Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-05-14
AT THE TABERNACLE.
DR.. TALMAGE MORALES ON THE
LESSON OF DANIELS EXPERIENCE.

Respect Even of tho Worst Mcn-The
Lord Can Shut the Mouths of Social.
Political and Commercial Lions.
BROOKLYN, May S.-Dr. Talmage took
for his subject today the character OF
Daniel, and drew from it lessons of
sound practical value for tho young
men. of whom 80 largo a number are
always to be seen among the most eager
and attentive listeners in the Tabernacle
congregations. His text was Daniel vi,
2, Daniel was first"
Where in romance can you find any
thing equal to what Daniel was in real
ity? A young man. far away from home,
introduced into tho most magnificent
and most dissoluto palace of all the
earth. The king, wishing to make this
young man prodigy in personal up
pearlnce, orders his attendants to see
that he has plenty of meat and wine,
and Daniel refuses these delicacies and
insists on vegetable diet, refusing
everything but pulse and water. waving
back all the rich viands with deter
mined no, thank You" He sur
passes all the princes in Drilliancy. 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
tie sun.
Daniel becomes 80 much of Il favnrite
with King Darius that our young hero
is promoted to he prime minister or Sec
rotary of state-tho Frelinghuysen or
the Bismarck of the ancients But no
nan ever attained such high position
without exciting the. envy OF. others.
The meanest and {, ATHEIST passion of
the soul is jealousy. You see it among
all professions and occupations. am
sorry to say you see it as much among
clergymen as among other classes of men.
1t is passion bitter as hell and it is i'm
me,liately recognized, and yet, though
it blackcrs the inan who INDUCES in it.,
men will kindle this fire which consumes
only themselves.
There were demagognes in Babylon.
who, highly aplreciative Of their own
capacity. 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 place
as that" Old Babylon WIS afraid of
young Babylon. They began to plot his
ruin. lie was an illustrious target
The taller the cedar the more apt to be
struck with the lightning.
TIE MALICE OF DEMAGoGuEs.
These delragogues asked Darius to
make an unalter;lble decree that any
man who within thirty days shall ask a
petition of any one except the king shall
be put to death. Darius, not mistl7lst-
ing any foul play. makes such decree.
The demagogues have accomplished
their purpose. for they knew that Dan
iel would moi stop sending up petitions
to his God: and Daniel. instead of being
affrighted by the decree, went three
times day to his housetop for prayer.
He is caught in the act. lie is con-
demned to be devoured by the lions.
Such healthy young man will be for
the leonine monarchs the best banquet
they ever had BY the rough execution
ers of the law he is hurried away toward
the den. hear the growl of the mon
sters and their paving Of the dust. and
as their mouth is placed to the ground
the solid earth quakes with their bel
low. The door is removed and Daniel
showed into the den, which was all
agleam with fiery eyeballs that seem to
roll and snap in the caverns. They APP
proach the tlefenscless man. Their ap-
petite was sharp with hunger. One
stroke of their paw, one crunch of their
teeth and he would have been lifelcss.
How strange IL welcome Daniel receives
from the monsters. They fawn about
him. They cover his feet with their
long names They are struck with the
lockjaw. That night Daniels sleep is
calm and undiatnrbed, with his head
pillowed on the warm neck Of the tanned
lions.
Bat King Darius was not SO happy.
de loved Daniel and he hated the STRATA
gem by which his favorite had been CON
demned. He PAGES his floor all night.
He cannot sleep. At the least sound he
starts and his flesh creeps with horror.
A bad conscience will make the bravcst
man coward lie watches eagerly for
the dawn, which seems so long i'll tarry
ing At the first streak of light he
starts out to find the fate of Daniel.
The palace gate opens and jars heavily
bchiud him while yet the city is asleep.
Ele comes to the den. He looks through
the creviccs, hut secs nothing. He dare
not speak. Expecting the worst, his
heart stops.
Gathering strength he puts hisenoQth
to the riffs in the rock and cries, ''Oh,
Daniel. is thy God whom thou seryest
continually able to deliver thee from
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 dem
agogues who made the plot are thrown
in. But the; hardly struck the bottom
of the den when their flesh rent, and
their bones cracked, and the blood
spurte,l through the riffs, while the
fierce monsters shook the rocks with
their terrible roar, announcing to all
ages tie truth that while God defends
his people. tue way Of the wicked shall
perish.
JEALOUSY is CRUEL AS TIE GRAVE.
Now you see from this subject that in
the eyes of many the greatest offense
you can Commit is success. OF what
crime had this young man been guilty
that he should come under the bitter
hatred of r.le demagoGues: Why, he
had got to he prime minister of Baby