The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-09-10

You Have to Do the More Need You
Have for Christianity-Gcd and the
Ballot Box.
WACO, Ten, AUG. 3l.-Dr. Talmage
to-day delivered the following discourse
on the text: Then the king command
ed, and they brought Daniel and cast
him into the den Of lions.' Daniel Vi,
Is.
Darius was king Of Babylon. and the
young man Daniel was so much favor
ite with him that he made him prime
minister, or secretary Of state. But no
man could gam such a high position
without exciting the envy and jealousy
ofthe people. There were demagogues
in Babylon who were so appreciative OF
their own abilities that they were atfron-
ted at the elevation ofthis young man.
Old Babylon was afraid of young Baby
lon. The taller the cedar, the more apt
it is to be riven by the lightning.
These demagoSues asked the king TO
make a decree that ANYBODY that made q
petition to any one except the king with
in thirty days should be put to death.
King Darius, not suspectinS any toul
play, makes that decree. The demaSo-
cues have accomplished all they want,
because they know thatno one can keep
Daniel from sending petitions before
God for thirty days.
So far from being afraid. Daniel goes
on with his supplications three times a
dav, and is found on his housetop making
a prayer. He is caught in the act. He
Is condemned to be devoured by the
lions. Rough eXecutioners of the law
sieze him and hasten him to the cavern.
I hear the growl OF the wild beast, and I
see them paving the dust, and as they
put their mouths to the ground the solid
earth quakes with their believing. Isee
their eyes roll, and almost hear the
fiery eyeballs snap in the darkness.
These monsters approach Daniel. They
have an appetite keen with hunger.
With one stroke of their paw Or one
snatch of their teeth, they may leave him
dead at the bottom of the cavern. But
what strange welcome Daniel receives
from these hungry monsters. They tawn
around him, they lick his hand, they
bury his feet in their long name. That
night he has calm sleep with his head Pill
lowed on the warm necks Of the tanned
hons.
But not so well does Darius the king
sleep. He loves Daniel, and hates this
stratagem by which he has been con-
demned. AL night long the king walks
the floor. Hecanrot sleep. Atthe least
sound he starts and his flesh creeps with
horror. He is impatient for the dawning
fthe morning. At the first streak OF
daylight Darius hastens forth to see the
fate Of Daniel. The heavy palace doors
open and clans shut long before the peo-
pie of the city waken. Darius goes to
the den of lions; he looks in. All is
silent. His heart stops. He feels that
the very worst has happened, but gath
ering all his strength he shouts through
the riffs Of the rock. 90, Daniel: is the
God whom thou seryest continually able
to deliver thee" There comes rolling
I'D from the deep darkness a voice which
SAYS: 30, king! live forever. Ny God
has sent His angel to shut the lions
mouth, that they have no. hurt me-"
Then Daniel is brought out from the
den. The demagogues are hurled into
it, and no sooner have they struck the
bottom Of the den than their flesh was
rent, and their bones cracked. and their
blood spurted through the riffs OF the
rock, and as the lions make the rocks
tremble with their roar, they announce
to all ages that while God will defend
His people. theway Of the ungodly shall
perish.
Learn first from this subject that the
greatest crime that yol can commit in
the eyes of many is the crime OF success.
What had Daniel done that he should be
flung to the lions? He got to be prime
minister. They could not forgive him
for that, and behold in that a touch OF
unsanctihed human nature as seen II all
ages of the world. So long as you are
pinched in poverty, so long as YOU are
running the gauntlet between landlord
and tax-gatherer, so long as you find it
hard work to educate your children,
there are people who will say, Poor
man, am sorry for him; he ought to
succeed, poor man."
But after while the tide turns IN your
favor. That was profitable investment
you made. You bought at just the right
time. Fortune becomes good humored
and smiles upon you. Now YOU are
being in some department. successful,
your success chills some one. Those
men who used to sympathize with you
stand along the street, and they scowl
at you from under the rim Of their hats.
You have more money or more influence
than they have, and you ought to be
scowled al from under the rim oftheir
hats. You catch a word Or two as you
PASS them by. ''Stuck up" says one.
scot it dishonesty" says another.
'tWill burst soon," says third. Every
stone in your new house is laid on their
nearts. Your horses hoofs went over
their nerves.
Every item Your success has been to
them an item Of discontinue and DESPAIR.
Just as soon as in any respect you rise
above Your fellows, il YOU are moro vlr-
tuous, if you are more wise, if you are
more influential, you cast a shadow on
the prospect Of others. The road to
honor and success is within the reach OF
the enemy's guns. Jealousy says: Stay
down or I'll knock yon down." Il do
not ike ycu," said the snowflake to the
snowbird. ''Why don't you like me:'
SAID the snowbird. So" said the snow
flake, ''you are going up and l am COM
ing down." Young merchants, young
lawyers, young doctors, young mcchan-
les, young artists, young farmers, al
certain times there were those to sympa-
thlzc with you, but now that you are be-
coming master Of Your particular occu'
patton or profession, how is it now.