West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-04-26
JEALOUSY.
A FURIOUS. INDUSTRIOUS. DIA.
BOLiCAL SIN.
DIR. Talmagc Discourses ON the G rccn
Eyed Monster.

- "tNtpNsJ - tftt AAttge OF ~ nan.
Proverbs, vi, 81.
Some subjects n religious teacher touches
one thousand times, now coming on them
from one direction, now from another But
mere IS a Bible theme that for some reason is
LETT teetotally alone This morning, asking
your prayers and i'm the strength of God
want 70 grapple IL.
There is an old sin. haggard, furious, mon
strous and diabolical that has for ages
walked and crawled the eorth IL combines
all that Is obnoxious in the races, human
quadrupedal, ornithological, reptilian and
lnsecti,e horned, tusked, hoofed fanged
stingedi the eye OF basilisk, the tooth OF an
adder, the jaws OF n crocodile tho crushing
tolds OF an anaconda. the slyDess OF a scor
plon, the tongue OF COBRA and the coil of
the worm that mover dies It is in every
community, in every church, in every legis.
iauve han. in every monetary institution. In
every drawing room levee, in every literary
and professional circle. It whispers, Il
IN nisseS, IL lies, 1t debauches, it blnsphemes,
damns. MY text names Il when IL says:
Jealousy is the rage OF man 1t Is grief
at the superiority of others their superiority
IN talent or wealth or beauty or elegance or
virtue or social or professional or political
recognition IL is the shadow OF other PEG.
pies success. IL is the shiver in ourpocxet
book because it Is not as fat as some one
else's pocket book IL is the twiuge i'm our
tongue because il ;snot as eloquenS as some
one else's tongue 1t Is the nutter in our
rooes because they are not as lustrous as
some one else's robes 1t is the earthunal<e
under our house because it is not as many
feet front and deep as our neighbor's house.
IL is the thunder OF other peoples popularity
sourlng the milk OF our kindness. IL is the
father and mother both of one half Of tho
ulscontent and outrages and dUtractions and
bankruptcies and crimes and woes of the
human race
1t was antediluvian as much rs 10 is most
diluvian. IL put rough stick in the hands
ol sne nrse boy that was ever born, and said
70 MN: Now, Cain, when Abel is looking
the other way crush in his skull for his sacri
nee has been accepted and yours rejected -
ANA Cain picked up the stick as though lust
s 10 talk with lt, and while Abel was watch
ing some bird in the tree top, or gazing at
some waterfall, down came the blow of the
nfst assassination, which has had its echo i'm
al the tratricides, matricdes, uxoricides
hohhcldeS, infanticides and regicides of ali
ages and all nations. This passion OF jealousy
30 disturbed Caligula at the prominence Of
some OF the men of his time that he cut a
much admired curl from the brow OF Cincin-
natus, and took the embroidered collar from
the neck of Torquatus and had Ptolomaeus
killed because of his purple robe which at.
Sracted 100 much attention After Columbus
mao placed America as gem in the Spanish
crown, jealousy set on the Spanish cour-
tiers TO depreciate his achievement and
aroused animosities till the great discovereT
mad his heart broken. Urged on by this bad
PaSslon, Di9nysius hayed Plato because he
was wiser than himself, and Philoxenius be.
cause MS music was too popular ,Jealolsv
inaue horah lie about Moses and Succoth
uepreclate Gideon.
Jealousy made the trouble between Jacob
and ESau. That hurled JOSEPH into the nit
That struck the twenty-three fatal wounds
into Julius Cesar That banished Arisfifleg
That fired Antony against Cicero. Tiberius
exiled an architect because OF the fana be
got for beautiful porch, and slew a poet for
MS tine tragedy. That set Saul in n race
against David. How graphically the Bible
puts IL when it says: Saul eyed David It
seems TO take possession. of both ewes and
makes them flash and burn like two mort
hoies oil hell saul eyed David" That is
ne looked at him as much as to say: 'sYou
nIte upStart now dare you attempt anything
great VIII grind you under my heel I
VIII eXtermlnate you, Iiwill you miserable
homunculus. Crouch, crawl, sink into that
rat hoe will teach those women to sine
t9 other song, instead Of saul has slain
MS thousands but David his tens of thou-
sands When Voltaire heard that Frederick
the Great was forgetting him and putting his
nterary admiration on Bacaulard d'Arnaud.
