The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-24
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the garlands."
Alas for this spirit of envy and 1eal-
ousy coming down through the agesi
Cain and Abel, Esau and Jacob. Saul and
David, Haman and Mordecai, Othello and
Iago, Orlando and Angelica, Caligula
and Torquatus, Caesar and PompeY,
Columbus and the Spanish courtiers,
Cambyses and the brother he slew be-
cause he was q better marksman. Diony-
s1us and Philoxenius, whom he slew be-
cause he was a better singer. Jealousy
among painters. Clostermau and Geoff
rey, Kneller, Hudson and Reynol DIS.
Francia, anxious to see a picture of
Raphael, Raphael sends him a picture.
Francia, seeing it. falls In q fit of jeal-
ousy from which he dies. Jealousy
among authors. How seldom contempO-
raries speak of each other. Xenophon
and Plato, living at the same time, but
from their writings you never would sup
pose they heard Of each other. Religious
jealousies. The MahoIamedans praying
for rain during a drouth; no rain COM
ing. Then the Christians begin to pray
for ain, and the rain comes. Then the
Mahommedans met together to accoUnt
for this, aud they resolved that God was
so pleased with their prayers He kept the
drouth on 50 as to keep them praying,
but that the Christians began to pray,
and the Lord was so disgusted with their
prayers that He sent rain right away
He would not hear any more of their sup
plications. Oh, this aocursed spirit OF
envy and jealOusyl Let us stamp Ii out
from all our hearts.
A wrestler was so envious of Theogenes,
the prince of wrestlers, that he could not
be consoled in any way, and after
Theogenes died, and a statue was lifted 10
him in public place, his envious antag-
onist went out every night aud wrestled
with the statue until one night he threw
it, and it fell on him and crushed him to
death. SO jealousy is not only absurd,
but it is killing to tho body and il is kill
ing to the soul How seldom 1t is you
find one merchant speaking we'll of
merchant in the same line of business.
How seldom it is you hear of physician
speaking well of a physician on the same
block. oh, my friends, the world Is large
enough for all of Lot us rejoice at
the success of others. The next best
thing to owning n garden ourselves is -
look over the fence and admire the flow
ers. The next best thing to riding in fiHe
equipage is 10 stand on the street and
| admire the prancing span. The next bust
thing to having banquet given to OUR
selves is havinga banquet given TO ear
prodigal brother that has come homo 10
his fathers house.
Besides that, if we do not get as much
| honor and rs much attention as 0thees,
we ought to congratulate ourselves ava
| what escape the way of assault
| The French General, riding on horseback
! at the head Of his troops, heard q soldier
complain and say: at is very easy for
the General to command us forward while
| he rides and when we walk" Then tho
| General dismouuted and compelled the
| complaining soldier to get on the horse.
! Coming through a ravine n bullet from
sharpshooter struck the rider, and he fell
dead. Then the General said: "How
much safer It is to walk than to rideW
Once more I have to tell you that this
senior brother of my text stands for the
pouting Christian. While there is so
much congratulation within doors, the
hero of my text stands outside, the cor
| ners of his mouth drawn down, locking ms
ne felt-miserabIe. am glad his iugu-
| brious physiognomy did not spoil tho
| festivity within. How many poutiug
Christians there are in our day-Chris-
tians who do not like the music of our
churches, Christians who do not like the
| hilaritfes Of the youug.-pouting, pouting,
pouting at society, pouting at the FASH
| ions pouting at the newspapers, pouting
at the Church, pouting at the Govern
ment pOuting at the high Heaven Their
| spleen is too large, their liver does not
work, their digestion is broken down.
! There are two cruets in their caster AL
| ways sure to be well supplied-vinegn
/ and red pepper. Oh, come away from
| that mood Stir little sacobarine into
! your disposition. While you avoid the
/ dissoluteness of the younger son, avoid
also the irascibility and the petulance
and the pouting spirit Of tho elder son,
and initiate the father, who had embraces
| for the returning prodigal aud coaXing
words for the splenetic and NAL con tent.
! Ah ! the face Of this pouting elder son il
! put before us in order that we might bet
ter see the radiant and forgiving face Of
| the father. Contrasts are mighty. The
/ artist in sketching the field of Waterloo,
| years after the battle, put a dove in the
mouth of tho cannon. Raphael, IN ono OF
his cartoons, beside the face of wretch
put the face Of a happy and innocent
| child. And so the sour face of this iras-
| chile and disgusted elder brother is
brought out In order that in the contrast
we may better understand the forgiving
and the radiant face Of God. That is the
meaning of it-that God is ready 70 take
back any body that is sorry, to take him
clear back, forever, aud forever, aud for
ever; to take him back with loving hug,
to put kiss on his parched lips, ring
on his bloated hand, an easy shoe on hiR
| chafed foot, a garland on his bleeding
| temples, aud Heaven in his soul. Oh,
fall fiat on that mercyl Come. my BROTH
or, and let MS get down into the dust, re-
solved never to rise until the Father's
| forgivIng hand shall lift rs.
Oh, what a God we have Bring your
! doxolOgies. Come earth and Heaven,
and join in the worship. Cry aloud. Lift
the palm branches Do you not feel the
! Fathers arm around your neck2 DO you
not feel the warm breath OF your Father
against your cheek2 Surrender, younger
soni Surrender, elder soni Surrender,
all? Oh, go in to-day and sit down At the
| banquet Take a slice Of the fattod calf,
and afterward, when you are seated, with
one hand in the hand OF tho returned
brother, and the other hand in the hand
Of the rejoicing father, let your heart
beat time to the clapping Of the cymbnl
and the mellow voice Of the flute
1t is meet that we should make merry ana be
/ glad for this thy brother was dead and IL alive
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