New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-04-25
PETTY JEALOUSY.
IsE. Talmage Compares It to a Crawl
ing Serpent, With the Evil
Eye of Basilisk,
Mae Tooth OF an Adder, the Jaws OF a
Crocodile, and the Coil Of an
Anacnnda

Crocodile, and the Coil Of an
Anaconda.
Having expounded passages of scripture
Rev. TIDE Witt Talmage preached on the
subject of "Jealousy," taking as his text:
Jealousy is the rage of PROV. vi. "a.
He said:
Some SUBJECTS religious teacher touches a
thousand times, now coming on them from
o1e direction, now from another But here
Is Bible theme that for some reason is left
deetoalLy.s alone. This morning asking
your prayers and in the strength of God, 1
want to grapple it.
There is an old sin, haggard, furious, mon
stpous, and diabolical, that has for ages
walked and craWled the earth. ItcombineS
sill chat is obnoxious in the races human,
cuadrupedal, ornithological, reptilian, and
insectile, horned, tusked, hoofed, fanged,
gdnged the eye of basilisk, the tooth of an
adder, the jaws of a crocodile, the crushing
Colds of an anaconda, the slyness of a scor-
s1ion, the tongue of cobra, and the coil of
she worm that never dies. 1t is in every
community, in every church, in every legis-
latiye hall, in every monetary institution, in
every drawing groom leyee In every literary
and professional circle. Itwhlspers. it Kisses,
It lies, it debauches, it blasphemes it damns,
nay text names it when it says Jealousy is
She rage ola man." 1t is griefat the superb
ority of others; their superiority in
talent, or wealth, or beauty, or ele-
gance, or virtue, or social or professional or
political recognition. 1t is the shadow of
other peoples success. 1t is the siiyer in our
pocket-hook because it is not as fat as some-
one else's pocket-book;: 1t is the twinge in
our tongue because it is not as eloquent as
someone else's tongue. It is the flutter in
our robes because they are not as lustrous as
someone else's robes. 1t is the earthquake
under our house because it is not as many
Geet front and deep as our neighbours house.
&c is the thunder Of other peoples popularity
eouring the milk Of our kindness. 1t is the
father and mother both of one-half Of the dis
content, and outrages, and detractions, and
bankruptcies, and crimes, and woes of the
Sllln1an race.
It was antediluyian as much as it is post
<1fluv1an. 1t put rough stick i'll the hands
oE Che first boy that was ever born and said
90 him: ''NoW, Cain, when Abel is looking
Che other way crush in his skull, for his sac
s:itice has been accepted and yours rejected"
And Cain pickedsup the stick, as though
gust to walk with it, and while Abel was
watching some bird in the tree-top OR gazing
at some waterfall down came the blow Of
she first assassination, which has had its echo
lu all the fratrcides, matricides, uxoricides,
ages and all nations. This passion ofjeal-
rousy so disturbed Caligula at the promi-
nence of some OF the men of his time that he
cut the much amired curl from the brow of
Cincinnatlls and took the embroidered col
&ar from the neck of Torquatus and had
R&olomaus killed because of his purple robe,
which attracted too much attention. After
Columbus had placed America as gem in
Che Spanish crown jealousy set on the Span
ash courtiers to depreciate his achievement
aNd aroused animosities till the great discov-
'arer had his heart broken. Urged on by this
Dad passion, Dionysius fayed Plato because
de was wiser than himself, and PhiloXenius
because his music was too popular. Jealousy
gaade Korah lie about Moses and Succoth
,depreciate Gideon.
Jealousy made the trouble between Jacob
and Esau. That hurled Joseph into the pit.
That struck the twenty-three fatal wounds
Satto Julius Cesar. That banished Aristides
That fired Anthony against Cicero. Tiberius
eNiled an architect because Of the fame he
got for beautiful porch, and slew a poet
Cor his fine tragedy. That set Saul in rage
against David. How graphically the Bible
quits it when it says: "Saul eyed David"
4t seems to take possession of both eyes and
holes of hell. saul eyed David" That is,
Jle looked at him as much as to say: ''You
stGtle upstart, how dare you attempt any,
Ghing great? [ will grind you under my
heel. will eXterminate you. [ will, YOU
miserable homunculus. Crouch, crawl, stink
duto that rat-hole. will teach those women
SO sing some other song, instead of Saul has
thousands" When Voltaire heard that
Erederir x the Great was forgetting him and
quitting his literary admiration on Bacalllard
Il Armand the old intidel leaped.out OF his
bed and danced the floor in a maniacal rage
and ordered his swiftest horses hooked up to
carry him to the Prussian palace.
That despicable passion Of jealousy led
Napoleon I. to leave in his will bequest of
5000 francs to the ruffian who shot at Well
5ngton when the victor of Waterloo was pass
aug through Paris. That stationed the
groutv elder brother at the back door of his
Homestead when the prodigal son returned
GhreW chill on the family reunion vile that
elder brother complained, saying: ssWho
ever heard Of giving roast veal to such prof
ligatew Aye, that passion rose up, and un-
der The darkest cloud that ever Swallowed
the earth, and amid the loudest thunder
! that ever shook the mountains, and amid the
widest flash of lightning that ever blinded
or stunned the nations, hung up on two
pieces Of rough lumber back of Jerusalem
Ghe kindest, purest, loyingest nature that
heaven could delegate. and stopped not until
'fhere was no power left in hammer OF bram-
BILE or jayelin to hurt the dead Son of God.
: That passion Of Jealousy, liyid, hungry,
7unDalkeQ, RACES on, aad II now plerceS the
earth Ikea fiery diameter and encircles 1t
like fiery circumference. 1t wants both
hemispheres. Itwants the heavens. Itwould,
il it could, capture the palace of God, and
de6hrone Jehovah, and chain the Almighty
in eternal exile, and after the demolition of
the universe would cry: Satisfied at last,
here | am! Alone! the undisputed and
everlasting [. Me, Mine, Myself" That
e4sasslon keeps all Europe perturbed. Ma
lions jealous of Germany, Of England, of
Russia, and those jealous OF each other, and
all of them jealous of America.
In our land this passion of jealousy keeps
$a}l the political world a-boi There are at
beast five hundred people who are Jealous Of
Gov. Hill and would like to be his successor,
about five thousand who are Jealous OF Gro
yer Cleveland and would like to relieve him
of the cares of Office, and after the nomina.
gtions of next summer have been made a
whole pandemonium Of defamation, seurri.
ETY., hatred, revenge, fulsehood, profanity,
and Misrepresentation will be turned upon
Ghis land. The tariff, about the raisingor low
cring or reformation OF which many OF them
care nothing, except as to its effects on votes,
will be discussed from thousand platforms,
and the people Of Louisiana will be told that
She taxes must be taken OF sugar, the people
IF will no toll hot ha +oyo