Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-09-20
REV. DR.. ~TALMAGE.


"4liE# liIls Aa.ttL It AL ilIilI J IitIS @Iif8I1kEt
Or secretary of state But 10 man could
gain such = llsi POSITION without exciting
the cnyy ~ ealou-y of tie pope. There
were dema2o9ucs ~ Babylon who were -
apprec atlr- II Their o"n abilities that they
we're affratfed 81 fhc elevation Ut this young
man. Obi Babvian .as afraid OF young
Babylon The taller the e"-iar the more apt
1t is II bc riyen II the Lightning
these ~i~uIaso2ue~ asked tie KIM To make
II deere taat anyt-,dr that male i petition
To anyoncc except the KING within thirty DAYS
should lg Jut u death. King Ulrils. not
Fu,pectng inai play, maze, tat decree. The
d"magoEHe lave accomplished all they
"ant because they know that no one can
keep Dan.el from %,en'ine petitions before
God for fhtrtv day-.
80 for from Icing afraid, Daniel goes on
with hIs sup i~}catlrEs three times a day. and
is found Oh III, hoH~ctop making PRAYER. He
i caught lI thr act. He - con,lcn ned to be
dcvonrcI iy Tic lions. Rnugii cx,cutioners
Of the Ia" ezs hin and hasten Iim 10 the
cavern. ] Lrat tie gro"lo 81 the Wild beasts,
and 80" hem pa"ins the dust. and as they
put thor moutfs II thc ground the Sold
earth Qnakea with Heir following. Is4e THEN
eyes loil, aud / almost near the fiery eve
balls snap III tn. Iarkne-S, These monsters
approach bant-' lheyfhavc an appetite
keen with IIpeer. With one slroke Of their
paw or one match of their teeth they may
leave him " - atfhc bottom of the cavern.
But what q -flaHge welcome Daniel receives
from tn hungry monsters They fawn
around Inn. they lick ms hand they bury
has feet ~ fheli long mane- That night he
has caIni ei'tp, with his head plll9"ed on the
warm ncct. u the tanned hons
But not - well docs Darius the X ing slee,,
He loves Ihtlei ard hates this strutagem by
which Ii" las teen condemned. All night
long the hing walk. the floor. He cannot
sleep. At the least sound he star Is ana his
flesh creels with horror. He is impatient
for 1Ba I a I4iTy-At tt. ,.a,,3.. -
lIrst streak Of the daylight Darius hastens
forth y SEQ the fat u Daniel The heavy
ralace door open and clang shut long before
the peoplr II the CITY wakcn Darius goes to
the den II lions he LOOKS IN All is -ilent He
heart stops. lie feels that the very worst
has happened Int altering All his strength
he shout through the rlfts Of the rock 20
Daniel. Is ~" G9i whom thou >eryrst con
t!nunlly able to deliver thee There comes
rolling ny from the deep darkness a voice
which says 20 king' live forever. Nv God
has sent / , augcl t. shut the lions mouths
that they h4Vcuot hurt M
Then baulnl - brought out from the den
The ccrpnE"sI"s are hurried into il, and no
sooner have ihcv struck the bottom of the
den than litc1r iie-il VA, rent. and their
bones cracard aud ,Lrir blood spurted
through tie flt- ~ the rock, and as the
ions make the rocks trrmhle with their
laar they announce to ail ages that while
God VIII dctetal Hrs people the way of The
unsoiiy shall perish.
Learn ltt from thi, subject that the
plcatc-t cIIwo that YOU can commit IN the
Eyes Of MANY lhrrtiInc Of success. What
lad l'antcl dw that he should be flung To
ih" hons He gut t. hc prime minister
They could no, iorgt%r INN for that, and be-
hold ~ that a touch uf unsanctifiad human
nature a. snep II al aare of the world. SO
long a. Yen arr punched IN poverty, so long
as You are urn,ra the gauntlet between
l. "a 1tl L. shA . a. -,