Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-19

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souls! take out the exquisite portemon-
naie, and open it, and with diamond
finger push down beyond the ten dollar
gold pieces and delicately pick out as an
expression Of gratitude their Offering %
the Lord Of one cent. For such sinners,
plenty Of room. plenty Of room. But
for the man who has been drinking until
his coat is Lreadbare and his face is
erysipelased, and his wife'5 wedding
dress is in the pawnbroker's shop, and
lis children, instead Of being in school,
Grs out begging broken bread at the base.
ment doors Of the city-the man, body,
mad and soul on fire with the flames
that have leaped from the scathing,
scOrching, blasting, consuming cup
which the drunkard takes, trembling
and agoAized and alIrigltod, and presses
10 his paTchel lipGnd his cracked tongue
and his shriel.ing yet immoral spirit
no room.
Oh, if this younger son If the parable
had not gone SO far or, if b. had not
dropped 50 low in wassal, tho protest
would not have been so severe but go
ing clear over the precipice as the
younger son did, the eldes son Il angry
and will not go in.
Oh, be not so hard in your criih ism Of
the fallen, lest thou thyself lso be
tempted. A stranger one Sundiy stag
gered up and down the aisles of my
church, disturbing the service mtl the
service had to stop until he was tlken
from the room. he was a minister Of
the Gospel of Jesus Christ of a sister
denomination That man had preached
the Gospel, that man had broken the
bread Of the Holy Communion for the
people. From what a height to what a
depth! Oh, was glad there was no
smiling in the room when that man was
taken out, his poor wife following hin
with his hat in her hand, and his coat on
her arm. 1t was as solemn 10 me as two
funerals-the funeral of the body and
the funeral Of the soul. Beware lest
thou also be tempted.
An invalid went TO South America for
his health. and one day sat summing him
self on the beach, when he saw some
thing crawling up the heath, wriggling
toward him, and he was afrighted. He
thought it was q wild beast, or a reptile,
and he took his pistol from his pocket.
Then be saw it was not wild beast. 1t
was man, an immortal man, a man
made in Gods own image; and the poor
wretch crawled up to the feet Of the in
valid and asked for strong drink, and the
invalid took his wine flask from his
pocket, and gave the poor wretch some
thing 10 drink, and then under the
stimulus he rose up and gave his history.
He had been a merchant in Glasgow.
Scotland. He had gone down under the
power Of strong drink until he was SO
reduced in poverty that be was lying in
a boat just off the beach. "Why " said
the invalid. II knew merchant in Glas-
gov once "a merchant by such and such
name, and the poor wretch Strengthened
himself and said. Il am that man. :"
"Let him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall
Again, / remark that the senior brother
Of my text stands for the spirit of envy
and jealousy. The senior brother thought
that all the honor they did 10 the returned
brother was wrong to him. He SAID,
~ have stayed at home, and ought 10
have had the ring, and ought 10 have
had the banquet, and ought to have had
the garlands.n Alas for this spirit of
envy and jealousy coming down through
the ages! Cain and Abel. Esau and Jacob,
Saul and David. Haman and Morlecai,
Othello and Iago, Orlando and Angelica,
Calig1ila and TOrquatus. Caesar and Pom
pey, Columbus and the Spanish courtiers,
Canbyses and the brother he slew because
he was a better marksinan. Dionysius
and Philoxenius, whom he slew because
he was better singer. Jealousy among
painters. Closterman and Geofrey
Kneller, Hudson and Reynolds. Francia.
anxious to see a picture of Raphael,
Raphael sends him picture. Francia,
seeing it, falls in fit of jealousy from
which he dies. Jealousy among authors.
How seldom contemporaries speak of
each other. Xenophon and Plato living
at the same time, but from their writings
you never would suppose they heard Of
each other. Religious jealiousies. The
Mahommedans praying for rain during
a drought, no rain coming. Then
the Christians began 10 pray for
rain, and the rain comes. Then the
Mahommedans met together to account
for this, and they resolved that God was
50 well pleased with their prayers he
kept the drought on so as TO keep them
praying; but that the Christians began
to pray, and the Lord was so disguised
with their prayers that he sent rain right
away so he would not hear any more of
their supplicahons. Oh. this accursed
spirit Of envy and jealousy Let us
stamp it out from all our hearts.
A wrestler was 30 envious Of Theoee-
mes, the prince Of wrestlers, that he
could not be consoled in any way; and
after Theogenes died and statue was
lifted to him in public place. his envi-
GUS antagonist went out every night and
wrestled with the statue until one night
he threw it, and il fell on him and
crushed him 10 death. SO jealousy /.
not only absurd, but it is killing to the
body and it is killing 10 the soul. How
seldom it is you find one mer.
chant speaking well of merchant
in the same line Of business. How
ldom Il is you hear Of physician
speaking well Of a physician ON III,
same block. oh, my friends, the world 4
large enough for all OF us. Let us re.
ioice at the success Of otherA The next