...wiU come of it. 1. One of these times is when we are conscious of anger in our own bosoms. " Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce : and their wrath for it was cruel," said the dying Israel of his sons, Simeon and Levi, for deeds done in anger. — Gen. rlix. 7. "Anger...

...slaughtered the Shechemites, Gen. xxxiv. ; whence they merited that reproach of their dying father, Cursed be their anger for it was fierce, and their wrath for it was cruel, Gen. xlix. 7. 3. Because by anger the kindness of social life (which is peculiar to man) is lost. Hence...

...united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel." * The warm-hearted and devoted missionary, Mr. Knibb, felt and expressed himself strongly, in the following...

...order to avenge it. But Jacob formed a just estimate of his children's conduct, when he said, " Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce ; and their wrath, for it was cruel."] 2. Invincible obduracy — [We might well expect that, after a moment's reflection, these bloody murderers...

...united ; for, in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel.' Gen. 49. 6, 7. I listened to both the discourses which you delivered in this town, at the' late meeting,...

...for hi their anger they \ slew a man, and in their self-will they dig- ! ged down a wall. 7. Cursed hm di- ' vide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 8. f Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall...

...superstition, which have drenched whole countries with blood, under pretence of serving the Lord : " Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. O my soul, enter not thou into their secret ; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united."...

...last words that Jacob spake to his sons, we find this expression concerning Simeon and Levi, 'Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce ; and their wrath, for it was cruel.'5 It cannot be imagined that Jacob intended to curse his sons, or bring any imprecation upon...

...had carried their rage too far, and remembered Jacob's words to his sons Simeon and Levi — " Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel." But I had now a new task upon my hands; for when the men I carried with me saw the sight, as I had...

...which they sought to wipe off, but extorted from him these bitter words on his death-bed : " Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce ; and their wrath, for it was cruel." f We never more * Ps. cxx. 5, 6. f Gen. xlix. 7. need to " put away all wrath and bitterness and clamour...