The Forrest City times., 1888-04-21
JEALOUSY.
DR. TALMAGgs SUNDAY DISCOURSE,
The Great Divine Grapples an
 Old Sin

ing begins; ..
 'Nomore let human blood he srit
 Vain sacrifice for human sllt"
 Professor Henry Eyre Brown rendered the Second Sonata in E minor by Ritter. Having expounded passages of Scripture in regard to the behavior of Jacob and Esau, the Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, D D., preached on the subject of 'Jealousy," taking his text from Proverbs VI 34 Jealousy Is the rage of a man" He said.
 Some subjects a religious teacher touches thousand times, now coming on them from one direction, now from another. But here is Bible theme that for some reason is left teetotally alone This morning asking your prayers and in the strength of God, want to grapple it.
 There is an old sin, haggard, furious, monstrous and diabollcal, that has for ages walked and cfavlcd the earth. It combines all that is obnoxious in the races human quadrupedal, ornithologicaL rcptiliar and in. sectile horned, tusked boofed, fanged, stinged, the eye of a bssllisk, the tooth of an adder, the jaws of a crocodile, tho crushing folds Of an snaconda, the slyness of scorpion, the tongue of a cobra, and the eoil of the worm that never dies It is in every community, In every church. in every legisla. tive hall In every monetary institution, in every drawing-room levee, in every literary and professional circle 1t whispers, IL hisses, 1t lies 1t debauches it blasphemes, It damns My text names it when 1t sSys Nealousy is tho rage of man.n It is gSief at the superiority of others: their superIority in talent or wealth or beauty or elegance or virtue or social or professional or polt- ical recognition. It Is the shadow of other peoples success. It Is tbe shiver in our pocketbook because it is not as fat as some one else's pocket book It is the twinge in our tongue 0ecause It ls hot as eloquent as some one else's tongue. It is the hutter in our robes because they are not as lustrous as some one else's robes It is the earthquake under our house because 1t is not as many feet front and deep as our neghbor's house. It is the thunder of other peoples popularity sOurng the mllk of our kindness. It Is the father and mother both of one-half of the discoutent and outrages and detractions and bankruptc es and crimes and woes of the human race.
 It was antediuvlan as much as 1t is post diluvian. It put rough stick in the hands of the first boy that was ever born and said to hlms Now, Cain, when Abel is looking the other way, crush in his skull; for bis sacrifice has been accepted and yoars rejected. n And Jain picked up the stick as though just 10 walk with it and while Abel vas watching some bird in the iree-top, or gazing at some waterfall, down came the blow of the first as sassinatiOn, N hich has had its echoe in all the fratrlc des, matrcides, uxorleides hOnieides, infanticides and regicides of all ages and al 02tions This passion Of jealousy so disturb cd Caligula at the prominence of some of the men Of his time, that he cut undetermined curl from the brow of Ciucinnatus, aud took the embroidered collar from the neck of 1orquains, and had Ptolomacus killed because of his purple robe which attracted too much attention. Alter Colum- bus had placed America as u gem in the spanish crown, jeaiouslT set on the Spanish couftiers to deprecate hls achievement and aroused animosIties till the great diseotere- pad his heart broken. Urged on by this bad passion, Dionysins hayed Plato because he was wiser than himself, and Ph loxenIus because his music was too popular. Jealousy rfade horah lie about Moses and Soccoth de- preeiate Gideon.
 Jealousy made the trouble between Jacob and Esau. That hurled Joseph Into the Dit. That struck the twenti three a,al wounds in- to Julius Cesar. That banished Arstides. That hred Anthony against Cicero. Tlberius exlled an architect because of the fame he got for beautiful porch and slew poet for hls fine tragedy. That Set ssul in ra.se against Davld. How graphicaIlg the Bible puts tt when it says: 'Saul eyed Dayll." IL seems to take possession of both eyes and makes them flash and barn like two port holes of hell. Saul eyed David" That Is he looked at hnn as much as 10 say: "You It, tie upstart how dare you attempt auythlng greati will grind yod under my heel. will exterminate you will, you miserable homun- culus- Crouch, crawl, sliuk Into that rat hole. will teach those women tc sipg some other song, instead of Saul has slain his thousands but David his tens of thousands.n .n When Noltare heard that Frederick the Great was forgetting bm and putting hs literary admiration on Bacaulard, a'Arnaud, the old infdel leaped out of his bed and danced the floor ID a maniacal rage and ordc cd his sNiftest horses hooked up to carry him to the Prussan palace.
 mat desplcable passion of jealousy led Napoleon the First to leave in his viii be- quest of five thousand francs ington when the victor of Waterloo was pass. ing through Paris. That stationed the grouty elder brother at the back door of the home stead when the Prodigal Son returned, and threw chill on the family reunion while that elder brother complained, saying: "Who ever heard of giving roast veal to such pro higateF Aye, that passion rose up and un- der tho darkest cloud that ever shsdowed the earth and amid the loudest thunder that ever shook the mountains, and and the widest Hash of lightning that ever blinded or stun ned the nations, hung up on two pieces of rough lumber back of Jerusalem the kindest purest, lovingest nature that heaven could delegate, and stopped not until there was no power leit lD hammer or DrdniDle or laYelln to hurt the dead Son Of God
 That passion of jealousy, liili, hungry, un. baked, rages cn, and 1t now plerces the earth like fiery diameter and encirces 1t like fiery circumference. It wants 10th hemispheres. It wants the heavens It would, if 1t coud capture the palace of God, and dethrone Jehovah. and chain the Al mighty in eternal exile and after the denol- ition Of the universe would cryi "Setlstied at last, here l aml Alone' th3 undisputed and everlasting !, Me Mine, MyselL" That passion keeps all Europe perterbed. Nations jealous of Germany, of England. of Russia, snd those jealous of each other, and all ol them jealous of America
 In our land ths passion of jealousy keeps all the political world a-boil There are at least five hundred people who are jealous of Governor HIll and would like to be his sue cessor, about five thousand who are jealous of Grover Cleveland and would like to relieve him of the cares of office, and after nomin- ations of next summer have been made, whole pandemonum Of defamation, seurrility, hatred. revenge, falsehood, profan- ity and misrepT 1taton III be turned upon the people of 1T lnL. The tariff about the raising or low or reformation of which many of them care nothing except as 10 its effect on yOtes will be discussed from thou sand platforms, and the people of Louisiana will be told that the taxes must be taken of sugar, the people of Virginia will be told that the taxes must be taken of tobacco and the ptolie ol TtnHShiNdiia VIII D' tdd that the taxes must be taken oil iron. and the people of Kentucky will be told that the taxes must be taken of whisky, and the people Of Ohio that the taxes must be taken of wool, while Massachusetts and Connecticut wtll be prom ised protection for manufacturers, and all the monetary interests, north, south east and west, will be told in each nelghborhooi that the taxes and tsriff will be fixed to suit them, irrespective of anybody else; and, the presl- dental election over, all will settle down as 1t was heretofore. If you think all this discus sion fin publ places is from any desire of the welfare of the dear people aut not for politi- cal effect, you are grieYuuSly riisiaken.
 Go into all occupations and lfofessions, and if you want to know how much jealousy Is yet to be extrpated, ak master builders what they think of each others hnnses, and mer- chants what their opin ion is Of merchants in the same line of business in the same street, and ask doctors what they think of doctors, and lawyers what they thnk Of lawyers, and ministers what they think of ministers, and artists what they thiuk of artists. As long ss men and women in any department keep down and have hard struggle, they will be faintly praised and Ibe remark