The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-02-20
4 KING EATING GRASS
REV. DR.. TALMAGE ON THE DESECHA-
TON OF SACRED THINGS.

rwo STYLES of Character to illustrate I
Gods word-Onc Is Like . Lighthouse
md tho Other Is Like q Black h"o1-A
Weird Scene.
WASHINGTON, Feb 14.-Dr. Talmage IN
h;a sarn,on Uses a weird and strange ecene
of ancient times to illustrate the DehaVAos
of modern people who desecrate sacseo
things md for their arrogance ge5 nau
t,,mble. His subject was "a King Eatlne
Grass', and the text Daniel iv, SO, "Tho
same hour was the thing fulfilled upon
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and he was driven rom
mon and did cat grass as oxen, ana Ms
i,otv was wet with tho dew of heaven, I'LL
his hairs were grown like eagles 1ea'ners
and his nails like birds claws
pettcr shade your eyes lest they be put
ont with the splendor Of Babylon, es como
morning you walk out with Nebuchadnez.
z,r on the suspension bridges which hane
from the house tops and he shows you !ne
yastncss OF his realm, as the sun K1n3Ies
tho domes with glistenings aimost lhsune.
mhle. and the great streets thunder up their
,,o,nn into the ear Of the monarch, ana
armed towers stand around, adorned With
the spoils Of conquered empires. NeDu'
chndnezzar waves his hand above the stu
pend0us scene and exclaims, !s no' 'nls
great Babylon, that have built lor Cne
house of the Kingdom by the might OF my
,,o.ver and for the honor of my majesty"
ant in an instant all that splcndor Is gone
from his vision, for voice falls from
heaven, saying: 80, King Nebuchaonez.
rar. to thee it Is spoken, The Kingdom Is
departed from thee, and they shall dr'vo
thee from men, and thy dweling sh"ii w ~
With the beasts of tho field. They shall
,nnke tho to eat grass as oxen, and seven
wears shall pass over thee, until thou know
thnt the Most High ruleth in the Kingdom
Of men and giveth it to whomsoever nc
will" Ono hour from the time that ho
madc tho boast he Is on the way 10 1he
fields q maniac, and rushing into the ior.
ests he becomes one of the beasts, covered
with eagles feathers for protection from
tho cold and his nails growing to Dlros
claws in order that he might dig tho eartf
for roots and climb tho trees for nuts.
You SEQ, there is n great variety In Tn
Soripturnl landscape III several discourse
we have looked at mountains OF excehence
hut now we look down into great, darl
chnsm of wickedness as we come 70 speal
IF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. God in his Word SGT
before us the beauty Of self denial, OF SO
briefly. of devotion, Of courage, and theh
lest wo should not thoroughly unoers'sh
him. no introduced Daniel and Paul an
Deborah as illustrations of those virtues
Is God also speaks to us in his Word as TO TN
hatefulness of pridc, of folly, OF impletS
md lest wo should not thoroughly unoel
stand him introduces Nebuchadnezzar
tho representation OF these .orAHe VI ~
prnyity. The former style of character Is
LIGHTHOUSE. showing us n way into a sa
harbor, and the latter style of character
a black buoy, swinging on the rocks,
show where vessels wreck themseive
Thanks unto God for both the buoy al
tho lighthousel The host of Nebuchadne
Ear is laundering ut the gates OF Jerus
lnm. Tho crown of that sacred city
- struck into the dust by the hand OF Bah
aonish insolence. The vessels OF the ter
BILE, which had never been desecrated
profane touch, were ruthlessly seized I
sacrilege and transportation. Oh, what
sad hour when those Jcws, mt the col
mand of tho invading army, are obllg
to leave the home of their nativityl He
their hearts must have been wrung WI
anguish when, on the day they departe
they heard the trumpets from the top
the temple announcing the hour for MOI
ing sacrifice and saw the smoke OF the
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