute. \u201cIt is hard to understand,\u201d he told members of both factions in his court, \u201chow professed Christians could become so bitter as to bring a matter involving dollars and cents into court. This controversy should be resolved by members of both groups on their knees in prayer to demonstrate your right to be called Christians.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Walter B. Knight<\/p>\n
4860<\/b> Disorderly Conduct In Church<\/b><\/p>\n
A congregation of the Church of God in Christ in Wichita, Kansas, has asked a court to stop four of the members from disrupting services. Bishop Graze Kinard says the four have run through the sanctuary moaning and shouting while he tried to conduct services. <\/p>\n
He alleges that they shut the pastor\u2019s Bible while he was preaching, took away the pastor\u2019s microphone and hit him over the head, and pinned down the pianist\u2019s arms. Police have had to step in several times, and the congregation has dwindled from 600 to fifty because of the trouble, complains the bishop. The trouble apparently stems from a battle over control of the church, say police. <\/p>\n
\u2014Christianity Today<\/i><\/p>\n
4861<\/b> Quarrel Over Imagined Offenses<\/b><\/p>\n
An old writer tells of two brothers who went out to take a walk in the night, and one of them looked up to the sky and said, \u201cI wish I had a pasture-field as large as the night heavens.\u201d And the other brother looked up into the sky, and said, \u201cI wish I had as many oxen as there are stars in the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell,\u201d said the first, \u201chow would you feed so many oxen?\u201d Said the second, \u201cI would turn them into your pasture.\u201d \u201cWhat! whether I would or not?\u201d \u201cYes, whether you would or not.\u201d And there arose a quarrel; and when the quarrel ended one had slain the other. <\/p>\n
\u2014Walter Baxendale <\/p>\n
4862<\/b> Division Between Wesley And Toplady<\/b><\/p>\n
It was concerning the author of \u201cRock of Ages\u201d that John Wesley wrote in 1770: \u201cMr. Augustus Toplady I know well; but I do not fight with chimney-sweepers. He is too dirty a writer for me to meddle with; I should only foul my fingers.\u201d He also referred to him as a \u201clively foxcomb.\u201d<\/p>\n
Toplady paid his respect to Wesley in a similar strain. He wondered whether there was more of the \u201cinsidious\u201d than of \u201cthe acid\u201d in the make-up of his opponent; spoke of the latter as hatching blasphemy; said that his forehead was \u201cimpervious to a blush\u201d; and that he had penned \u201ca known, willful, palpable lie to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whitefield as well as Toplady, as everybody knows, taught the doctrine of Election, and Telford\u2019s Life of John Wesley informs us how he and the Wesleys split over that rock. On one occasion, about 1740, Whitefield preached the absolute decrees in the most peremptory and offensive manner. Some thousands of people were present, and Charles Wesley sat beside him. The rupture was soon completed. <\/p>\n
\u2014George F. Green in The Outlook<\/p>\n
4863<\/b> Locking Horns And Dying<\/b><\/p>\n
In an old monastery near Bebenhausen, Germany, one may see two pairs of deer horns interlocked. They were found in that position many years ago. The deer had been fighting; their horns got jammed together and could not be separated; so they died. Dr. Kerr, who first told the story, added, \u201cI would like to carry those horns into every house and school.\u201d We might add, \u201cAnd into every church.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Harold P. Barker<\/p>\n
4864<\/b> Cause Of Caravan Split: Inner Disunity<\/b><\/p>\n
A wagon train set out from Kleinburg, Ont., on April 1, 1975, for Alberta\u2019s Peace River country. In spite of criticisms of the 3,000-mile venture, the modern-day pioneers duly set out in their covered wagons. <\/p>\n
The group, however, had not travelled far before they ran into a problem: disunity in their midst. Accordingly, on May 8 they split into two groups, each with its own name: the Canadian Wagon Train and the North-Western Wagon Train Community. The division was due primarily to disagreement over leadership and route. <\/p>\n
