The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-10
AT THE TABERNACLE.
Or. TALMAeE MoRALIzEs ON THE
LESSON or DANIELS EXPERIENCE.

FIrmness TO DO the Right Commands the
Respect Even OF the Worst Men-The
Lord Can Shat 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 the young
men, of whom so large 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 totThat Daniel was in real
ity? A young man, far away from home,
introduced into the most magnificent
and most dissolute palace of all the
earth. The king, wishing to make this
young maa O prodigy in personal ap-
pearance, oGdeTs his attendants to see
that he has plentysof meat and wine,
and Daniel refuses these delicacies and
insists on a vegetable diet, refusing
everything but pulse and water. waving
back all the rich Tiands with deter
mined mo, | thank you" He sur
passes all the princes III 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 1t Is
the sun.
Daniel becomes so much of q favorite
with King Darius that our yOung hero
is promoted to be prime minister or sec
rotary 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 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 a passion bitter as hell and it is i'm
mediately recognized, and yet, though
it blackens the man who INDUCES in it,
men will kindle this fire which consumes
only themselves.
There were denagogues in Babylon,
who, highly appreciative 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 i'll such place
as that" Old Babylon was afraid of
young Babylon, They began to plot his
ruin. He was an illustrious target.
TThe taller the cedar the more apt to be
struck with the lightning.
THE MALICE OF bEMAGoGUES.
These demagogues asked Darius tc
make an unalterable decree that any
man who within thirty days shall ask q
petition of any one except the king shall
be put to death. Darius. not mistrust
ing any foul play, makes such a decree
The demagogues have accomplished
their purpose, for they knew that Dan
lei would not 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. He is con
demned to be devoured by the lions.
Such a healthy young man will be fo'
the leonine monarchs the best banque
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, ant
as their mouth is placed to the grount
the solid earth quakes with their bel
low. The door is removed and DAME
showed into the den. which was al
agleam with fiery eyeballs that seem t.
roll and snap in the caverns. They ap
proach the defenseless Inan- Their ap
petite was sharp with hunger. On
stroke of their paw, one crunch of thel
teeth and he would have been lifeless
How strange il welcome Daniel receive
from the monsters. They fawn abou
him. They cover his feet with thei
long names They are struck with tn
lockjaw. That night Daniels sleep
calm and undisturbed, with his hea
pillowed on the warm neck of the tame
lions
But King Darius was not so happy
He loved Daniel and he hated the strata
gem by which his favorite had been cor
demned He PAGES his floor all night
He cannot sleep. At the least sound b
starts and his flesh creeps with horror
A bad conscience will make the braves
man a coward. He watches eagerly fC
the dawn, which seems so long in tarry
ing. At the first streak of light b
starts out to find the fate of DAME
The palace gate opens and jars heavll
behind him while yet the city is asleel
He comes to the den. He looks throug
the cFevices, but sees nothing. He dan
not speak. Expecting the worst. h
heart stops.
Gathering strength he puts his mout
to the riffs in the rock and cries, ''Ol
Daniel, is thy God whom thou serves
continually able to deliver thee frol
the lionsY' An answer comes rolling L
out of the deep darkness: ''Oh, kin;
live forever. My God hath sent h
angel and hath shut the lions mouth
that they have not hurt me-" II
young man is brought out and the den
agogues who made the plot are throw
in. But they hardly struck the botto
of the den when their flesh rent, al
their bones cracked. and the bloc
spurted through the riffs, while Il