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Raising the Boiling Point
"We boil at different degrees," Emerson once commented. Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Eloquence"; What is our individual boiling point, if any? Does it take a great deal of provocation to anger us, or does it take very little? Whether our boiling point is apparently high or low, we need to pray to realize and demonstrate our God-bestowed stability. This will keep us from responding badly to challenging circumstances.
Even trifles, sometimes, may make us seethe with anger and boil over on our surroundings. And what is accomplished? Eventually, just a big cleanup! One has to mop up the mess, wipe off innocent bystanders who may have been splattered in the overflow, and then clean oneself up, removing the spots caused by volatility of disposition. The time and energy required for all this could have been more gainfully employed in the initial exercise of control over tongue and temper.

November 9, 1974 issue
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Rock-based Thinking Heals
JEANETTE BARBARA HOWES
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God's Motherhood
CARROLL W. NEWPORT
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PRAYER FOR OUR CHILD
Isobel Anne Anable
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Lack Has No Cause
STEPHEN T. CARLSON
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Raising the Boiling Point
KATHRYN PAULSON GROUNDS
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No Basis for Fear
THORA MARGARET ORTON
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Consistent Joy
ETHEL M. BARTON
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The Thoughts We Need
ELAINE CASSEL
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No Darkness at All
RUTH M. PALMER
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Rise and Shine
Claire Hagenlocher Stubbe
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Today's Blessings
Carl J. Welz
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Escape from the Computerized Past!
Naomi Price
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During an epidemic of smallpox in some parts of our country...
S. Santi Oetama with contributions from Hariyanto Oetama
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I wish to relate a recent experience, in loving and sincere gratitude...
Nestor Brown, Jr.
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Shortly after we had moved
Michele-Yvonne M. Fettweis with contributions from Yvonne Caché Fettweis
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My testimony is long overdue
Audrey U. Langlands