4865<\/b> Picking The Pickets<\/b><\/p>\n
Pickets picketing a Portland, Ore., machinery supply company were picketed by pickets protesting that the original pickets were carrying signs made in a non-union shop. <\/p>\n
\u2014Selected<\/p>\n
4866<\/b> Spurgeon\u2019s Effective Weapon<\/b><\/p>\n
While Charles Spurgeon was still a boy preacher, he was warned about a certain quarrelsome woman and told that she intended to give him a tongue-lashing. \u201cAll right,\u201d he replied, \u201cbut that\u2019s a game that two can play.\u201d Not long afterward she met him and assailed him with a flood of abuse. He smiled and said, \u201cYes, thank you, I am quite well. I hope you are the same.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then came another burst of vituperation, pitched in a higher key to which he replied, still smiling, \u201cYes, it does look rather as if it might rain. I think I had better be getting on.\u201d \u201cBless the man!\u201d she exclaimed. \u201cHe\u2019s as deaf as a post. What\u2019s the use of storming at him!\u201d And so her railings ceased and were never again attempted. <\/p>\n
\u2014J. A. Clarks<\/p>\n
4867<\/b> Letting Him Keep The Stone<\/b><\/p>\n
For years two monks lived together in concord and amity. The monotony of their manner of life finally moved one of them to say, \u201cLet us get out of the groove of our humdrum round of daily tasks and do something different: let us do as the world does.\u201d Having lived the sequestered life so long, the monk inquired, \u201cWhat does the world without do?\u201d \u201cWell, for one thing, the world quarrels.\u201d<\/p>\n
Having lived together so long in the bondage of a holy love, he had forgotten how to quarrel, so he queried, \u201cHow does the world quarrel?\u201d So the other monk replied, \u201cSee that stone. Place it between us and say, \u201cThe stone is mine.\u201d \u201c Willing to accommodate his friend, he said, \u201cThe stone is mine.\u201d Pausing for reflection and feeling the compulsion of their years of friendship, the monk who suggested the quarrel concluded, \u201cWell, brother, if the stone is thine, keep it.\u201d And thus ended the quarrel. <\/p>\n
\u2014John R. Riebe<\/p>\n
4868<\/b> Forgive the Guilty<\/b><\/p>\n
The Rev. W. Howels once said, the best way to settle a quarrel was to \u201clet the innocent forgive the guilty.\u201d The Rev. John Clark of Frome was asked, one day, how he kept from being involved in quarrels. He answered, \u201cBy letting the angry person always have the quarrel to himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Henry<\/p>\n
4869<\/b> Thackeray Seized Dickens\u2019 Hands<\/b><\/p>\n
The renowned William M. Thackeray and the famous Charles Dickens had a quarrel. Just before Christmas in 1863 when they met in London, they refused to speak to one another. Pricked in his conscience, Thackeray turned back and seized the hand of his friend, saying he couldn\u2019t bear the coldness that existed between them. Dickens was touched and the old anger and jealousy gave way to reconciliation. Shortly afterward, Thackeray suddenly died. Reflecting on this incident, Sir Thomas Martin wrote in his memoirs, \u201cThe next time I saw Dickens he was standing at the grave of his rival. He must have rejoiced, I thought, that he had shaken hands so warmly a few days before.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Our Daily Bread<\/i><\/p>\n
4870<\/b> Too Many Meetings? <\/b><\/p>\n
In the conference room of a large corporation was a framed motto expressing the sentiments of the president. It\u2019s no longer there, but its message was: Intelligence is no substitute for information; enthusiasm is no substitute for capacity; willingness is no substitute for experience. The motto is gone because one morning, after a series of meetings, some wag had added: \u201cA meeting is no substitute for progress.\u201d<\/p>\n
SOME SOLUTIONS<\/p>\n
4871<\/b> Tall Boy\u2019s Reply<\/b><\/p>\n
Dear Abby: The letter from \u201cTall Boy\u201d who was tired of having people ask him, \u201cHow\u2019s the weather up there,\u201d hit home with me because I, too, was tall in school. Being a girl it was even worse. <\/p>\n
