Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-17
THE RAGE FOR GOLD.
DR.. TALMAas eiN5s MANY LESSONS
~ AARoN8 GOLDEN CALF.

Ths EAAWsutes So1dSai bUs lor snort
Time. but 1tiilions Nave Su atered Since
and 3tliiisas Arc so1nsins Now by
Their Msd gvorsbip of Cola.
SrooKIYS, SOS. I9.--'Thc suojsct of dis
course chosen hy Eev. Dr. Thlmngs for his
first sermon asieY tne national election was
oGe peculiarly appropriate 20 the money
making spirit OF the times. 1t was The
Goldeu Calf the text selected being Exc
Gus xxi. 20. And ne took the calf which
they aad made and burn, it in the fire, and
ground il to powder ana strcwed it upon
the water and made the children Of Israel
drink of it,
People will haze II god Of some kind, and
they prefer one Of their own making. Here
come the lsraeitcs, breaking off their
golden earrings, the men rs wei as the Wo-
men, fo' ia those times there were masct-
line aS ell as feminine decorations. v here
did they get these beautiful. gold earrings.
coming up rs they did from. the desert?
Oh they "homow ed" them from the Egyp-
1ians when they lcft Igyp; These ear
rings are ple,, up into a pyramid OF 9iio.
ternc beauty. Any more earrings to
bring" say, Aaron. None Fire is Xiv
died, the earrings are melted and pollre'
into n mold not Of M eag- or a war
CDUEttrI, nut u "A GU lllt GOtN4 tObI4 Oh,
Tie mold il. TAX n away. and tn Idol is sch
upon it, tour legs
An altar j. bu!it il fror5 O. the shining
calf. The tire people throw up their ARM
and gyr0tc ana shrek and dance mighti.e
end worship Moses hH, been six weei
on Meant Sinai. AMI be comes back ard
hears the huW,n& an! sees th" dancing O.
these golden chi. tanat .Cs. III. he lose, h'-
patience Hn. he takes tie two plates OF
stone on who. were written the Ten Coz,
mandments and fiil2s tAela so Lard against
a rock ha! they split all t. pieces. When
a man gets mad he is very apt to brcak a,
the Ten Commardmcrts.
Moses ru.hcs in. and he takes this cal
god and throws it into "A hot fine unit! it j,
melted eli out of shape, ana then pUlyerizos
it-nOt by the modern appliance of nitro
snuratiC acid, but by the ancient appliance
OF inter, or by the Old fashioned file lie
makes for the people a most nauseatng
draft. He takes this puverzed golden
calf and throws it in the only brook which
il accessible, and the people are compelled
to drink Of That brool; or not drink at all.
But they did not drink all the gittering
stuff thrown ON the surface. Some OF it
flows on Gown the surface of the brook
70 the river. and then flows on down the
river to the sea, and the sea takes il
up and bears ii I" the mouth of all
he rivers, ami when the tides set back
the remains OF ih'H golden calf are car
ried up INTO the Hudson, and the East
river, ana the thames, ANA the Clyde, and
me 1lher' ana men 20 out ana they skim
the ghttenug surface, ana they bring 1t
ashore, ana they make another golden calf,
and California and Australia break of
Their golden earrings to augment the pile
amt IN the hres OF hhaHcII excitement ANA
struggle All these Things are melted to-
Sether' and "hlir "" stand looking and
wondering what VIII come OF 1t, 10! we
1lhd that the G'i!ch can oi laraelitish wor-
snip mas n,rolhr the golden calf OF Eu-
ropc2h aild American worship.
TIL MoUEEN lD0LATEY.
| shall describe 10 You the god spoken Of
IN the 1cSt. lis temple, his altar Of ,acri-
flee, The music hHt Is madr in his temple,
and theu thc final breaking up Of the
whole congregation ol idolatcra.
i'tIt a~i''" tHi- curtain, and you see the
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