• THE BEACH BOYS - I GET AROUND
    1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/nGsPHuEqCov3/
    2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/jjqG7YY
    The Beach Boys are an American rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961, with Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. The daughters of Brian Wilson, Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, along with the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, Chynna Phillips, also sing in their own band, Wilson Phillips.

    THE BEACH BOYS - SOMEWHERE NEAR JAPAN:
    1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/fGNFiiy2InvM/
    2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/EzMOEQ3

    THE BEACH BOYS - GOOD VIBRATIONS
    1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/MsLfaHlqj9oX/
    2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/GJtoMLG

    WILSON PHILLIPS - IMPULSIVE:
    1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/VQEM5GZu8hAf/
    2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/F3iZIPl
    3. https://ugetube.com/watch/gDF8UYmZnZqnqnX

    #BeachBoys #IGetAround #BrianWilson #DennisWilson #CarlWilson #MikeLove #AlJardine #WilsonPhillips
    THE BEACH BOYS - I GET AROUND 1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/nGsPHuEqCov3/ 2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/jjqG7YY The Beach Boys are an American rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961, with Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. The daughters of Brian Wilson, Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, along with the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, Chynna Phillips, also sing in their own band, Wilson Phillips. THE BEACH BOYS - SOMEWHERE NEAR JAPAN: 1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/fGNFiiy2InvM/ 2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/EzMOEQ3 THE BEACH BOYS - GOOD VIBRATIONS 1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/MsLfaHlqj9oX/ 2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/GJtoMLG WILSON PHILLIPS - IMPULSIVE: 1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/VQEM5GZu8hAf/ 2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/F3iZIPl 3. https://ugetube.com/watch/gDF8UYmZnZqnqnX #BeachBoys #IGetAround #BrianWilson #DennisWilson #CarlWilson #MikeLove #AlJardine #WilsonPhillips
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  • THE BEACH BOYS - GOOD VIBRATIONS
    1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/MsLfaHlqj9oX/
    2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/GJtoMLG
    The Beach Boys are an American rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961, with Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. The daughters of Brian Wilson, Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, along with the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, Chynna Phillips, also sing in their own band, Wilson Phillips.

    THE BEACH BOYS - SOMEWHERE NEAR JAPAN:
    1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/fGNFiiy2InvM/
    2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/EzMOEQ3

    WILSON PHILLIPS - IMPULSIVE:
    1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/VQEM5GZu8hAf/
    2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/F3iZIPl
    3. https://ugetube.com/watch/gDF8UYmZnZqnqnX

    #BeachBoys #GoodVibrations #BrianWilson #DennisWilson #CarlWilson #MikeLove #AlJardine #WilsonPhillips
    THE BEACH BOYS - GOOD VIBRATIONS 1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/MsLfaHlqj9oX/ 2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/GJtoMLG The Beach Boys are an American rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961, with Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. The daughters of Brian Wilson, Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, along with the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, Chynna Phillips, also sing in their own band, Wilson Phillips. THE BEACH BOYS - SOMEWHERE NEAR JAPAN: 1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/fGNFiiy2InvM/ 2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/EzMOEQ3 WILSON PHILLIPS - IMPULSIVE: 1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/VQEM5GZu8hAf/ 2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/F3iZIPl 3. https://ugetube.com/watch/gDF8UYmZnZqnqnX #BeachBoys #GoodVibrations #BrianWilson #DennisWilson #CarlWilson #MikeLove #AlJardine #WilsonPhillips
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  • THE BEACH BOYS - SOMEWHERE NEAR JAPAN
    1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/fGNFiiy2InvM/
    2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/EzMOEQ3
    The Beach Boys are an American rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961, with Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. The daughters of Brian Wilson, Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, along with the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, Chynna Phillips, also sing in their own band, Wilson Phillips.

    THE BEACH BOYS - GOOD VIBRATIONS:
    1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/MsLfaHlqj9oX/
    2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/GJtoMLG

    WILSON PHILLIPS - IMPULSIVE:
    1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/VQEM5GZu8hAf/
    2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/F3iZIPl
    3. https://ugetube.com/watch/gDF8UYmZnZqnqnX

