News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-05-12
News and Citizen.
MORRISVILLE and HYDE PARK
Thursday. May IL, 1892.
AT THE TABERNACLE.
DR.. TALMAGE MORALES ON THE
LESSON OF DANIELS EXPERIENCE.

LESOON Vt OFAlNlGGO ENTGFdENSEs
Firmness to DO the Right Commands the
Respect Even of the Worst AIen-The
Lord Can Shut the Mouths of Social,
Political and Commercial Lions.
BROOKLYN, May S.-Dr. Talmage took
for his subject today the character of
Daniel, and drew from it lessons of
sound practical value for the young
men, of whom so large a number are
always to be seen among the most eager
and attentive listeners in the Tabernacle
congregations. His text was Daniel Vi,
.. Daniel was first"
Where in romance can you find any
thing equal to what Daniel was in real
ity? A young man, far away from home,
introduced into the most magnificent
and most dissolute palace of all the
earth. The king, wishing to make this
young man a prodigy in personal ap-
pearance, orders his attendants to see
that he has plenty of meat and wine,
and Daniel refuses these delicacies and
insists on a vegetable diet, refusing
everything but pulse and water, waving
back all the rich viands with a deter
mined mo, | thank you" He sur
passes all the princes in brilliancy. As
this sun rises higher and higher in the
armament it puts out all the stars, and
if there is anything the stars hate it is
the sun.
Daniel becomes so much of favorite
with King Darius that our young hero
is promoted to be prime minister or sec
rotary of state-the Frelinghuysen OF
the Bismarck of the ancients. But no
man ever attained such high position
without exciting the envy of others.
The meanest and wrathiest passion of
the soul is jealousy. You see it among
all professions and occupations. / am
sorry to say you see it as much among
clergymen as among other classes of men.
1t is passion bitter as hell and it is i'm
mediately recognized, and yet, though
it blackens the man who INDUCES in it,
men will kindle this fire which consumes
only themselves.
There were demagogues in Babylon,
who, highly appreciative of their own
capacity, doubted the policy of elevating
such young man as Daniel. They
said: why, we know more than he
does. We could manage the public af-
fairs better than he can manage them.
The idea of putting Dan in such place
as that" Old Babylon was afraid of
young Babylon. They began to plot his
ruin. He was an illustrious target
The taller the cedar the more apt to be
struck with the lightning.
THE MALICE OF DFMAGOGITFS
These demagogues asked Darius to
make an unalterable decree that any
man who within thirty days shall ask
petition of any one except the king shall
be put to death. Darius, not mistrust-
ing any foul play, makes such decree.
The demagogues have accomplished
their purpose, for they knew that Dan
lei would not stop sending up petitions
to his God; and Daniel, instead of being
affrighted by the decree, went three
times a day to his housetop for prayer
He is caught in the act. He is con-
demned to be devoured by the lions.
Such healthy young man will be for
the leonine monarchs the best banquet
they ever had. By the rough execution
ers of the law he is hurried away toward
the den. / hear the growl of the mon
sters and their paving of the dust, and
as their mouth is placed to the ground
the solid earth quakes with their bel
low. The door is removed and Daniel
showed into the den, which was all
agleam with fiery eyeballs that seem to
roll and snap in the caverns. They APP
proach the defenseless man. Their ap-
petite was sharp with hunger. One
- Il a.
teeth and he would have been lifeless.
How strange welcome Daniel receives
from the monsters. They fawn about
him. They cover his feet with their
long names. They are struck with the
lockjaw. That night Daniels sleep is
calm and undisturbed, with his head
pillowed on the warm neck of the tanned
lions.
But King Darius was not so happy.
He loved Daniel and he hated the strata
gem by which his favorite had been con-
demned. He PAGES his floor all night.
He cannot sleep. At the least sound he
starts and his flesh creeps with horror.
A bad conscience will make the braves5
man coward. He watches eagerly for
the dawn. which seems so long in larry
ing. At the first streak of light he
starts out to find the fate of Daniel
The palace gate opens and jars heavily
behind him while yet the city is asleep.
He comes to the den. He looks through
the crevices, but sees nothing. He dare
not speak. Expecting the worst, his
heart stops.
Gathering strength he puts his mouth
to the riffs in the rock and cries, sob.
Daniel, is thy God whom thou servest
continually able to deliver thee from
the lions?" An answer comes rolling up
out of the deep darkness: 'Oh, king,
live forever. My God hath sent his
angel and hath shut the lions mouths,
that they have not hurt me-" The
young man is brought out and the dem
agogues who made the plot are thrown
in. But they hardly struck the bottom
of the den when their flesh rent, and
their bones cracked, and the blood
spurted through the riffs, while the
fierce monsters shook the rocks with
their terrible roar, announcing to ali
ages the truth that while God defends
his people, the way of the wicked shall
perish.
Il.
Now you see from this subject that in
the eyes of many the greatest offense
you can commit is success. OF what
crime had this young man been guilty
that he should come under the bitter
hatred of the demagogues? Why, he
had got to be prime minister of Baby
Ion. That they could not forgive. Be-
hold in this sketch touch of human
nature. As long as poverty pinehes you.
and you run the gauntlet between the
taxgatberer and the landlord, and you
have hard work to educate your chill
dren, there will be multitudes of men tD
say: Poor fellow. He ought to succeed.
How sorry l am for him" But after. |
awhile you begin to emerge from the
darkness. That was capital invest I
ment. You purchased at just the right
time. Fortune became good natured and |
smiled. You builded your own house.
You got to be one of the first men on
the street. Now, as you pass, number
of those late sympathizers stand ON the
corner of the street. They scowl at you
from under the rim of their hats. You
have more money now than they have,
and you ought to be scowled at from I'M
der the rim of their hats
Before you get fully past you hear
word or two. "Stuck up" says one.
Didn't get it honestly" says another.
"Wil burst soon," says third. Every
stone in your new house was laid on
their heart. Your horses hoofs went
over their nerves. Your carriage tire
noo1y What have .-o,, lo.,o