Connecticut western news., 1892-02-11
LIVING LIKE BRETES
DR. TALMaGE DRAWS MANY LES SONS FROM NEeuCHADNezZAR

Women i,egrade Themselves to the
 Level ot Brut-s Inrem p-rsnce. Drugs | IdIeness. Luxury. unbeIief.
 BRooyIyN Feb. 2 With a mighty a,s'lalm the long meter Doxology rrSs' | al the beginning ot the Servlte The iue~tIlnable value of Christianity d. an elevating and ennobllng influence on the natlreof man formed the sub lHt of DI. 1almages sermon thi- morning The brilliant and orlg1naI prea,he ch,sSe a> hls text the nllniil atlon ot the BabyI,nish klng who i% ing destitute of iplig1on sank to the level of the brute DanIel " 2S
 All this came upon the King Netu chatneZzsir
 Colonel Rawlinson. the or1tntai traveller says that the exhumei brh.ks not only of Babylon but ot a hundred towns Ill an area of one nun dred mlles III length and thirty m breadth art inscribed with the name of SebuchadneZzaI He WAT great warr1or and at the glance of hls sword nations pr,,stratesi themselves He was d great king and built city reservoir ninety miles m ,1rnmter enre and one hundrtri aud twenty feet deep. and constructed hanging garden fuuI hundred feet square ana seventy five feet hlgh some say tu please Amuhia hls wife whu nad ts>en ts,fII among the hills. and oth-I,- gay to get Il pleasure ground free from the mosquitoes, winch attlnt the levels
 | thlnk from his ,.haracteI the lat | ter rt,stsa,n may have imlH'll.Hf nm as | much as the former When he ,pn guertsi Kin9 IrriekIah sp as to have | no more trouble with nm he put his eyes out d most tariarotIs way of lne'aIac1tatIng an enemy. But Babylon wa~ great place. the houses surrounded by gariens and the holiSetoIs were connected with each other by b,1tiges. and one day Nebu chadnezzai walked out on those s,iS | Ieuslun br1dge- and showed per | haIs to a royal vlsItoI the vaStnesss | of hlS realm H. the sun Klndies the dnnee with gilstening~ almost m sufferable and the great stft*ts th,in der up theIr inmp lnto the ear of the monarch and armed towers | stand around adorned with sIHnlS of .Dnpuere4i empires.
 l Nein.ha,ineZZaI waves his hand above the stuIensions sspne an,i ey claims 'ls not thls great Babylon that have built foi the. house of the Kingdom by tue might ot my power | and for the honor of my maltsStyf | In other worls What great man | l am. Babylon was uot anything | until 1 atioruesi II. See those water works sa-. these gardens. ~e'A those tofts .iri all thls l shall never D- forgotten. Why my name ls on every llrI,k III all tn rsA walls Just | i,nIk al me. am more than d man But In an instant all that Splendoi ls gone from nls ylsion for volce falls from the heavens saying. 70 King Neblnhadnezzar to thee it i- sIs,ktn the Kingdom E departed from thee and they shall dr1ve thee from men and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen and seven tunes shall pass over thee. until thou Know that the Most High rll-th m the Kingdom ot men and g1veth II to whnmSOevei he will
 One hour from the tune ne made the h,aSt he is op his way Ia the fields Il maniac. ani rushing into the forests he tmSDmt.~ as one Of the tn,asts and h after awhile covered w;tn eagles feathers tm prote'tIon from the cold and hi- malls gruw to iok like mrtls claws in orrler that ne may dIg the earth foI rss,ts and cllmb the trees fof nuts
 F,,RMs OF INSANITY.
 The mental disaster that seized him WAS what the Greeks called ly canthropy. by which man nnag Inee- himself Il beast and prefers to go out and mIngle with brutes. He who had i#-eu eating pomegranates and arr1trt- of of plates of gold In lald with amethyst and diamond ani drinking the richest wines from tiie royal yatS now browsing ou srassS. and struck by the horn of the OK as he contends foI d better tuft ot the jRISturage and instead of an ora'hes tra on iRn,'ht,- of ivory playlng the national airs. now listening to the moan and bellpw and gI'unt of the t~-siSts ThIs Is not hari for me to t@iIeve foi the forms of dementia are innunrrable
 A few years ago arriving in city on summer afternoon. while wait lng fU my engagement Ill the even ing l sauntered forth into what seemed to p% a park Ill front of a large publlc building the uSe of which l knew not met gentle man with whom fell into delight tui conversation and he seemed in telllgent on all subjects After awhile l Sald Let us slt down on thls bench and rest awhile and enjoy the sapne ot venlure and fountains.
 No sad he You sit down but cannot. l am made of glass. and If l should sit down l would break to pieces Then 1 saw that he Wal III sane and belonged to the large build ing just behlnd ua.
 After such an interview as that l can easily believe thus account ot my text Here l. NebuehadnezzaI on all fours. He once prldetl himself ou te ing more than man and now he turns out less than man The ,Dur tiers look out of the windows uIon him a- hr moves among the royal herds and cry A beast r Seven