    #BeachBoys #SomewhereNearJapan #BrianWilson #DennisWilson #CarlWilson #MikeLove #AlJardine #WilsonPhillips
    THE BEACH BOYS - SOMEWHERE NEAR JAPAN 1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/fGNFiiy2InvM/ 2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/EzMOEQ3 The Beach Boys are an American rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961, with Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. The daughters of Brian Wilson, Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, along with the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, Chynna Phillips, also sing in their own band, Wilson Phillips. THE BEACH BOYS - GOOD VIBRATIONS: 1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/MsLfaHlqj9oX/ 2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/GJtoMLG WILSON PHILLIPS - IMPULSIVE: 1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/VQEM5GZu8hAf/ 2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/F3iZIPl 3. https://ugetube.com/watch/gDF8UYmZnZqnqnX #BeachBoys #SomewhereNearJapan #BrianWilson #DennisWilson #CarlWilson #MikeLove #AlJardine #WilsonPhillips
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  • WILSON PHILLIPS - IMPULSIVE (1990)
    1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/VQEM5GZu8hAf/
    2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/F3iZIPl
    Wilson Phillips is an American vocal group consisting of Carnie Wilson, Wendy Wilson, and Chynna Phillips, the daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys and of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas.

    #WilsonPhillips #Impulsive #CarnieWilson #WendyWilson #ChynnaPhillips
    WILSON PHILLIPS - IMPULSIVE (1990) 1. https://www.bitchute.com/video/VQEM5GZu8hAf/ 2. https://newtube.app/user/RenaudBe/F3iZIPl Wilson Phillips is an American vocal group consisting of Carnie Wilson, Wendy Wilson, and Chynna Phillips, the daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys and of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas. #WilsonPhillips #Impulsive #CarnieWilson #WendyWilson #ChynnaPhillips
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  • True World News Top Headlines Nov 18/2020
    Trump lawyer tweets article suggesting Philadelphia mob boss ready to expose election fraud in exchange for criminal record expungement. https://www.dcclothesline.com/2020/11/18/trump-lawyer-tweets-article-suggesting-philadelphia-mob-boss-ready-to-expose-election-fraud-in-exchange-for-criminal-record-expungement/

    Attorney Lin Wood To Mark Levin: Trump Won a 70% Plus Landslide https://conservativefiringline.com/attorney-lin-wood-to-mark-levin-trump-won-a-70-plus-landslide/

    Pfizer says final results show coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective, no safety concerns. https://globalnews.ca/news/7469421/pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-safety-final-results/

    Netanyahu faces Gantz's hesitation and Bennett's impulsiveness. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20201118-netanyahu-faces-gantzs-hesitation-and-bennetts-impulsiveness/

    All-powerful CDC calls for concentration camps in America, including the invasion of homes and neighborhoods. https://dcdirtylaundry.com/all-powerful-cdc-calls-for-concentration-camps-in-america-including-the-invasion-of-homes-and-neighborhoods/.

    Greenfield: The Law is There’s No Presidential Transition Until Congress Certifies the Election https://politichicks.com/?p=55360

    Oxfam slams arms sale to countries that fuel war in Yemen. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20201118-oxfam-slams-arms-sale-to-countries-that-fuel-war-in-yemen/

    Trump attorney Sidney Powell declares the Kraken was already RELEASED… and the results are just beginning to emerge. https://www.dcclothesline.com/2020/11/18/trump-attorney-sidney-powell-declares-the-kraken-was-already-released-and-the-results-are-just-beginning-to-emerge/

    US plan for containing China relies on taming international organizations and reeducating Americans, leaked doc reveals. https://www.rt.com/usa/507066-china-containment-state-department/

    Pompeo meets only with Christian leader in Turkey, with no… https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20201118-pompeo-meets-only-with-christian-leader-in-turkey-with-no-official-talks/

    Biden’s New ‘Global Media’ Guy Richard Stengel Supports Limiting Free Speech, Bragged About Being a Propagandist (Video) https://conservativefiringline.com/?p=63379

    Paris police clear 65th migrant camp in five years https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20201118-paris-police-clear-65th-migrant-camp-in-five-years/

    Trump won, regardless of the election outcome… because Trumpism is here to stay https://www.rt.com/op-ed/507058-trump-won-regardless-election-outcome/

