The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-05-20
EVIL OF JEALOUSY.
DR.. TALMAGE RETELLS THE
STORY OF DANIEL.
Whose Sudden Rise to Fame "rsated
Such Jealousy Among DemagOgues
Tho Crime of Rising Above Your
Fellows an Excusable One.

large number are always to be seen among
the most eager and attentive listeners In the
Tabernacle congregations. His text was
Daniel 6:2, Daniel was first"
Where in romance can you find any
thing equal to what Daniel was in
reality? A young man, far away from
home introduced into the most magnif-
icent and most dissolute palace Of all
the earth. The King, wishing to
make this young man prodigy in per-
sonal appearance, orders his attendants
to see that he had plenty Of meat and
wine, and Daniel refuses these delica-
cies and insists on a vegetable diet, re-
fusing everything but pulse and water,
waving back all the rich viands with
determined, mo; l thank you" He
surpasses all the Princes in brilliancy.
AS this sun rises higher and higher in
the armament, it puts out all the
stars, and if there is anything the
stars hate it is the sun. Daniel becomes
so much of favorite with King Darius
that our young hero is promoted to be
prime minister opsec airy of state the
Frelinghuysen or the Bismarck of the
ancients. But no man ever attained
such high position without exciting the
envy of others. The meanest and
wrathiest passionof the soul is jealousy.
You see it among all professions and
occupations. am sorry tosay you see
it as much among clergymen as among
other classes of mem 1t is 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. He was an illustriOus target.
The taller the cedar the more apt to be
struck with the lightning. These dem
agogues asked Darius to make an UNI
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 u healthy young man will be fol
the leonine monarchs the best banquet
they ever had. BY the rough execu
sioners of the law he is hurried away
toward the den. I hear the growl o
the monsters, and their paving of thu
dust and as their mouth is placed tt
the ground, the solid earth quake
with their below. The door is re
moved and Daniel showed int
the den, which was all aglean
with fiery eyeballs that seem to rol
and snap in the caverns. They ap
proach the defenceless man. Their ap
petite was sharp with hunger. On
stroke of their paw, one crunch of thei
/, teeth and he would have been lifeless
How strange a welcome Daniel re
ceives from the monsters. They faw,
about him. They cover his feet wit
their long name. They are struck wit
:, the lock-jaw. That night Daniel
: sleep is calm and undisturbed, with hi
head pillowed on the warm neck of tn
tanned lions. But King Darius was nc
so happy. He loved Daniel and h
!, hated the stratagem by which hi
favorite had been condemned. II
PAGES his floor all night. He cannc
y sleep. At the least sound he start
and his flesh creeps with horror, A ba
conscience will make the bravest ma
|, a coward. he watches eagerly for til
> dawn, which seems so long in tarryint
At the first streak of ligh
- he starts ont to find the fat
of Daniel The palace gate opeI
= and jars heavily behind him while "
:. the city is asleep. He comes to I'll
!. den. He looks through the creviet
- but sees nothing. He dare not speal
. Expecting the worst, his heart stop
y Gathering strength he puts his mout
- to the riffs in the rock and cries: 20
- Daniel, is thy God whom thou serve
/ continually able so deliver thee fro
"a the hons?" An answer comes rolliI
~ up out of the deep darkness: 20
"a King, live forever. My God hath SCI
N his angel and hath shut the lior
10 mouths, that they have not hurt me
r. The young man is brought out al
the demagogues who made the plot
thrown in. But they hardly stru,
the bottom of the den when their flei
le rent, and their bones cracked, and &
blood spurted through the riffs, viii
the fierce monsters shook the roc
D. with their terrible roar, announcer
to all ages the truth that while G.
y. defends his people the way of t
wicked shall perish.
Now, you see from this subject tn
r? in the eyes ofmanY the greatest often
IN you can commit is success. Of VIII
a crime had this young man been guilt
that he should come under the bitt
hatred Of the demagogues? Why,