The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-16
JEALOUSY.
Rev. DR.. Talmage's Sunday Sermon.
\ Sin Combining All That Is OBJ
noxious in the Races.
fhe Father OF Half the Woes
Of Mankind.
Would Capture the Palace OF
God and Dethrone jehovah.
Remember That Envy Dwolls More
on Small Deficits OF Character
Than on Great Forces"

BROOKLYN, n. Y, April 15.-The hymn
|png by the congregation in the tabernacle
|, is morning begins;
.'Nomore let human blood he split:
Vain sacrifice Of human guilt"
Prof. Henry Eyre Brown rendered the
econd sonata in l. minor by Ritter. Hav-
|ig expounded passages of scripture in re-
|prd TO the behavior of Jacob and Esau,
10 Rev. T, Dewitt Talmage, d. D.,
Preached on the subject Of Jealousy"
liking his text from Proverbs vi. "a:
Jealousy is the rage OF man." He
hid:
Some subjectsa religious teacher touches
Thousand times, now coming OH them from
ne direction, now FROM another. But
ere is Bible theme that for some reason
left teetotally alone. This morning, ask
lg your prayers and in the strength Of
oil, want to graphic it.
There is an old sin, haggard, furious,
lonstrous and diabolical, that has for
gcs walked and crawled the earth. 1t
Dmbines all that is obnoxious in the races
uman, quadrupedal, pathological, rep
liam and insectile, horned, tusked, hooicd,
|nged, stinged; the eye Of basilisk, the
'oih OF an adder, the jaws the crocodile,
lc crushing folds OF an anaconda, the sly
ess of u scorpion, the tongue Of a corbra
nj the coil OF the worm that never dies
is in every community, in every church,
every legislative hail, in every monetary
stitution, in every drawing-room levee,
every literary and professional circle
whispers, II misses, II lies. II de-
iuchcs, il blasphemes, it damns.
v text names 1t when II says
Jealousy Is the rage OF a man." 1t is
lei at the superiority OF others; their SUI
priority in talent or wealth, or beauty, or
cgancc, or virtue, or social, or profes-
onal or political recognition. II is the
hadow OF other peoples success. II is the
liver in our pockct-book because It is not
Int Us some ono else's pocketbook. II
the twingc in. our tongue, beos.dsc II Is
ot rs eloquent as some one else's tongue.
Is the hdtter In our robes, because they
IN not ~ lustrOus az some one else :
bbes. IL IL the earthquake under our
ouse, because II Is not rs many feet front
hd deep ~ our neighbo.'s house. IL is
he thunder Of other peoples popularity
buring the milk Of our kindness. II is the
Ather and mother both OF onc-half OF the
iscontent, aud outngcs, and dctractions,
nd bankruptcies, and crimes and woes oil
be- human race.
was antedluvian rs much rs II ispost.
iluvian. II put stick in the hands Of
he first boy that was ever born and said
him: "Now, Cain, when Abel is look
biz the other way. crush in his skull; fol
IL sacrifice has been accepted and youn
Elected" And Cain picked up the stick
5 though Just 10 walk with il, and while
bel was watching some bird in the tree
op, or gazing at some waterfall, down
anne the blow OF the first assassination
hich has had It's echo in all the fratri
idos, malricidcs, uxoricides, homicides
nianiicides and rcgicides Of all ages and
IN nations. This passion OF jealousy -
disturbed Caligula nc the prominence o.
ome Of the men OF his time, that he cut 9
nuch-admired curl from the brow OF Gin
innatus, and took the embroidered
Iollar from the neck OF Torquatus
Ind had Ptolomacus killed bccaus'
bf his purple robe, which attracted
90 much attention. After Column
bus had placed America as a gem In III,
tpanish crown, jealousy set on the Spanish
tourtiers 10 deprcciatc his achievement
Ind aroused animosities till the great dis
royerer had his heart broken. Urged OF
)by this bad passion, Dionysius flayet
plato because he was wiser than himself
md Philoxcnius because his music wa
hoo popular. Jealousy made korah II,
about Moses and Succoth depreciate Gid
con.
rIealousy made the trouble between Jacol
land Esau. That hurled Joseph into tn
| pit. That struck the twenty-three iata
wounds into Julius Caesar. That banishe'
| Aristidos. That fired Antony against Cic
Gro. Tiberius exiled an architect becaus
| Of the fame he got for a beautiful porch
and slew poet Tor his fine tragedy. Tha
ret Saul In rage against David. llo'
graphically the Bible puts II when II says
"Saul eyed David" IL seems 10 TAX
possession OF both eyes and makes then
| HASH and burn like two port holes Of hell
"Saul eyed David" That Is he looked q
him as much as 10 say; "You little ~
start, how dare you attempt anythin
great will grind you under my heel.
will cxterminateyou, | will, you miserabl
homunculus Crouch. crawl, stink int
that rat hole. will teach those women
sing some other song, instead Of sat
has slain his thousands, but David his ten
of thousands. When Voltaire heard ths
Frederick the Great was forgetting hiI
and putting his literary admiration o
Bacanlard d'Arnaud, the old infdcl leu
ed out OF bis bed and danced the floor IN
maniacal rage, and ordered his swiftei
horses hooked up TO carry him to III
Prussian palace.
That despicablc passion Of jealousy lie
Napoleon the First TO leave in h
will bcqucst Of 5000 fran,
10 the rufian who shot at Wei
lngion when the victor Of Waterloo WI
passing through Paris. That stationed III
krouty elder brother at the back door
he homestead when the prodigal son n
turned, and threw chill on the family n
Tnnon, while that elder brother con
planned, saying ''Who ever heard OF 81
Ing roast beef TO such profigate Z" Ay
THAT passion rose up and under the darl
Aest cloud that ever Swallowed the cart
tnd amid the loudest thunder that ey
ahook the mountains, aud amid the viii
st fash Of lightning that ever blinded
ltunned the nations, hung up on ~
pieces Of rough lumber back Of Jerua
EN- the kindcst, purest, loyingcst path