    WATCH: French police unleash tear gas & water cannons at protests against new draconian ‘Comprehensive Security Law’ https://www.rt.com/news/507055-police-blast-security-law-protesters/
    True World News Top Headlines Nov 18/2020 Trump lawyer tweets article suggesting Philadelphia mob boss ready to expose election fraud in exchange for criminal record expungement. https://www.dcclothesline.com/2020/11/18/trump-lawyer-tweets-article-suggesting-philadelphia-mob-boss-ready-to-expose-election-fraud-in-exchange-for-criminal-record-expungement/ Attorney Lin Wood To Mark Levin: Trump Won a 70% Plus Landslide https://conservativefiringline.com/attorney-lin-wood-to-mark-levin-trump-won-a-70-plus-landslide/ Pfizer says final results show coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective, no safety concerns. https://globalnews.ca/news/7469421/pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-safety-final-results/ Netanyahu faces Gantz's hesitation and Bennett's impulsiveness. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20201118-netanyahu-faces-gantzs-hesitation-and-bennetts-impulsiveness/ All-powerful CDC calls for concentration camps in America, including the invasion of homes and neighborhoods. https://dcdirtylaundry.com/all-powerful-cdc-calls-for-concentration-camps-in-america-including-the-invasion-of-homes-and-neighborhoods/. Greenfield: The Law is There’s No Presidential Transition Until Congress Certifies the Election https://politichicks.com/?p=55360 Oxfam slams arms sale to countries that fuel war in Yemen. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20201118-oxfam-slams-arms-sale-to-countries-that-fuel-war-in-yemen/ Trump attorney Sidney Powell declares the Kraken was already RELEASED… and the results are just beginning to emerge. https://www.dcclothesline.com/2020/11/18/trump-attorney-sidney-powell-declares-the-kraken-was-already-released-and-the-results-are-just-beginning-to-emerge/ US plan for containing China relies on taming international organizations and reeducating Americans, leaked doc reveals. https://www.rt.com/usa/507066-china-containment-state-department/ Pompeo meets only with Christian leader in Turkey, with no… https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20201118-pompeo-meets-only-with-christian-leader-in-turkey-with-no-official-talks/ Biden’s New ‘Global Media’ Guy Richard Stengel Supports Limiting Free Speech, Bragged About Being a Propagandist (Video) https://conservativefiringline.com/?p=63379 Paris police clear 65th migrant camp in five years https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20201118-paris-police-clear-65th-migrant-camp-in-five-years/ Trump won, regardless of the election outcome… because Trumpism is here to stay https://www.rt.com/op-ed/507058-trump-won-regardless-election-outcome/ WATCH: French police unleash tear gas & water cannons at protests against new draconian ‘Comprehensive Security Law’ https://www.rt.com/news/507055-police-blast-security-law-protesters/
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  • BERSERKERS
    Bible Study / Daily Devotional
    Average reading time is about 6 minutes
    AN AMAZING FACT: Ancient Norse history speaks in the old sagas of a fearsome class of warriors called Berserkers. According to reports, Berserkers would dress themselves in the skins of bears or wolves to exploit the fear common people had for wild animals.
    Before entering battle, Berserkers would whip themselves up into a sort of crazed frenzy, biting their shields and howling like animals, possibly aided by psychoactive drugs. While in this trance-like condition, they were ferocious fighters and seemingly impervious to pain. Swords and knives seemed to have little impact on them. In their rage, Berserkers made formidable enemies; they even attacked the boulders and trees of the forest and it was not uncommon for them to kill their own people during their rampage. Their irrational and violent behavior showed that they were totally out of control.

    It was often said the Berserker seemed to change into bestial form, or at least to assume the ferocious nature of the wolf or bear. One writer reports, “… they went without coats of mail, and acted like mad dogs and wolves.” It is believed the myth of werewolves originates with these wild Norse warriors. And you probably figured out that these enraged Scandinavian fighters gave rise to the English word “berserk” to describe someone who is overcome with an uncontrolled rage. Now here’s a question: If Christians lose their temper and fly off the handle, are they really Christians when they act berserk?

    The Scriptures tell us, “A wise man fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages …” and “He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city” (Proverbs 14:16; 16:32). And Peter advises: “… add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control …” (2 Peter 1:5-7).

