Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-02-13
LIVING LIKE BRUTES
DIR. rALMAGE DRAWS MANY LES
SONS FROM NEBUcHADNEzzAR.

Women Degrade lhcuiSeiScs ~ e.'o
Level OF pernncc. Drugs.
Idleness. Luxury. UnbelIcf.
BRooYLYN. Feb. with mighty
acclaim the long meter Doxology rose
at the beginning of the service. The
inestimable value of Christianity as
an elevating and enrolling influence
on the nature of man formed the sub
ject of DR.. Talmage's sermon this
morning. The brilliant and original
preacher chose us his text the humili-
alton of the Babylonish king who be-
ing destitute of religion sank to the
level of the brute Daniel iv, %,
"All this came upon the King Nebu-
chadneZzar.
Colonel Rawlinson, the oriental
traveller says that the exhumed
bricks, not onlyof Babylon, but Of g g
hundred towns in all area OF one huns
drul miles in length and thirty in
breadth, are inscribed with the name
of Northumberland He was q great
warrior and at the glance of his
sword nations Frustrated themselves.
He was Il great king and built a city
reservoir ninety miles in circumfer
ence and one hundred and twenty
feet deep. and constructed u hanging
garden four hundred feet square and
seventy five feet high, some say to
please Amuhi;l, his wife, who had
been born among the hills. and others
SAY to get IL pleasure ground free
from the mosquitoes, which af11ict
the levels.
think from his character the lat
ter reason may have impelletl him as
much as the former When he con-
querel King Zetlekiah, SO as to have
no more trouble with him. he put
his eyes out-a most barbarous way
of incapacitating an enemy. But
Babylon was Il great place, the houses
surrounded Ivy gardens and the
housetols were connected with each
other 10y bridges and one day Nehu-
chadnezzlr walked out ON those slls-
pension bridges ;lnd showed, per
haps to royal visitor, the vastness
of his realm as the sun kindles the
domes with glistenings almost in
sufferable and the great streets thun-
der NJ their pomp into the ear of
the monarch. and armed towers
stand around adorned with spoils of
conquered empires.
Northumberland waves his hand
above the stupendous scene and ex-
claims, lis 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 a great man
am. Babylon was not anything
until adorned it. See those water
works; see those gardens; see those
forts. did all this shall never
be forgotten Why, my name is on
every brick i'll all those walls. Just
look ut me. am more than man. ;
But in an instant all that splendor
is gone from his vision, for voice
falls from the heavens, saying. 20
King Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is
spoken: the kingdom is departed
from thee, and they shall drive thee
from men and tiny dwelling shall be
with the beasts of the field; they
shall make thee to eat grass us oxen,
and seven times shall pass over thee.
until thou know that the Most High
ruleth in the kingdom of men and
gveth it to whomsoever be will.
One hour from the time he made
the boast he is on his way to the
fields maniac. and rushing into the
forests he becomes as one of the
beasts, and is after awhile covered
with eagles feathers for protection
from the cold. and his nails grow to
look like birds claws, in order that
be may dig the earth for roots and
climb the trees for nuts.
FOltMS Oh lNoAaNlI l.
The mental disaster that seized
him was what the Greeks called "
canthropy, by which a man mag
ines himself beast and prefers to go
out and mingIe with brutes. He
who haul been eating pomegranates
and apricots off of plates of gold in
laid with amethyst and diamond,
and drinking the richest wines from
the royal watts. now browsing on grass,
and struck by the horn of the OK as
be contends for better ttlft of the
pasturage. and instead of an orches-
ira on benches of ivory playing the
national airs, now listening to the
moan and below and gl'unt of the
beasts. This is not hard for me to
believe, for the. forms of dementia
are innumerable:
a few years ago. arriving in a city
on summer afternoon. while wait
ing for my engagement in the even
ing | sauntered forth into what
seemed to be park in front of a
large public building, the use OF
which knew not | met gentle
man. with whom fell into delight
full conversation, and he seemed in
telligent on rall subjects. After
awhile saitl,,,jj,Let us sit down on
this bench andihest awhile and enjoy
the scene of verdure and fountains. I"
No" said he. You sit down, but |
cannot. am made of glass, and if !
should sit down | would break to
pieces. Then saw that he WAS In,
sane and belonged to the large build
ing just behind us.
After such an interview as that |
can easily believe this account OF my
text. Here is Nebuchadnezz;r on all
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