Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-05-12
EVIL OF JEALOUSY.
DR.. TALMACE RETELLS THE
STORY OF DANIEL.
whose Sudden Rise to Fame Created
Such Jealousy Among Demagogues
The Crime of Rising Above Your
Fellows an Excusable One.

BHooKLYS, N Y. May 6 is9s- DIR. TalmsEe
fook for his subject to-day the character o.
Daniel and drew from 81 lessons OF sound
practical value for the young men, OF whom 50
/ large a number are always 10 be seen among
tho N ST eager and attentive listeners in the
1 Tabernacle congregations His text was
Daniel o. Daniel was FIRST"
Where in romance can you find any
thing equal to what Daniel was in
reality? young man, far away from
home, introduced into the most magnif-
I icent and most dissolute palace of all
the earth. The King, wishing TO
make this young man a prodigy in per-
sonal appearance, orders his attendants
10 see that he had plenty of meat and
l wine, and Daniel refuses these delica-
| cies and insists on a vegetable diet, re-
fusipg everything but pulse and water,
waving back all the rich viands with a
! determined, No: thank you" He
! SURPRISES all the Princes in brilliancy.
! As this sun rises higher and higher in
I the armament, it puts out all the
/ stars, and if there is anything the
stars hate il is the sun. Daniel becomes
1 so much Of favorite with King Darius
. that our young hero is promoted to be
4 prime ministt r or secretary of state the
( Frclinghuysen or 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 il among all professions and
/ occupations. ! am sorry osay you see
/ it as much among clergymen as among
| other classes Of men. 1t is a passion
( bitter as hell and it is Immediately
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 ca
pacity, 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 a
place as that" Old Babylon was afraid
of young babylon. They began toplot
his ruin. lie was an illustrious target.
The taller the cedar the more apt to be
struck with the lightning. These dem
aCogues asked Darius 10 make an I'M
alterable decree that any man who,
within thirty days, shall ask
petition OF anyone except
the King, shall be put to
death. Darius, not mistrusting any foul
play, makes such decree. The dema-
gogues have accomplished their pur-
pose, for they knew that Daniel would
not stop sending up petitions TO his
God, and Daniel, instead of being af-
frighted by the decree, went three
times day to his house-top for prayer.
He is caught in the act. He is con-
demned to be devOured by the lions.
Such d healthy young man will be for
the leonine monarchs the best banquet
they ever had. BY the rough execu-
TONERS 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 mouth is 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 aglea am
with fiery eyeJalls that seem TO roll
and snap in the caverns. They APP
proach the defenceless man. Their APP
/ petite was sharp with hunger One
stroke of their paw, one crunch of their
teeth and he would have been lifeless.
How strange welcome Daniel re-
ccives from the monsters. They fawn
about him. They cover his feet with
their long name. They are struck with
the loclS-jaw. 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. lie loved Daniel and he
hated the stratagem by which his
favorite had been condemned. He
PAGES his floor all night. lie canno,
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 the fate
of Daniel. The palace gate opens
and jars heavily behind him while yet
the city is asleep. lie 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: ''Oh,
Daniel, is thy God whom thou serves,
. oh 20 lal1
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 demagogues 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 all ages the truth that while God
defends his people the way of the
wicked shall perish.
Now, you see from this subject tina,
in the eyes o. MANY the greatest offense
you can COT ait is success. OF what
crime had This young man been guilty,
that he should come under the bitter
hatred of the demagopues? Why, he
had got to be prime minister of Baby
lon. That they could not forgive. Be
ho.d in tins sketch touch of human
nature. As long as poverty pinches
you and you run the gauntlet between
tax-gathcrer and landlord, and you
have hard work To educate your chill.
dren there will be multitudes of men to
say: Poor fellow. He ought to sue.
coed. How sorry am for him" But,
after awhile you begin to emerge from
the darkness. That was capital IN
vestment 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 sym.
pathizers stand on the corner of the