He looks like he was going to hit people, and he does hit his horse an awful crack.

It's no way to hit a horse, not even if it balks, because it can't hit back, and it's a cowardly thing to do.

If you rub their ears and talk to them, they come quicker, O our Heavenly Father, and if you hit them just because you are mad, it's a bigger sin yet.
"No man is nearly so blessed as he might be who goes around looking killed with grief when he should cheer up, no matter what ails him; and who shuts up his door and says his wife is sick when she isn't, and who scowls at every one, when he can be real pleasant if he likes, as some in Divine Presence can testify.

So we are going to beseech Thee, O Lord, to lay Thy mighty hand upon the man who got mad this beautiful morning and make him feel Thy might, until he will know for himself and not another, that You are not a myth.

Teach him to have a pleasant countenance, an open door, and to hold his temper.