Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
RELIGION IN POLITICS.
TAI IMAGES PRACTICAL SERMON
FOR PRACTICAL MEN.

nam TO work Hardest-Daniel's Expe-
rience.
WACO. Tex, Aug 81 DR.. Talmage
.,dav delivered the following discourse
'Ou .ie text. Then the king command
~ ~ and they brought Daniel and cast
e. -, into the den of lions. Daniel
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~, man Daniel was so much ia
orite with him that he made him
.ine minister, or secretary of state.
b. no man could gain such high po-
lit;on without exciting the envy and
saalousv of the people. There were
semagogues in Babylon who were so
0,raciative of their own abilities that
a aFa were afTronted at the elevation of
tbis Young man. Old Babylon was
ofroid of young Babylon. The taller
.bo cedar the more apt it is to be riven
If the lightning.
These demagogues asked the king to
mike a decree that anybody that made
netition to any one except the king
ritbin thirty days should be put to
aooth King Darius, not suspecting
any foul play, makes that decree. The
deinagogues have accomplished all they
,ront because they know that no one
can keep Daniel from sending petitions
t,ra God for thirty DAVIS.
So far from being afraid, Daniel goes
on with his applications three times a
dav and is found on his housetop max
inc praver. He is caught IN the act.
He is Condemned to be devoured by
the lions. Rough eXecutioners of the
law seize him and hasten him to
the cavern. hear the growl of the
wild beasts, and | see them paving the
dust. and as they put their mouths to
me ground the solid earth quakes with
beir believing. see their eyes roll
and | almost hear the fiery eyeballs
snap in the darkness. These monsters
annroach Daniel. They have an APP
netite 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
fawn around him, they lick his hand
they bury bis feet in their long names
That night he has calm sleep with his
head pllowed on the warm necks of
the tanned lions.
SAVED By GOD.
But not SO well does Darius the king
sleep. He loves Daniel. and hates this
stratagem by which he has been con
demned. All night long the king walks
the floor. He cannot sleep At the
least sound he starts and his flesh
creeps with horror. He is impatient
for the dawning of the morning. At
the first streak of the daylight Darius
haStens forth to see the fate of Daniel.
The heavy palace doors open and clang
shut long before the people of the city
waken. Darius goes to the den of Ii
Ons; he looks in All is silent. His
heart stopS He Eaola that tho worry
yorSt has happened; but gathering all
Sstrength he shouts through the riffs
Of the rock, 20 Daniel. is the God
whom thou servest continually able to
deliver thee There comes rolling up
from the deep darkness a voice which
says; 20 king! live forever. Ny God
has sent his angel to shut the lions
mouths that they have not hurt Inc. "
Then Daniel is brought out from the
den, The demagogues are hurled into
1t 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
fFemble with their roar they announce
to all ages that while God will defend
Ills people the way of the ungodly shall
perish
THE CRIME or SUCCESS.
Learn first from this subject that the
greatest crime that you can commit in
the eyes Of many is the crime of sue,
Cess What had Daniel done that he
should be flung to the Hons2 He got
to be prime minister They could not
forgive him for that; and behold in
That a touch of unsanctilied human
nature as seen in all ages of the world
80 long as you are pinched in poverty,
50 long as You are running the gauntlet
etween landlord and tax gatherer, so
ong as you find it hard work to edu-
Ate your children, there are people
VINO will say; Poor man. am sorry
lor him. He ought to succeed, poor
manr'
but after awhile the tide turns in
your favor. That was a profitable in
'eS1lnent you made. You bought at
Just the right time Fortune becomes
goo humored and smiles upon you
w" you are being in some department
successful. your success chilIs some one.
inoSe men who used to sympathize
Slh you stand along the street, and
uie! scowI at you from under the rim
u Their hats. You have more money
" more influence than they have, and
you ought to be Scowled at from under
uie rim Of their hats. You catch a
" ~Ord or two as you passed 10y them
SUCK up, says one, Got it dishon
S''y' says another. "WiIl burst soon,
i ,a!s third Every stone in your new
muse Is laid on their hearts. Your
nurses hoofs went over their nerves.
very item of your success has been
y 'nen an item Of discontinue and
~sSpalr Just as soon as in any respect