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ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 6th, 1970 Scripture Lesson Romans Taken from a sermon by Rl B. E. Long. Evidence of hoEitility can be- seen in the arrned conflict cross the world. lit can be seen marriage breakdowp, in parE and- family conflict and in t wideread youth- destructivenE of our day. llostility cornes frc bottled upý frustrations, bitternE anger and resentments. Hostility seerns to be a part our nature. We, are made in t] image of God with a spark divinity within us. But there also more than a handful of du in our nature. The fact is if ý are loniesfraboumît it, there a moments whe w want to doi mnate, to itear down, be destru( ive. Tiiere are times when -we a: ruled by an animal like ag,ýgres iveness when a' wave of hostilir enguifs us. A poet says in haîf jest bt with a degree of truth: "lywishes are a humble dwe ling wth a thatched roof. Ai good bed, good food, wit floweèrs at my window; And some fine tal trees befor my cqcior. And if the Good Lord want me to-be cornpletely happy, He will grant me the Joy u seeing-six, or seven of rny enemieý Hanging fiointhe trees." You don't hiave hostîlity? Then 1 woul be ver'y iuncomnfortablt ln your pre(senice because I thini ît is somiething that 1I'am. continu- ally fi-,,ting and I seeevdc Of lt wheorever 1 associate, witli people. Popfle say, "He burns me Up.,, " 1 coufld have choked hlm." "I felt like knocking their heads together." "H1e makes me so mad 1 cou]d have bit hlm." "I almost exploded." "I had to bite my tongue ito keep from saying.it." "I was tempted to let hlm have it betWeen the eyes."1 These are ail indications of hostility. Dr. Carl Menenger counsels wisely, "To know ourselves means to become aware of our destruc- tiveness as well as our construct- iveness." A child's life begins in anger. The cry of a eh IN - just boru has the tone, flot to lamen- tation, but of wrath. "After the endless peace of pre-natal exist- ence the child is born into a world of uncomfortable physical experiences and terrifying uncom-, prehended controls. Watch the little red face. See the tightly clenched fists. Hear the loud protesting cry. There is real host- ility there, pent up anger and re- sentment. "Look at hlmnow he is one or two years of 'age. Put hlm, in a play pen with another child his age. They wilI bite, scratch, _null each other's hair and thruw toys at human targets with ut- ter abandon." See him a little older. H1e will pull arms off dolîs, jerk legs off teddy bears, puncture balîs and smash everything in sight. There is a kind of careless cruelty in 12. and control themn they do not en- tirely disappear when we grow ev. older. They are still within us and they are dangerous. They have to find some outiet else they explode. They can cause us be o go to pieces. a- in ,nt Some time ago the Saturday he Evening Post had a very reveal- ýess ing. cover. It showed four panels. rn In the first panel a worker was ess enduring a calling down from his boss. The next panel showed hlm at home calling down his wife. The next panel showed thé wife Of and their little son was getting a the going over. The last panel showed Of the littie boy downstairs kicking is the pir;py. When things go wrong ist and we cannot fight back our ln- we uer hostility is vent upon those re C10 ,ýst 'o us who love us mo 1,. m-These are the onesthat mu'-t .ab- et- sor) our blitterness and resent- re ment. But is ýthat thue be,,t way?, ity Pent up hostilities are tools of the rahble rousers. In labour re- lations people will work upon the ,ut hostility of ithe workmen to cause them to do things that are absol- utely negative and destructive, guving power to the persons who' use tha-,t as itheir weapon. Or the' pent m) hostiliy of',the races ýcan th be worked upon by people until ht hey can arouse a mob to -tear things -tQ piec'es. e ln handling hostility what is necessary is release tihrough dis- ts placement. The eanly Hebrews in their religlous, practice used a scape goa.t to be rid of their sins. A goat was selected. Thl' priest )f xent through whatever formula Is neceqqary fIat the sîns of the people migit be put upon the ît.The goat was destroyedand thus the -sins of the people were carried away. It seems natural n thai' weshould have a scape goat. STiie scape goat speaks of dispiace- ment, and dispflacement is neces,- sary. Aggressive feelings wthout ad- eqtùate aggressive acts;, bitter feelings without satisfying escape from their bitterness; peut up 3hostïlity without constructive claunelling' of that hostility spelîs disaster. So what is the answer f0 our hostilities? They should be chan- felled through constructive foAms ef expression. These driving forc- es, ýthese powerful emotions should be made our servants ald not our masters. They should be direc.ted to God approved goals. TPey should be harnessed to worthy causes. So f0 the Christians, I say, "Be h ostile." The Bible says, "GCod can't stand the lukewarm, neither- hot nor cold." Be hostile againsf every act tha9t offends the dignity of man, such as prejudice and big9- otry, ignorance and disease, pov- erty and slums. Our innerhostil- ity should be like the explosions within the englue of our auto- mobiles, under control, so if is driven, in the right' direction, for the right purpose to a worthy end. On a Sabbath day. Jesus healed the withered arm of a nman and the religlous leaders took Hlm te task. They didn't care1 about the man being made well. Jesus look- ed with anger, being grieved' for. the hardness of their hearts. His hostilitY was directed toward what was beîng, done to another and flot t~o Himself. And fIat is the challengýe for every Christin. HOPE TOWNSIIIP TO VOTE ON. LIQUOR LOUNGES The iesidents of Hope Town- ship will vote on whether or not they waat lhquor lounges in the township at a imuncipal election scheduled for December. Operators of two motels in the toh î'. and a representative of teboard of the Durharn Mernor- il Temple petitioned Hope Town- ship Council to have a- liquor, plebescite. At a, meeting, of the couneil, Villard Lord, township cleark, said th2at a special voters list would have o be drawn up and separate ballots would be used for the liquor vote. It 15 expeeted that part of the colt of the plebiseite will be borne bI the petitioners. 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