The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-05-12
No. IS.
JEALOUSY.

"Thcrc is an old sin, ha.gard, iuri-
ous, nOuStrOus and diabOlical, that has
for ages walked and crawIed on the
Garth," said Rev. DIR II. Dewitt Tai
mage. ''It combines all that is obnOx
ious in the races human, quadrupedaI,
repiilian and inseciil,
horned, tuskcd, hoOfed, fangcd, sting
ed; the eye of basilisk, the jaws of
II crocodile, the crushing folds of ali
anaconda, the slyness of a scorpion,
the tongue OF cobra, and the coil OF
the worm that never dies. 1t is III
every community, in every church, i'll
every legislative hall. i'll every none
tary institution, in every drawing room
levcr, i'll every literary and professional
circle. 1t whispers, il misses, ii lies, il
debauchcs. it bIasphemes, it damns.
My text names il when it says:
Jealousy is the rage of man"
Jealousy was what made the trouble
between Jacob ana Esau; that hurled
Joseph inro the pit; that struck the
lwcnty-thrGG fatal wounds into Julius
tDIar; that banished Aistides; that
fired Antony against Cicero; that set
Saul i'll rage against David. How
graphically the Bible puts it when il
says: Saul eyed David 1t seems to
take possession of both eyes ,and makes
them flash and burn like two portfolios
of hell. Saul eyed David That is,
he looked at him as much as TO say {:
You little upstart, how dare YOU
attempt anything great? | will grind
you under my heel. l will eXterminate
you, | will, you miserable homunculus.
Crouch, crawl, sink into that rathole.'
"That passion OF jealousy, livid, hun
cry, unbalked,. RACES on, and ii now
pierces the earth like fiery diameter
and cncircles it like fiery circumfer-
ence Ii wants both hcmispheres. 1t
wants the heavens. 1t would, if il
could, capture the ] alace OF God, and
dethrone Jehovah, and chain the
Almighty in eternal exile, and after
the demolition Of the universe would
cry: Satisfied at last, here | am
Alone! The undisputed and everlast.
ing |, Inc, mine, myself
"In our land this passion of jealousy
keeps all the political world aboil
There are at least 800 people who art
jealous of Governor Hill, and woulC
! like to be his successor; about 5,OO(
who are jealous of Grover Cleveland
and would like to relieve him OF the
cares of Office, and after the nomina
tions of next summer have been made
there will be whole pamdemonium o
| defamation.
"Iook at the sacred and HEAVIER
descended science of healing, and thel
see DR.. Mackenzie, the English surgeon
who prolonged the lite of the Crow
Prince of Germany until he became
Emperor, and, hope, may yet cur
him, so that he may for many year
govern that magnificent German nation
than which there is no grander. Ie
SO great are the medical jealousies tina
DIR. Mackenzie dare not walk the street
of Berlin. He is under military guard
The medical students OF Germany ca
hardly keep their hands off him
The old doctors of Germany are writfl
ing with Indignation. The fact is tina
in saving. Fredcrick's life DIR. Macken
zie saved the peace of Europe.
"What brutal scene of jealousy W
had III this country when Presiden
Garfield lay dying. There were faith
ful physicians that sacrificed thei
other practice and sacrificed thel
|; health tor all time in fidelity to tina
dcathbed. Drs. Bliss and Hamilto
and Agnew went through anxieties All
tolls and fatigueS such as none but 90
could appreciate. Nothing please
many of the medical profession. Th
doctors in charge did nothing rIgh
We who did not see the case knew bel
ter than those who agonized over it i
the sick room for many weeks. |, VIII
never had anything worse than run
round on my thumb, which seemed {
me at the time was worthy all the al
tention of the medical fraternity, ha
my own ideas as to how the presidef
ought to be treated And in proper
ton as physicians and laymen wer
ignorant OF the case they were sure tn
| treatment practiced was a mistake
And when in post mortem the bullt
dropped out of different part of th
| body from that in which il was sup
posed to have been lodged, about tw
hundred thousand people shouted:
| told you So There, | knew it all I'll
time There are some doctors in a
cities who would rather have tll
patient die under the treatment of the
own schools than have them get we
under some other patnN.
"Yea, look at the clerical profession
| am sorry TO Say that i'll matters I
D jealousy il is no better than other pre-
iessions. There are now in all demon
nations a great many young clergyme
who have faculty tor superior usefu
ness. But they are kept down al
kept back and crippled by older minis
: ters, who look askance at these risir
, evangeIists. They are snubbed; the
are patronizingly advised. 1t is sus
I gestcd 10 them that they had bette
know their place. If here and thel
l one with more nerve and brain al
Z conservation and divine force goes pa
: the seniors who want to keep the chi
places, the young are advised i'll Il
words of Scripture: "Tarry at Jericl
D till their boards are grown They al
charged with sensationalism. They al
\ compared to rockets that 90 up in
u blaze and come down sticks, and Il
II brcvity of their ca,eer is iubiliant
= prophesicd. 1T it be a denominatio
-, with bishops a bishop is implored
l sit down heavily on the man who wi
: not be nodded; or, il a denominatiC
without bishops, some of the old,
- men with nothing more than their ow
$ natural heavinesS and theologic
;, avoii dupois are advised TO flatten OF
: the innovatOr.
D., SIN conferences and presbvteries al
associations and conventions there
a often seen the most iamnable jealous
q Such ecclesiastical tyrants would NJ
, admit that jealousy had any possessiO
Z of them, and they take on II heavenl
u air, and talk sweet oil and sugar pluu
Z and balm of thousand flowers, al
: roll mp their eyes with an air of unctr
V Gus sanctity when they simply mea
L the destruction of those over who
II they pray and snufllc. There are cas-,
where ministers OF religion are dereli,
c and criminal, and they must be put on
"But in the majority of cases that
i have witnessed III ecclesiastic tria
II there is n jealous attempt to keep me
e from surprising their theological fe
J., lows.
L "Away with the stenchiul, blackel
I ing, damuing crime of jealousy. AllO
il to stay and it will eat up and carr
OIL all the religion you can pack in
II yonr soul Tor the next half century.
will do You more harm than it do,
any one it leads you to assail. 1t wi
delnde you with the idea that you ca
build Yourself up by pulling S0mcbod
else down. You will make more Oh
G ol the success of others than out of the
# misfortuncs. Speak well of every
II body. Stab no man in the back. BE
+. honey bee rather than II spider; he
Il dove rather than a buzZard.
ii "Surely this world is large enous
II for you and all your rivals. God HI