The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-02-10

his recent sermon at the Brooklyn
tabernacle the humiliation Of the Baby
lonish king who, being destitute OF re-
ligion, sank to the level Of the brute
Daniel, iv., 2s: "All this comes upon the
King Nebuchadnezzar." The sermon
follows:
Col RawliHson, the Oriental traveller,
says that the exhumed bricks, not only
Of Babylon, but Of q hundred towns in
an area of one hundred miles in length
and thirty in breadth, are inscribed
with the name Of Nebuchadnezzar. He
was great warrior and at the glance
Of his sword nations prostrated them
selves. He was great king and built
city reservoir ninety miles in circum-
ference and one hundred and twenty
feet deep, and constructed hanging
garden four hundred feet square and
seventy-five feet high, some say to
please Amuhia, his wife who had been
born among the hills and others say to
get a pleasure ground free from mos
quitos, which aiilict the levels. think,
from his character, the latter reason
may have impelled him as much as the
former. When he conquered the King
Zedekiah, so as to have no more trouble
with him he put his eyes out-a most
barbarous way of incapacitating an
enemy But Babylon was great
place, the houses surrounded by gar
dens, and the housetops were connected
with each other by bridges, and one
day Nebuchadnezzar walked out on
those suspension bridges and showed,
perhaps to a royal visitor, the 'vastuess
Of his realm as the sun ldndles the
domes with glistenings almost insuffer-
able, and the great streets thunder up
their pomp into the ear of the monarch,
and armed towers stand around adorned
with spoils of conquered empires, Neb-
uchadnezZar waves his hand above
the stupendous scene and exclaftns: rs
not this great Babylon that have built
for the house of the kingdom by the
might of my power and for the honor
of my majesty" In other words:
"What great man am. Babylon was
not anything until l adorned it. See
those waterworlSs; see those gardens;
see those forts. did all this. | shall
never be forgotten Why, my name is
on every brick in all those walls just
look at me. am more than a man"
But, in an instant all that splendor is
gone from his vision, for voice falls
from the heavens, saying: 20 King
Nebuchadnezzar, TO thee it is spoken'
the kingdom is departed from thee, and
they shall drive thee from men and thy
dwelling shall be with the beasts Of the
field; they shall make thee to cat grass
as oxen, and seven times shall pas
over thee, until thou know that the
Most High ruleth in the kingdom Of
men and giveth it to whomsoever He
will" One hour from the time he made
the boast, he is on his way TO the feldi
a maniac, and rushing into the forests
he became as one of the beasts, and II
after awhile covered with eagles feath
ers for protection from the cold, anC
his nails grow TO look like birds claw
in order that he may dig the earth To-
roots and climb the trees for nuts.
The mental disaster thEt seized hin
was was what the GreelcsNcalled lyean
thropy, by which a man imagines him
self a beast and prefers to go out ant
mingle with brutes. He who had beei
eating pomegranates and apricots of o
plates of gold inlaid with amethys
and diamond, and drinking the riches
wines from the royal vats, now brows
ing on grass, and struck by the horn o
the OK as he contends for better tut
of the pasturage, and instead Of an or
chestra on benches OF ivory playing tn
national airs, now listening TO tn
moan and below and grunt Of tn
beasts. This Is not hard for me TO be
lieve, for the forms Of dementia are In
Vulnerable. A few years ago, arrivin
in a city on a summer afternoon, Will
waiting for my engagement in tn
evening, / sauntered forth into wha
seemed TO be a park in front Of larg
public building, the use Of which
knew not met gentleman, wit
whom i fell into delightful converst
ton, and he seemed intelligent on a
subjects. After awhile, said: Let u
sit down on this bench and rest awhil
and enjoy the scene OF verdure an
fountains" "No," said he, you s.
down, but / can not am made c
glass, and II should sit down woul
break TO pieces" Then 1 saw that b
was insane, and belonged TO the larg
building Just behind us. After such q
interview as that, can easily beliey
this account OF my text Here Is Mel
uchadnezzar on all foura He ono
prided himself of being more than
man, and now he turns out less than
man. The courtiers look out Of the VIII
dows upon him as he moves among th
royal herds and cry, "A Beast'' seve
years pass when suddenly his reason n
turns, and he comes back to Babylon
humble worshiper Of the God Of HEAVIER
What must have been the excitement
the royal court as this restored mania
emperor walks into the palace. Whit
n time they had in cutting his nails an
his hair, which had grown for seve
years without being interfered with b
any shears. What scrubbing dow
must have taken place In the imperi
baths What a transformation nece
,sary in order that he who had bee
lhsrding with camels and goats aI
swine may be made fit to associate vii
princes What change from sty
throne rooml 49,.
While walking from this Babylonif
palace down TO the pasture field, ar
from tho pasture field back TO the. ps
noe, the first thing that impresses n