state in life because they have not disciplined themselves; they have been disobedient to God’s warning along life’s pathways.” Yes, undisciplined living is work ing a world of havoc in mental health. One time, when Huxley was on his way to a meeting of the Brit ish Science Association in Dublin, Ireland, he had arrived late at the station. Jumping into a cab he urged, “Drive fast!” Away went the cab, jostling over the streets. After a few hurried moments, Huxley YOUR TEMPER When people "lose their temper" It doesn't always stay In just the place they lost it. But travels miles away; And when they wind and bind it, It may be it has done A mischief never to be healed Unto the farthest sun. When people "lose their temper," It runs and rages far, It strikes at friends as well as foes. Not caring who they are; And when its cruel force is spent, Its words and deeds go on Down many ways through many days, Unreckoned and unknown. When people "lose their temper," It never stays that way— Its owner always finds it To use another day. asked the driver, “Do you know where you’re going?” He had to smile at the appropriate response, “No, I’m just driving fast.” This is a picture of the world today, driving without a purpose, driving fast but going nobody knows where. There is restlessness without an objective. Friends, mental illness is directly and inseparably related to undisci plined living. May God lead you into a sure place of understanding and wisdom on this vital point. So now instead of losing it Just place it in God's care. And nevermore will it be lost If you'll just leave it there.
pie in the last days, “without nat ural affection.” In each edition of the paper we hear of awful things mothers are doing to their children. Doctors are now compelled to report how many children are mutilated and even put to death by the insane beatings and floggings of parents who are beside themselves. They are undisciplined as to reason and are implacable, not amenable to logic. They are headstrong. They want their own way, come what may. The Bible says men are undisci plined as to loyalty. What traitors we have here in our beloved country. We have those in our land who make recorded tapes to send out to the bat tle front where our boys are fighting and giving their lives, telling them that they should lay down their arms. This is treasonable to an abominable degree. The climax, however, is that men are undisciplined as to God. They are unholy, declaring that God is not only a nuisance to them, but also that He is dead. With such activity and abomination on every hand there is little wonder that we find the world in such a terrible mental state. Scripture prophesies that men tal aberrations will continue to climb. A friend of a minister in England was a superintendent of a mental hospital. He asked the godly pastor to speak to those in the institution on the subject of obedience. Pouring out his heart, the preacher presented the subject forcefully and convinc ingly; however, when he finished he felt he had failed. “I knew I shouldn’t have come,” he told his su perintendent-friend. The head of the mental hospital replied, “Don’t be too sure. There are seventy-five care takers here who are helping to han dle these who are sick. They under stood what you said. Don’t forget either that the ill ones understood a great deal more than you realize. They know they have come to this
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