When kids would ask me how the weather was up there, I\u2019d give them the answer my Dad suggested: \u201cWhy don\u2019t you grow up and find out.\u201d<\/p>\n
That shut them up. And they respected me more for telling them off instead of pouting. <\/p>\n
\u2014\u201cTall in Missouri\u201d<\/p>\n
4872<\/b> Hurried Encounter<\/b><\/p>\n
Jones was hurrying along a street one night when another man, also in violent haste, rushed out from a side street and the two collided with great force. <\/p>\n
The second man looked angry, but Jones, with his inborn courtesy, raised his hat and said:<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dear sir, I don\u2019t know which of us is to blame for this violent encounter, but I am in too great a hurry to investigate. If I ran into you, I beg your pardon; if you ran into me, don\u2019t mention it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then he tore away at redoubled speed. <\/p>\n
4873<\/b> Son Staying In Between<\/b><\/p>\n
In his home a pastor was counseling privately with a man. They heard the patter of feet. The closed door opened. A little boy entered the room. The man turned toward the boy and asked him a question: \u201cSon, suppose your dad and mamma would quarrel, what would you do? Would you, with your mamma fight against your dad: or would you help your dad against your mamma?\u201d<\/p>\n
After a moment\u2019s silence, the following thoughtful answer came from the son of the pastor: \u201cI would not side with either. I would stay in between and try to stop their fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Christian Index<\/i><\/p>\n
4874<\/b> Think Of Next Year<\/b><\/p>\n
Boswell, the famous biographer of Dr. Johnson, was once insulted by an associate. At once he rushed off to Dr. Johnson, his idol, to complain. <\/p>\n
\u201cConsider, sir,\u201d said Dr. Johnson, with a laugh, \u201chow insignificant this will appear twelve months hence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boswell took the advice to heart. Later he admitted: \u201cWere this consideration applied to most of the little vexations of life, by which our quiet is too often disturbed, it would prevent many painful sensations. I have tried it frequently, and with good effect.\u201d<\/p>\n
4875<\/b> \u201cThe Enemy Is Yonder\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
The day before the battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Collingwood went on board the Victory<\/i> to receive instructions. Nelson asked him why he had not brought his captain with him, and was told in return that he and the admiral were not on very good terms with one another. Nelson at once sent a boat for Captain Rotherham, and on his arrival led him to Collingwood, and said, \u201cLook, yonder are the enemy!\u201d and make them shake like Englishmen. <\/p>\n
4876<\/b> Instinct Of Lower Animals<\/b><\/p>\n
Henry Ward Beecher was once interrupted in the middle of a speech by an imitation of a rooster crowing. <\/p>\n
He nonchalantly stepped aside, sipped a glass of water and waited for the crowing and the subsequent laughter to subside. Then he took out his watch, looked at it closely and said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s strange. My watch says that it is only ten o\u2019clock. But it must be morning, for the instincts of the lower animals are infallible.\u201d<\/p>\n
4877<\/b> Those Walruses<\/b><\/p>\n
John Barrymore once confounded an audience with a somewhat similar stunt\u2014right in New York, at the height of the run of Redemption<\/i>. There was an epidemic of coughing throughout the first act. When it broke out again in the second, Barrymore was all set. He suddenly yanked a five-pound sea-bass from under his coat and flung it over the footlights. \u201cBusy yourselves with this, you walruses,\u201d he bellowed, \u201cwhile the rest of us proceed with the libretto!\u201d<\/p>\n
4878<\/b> Headquarters Or Hindquarters<\/b><\/p>\n
When General Pope was named to command the Union Army of Virginia in 1862, he issued a proclamation threatening the Southern forces with many catastrophes. The proclamation was headed \u201cHeadquarters in the Saddle.\u201d Stonewall Jackson is credited with the perfect retort: \u201cWhy pay any attention to a general who obviously didn\u2019t know his headquarters from his hindquarters?\u201d<\/p>\n
