Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-20
JEALOUSY.
II Whispers, it Kisses, titles, Il De-
bauches, it BIaspnemes, it
DdmnS.
T. m, a NucderOUs WeSp9n In the
HAuds Of the First Boy that ws3
Ever BorEs
you Will Mako Much saove Out Of tho Sue
essg of Others Than Out on Their
miHfOrIUneF,


.-Da bv the congregation IL the Taoer-
1,cle this morning begins:
,tS9 more let EumaR bloos be split;
ysis sac:ifce FOR human guilt"
proiessor Henry Eyre Blown rendered
mo second sonata in E ninJr by Ritter.
4,ving exp9uuted passages of Scripture
- rsg,rd 10 the behavior If jacob and
Ts.u, the Rsv. T. Dewitt Talmsge, D.
n n-lsched on the SUBJECT Of ''Jeal-
ousy," rsEtUg his text from Proverbs vi.
81. dJealoGsy is the rage OF q ms2." He
ssld ..-. ,--
,oncnes r thousand times, now coming on
mem from one direction, now from an
oIber. Eu. here is 4 Bible theme that Tor
CONS resson islef5 teetotslly alone. This
morning asking your prayers and il the
strength Of God, I wsat TO grappie it.
There is an 90 Sin, hsggard. furious,
noD-t5ous ond disooIicsi, thst has for
Ip-5 wsIk-d aDd crawled the esrth. II
combines Ell that is obnoxious in the
races bumsp, qusdrupedsl, ornith Jlogi-
ri. reoaliau and lnsacile, horaed,
to.ked, houfed, iapged, stinged; the eve
If . pesilisE, the tooth of al ADDER, the
laws Of = crocodile, the crushing folds of
an snscogds, the siyness Of a scorpion,
the tongue Of 3 cobra, and the coil Of the
worm INIT never dies. Il is 10 every
community, in every church, il every leg
isI.iivg hail, IN every monetary instilu-
tioa, ia every drawinS-rOcm leve8, in
every literary Snd pyOte ssiOuAl circle. 1t
Whispers, II misses, it lies, II debauches,
rTuzrnrlrnl fErnu9 NV
text lanes it when It says
UJssloa - Is the rsge of a nan" II is
grief e. IN superiority Of oJners; their
superiority in tsleut or wealth or besuty
or eltgznce or virtue or social o.
professional or political recogni-
lion. I. is the shadow OF other peoples
success It's The SILVER in our pocBet-
book because il IS not as tat as some one
elss'5 poCkat-ho0k. II is the twinge in
our tongue because it is not as eloquent
IS soma one eIse's tongue. II is tle
Hutrc- Ia our robes because they are not
as Iustrous IS some one else's robes. II
is the earthquake under our house be-
cause il is not 81 many feet front and
deep So our neighb0r's mouse. l. is the
thunder II other peoples popularity sour
ing the mix ot cur kinaness. 1t is the
father aud mother both OF oue-half Of the
discomfort snd Uutrages and detrSCdons
and bankruptcies and
GRIMES AND WOES
Of the human race.
II wss sn.ediluVian SIS much as IL is
pos.duuviHn. l. put Il rough stIcE in the
hands Of the first 0OV thSt VAS ever bora
and ssid 70 hm: "N0W, Cain, wueu Abel
is locking the otGsr way, crush in h!s
skull; h!s sacrifice has been accepted
ard yours rejected" Aad Cain picked
up the stick IS though Just 10 walk VITA
!" and while Abel was wsJchias some
\ d in tine tree top, or gtziug al
some waterfall, down csme the blow
Ct the irss assassination, which has had
it's echo in Ril the trSrricides, mstricides,
uXorCides, hOmicides, iItantCides and
regiCidss Of sll axes and slI nations This
passion OF jealousy so disturbed CSligulA
at the prominence Of some Of the men OF
his time, that he cut 3 much admired curl
from the brow OF Cincinnatus, and took
the embroidered collar from the neck of
TOIQuStus, aud had PJolomseus killed BE-
cause Of his p1Tpig 70 De- wliCh attracted
too much attention. After Columbus mad
placed America as gem in the Spanish
crown. jaalOusy set on the Spanish cOur-
tiers TO deDTecIq1e his achievement, and
aroused animositles till the great dlscOV-
eTer hSd his heart broken. Urged on By
this bad passion, DiOnysius Mayed Plato
because he R8g wiser than himself, and
Pl!lCxenius because his music was tco
popular. Jealousy made Koran lie about
Moses and SGccoth otpreciste Gideon.
JEALOUSY made the trouole between
Jacob and Essu. That hurried Joseph in
10 the pit. TaSE struck the tWenty-lhree
fatsl wounds into julius Caesar. That
6aa!Shed Ausrides. Tnst fired Ant9ny
sg2n,t Cicero. 2sTi0eIius ezEed
sn architect Noec2use = of the time
ne get sfor "a be4utiful' porch
end slew s. poet fog BIS nae tragedy. TasE
pet Saul 10 3 rage rgaiusf. Dayid. How
E 'sphiCsisy the Bibe puIs2E Whe1 it says:
"Saul eyed Ds7idA It seems to take
POSSESSION Of buth'tyes aud makes them
fash and Durn Ike two
PORT HOLEs OF HELL.
saul eyed Davi III Thst Is ne looked st
him as much SIS to ssY: "You little up
start, low dare you attempt srythiDg
SreAF l will grind you under my heel. |
will eXtermnale you, will, you misera
Die hOmurculus. Crouch, crawl. slick |
INTO th8t rat hole. l Will teach those |
women to sing some other song, instead |
Of 'Ssul has slsiu ris thousands, but
David his tens of thousands" When |
'0ltNre heard that Frederick The Great |
vas forgetting him Snd putting bis liter
Try admiration on Bacsuisrd d'Arnaud,
NE old inftel leaped out of his bed and
lanced the floor in Inaniacal rage, and
ordered his swiftest horses hooked up to
airy him to the Prlsslan pslsce.
Thst despicable passion of jealousy led
Napoleon the l. to leave in his will
bequest of 5000 francs TO
ne ruffisn who shot at Well
ngton when the victor of Waterloo wa
,Assing through Paris. That stationed
ne srcutV elder brother 81 the back door
u the Homestead when the Prodigal Son
eturned, and threw a chill on the family
tunioD while that elder brother com
'iained, saying: "Who ever hesrd of
living roast veal to such profigste?"
lye, that passion rose up and under the
lafkest cloud that ever shadoWed the
arm and amid the loudest thunder thst
'Eer shock the mountains, and amid the
Widest fash OF lightning thst ever
ainded or stunned the nations, hung up
u TWO pieces of rough lumber back OF
stusaiem the kindest, purest, lovlngest
azure that heaven could delegate, aud
topped not until there WAS no power left
= hammer or brsmble or iAvelin to hurt
as sead Son Of God.
:. mat passion of jealousy, livid, hungry,
RACES on, and it now pierces
Ne earth like fiery diameter snd encir-