Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-18
CRIME OF SUCCESS"
DIR, TALMAGE'S SERMON IN WACO
TEXAS.

| He OiscOurses ElOQuently on Sue
cess and the Power of Decision
OF Character.
Rev. DR.. Talmage was at Waco, Texas.
on Sunday, where he preached from a text
shown in Daniel G. 16. The preacher said:
Darius was king Of Babylon, and the
young man Daniel was so much a favorite
with him that he made him prime minister,
/ or secretary Of state. But no man could
/ gain such a high position without exciting
the envy and jealousy of the people. There
were demagogues in Babylon who were so
appreciative Of their own abilities that
they were affronted at the elevation Of this
| young man. Old Babylon was afraid OF
! young Babylon. The tslles the cedar the
more apt it Is to be riven Of the lightning.
These demagogues asked the king to
/ make a decree that anybody that made q
petition to anyone except the king within
! thirty days should be put to death. King
! Darius, not suspccting any foul play,
makes that decree. The demagogues have
accomplished all they want, because they
know that no can keep Daniel from
sending petitions before God for thirty days.
So, far from being afraid, Daniel goes on
with his supplications three times day,
and Is found on his housetop making
prayer. He Is caught in the act. lie is
condemned to he devoured by the lions.
Rough eXecutioners OF the law seize him
and hasten him to the cavern. l hear the
growl OF the wild hcasts and ] see them
paving the dust. and AZ they put their
| mouths to tho ground tho solid earth
quakes with their following. ! see their
eyes roll, and almost hear the fiery eye
balls 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 a strange welcome DAN
lei receives from these hungry monsters.
They fawn 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
lions.
But not so we'll does Darius the king
sleep. He loves Daniel, and hates this
stratcgem by which he has been condemned.
All night long the king walks the floor. He
cannot sleep. At the least sound he starts
and his flesh crceps with horror. He Is impa-
ticnt Tor the dawning of the morning. At
the first streak OF daylight Darius hastens
forth to SEQ the fate Of Daniel. The heavy
palace doors open and clang shut long be-
fore the people OF the city waken. Darius
goes to the den OF lions; he looks in. All Is
silent His heart stops. lie feels that the
very worst has happened; but gathering all
his strength he shouts through the riffs OF
the rock. 80 Daniel! is the God whom thou
servcst continually able TO deliver thee?"
There comes rolling up from the deep
darkness voice which says 80 king! live
forever. My God has sent His angel to shut
the lions mouths that they have not hurt
me-"
Then Daniel is brought out from the den.
The demagogues arc hurled into it. and no
sooner have they struck tho bottom
of the den: than their flesh was rent,
and their bones cracked, and the blood
spurted through the riffs OF tho rock, and
rs the lions make tho rocks tremble with
their roar, they announce to all ages that
whites God will defend His people, the way
of the ungodly shall perish.
Learn first from this subject that the
, greatest crime that you can COM
nit 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 q touch of I'M
sanctifed human nature as seen in all ages
/ of the world. So long as you are pinched in
poverty, long you are running the
gauntlet between landlord and tax-gather-
err, SO long as you fndit hard work to educate
> your children. there are people who will say,
"POOf man, am sorry for him; he ought to
succeed. poor MANI
But after while the tide turns in your
favor. That was q profitable investment
that 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 rims
. of their hats You have more money and
more influence than they have, and you
Il ought to be scowled at from under the rime
of their hats. You catch word or two as
\ you passed by them. "Stuck up" says one.
"Got it dishonesty" says another. evil
burst soon,' says II third. Every stone in
Q your new house is laid on their hearts
Your horses hoofs went over their nerves
Every item Of your success has been to
: them an item of discontinue and despair
: Just as soon as IN any respect you rise
G above your fellows, II you are more virtu.
Gus, II you are more wise, il you are more
= influential, you cast a shadow on the pros
pect OF Others The road to honor and sue
cess IS within reach Of the enemy's guns
Jealousy says: "Stay down, or I'll knocl
e you down" II do not like YOU" said tn,
l.. snowflake to the snowbird, why don
YOU like me?" said the snowbird "Oh.'
said the snowflake. 'you are going up ant
I am coming down" Young merchants
a young lawyers, young doctors, young me
- chancs, young artists, young farmers, a
. certain times there were those to sym
It pathlze with you. but now that you are be
Il coming master OF your particular occupa
ton or profession, how is it now, youn.
lawyers. young doctors, young artists
d young farmers-how is it now? The great
" est crime that you can commit Is the Grim,
of success
70 Again: My subject impresses me with tn
It value OF decision OF character in an
department Daniel knew that II he con
>. tinued his adherence to the religion Of til
II Lord he would be hurled to the lions. bu
Is having set his compass well he sailed RICH
s. on.
:, For the lack of that element of decisio
OF character, SO eminent in Daniel, man
men are ruined for this world and runc
n for the world to come. great many a
. forty years OF age. are not settled in an
IL respect, because they have not been able t
II make up their mind. Perhaps they will G
IT. west. Perhaps they will go east. perEap
they will not. Perhaps they will go north
Perhaps they may go south, Perhaps the
% will not. Perhaps they may make that in
It vestment In real estate or In railroads
Perhaps they will not. They are like
), steamer that should go out OF New Yor
IL harbor. starting for Glasgow. and the mex
day should change for Havre de Grace, an
the next for Charleston, and the next fl
IA Boston, and the next for Liverpool Thcs
l. men on the sea of life everlastingjy tackin
n ship and making no Roadway. Or they ~
Ike a ma who ct arts n hnil1 "A hpuSe