4879<\/b> Fools \u201cHere\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
Richard Brinsley Sheridan once succeeded admirably in trapping a noisy member of the House of Commons who interrupted every speaker with cries of, \u201cHear, hear!\u201d He alluded to a well-known political character whom he represented as a person who wished to play the rogue, but had only sense enough to play the fool. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhere,\u201d exclaimed Sheridan with great emphasis, \u201cwhere shall we find a more foolish knave or more knavish fool than this?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHear, hear!\u201d was instantly bellowed from the accustomed bench. <\/p>\n
\u201cThank you very much,\u201d said Sheridan with a bow as he took his seat amid peals of laughter. <\/p>\n
4880<\/b> Where Is The Ass? <\/b><\/p>\n
One day while Lloyd George was making a political speech before a big crowd, a heckler yelled, \u201cWait a minute, Mr. George. Isn\u2019t it true your grandfather used to peddle tinware around here in an ox cart hauled by a donkey?\u201d<\/p>\n
Lloyd George replied, \u201cI digress just a moment and thank the gentleman for calling that to my attention. It is true, my dear old grandfather used to peddle tinware around with an old cart and a donkey. As a matter of fact, after this meeting is over, if my friend will come with me, I will show him that old cart, but I never knew until this minute what became of the ass.\u201d<\/p>\n
4881<\/b> Content Of Both Minds<\/b><\/p>\n
Lyndon B. Johnson told about Al Smith, a presidential candidate in 1928, who was making a speech when a heckler yelled, \u201cTell \u2019em what\u2019s on your mind, Al, it won\u2019t take long.\u201d Smith grinned, pointed at the man and shouted, \u201cStand up, pardner, and I\u2019ll tell \u2019em what\u2019s on both our minds. It won\u2019t take any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n
4882<\/b> Epigram On Quarrelsome<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 It takes two to make a quarrel. <\/p>\n
\u2014English Proverb<\/p>\n
\u2022 If there is no wind, will the trees quiver? <\/p>\n
\u2014Malay Proverb<\/p>\n
\u2022 Two cannot fall out if one does not choose. <\/p>\n
\u2014Spanish Proverb<\/p>\n
\u2022 An argument is the longest distance between two points of view. <\/p>\n
\u2014Dan Bennett<\/p>\n
\u2022 A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. <\/p>\n
\u2014Voltaire<\/p>\n
\u2022 Drop the subject when you cannot agree: there is no need to be bitter because you know you are right. <\/p>\n
\u2014Thoughts<\/p>\n
\u2022 I hate a quarrel because it interrupts an argument. <\/p>\n
\u2022 No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Killing the dog will not cure the bite. <\/p>\n
\u2014Lincoln<\/p>\n
\u2022 Least said, soonest mended. <\/p>\n
\u2014English Proverb<\/p>\n
\u2022 If we must disagree, let\u2019s disagree without being disagreeable. <\/p>\n
\u2014L. B. Johnson<\/p>\n
\u2022 One secret of successful conversation is learning to disagree without being disagreeable. It isn\u2019t what but how you speak that makes all the difference. Ben Franklin used to remark diplomatically, \u201cOn this point, I agree. But on the other, if you don\u2019t mind may I take exception?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Family Circle<\/i><\/p>\n
\u2022 It has been said that an Irishman is at peace only when he is in a quarrel; a Scotchman is at home only when he is abroad; an Englishman is contented only while finding fault with something or somebody. <\/p>\n
\u2014E. L. Magoon<\/p>\n
\u2022 One of the marks of a gentleman is his refusal to make an issue out of every difference of opinion. <\/p>\n
\u2014Arnold H. Glasow<\/p>\n
\u2022 A boy becomes a man when he walks around a puddle instead of through it. <\/p>\n
\u2022 A friendly discussion is usually an argument in its initial stages. <\/p>\n
\u2014E. C. Mckenzie<\/p>\n
\u2022 One reason why people who mind their own business are successful is that they have so little competition. <\/p>\n
See also:<\/b> Fierce ; Rebellious ; Stubborness .<\/p>\n
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