    Self-control is an important part of Christian character. Only by controlling our temper can we reflect Christ to others. If we’re really living for Christ, rather than acting impulsively in response to anger, we will be developing the fruit of His Spirit. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law” (Galatians 5:22, 23).
    KEY BIBLE TEXTS
    Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. James 1:19-20But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
    BERSERKERS Bible Study / Daily Devotional Average reading time is about 6 minutes AN AMAZING FACT: Ancient Norse history speaks in the old sagas of a fearsome class of warriors called Berserkers. According to reports, Berserkers would dress themselves in the skins of bears or wolves to exploit the fear common people had for wild animals. Before entering battle, Berserkers would whip themselves up into a sort of crazed frenzy, biting their shields and howling like animals, possibly aided by psychoactive drugs. While in this trance-like condition, they were ferocious fighters and seemingly impervious to pain. Swords and knives seemed to have little impact on them. In their rage, Berserkers made formidable enemies; they even attacked the boulders and trees of the forest and it was not uncommon for them to kill their own people during their rampage. Their irrational and violent behavior showed that they were totally out of control. It was often said the Berserker seemed to change into bestial form, or at least to assume the ferocious nature of the wolf or bear. One writer reports, “… they went without coats of mail, and acted like mad dogs and wolves.” It is believed the myth of werewolves originates with these wild Norse warriors. And you probably figured out that these enraged Scandinavian fighters gave rise to the English word “berserk” to describe someone who is overcome with an uncontrolled rage. Now here’s a question: If Christians lose their temper and fly off the handle, are they really Christians when they act berserk? The Scriptures tell us, “A wise man fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages …” and “He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city” (Proverbs 14:16; 16:32). And Peter advises: “… add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control …” (2 Peter 1:5-7). Self-control is an important part of Christian character. Only by controlling our temper can we reflect Christ to others. If we’re really living for Christ, rather than acting impulsively in response to anger, we will be developing the fruit of His Spirit. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law” (Galatians 5:22, 23). KEY BIBLE TEXTS Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. James 1:19-20But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
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  • It seems even some pagans realized that man's inclinations were not toward the good.

    PROVERBS 16:32.—“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”"

    This is indeed a wonderful temper to be attained by so ill-governed, so passionate, impulsive, and unbalanced a creature as man. It is no wonder that such a well-poised and symmetrical character as this floated as an unattainable ideal before the minds of the better pagan philosophers. This is the famous “temperance” which meets the scholar so continually in the writings of Plato and Aristotle—that golden mean between the extremes of passion and apathy which the philosopher strives to reach.

    “Quietly reflecting”—says Plato—“on the madness and ungovernable passions of the multitude, and attending to his own affairs, like a man sheltered under a wall in a storm of dust and foam borne along on the wind, by which he sees all about him overwhelmed in disorder, such an one is content to pass his life free from violence and passion, and to effect his exit hence with good hopes, cheerful and serene.” This is his description of the moderation, the equanimity, the temperance of the philosophic mind.

    But in other places this thoughtful pagan confesses that this golden mean is never reached here upon earth, either by the philosopher or the common man. He compares the soul to a pair of horses—one of them erect, finely formed, with high neck, aquiline nose, white-colored, black-eyed, a lover of honor and temperance and true glory, driven without the whip, by word of command and voice only; the other crooked, thick set, clumsily put together, with strong neck, short throat, flat face, black color, gray-eyed, addicted to insolence and swaggering, scarcely obedient to whip and spur together.

    These two opposing creatures, according to him, represent the present condition of the human soul. There are aspirations that would lead it upward, but there are appetites that drag it downward. The white horse would pursue the path of honor and excellence; but the black horse draws away from the path, and plunges madly downward. And the black horse is the strongest. The appetite is too mighty for the resolution. There is an infinite aspiration, and an infinitesimal performance.

    Such is the mournful confession of the greatest thinker outside of the pale of revelation; and if a Plato could discover and teach to future generations the corruption and helplessness of human nature, what shall we say of those teachers under the full light of revelation, who would have us believe that there is no corruption in man but such as can be eradicated by man himself, and who would dispense with the evangelical means and methods of healing and salvation."

