Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-08
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Dh. TALmAcE DRAWS MANY Leo
SONS FROM NEBUcHAorszzAR

||tiN0 THOW f-rtfes
TAe mnuy Ways IN which Men and
wvmen Degrade themselves 10 ths
level ~ i,rutes inten,pcrnncs. Drugs
ralsnsss Luxary. unbelieG
BRooYLyN. Feb. Z With a mighty
hcelaiin the long meter Doxology rose
ht the beginning of the service The
ineatimable value Of Christianity as
nn elevating and ennobling influence
On the uatureO Of man formed the cub
ject Of DR. Talnage's sermon this
morning. The brilliant and original
preacher chose ~ his text the hurnili
alton Of the Babylonish king who be
ing destitute .f religion sank to the
level Of the brute Daniel w. %.
All this came upon the King Nebu
chadnezzar.
Colonel Rawlinson. the oriental
traveller says that the exhumed
bricks. not only OF Babylon. but of a
hundftd towns IN an area Of one hun
dred miles IN length and thirty In
breadth. are inscribed with the name
Of Neilchadnezzar He was a great
warrior and at the glance of his
swofd nations prOHtinted themselves.
He was a great king and built a city
reservoir ninety miles in circumfcT
ence and one hundred and twenty
feet deep. and constructed hanging
garden four hundrel feet square and
seventy five feet high. some say 10
please AInuhia. his wife. who had
been born among the hills and others
say to get a pleasure ground free
from the mosquitoes. which afllirf
the levels
think from his character the Int
tor reason may have impeled him as
much as the former When he con
quered King Zedekiah, 30 as TO have
no more trouble with him he put
his eyes ont a most barbarous way
OF incapacitating an enemy. But
Babylon wax great place. the houses
surrounded by gardens and the
bOuHetops were connected with each
other by bridges. and one day Nebu.
chadnezzar walked ont on those sus
pension bridges and showed. per
hapa 10 q royal visitor, the vastness
OF his realm as the sun kiDdles the
domes with glistenings almost in
sufferable and the great streets thun
der mp their pomp into the ear Of
the monarch. and armed towers
stand around adorned with spOils OF
conquered empires
Nebuchadnezzar waves bis hand
above the stupendous scene and ex
claims. Is 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 n great man
/ am. Babylon was not anything
until adorned IT, Sec those water
works: zoe those gardens: nee those
forts, did all this. shall never
be forgotten, Why, my maine is on
every brick in all those walls. just
look at ln,s lam more than a man. "
But la an instant all that splendor
II gone from hiH vision. for voice
falls from the heavens, saying, 20
King Nehnchndnezzar to thee II IL
spoken: the kingdom IN departed
from thee. and they shall drive thee
from men and thy dwelling shall be
with the bensts of the field; they
shall make thee 10 eat grass as oxen.
and seven times shall pnss over thee
until thou know that the Most High
alleth IN the kingdom OF men and
giveth IL to whomsoever he will
One hour from the time he made
the boast he IL ON his way 10 the
ilelde maniac. and rushing into the
forests he becomes as one OF the
beasts. and Is after awhile covered
with eagles feathers fnr protection
from the cold. and bis nails grow 10
look like birds claws IN order that
he may dig the earth for roots and
climb the trees for nuts
FORMS OF lSsANiTy.
The mental disaster that seized
him was what the Greelss called ly
canthiupy. by which man imag
ines hipleelf beaSt and prefeir to SO
out and mingle with hrutes He
who had been eating pomegrNnates
and apiicots OF Of plates of gold IN
laid with amethyst and diamond,
and drinking the richest wines fiUm
the royal watts, now browsing on grps,
aud struck by the horn Of the OK a.
he contends for a better tuft Of The
pastulaee. aud insfoad of an orchesf
ira on benches of ivory playing the
national airs now listening 10 the
moan and below aud grunt Of the
beaHts This IL not hard for me to
believe. for the forms Of dementia
n4a innumerRhlo.
A few years ago. arriving IN city
ia summon afternoon, while wait
ing Tor my engagement In the even
ing saunlaroa forth into what
seemed % be q park in front OF
large public building. the use Of
which knew not lmet q gentle.
man. with whom fen into DELIGHT
fs,l ponrertation, and be seemed In
fol'lRc1f on all Nubiecta After
awhile said. 'Let us sit down on
this bench and ressi awhile and enjoy
the sfope of verlure and fountains
f'NO. said be. You sll down. but
cannot am made of glass and II |
should ai down | would hisak 20
pieces Then I Raw that he WAS in
sane and belonged IA the large huill
ing just behind IA
After such a. Interview ~ that !
oan easily believe this accouut of my
zoxl Here - Nobpphadne1zar on All
fouIN he once plided hlm'ell nn ~