Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-26

CHRISTIANS, but they are not Christians here
because they don't know whether the re-
publican party or the democratic party will
! stay in four years longer L met an old
man the other day and asked him IL he had
allied himself with any church in WASH
ington. He said that he had not, because
he didn't know whether he was going to
stay here. How long have you been
| here?'' 1 asked. Twenty years." said be-
tLaughter) "Oh, yes you laugh. but how
many men here are there who bow down
before gold? How many men here who say
| IN all their actions, take my honor, so you
give me gold; take my name, so you give
me gold; take away my principles. so you
give me gold; take away everything / have
which honor would bid me cherish, just so
you give me gold. Don't bow down before
| the golden image Those ancient Hebrews
were men of pluck and the king was mad
| de ordered that the furnace be made seven
times hotter than it usually was, and the
Jews were TO be thrown in. They were
bound hand and foot and the place was SO
not that 1t burned up every man who ap-
| preached 1t. Daniel and his friends were
thrown In. The king looked down. but lot
and behold they were unbound and were
walking around. Only their letters had
been burned. Not hair of their head had
been scorched, and when they We're hauled
| up. there was not even the smell of FIRE
about them. The Great Shepherd had Seen
these men and had protected them. They
| had carried their point. Young men, stand
your ground! If God wants you to take
TINS route take II. Do as God wants
That's what makes character and princinle
and all that is noble in man. Men when
they are invited to drink. or to gamble, do
II often because they have not the moral
courage to say no.
Say No at the Right Time.
you should say no at the right time We
are all a pack OF towards After seeing
this great miracle. Nebuchadnezzar order
ed everybody to be hewn to pieces who
should deny the God that Shadrach bowed
| before. Then the king had another dream,
and this time he remembered it. He had
dreamed OF tree that reached all the way
to heaven. He called in his wise to in
terpret 1t, and he sent for Daniel Daniel
halted somewhat. he did not like to tell
! the king what 1t meant. He talked TO him
q bout how to do what's right But a voice
| came to him from heaven, and il said TO
! the king. Thy kingdom is departing He
| left Babylon and remained away for seven
years. Mr.. Moody believed that the light
OF time had shown that that gentle king
and Daniel were walking the crystal streets
| arm In arm. Daniel had stood up to him
and had won him. Mr.. Moody read some
passages from Daniel. Belshazzar thought
| that with his walls and with his army
very time when Cyrus was diverting the
course of the Euphrates he was at the
| banquet praisng gods of silver and of gold
when the handwriting the wall an
The wise men could not read it. Belshaz-
/ Ears wife recommended that Daniel be
sent for. He recognized the writing al
once. for It was the handwriting of his
| father. Meme Tekel, Upharsin," were
| the words and they were perfectly clear to
Daniel That night Cyrus was bringing
his army through by the rivers bed beat
ing back the imperial guard, and soon Bel
| shazzars blood was flowing.
Daniel Fights the Rings.
vs.
was again put into office. AS is always
the case, ring was formed. 81 don't
know" said Mr.. Moody, whether they
called it Tammany or not. Daniels honesty
and shrewdness was the stumbling block
| to these ringsters. They could not get any
! other money than their salaries while the
praying old Hebrew was at the kings side
They could not make anything out of the
government by paving the streets Of Baby
lon, and letting contracts or any of those
| things by which they might be able to build
summer residence down the Euphrates
and have winter home in Babylon They
/ must get rid of the old Jew. They f1attere,i
the king and got him to sign paper maxi
Ing 1t death penalty to bow down before
| any other god than him for a period of
! thirty days. This they said to the king
would defy him as he deserved, as they had
| come to the conclusion that he was the
best and wisest monarch that had ever
ruled in Babylon. Darias signed il. Dam
! lei would not refuse TO say his PRAYERS
three times day. and thus he violated the
law, and was cast into the lions den The
news that this was going to happen had
spread like wild fire through the city III
I they had had any reporters there it would
have been known in half an hour, and the
Associated Press would have wired IL ali
over the world. can see the young dis
sipated man, the young man who drinks
the young man who CANDLES smirk in the
/ face OF the old statesman as he passed
along the streets on the way Ii was sup
posed, to his death"
Daniel in the Lions Den,
| "Daniel was undisturbed. He was a pray-
/ ing man. Men nowadays say that they
haven't time to pray. This old premier
had time, he took time. that's one of the
reasons ne succeeded. Spend a little more
time with God. What this nation wants is
some more praying men. Daniel was as
calm as a summer evening when he was
put into that den. That night all the
gamblers and rum-sellers and harlots in the
town made merry over the death of the old
praying Jew. If he had the points of the
compass, he turned his face toward Jerusa-
/ lem and said his prayers in that den. He
used a lion for pillow. They did not harm
him. He had God in his heart, and God
protected him. That night Darius became
/ troubled at his rash deed. The next mCrn-
ing he was up at daylight and with his
| chariot was daShing toward the den Where
| Daniel was confined. Arriving there he
shouted, oh, Daniel, is thy God able 10
deliver thee from the mouth of a lion p
| That morning Daniel breakfasted with the
king, and short work was made of the l2O
princes who had entered into the conspir-
acy which had resulted in the casting of
Daniel into the den. He has been zone
2, 500 years and yet he shines brighter ROW
than ever. oh, how he shines; and Il the
church of God endures, $500 years from
now he'll shine still more brightly IL YOU
are tempted to take a drink, hurl the cun
from your lips. Put purpose in Your
| heart that you wont drink, that YOU WON
| curse, that you won't lie, that you won't
| be dishonest man.
| Let us have Dare to be a Daniel by
the choir once more. All please rise"
| Mr.. Moody stepped down and Mr. Foster
| came to the front.
| Just be seated a moment while Mr.
| Moore leads us in prayer" said the great
| evangelist. MIR. Moore made an elective
prayer that the lesson taught Nv the
| speaker would take firm hold on ali those
| who had heard it Then followed seyeraI
hymns and little prayer. Mr. Moody
moved around shaking hands With The
audience and saying good and pleasant
| things.
Mr.. Moody on Sabbath Work.
After the close of the services. The Star
man gathered up his copy and lramped
down town. After stopping at a lunch
house for few minutes he moved on again.
The snow was ankle deep on the car track.
| and that was the ONLY mart of the Straa,