    William G. T. Shedd, Sermons to the Spiritual Man, (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1884), 23–24.
    It seems even some pagans realized that man's inclinations were not toward the good. PROVERBS 16:32.—“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”" This is indeed a wonderful temper to be attained by so ill-governed, so passionate, impulsive, and unbalanced a creature as man. It is no wonder that such a well-poised and symmetrical character as this floated as an unattainable ideal before the minds of the better pagan philosophers. This is the famous “temperance” which meets the scholar so continually in the writings of Plato and Aristotle—that golden mean between the extremes of passion and apathy which the philosopher strives to reach. “Quietly reflecting”—says Plato—“on the madness and ungovernable passions of the multitude, and attending to his own affairs, like a man sheltered under a wall in a storm of dust and foam borne along on the wind, by which he sees all about him overwhelmed in disorder, such an one is content to pass his life free from violence and passion, and to effect his exit hence with good hopes, cheerful and serene.” This is his description of the moderation, the equanimity, the temperance of the philosophic mind. But in other places this thoughtful pagan confesses that this golden mean is never reached here upon earth, either by the philosopher or the common man. He compares the soul to a pair of horses—one of them erect, finely formed, with high neck, aquiline nose, white-colored, black-eyed, a lover of honor and temperance and true glory, driven without the whip, by word of command and voice only; the other crooked, thick set, clumsily put together, with strong neck, short throat, flat face, black color, gray-eyed, addicted to insolence and swaggering, scarcely obedient to whip and spur together. These two opposing creatures, according to him, represent the present condition of the human soul. There are aspirations that would lead it upward, but there are appetites that drag it downward. The white horse would pursue the path of honor and excellence; but the black horse draws away from the path, and plunges madly downward. And the black horse is the strongest. The appetite is too mighty for the resolution. There is an infinite aspiration, and an infinitesimal performance. Such is the mournful confession of the greatest thinker outside of the pale of revelation; and if a Plato could discover and teach to future generations the corruption and helplessness of human nature, what shall we say of those teachers under the full light of revelation, who would have us believe that there is no corruption in man but such as can be eradicated by man himself, and who would dispense with the evangelical means and methods of healing and salvation." William G. T. Shedd, Sermons to the Spiritual Man, (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1884), 23–24.
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  • PROVERBS 16:32.—“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”

    In defining, in the first place, the nature of this temper and disposition, it is evident that a man who is “slow to anger,” and who “ruleth his spirit,” is characterized by sobriety and equanimity. He is never driven to extremes, in any direction. For anger is one of the most vehement of emotions, and he who can control it can control anything, can “take a city.” Hence this particular passion is selected as the specimen.

    He who reigns in his own impulsive wrath with such a strong and firm rein that it never gets the mastery over him will find it no difficult task to rule and regulate the whole brood of passions which have their nest in corrupt human nature. Such a man is even-tempered, in the deepest sense. Such a man stands in just and proper relations to both worlds. He lives with contentment here upon earth, and at the same time lays up treasure in heaven.

    He does not drown himself in worldly lusts, like a voluptuary, and neither does he kill out all human sympathies, like an ascetic. He uses this world as not abusing it in either direction. He does not abuse the good things of this life, by an immoderate indulgence in them, or an immoderate desire and toil after them; and he does not abuse the legitimate enjoyments of this existence, by a fanatical contempt and rejection of them altogether.

    He is not so absorbed in the things of time and sense, as to lose sight of eternal realities; neither is he so monkishly indifferent to the interests and objects of this life, as to be either a drone or a malcontent. He responds to all the reasonable and proper demands of domestic, social, and civil existence, while yet he never becomes so extreme in his attachment, and so enslaved to them, that it costs him murmurings and bitter pangs to be called away from these circles into the immediate presence of God.

    William G. T. Shedd, Sermons to the Spiritual Man, (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1884), 22–23.
    PROVERBS 16:32.—“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.” In defining, in the first place, the nature of this temper and disposition, it is evident that a man who is “slow to anger,” and who “ruleth his spirit,” is characterized by sobriety and equanimity. He is never driven to extremes, in any direction. For anger is one of the most vehement of emotions, and he who can control it can control anything, can “take a city.” Hence this particular passion is selected as the specimen. He who reigns in his own impulsive wrath with such a strong and firm rein that it never gets the mastery over him will find it no difficult task to rule and regulate the whole brood of passions which have their nest in corrupt human nature. Such a man is even-tempered, in the deepest sense. Such a man stands in just and proper relations to both worlds. He lives with contentment here upon earth, and at the same time lays up treasure in heaven. He does not drown himself in worldly lusts, like a voluptuary, and neither does he kill out all human sympathies, like an ascetic. He uses this world as not abusing it in either direction. He does not abuse the good things of this life, by an immoderate indulgence in them, or an immoderate desire and toil after them; and he does not abuse the legitimate enjoyments of this existence, by a fanatical contempt and rejection of them altogether. He is not so absorbed in the things of time and sense, as to lose sight of eternal realities; neither is he so monkishly indifferent to the interests and objects of this life, as to be either a drone or a malcontent. He responds to all the reasonable and proper demands of domestic, social, and civil existence, while yet he never becomes so extreme in his attachment, and so enslaved to them, that it costs him murmurings and bitter pangs to be called away from these circles into the immediate presence of God. William G. T. Shedd, Sermons to the Spiritual Man, (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1884), 22–23.
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