Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-02-27
REV. DIR. TALMAGE
The Brooklyn Divine's Sum
day Sermon.

Eebuch0dnez-ur daniel ", y.
Colonel RawIinson. the oriental ira Weller.
says that the hum bricks. not only Of
Babylon, but If q hundred towns in an area
OF one hunired miles in length and thirty in
breadth, are inscribed with the name Of
Eebucha inezzar. He was a great warrior
and at the glance Of his sword nations pros
trated themselves. He was a great king
ami buiIt n CITY reservoir nlns-y miles in cir
conference aJii one hundred and twentv
feet deep. ara constructed n hanging garden
loir hu11rei feet square AMI seventy-hv-
1e"t high, some say 10 please Amuhia, hi
VIE, VIII mai been born among the mills,
ana others say ~ get a pleasure ground free
IRON the mosquitoes, which afflict the levels.
| TANK ron his character the latter
raason may have impelled him as much a.
the former When be conquered King Zad-
.thiah, 50 a to have 10 more trouble vita
MN, ne Int his eyes olt-a most bartarou,
way Of lEcspacitatiug an enemy. But babylon
was a great place, the houses surrounded by
tarIen5 and the housetOps were connected
with each other by bridges and one dav
Observation-Disclosures walked out on those sus-
Ien-ion bridges and shovel. perhans to a
royal visitor, the vastness Of his .ealm a.
the sun kin1ies the ZONES with elisteninys
hirno-t lnsutierable and the great stree It's
thunder up their Iornp into the ear OF the
Inohnrcb, and armed towers stand around
adorned with spoifs Of conquered empires.
Nehuchednezzar waves his hand above the
atipeitiono scene AMI txclainls, us not this
great Babylon that / have built for the
hou,- ~ the Kingdom by the might Of nv
power aud for the honor OF my nj jestyeH
Ia other words: "Nhat a great man / am.
Babylon was not anything until | adorned
II. zee those water woras. sea those gar
dens; SCI. those forts. | did all this. [ shall
never lie forgotten. Why. my name is Oh
every brick i'll all those walls Just look ut
me. ! am more than Il man.
but IN an instant all that splendOr is gone
from ms vision, for a voic. falls from
heaven, saying, 80 King Nebuchalnezza,,
70 thee 1t is opoken: tts kingdom is departed
from thee, and they shall drive thee from
men and t y dwelling shall be with the beasts
OF the tielis, they shall make thee to eat
grass az oxen, and seven times Shall pass
over thee, until thou know that the. Most
High ru!eth III the kingdom OF men and
glVeth 1T to whomao.v-r He will
On hour from the time he had made the
boast he is on his way to the fields a maniac.
and rushing INTO the forests he becomes as
one OF the beasts, ana is after awhile coy
cred with eagles feathers for protection
from the cold, and his nails grow to look like
birds claws, in order that be may dig the
earth for roots and climb the trees for nuts.
The mental disaster that seized him was
what the Greeks called lycanthropy. by
which a man lmaglnes himself a beast and
prefers to 20 out and mingle with brutes. He
who had been eating pOnnegrauates and aprI-
cots or OF plates OF gold inlaid with
amethyst and diamond, and drinking the
rlcfcst wines from the royal watts, now brow
sing on grass. ana struck by the horn of the
OK as he contends tor a better tuft Of the
pasturage, and instead Of an orchestra on
benches OF ivory playing the national airs,
now listening to the moan and below and
grunt of the beasts. This is not hard for me-
to believe, for the forms Of deuentia are in
uumerahie.
A few years ago, arriving in a city on a
summer afternoon, while waiting for my
engagement III the evening I saunterei forth
into what seemed to be n park in front Of a
large pubic building, the use of which | knew
not. ! met q gentleman, with whom | fell into
delightful conversation, and he seemed intel
hgtit on all subjects. After awhile | said,
LET Us sit down on this bench and rest
awhile and enjoy the scene OF verdure and
fountains No." said he, ''You sit down,
but | cannot. | am made OF glass, and if |
should SIT down | would break to pieces"
Then saw that he was insane and belonged
to the large tuilding just behind us.
Alter such an interview as that | can easily
believe this account Of my text. Here is
Nehuchadnez zar on all tours. He once
prided himself on being more than a
man, and now he turns out less than a man.
The courtiers LOOK out Of the windows upon
Inn as he moves among the royal herds and
cry, ~ beast Seven years pass when sud
denly his reason returns and he comes back
to Babylon 4 humble worship,r of the God
OF heaven.
hat must have been the excitement in
IN the ray al court as this restored maniac
emperor walks into the palace. What a time
they had III cutting his nails and his hair
Whl'il had grown for seven years without
beng interierel vita by any shears. What
a scruhbinG down must have taken place III
the imperial baths. What a transformation
necessary IN order that he who had been
herdlnE with canlclS AMI goats and swine
may be made fit to associate with princes.
" hat a change from sly to throne room,
While walking from his Bahyionian palace
down t>@:o pasture tf>it, and from the pas
tuI" heli hacA u the palace. the first thing
that lmI:es>e e. mo j. What an incongruou,
thing 1t Is Tor Il hing 10 be eating grass. il
is @oot Tor cattle, but not fit for man. An
then for one TO pictrJ' II - IA royal table to
wart whose bounty tire orchards and pad
docks ana streams and vineyards in all tn,
earth might coatr.bute-wnat an alnaza-
ment, And yet thu scene is as Common a,
the dav.irht.
When ! see a man Of re gal nature, maia
TO rule IN realms OF thcuLhr. capable of al
moral elevation, be~toyviu- his faculties, at
tempting ont OF low sen>uallties to satisfy
his Immortal energies. coming down off OF
his throne If power into brutalities. sacritic
lnE his higher nature to his lower mature
STOPPING and stopping. coming down ana
coming down unit! all his influence for goo
is gone, | cry out. There is q king eating
grass Ike an on
Ana there are tens Of thousands of sucl
NetuchadnaZZlrS. SO there are queens Whe
dedicate themselves t. the same humiliation
Nhn- -~Usr for GOOD Cod onva that woman
Magnetism or PERSONA pre>ence. iunuenC'
more than imperial. BY her intelligence. By
her tenderness, by her charm of smile an.
manner, cap thle o. soothing SO much sor
row. AMI reforming 50 mach wavwariness
and welding - much elevated power, We
nj the call OF worll!IreSs. ~cp.uin, our of tn
throne room OF good influence where Gro
would have her reign, comin- down owe
the ivory stairs OF mortal power. comm
down and coming down until she has II
more soul than the dead bird transtixesi il
her millinery or the chinchilla that wa
slain 70 afford her warmth, ar the Xii tia
furnished her the glove. an! finding her onl
delight in batteries 81 tralnisss men an
midnight schuttische and debauche
noveletteS say. There is one who Nigh
have heen a queen unto Col forever, ye
eatla- straw Ike an Ok.
look over the pasture fields Of folly an
SIN ami find many grove.lnS who ought
te erect. Oh, men aud women. go tack
your. thrones! \ young man ran away fro,
home and broke his widowed mother. hear