lne Oh inndei leaped out Of his bed and
danced the hoor in a maniacal rage. aud
ordered his swiftest horses hooked up TO carry
him TO the Prussian palace
mat deSpicable passion of jealousy led
napoleon the First to leave in his will n Ia
quest OF 5000 francs to the ruffian who shot
nt Wellington when the victor at waterloo
was passing through Paris. That stationed
the grouty elder brother at the back door of
Cne homestead when the prodieal son re-
turned, and thFew-a chill on, the family re
union while that elder brother COMPLAINED
saying: a" Who ever heard OF GIVING roast
veal 20 such proAigate.D Az. that p1ssion
rose up and under the darkest cloud TINT
ever Swallowed the earth and amid tha loud
est thunder that ever shook the mountains
ana amrSthe widest fash OF lightning tbat
ever ohnaed or stunned the pations, hung up
on Two pieces OF rough lumber back of Jerli.
salem THE kindest, purest lovingest Mature
that heaven could delegate and stoned NOT
until there was no power left in hammer or
Dramole or Javeln TO hurt the dead Son OF
That passion of Jealousy, livid. hungry
uhnalkSd' RACES on. <and now pierces the
earth ike fiery diameter and encircles IL
like fiery circumference IL wants h,tb.
hemispheres. IL wants the heavens n
would, u n could. capture the palace of Col
and dethrOne jehovah and chain the A.
mighty IN eternal exile, and after the demo
ution or the universe would cry: "sasissed
az iast, mere j am Alone, the undispnted
~ nes eFeILlasting Me, Mine Myself That
passion Keeps all Europe perturbed. Nations
jealous OF Germany, Of England of Russia
anu toofe jealous OF each other, and an OF
them jealous Of America.
IN our land this passion OF jealousy keens
All the political world aboil There are a.
least 9VJ people who are jealous Of Governor
dill and would like to be his successor.
ABOUT DOt5 who are jealous Of Grover Clieye-
land and would like to relieve him III the
cares OF office, and after the nornino,
doh5 or next summer have been rnr da
whole pande5nonium Of defamation
scuttiutyi natrei, revenge, falsehOOd pro-
iallty AMI INSTRUMENTATION Will be- turned
upon this land. The tariff. about the raisino,
or lowering or reformation of winch yaanv
OF them care nothing except as to fts efTecf
on votes, VIII b. discussed from "a thonsard
platforms, aud tbe people u Louisiana ,yfll
De told that tic tariff viii be arrangel tosuit
American sugar, the people OF Virginia viii
De told that the tariff win Be arranged 10 sfiit
American tobacco. and the people o. Penn.
syivania VIII be cod that the tariff viii i'll
arranged to suit American iron. and the
people ~ Ohio that the tariff will bs
arranRed 70 suit American wool.
while massacbusetts and Connect. ont
viii he promised protection for inaDufaei.
urea, and all the monetary interesfs north
boutni east and west, wil he tod i'm each
neignoorhood that The taxes and t1riH VIII
pe D1e't - SUIT them, irrespective OF any
10Y e.-e afss, the Ifesdeutial election
over az VIII settle down az 10 vas before
lt you think that az this discu sion in publH.
Piape7 IS trom my desire OF the welfare ol
tho dear people and not Tor political effect.
you arr griev0us'y mistaken
20 INTO OIL occupations and professions.
AMI " you want to know how rn1ch iasi.
gusy ~ yet 70 70 eEurpotoi as', master
builders what they think OF each ofher'a
houses. md merchants what their 0ufrion Ia
o. merchant In the Same inc u busfnass I'm
tne same street and ask dOotors what thev
tnnk ol doctors, aud lawyers what fhov
hluk ~ iawvcrs and Tqini.iors what fhog
tDink ~ ministers and artists what fhee
Nihk OF artists. AZ long ne mon and