Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-05-19
REV DIR. TALMAGE
THE BROOKLYN DIviMs's SIM
DAY SERMON.
Subjects "The Greatest Name Of
ALL"

DAA' Deehtet tOuS JtrSts daniel vi. q
Where in romance can you find ANYTHING
equal to what Daniel was in reality? A
young man, far away from home intro
d,Iced into the most magnificent and most
absolute palace Of all the earth. The kino.
wisnlng 20 make this young man a prodigy
IN personal appearance, orders his attend
ants TO see that he has plenty of meat and
VINE, and Daniel refuses these delicacies and
insists on vegetable diet, refusing every
lung pue pulse and water, waving back all
the rich vlands with determined mo. I
thank you" He surpasses all the princes in
oIiiiiancy AS this sun rises higher and
nigner IN the firmanent. it puts out all the
stars, and II there Is anything the stars hate
1t is the sun
Daniel becomes so much of a fayorite
Win king Darius that our young hero is
promoted TO be prime minister or secretary
OF state-the Frelinghuysen or the Bis
marck or the ancients. But no man ever
attained so high position without exciting
the envy of others. The meanest and
wrathiest passion of the soul is jealousy
Y GU see 1t among all profe ssions and occu-
patons L am sorry to say you see it as
much among elergynen as among other
classes OF men 1t is passion bitter as hell
and Il is immediately recognized, and vet,
though 1t blackens the man who indulges in
1t, men viii kindie this fire which consumes
only themselves,
Ihere were demagogues in Babylon, vino.
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 Wecould MANAGE
the public affairs better than he can manage
them, The idea of putting Dan in such q
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.
These demagogues asked Darius to make
an unalterable decree that any man who
within thirty days shall ask a petition of
any one except the king, shall be put to
death. Darius, not mistrusting any foul
play, makes such decree. The demagogues
have accomplished their purpose, for they
knew that Daniel would not stop sendinp mn
petitions to his God, and Daniel, instead of
being afrighted by the decree, went three
times day to his housetop for prayer. He
is caught In the act. He is condemned to
be devoured by the lions. Such a healthy
young man will be for the leonine monarchs
the best banquet they ever had. By the
rough executioners of the law he is hurried
away toward the den
hear the growl of the monsters. and
their paving of the dust, and as their mouths
are placed to the ground the solid earth
quakes with their below. The door is re-
moved and Daniel showed into the den which
was all agleam with fiery eyeballs that seem
to roll and snap In the caverns They ap-
proach the defenssless man. Their appetite
was sharp with hunger One stroke OF their
paw, one crunch of their teeth and he would
have been lifeless. How strange a welcome
Daniel receives from the monsters. They
fawn about him. They cover his feet with
their long name. They are struck with the
lockjaw. That night Daniefs sleep is calm
and undisturbed, with his head piliowed on
the $50 ba
But King Darius was not so happy. He
loved Daniel and he hated the stratagem by
which his favorite had been condemned.
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 bravest man coward He watches
eagerly for the dawn, which seems SO long in
tarrying. At the first streak OF light he
starts out to find out 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 spsak. Ex-
pecting 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 honsY' An
answer comes rolling up out of the 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 demagogues
who made the plot are thrown in. But they
hardly struck the bottom of the den when
their flesh is rent and their bones cracked,
and their blood spurted through the riffs
while the fierce monsters shook the rocks
with their terrible roar, announcing to all
ages the truth that while God defends His
people, the way of the wicked shall perish.
Now, you see from this subject that in the
Of tho fact off
commit is success, OF what crime had this
young man been guilty that he should come
under the bitter hatred of the demagoguess
Why, he had gone to be prime minister OF
Babylon That they could not forgive. Be-
hold in this sketch a touch of human nature /
As long as poverty pinches you, and you run
the gauntlet between taxgatherer and land
lord, and you have bard work to educate
your children, there will be multitudes TO
say: Poor fellow, he ought to succeed. How
sorry / am for himP
But after awhile you Segin to emerge from
the darkness. That wan a capital invest
ment. You purchased at Just theright time
Fortune became good naGured and smiled.
You builded your own hpuse. You got to
be one of the first men on the street. Now
as you pass number Of those late sym
pathizers stand on the corner of the street
They scowl ut you from under the rim OF
their hats, You have more money now
than they have, and you ought TO tie scowled
at from under the rim of their hats
Before you get fully past you hear word
or two. "Stuck up says one Didn't get
it honestly /" say s another. "Will burst soon, y
says third Every stone in your new
house was laid on their heart. Your horses
hoofs went over their nerves. Your carriage
tire cut their neck. What have you done,
outrageous culprit9 You ought to be cast to
| the lions. You have dared to achieve sue
cess. Depend upon it that if in any one re-
| spect you rise far above your fellows--if you
are more truthful, more WISE more eloquent,
| more infuential--the shadow OF your success
will chill somebody The road of honor and
virtue is within reach Of the enemies guns.
Jealousy says "Stay down or will knock
you down f" In midair snowflake said to a
snowbird, 81 don't like you" Why don't
| YOU like meY' said the snowbird. Because. "
replied the snowflake. ''you are going upland
am coming down"
Success is often synonym for scorn. The
| first thing a man wants is religion. The
second is grit. If you do not want to face
wild beasts you must never get to be prims
minister. II you are now, as young man,
rising in any one respect, bless God for YOU
advancement but / wish to say before quit
this thought, look out for the lions. ouns
merchants, young lawyers, young physi
J clans. young ministers have much sympathy
and kind advice is given them at first, bu
as you become your own masters and begin
TO succeed in your different occupations ant
hon lie ms