St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
THE VAMPIRES DAUGHTERS.
The Common Desires Which. DR..
BurreIi Says, Lead Men From
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Grace.
Rev. d. J. Burrell's first sermon after
his formal acceptance of the call to New
I ork was admOnitoTy against some OF
the desires which ruin mankind. He
preached on The Vampires Daugh-
ters." from the text, The horseleech
hath two daughters. crying, Give.
give Proverbs 30, Is. Rev. Burrell
said:
The word 'hOrseleech' is properly
rendered in the margin of the new YER
sion as vampire. and the word crying
should be omitted. making The passage
read. The vampire hath two daughters
Give, Give The vampire is human
nature, and its daughters are our in
Satiable desires. The name of each
daughter is Give" and If the vampire
llad a hundred daughters. the name OF
each would still be Give He who
goes attended by these rapacious bar
pies or hearkenS to their voices IS sure
to make q ShlpWreck OF life.
'One Of these daughters Of the Vam-
pire Is the Desire of Wealth. 1t is
more eXactng, more insidiOus. more
Unsuitable, more ruinOuS to real char
acteT and more mortal than any other of
the passions. The love of rum and
opium, sensuality, knavery these have
slain their thousands. but avarice its
tens of thousands. Take heed and be-
ware OF it.
Another is Desire OF knowledge.
This IS generally accounted as one of
the nOblest OF aspirations; but knOWl-
edge in Itself is of little worth: it is
only good for what it viii do. There is
MANY q hOOR yxrO1-ru .l1,d &c
of no more importance in the world
than a cactus on the desert. And this
love Of knowledge for its own sake NAV
become one of the baSeSt OF appetites, d
harpy with 4 b0undleSS NAV. 1t often
times crowds out of the soul those
nObler aims and purposes which make
for the universal veal and the glory Of
God.
Another is the Desire Of Pleasure. 1t
IS right to be CHEEKY in this pleasant
world. Given a sense of pardOned sin
and conscience void of Offense to-
wards man and God, and why should
we not make merry? Yet the pursuit
OF pleasure for its own sake shrivels
the soul and blasts it for all eternity.
A long life of epicurean enjoyment led
Solomon to cry: Vanity Of yanities
all IS vanity, and there Is no good under
the sunp
Another is the DESIRE of Pre- Emil
hence. This is the vice of multitudeS
of the best endowed men. They spend
their lives IN the struggle of The agOra.
graspIng the laurel garland at the last.
only to have It whittier at their touch.
Not many have reached a higher level
or honor than Abraham Lincoln. vet his
fayOrlte verse was from Gray's ''Elegy."
The boast OF heraldry, the pomp OF power.
and ali that beauty, ali that wealth e er
gave
Await alike the inevitable hour:
The path OF glory lead but 10 the grave.
TO live under the domination OF any
OF the master passions is TO have a low
conception OF life. Give is a poor
WatchWOrd for an earnest man. Seneca
said: The gods divided man into men
so that they might help one another
Paul said: But to do good and to COM
municate forget not The highest form
OF Selishness is vastly worse than any
sort of altruism, and falls infinitely
short Of goodness. The Christlike life
IS spent not in eXacting tribute. but in
giving and doing for others. The ideal
life finds its supreme Illustration at
Calvary, where the perfect Man
stretches out His hands to bless the
world. The word upon His lips is not
Give but 'Hake-Take OF My grace.
Ny wisdom. My power. My lifel Take.
eat; this Is My body, broken for YOU.
Ny love poured forth in this divine self
sacrifice is the fountain of life. If any
man thirst let him come unto Me and
drink, and the fountain which | shall
give him shall be in him we'll of water
sprung up into everlasting life.