The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-02-27
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
A Discourse on tae Sin OF Neb-
uchadnezzar, the King.
Lessons to be Learned From tho Humiit
alton of the Proud-rhe Uses OF
Wicked Men-Ths Dissertation
of Sacred ThingA

King Eating Grass, basing it upon tn
text:
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upo
NebuchadneZZar; and he was driven ava
from meu, aud did cot grass ~ oxen. aud hi
body was wet with the dew OF Heaven, till hi
aairs were grown ike eagles feathers. and hI
nails like birds' claws. Daniel w., "a
Better shade your eyes lest they b.
put out with the splendor OF Babylon
us some morning you walk out will
NebuchadnezZar on the suspension
bridges which hang from the house
tops, and lie shows you the vastnesi
of his realm. As the sun kindles the
domes with glisterings almost insnf
ferable, and the great streets thunder
up their pomp into the ear of the
monarch. and armed towers stand
around, adorned with the spells OF
conquered empires, NebuchadnezzaI
waves his hanI above the stupendous
scene and exclaims: is not this reat
Babylon, that i have built for the
house of the kingdom by the might
of my power, and for the honor OF
my majesty" But in an instant
all that splendor is gone from his
vision, for voice falls from Heaven.
saying: "Oh, King Observation-Disclosures,
to thee it is spoken: The kingdom is
departed from thee; and they shall
drive thee from men. and thy dwelling
shall be with the beasts of the field;
they shall make thee TO eat grass as
oxen, and seven years shall pass over
thee, until thou know that the Most
High rulcth in the kingdom of men,
and giveth it to whomsocvcr He will"
Que hour from the time he made the
boast he Is on the way to the fields, a
maniac, and, rushing into the forests,
he becomes one OF the 1beasts, covered
with eagles feathers for protection
from the cold, aud his nails growing
to birds claws in order that he might
dig the earth for roots and Climb the
trees for nuts.
You see there is a great variety in
the Scriptural landscape. In several
discoursrs we have looked at noun.
tains of excellence, but now we look
down into great, dark chasm of
wIckedncss as we come To speak Of
n .Duchainezzar. God in His word
set, before US the beauty Of self-1c-
Mai, of sobriety, of devotion, of cour-
age. and then, lest we should not
thoroughly understand Him, lie in
PRODUCED Daniel and Paul, and De.
borah, administrations of those virtues.
God also speaks to us in His word as
10 the hatefulncss of pride, of folly, Of
impietv, and lest we should not thor
ouShly understand Him, introduced
NJ f.I n DIM h. inn ION,
of these forms of depravity. The
former style Of character is light.
house, showing US / way into
safe harbor, and the latter
style of character is black
buoy swinging on the rocks, to
show where vessels wreck themselves.
Thanks unto God for both the buoy
and the lighthouse! The host Of Neb-
uchadnezzar is laundering at the gates
OF Jerusalem. The crown of that sacred
city is struck into the dust by the hand
oil Babylonish Insulence. The vessels
OF the temple, which had never been
desecrated by proiaLe touch, were
ruthlessly seized for sacrilcge and
transportation. Oh, what u sad hour
when those Jews, at the command of
the invading army, arc obliged to
leave the home of tncir nativity! How
tLeir hearts must have been wrung
with anguish when, on the day they
departed, they heard the trumpets
ing the hour for morning sacrifice,
aud saw the smoke of the al
tars ascending around the holy hill
of Zion, for they all knew that
in far distant land they would never
hear that trumpet call, nor behold the
majestic ascent Of the sacrifice. Be
hold those captives on the road from
Jerusalem to Babylon! Worn and
weary, they dare not halt, for round
about are armed men urging them on
with boot, and shout, and blasphemy.
Aged men totter along on their slaves,
weeping that they could not lay their
bones in the sleeping place Of their
fathers, and children won dered at the
length of the way and sobbed them
selves to sleep when the night had
fallen. 1t seemed rs if at every step a
heart broke. But at a turn in the
road Babylon suddenly springs upon
the view Of the captives, with it's gar
dens and palaces. a shout goes up from
the army as they behold their native
city, but not one huzza is heard from
the captives. These exiles saw no
splendor there, for it was not at home.
The Eupbrates did not have the w ter
CLEAN of the brook Kedron or the pool
OF Sloan. The willows of Babylon,
on which they hung their rntuned
harps, were not as graceful AS the trees
which at the foot of Mount Mcriah
seemed TO weep at the departed glory
Of Judah, and all the fragrance that
descends from the hanging gardens
upon that great city vas not SC sweet
rs one breath of the acacia and frank
inscense that the Ligh priest kindled
In the sanctuary at Jerusalem.
On . certain night, little while
after these captives had been brought
to his city. NeUuchadnezz ,r is scared
with night vision. A bad mans pill
low is apt to he stuffed with deeds and
foreSodings which keep talking In the
night. He will find that the eagles
down in his pillow will stick him like
porcupinc guills. The ghosts of old
transgress'ons are apt to wander about