Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1888-08-18

Saul and David. Hannah and Mordecai.
Othcllo and Iaso. Orlando and Angelica,
Caligula ard Iorqratus Cesar aud Pom
pcy, Columbus aIii the si,nni ii courliers
Can.byscs and the brother IL. slew because
he was better En2rl-sinan. Gio2ysius
and PhiloxeniuS, whom he slew because
be was better singer. Jealousy among
painters. Closterman and Godfrey
Kneller, Hudson and Reynolds. Francia,
anxious to see picture Of Raphael,
Raphael sends him picture Francia,
seeing it, falls in fit of jealousy from
Which lie 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
Mahonlmedans praying for rain during
drought no rain coming. Then
the Christians began to pray for
rain, and the rain comes. Then the
Mahommedans met together to account
for this, and they resolved that God was
30 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 80 Disguised
with their prayers that he sent rain right
away so he would not hear any more of
their applications. Oh, this accursed
spirit of envy and jealousy! Let us
stamp it out from all our hearts
A wrestler was so envious Of Theoge-
nea, the prince of wrestlers, that he
could not be consoled in any way; and
after Theogenes died and a 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 it fell ON him and
crushed him to death. So Jealousy is
not only absurd, but it is killing to the
body and it is killing to the soul. How
seldom it is you find one mer-
chant speaking well of a merchant
in the same line of business. How
seldom it is you hear of physician
speaking well Of physician on the
same block. Oh. my friends, the world is
large enough for all of US. Let us re-
joice ut the success of others. The next
best thing to owning garden ourselves
is to look over the fence and admire the
flowers. The next best thing to riding
in fine equipage Is to stand on the street
and admire the prancing span. The next
best thing to having banquet given to
ourselves. is having banquet given to
our prodigal brother that has come home
to his fathers house.
Besides that, if we do not get as much
honor and as much attention as others,
we ought to congratulate ourselves on
what we escape in the way of assault.
The French general, riding on horseback
at the head of his troops, heard soldier
compliant and say, at is very easy for
the general to command us forward
while he rides and we walk. Then the
general dismounted and compelled the
complaining soldier to get on the horse.
Coming through ravine bullet from
sharpshooter struck the rider and he fell
dead Then the general said, How
much Safer it is to walk than to ride. -
Once more 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
corners of his mouth drawn down, look
Ing as he felt-miserable. / am glad his
lugubrious physiognomy did not spoil the
festivity within. How many pouting
Christians there are in our day-Chris-
tians WHO do not like the music of our
churches, Christians who do not like the
hilarities of the young-pouting, pout-
ing, pouting ut society, pouting at the
fashions, pouting OF the newspapers,
posating at the church, pouting at the
government, poutinS 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 we'll snsplplied-Vinegar
and red pepperi Oh, come away from
HAT mood. Stir little saccharine into
your disposition. While you avoid the
dissoluteness of the younger son, avoid
also the irascibility and the petulance and
the pouting spirit of the elder son, and
initiate the father, who had embraces for
the returning prodigal and coaxing
words for the splenctic malcontent.
All! the face Of this pouting elder son
is put before us in order that we might
better see the radiant and forgiving face
OF the father. Contrasts are mighty.