Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-02-26
TALMAGE'S SERMON
INTERESTING THEME BY THE
WASHINGTON PREACHER.
subject "a King Eating Grass"


subject: "a King Eating Grass"
TIKI: "The same hour was the thing full
filed upon NebuchadneZZar. and he was
driven from men. aud did eat grass a. oxen,
aul his body was wet with the dew ~
heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles
feathers. aud his nails like birds claws
Daniel w., 90.
Better shade your ewes lest they be nut out
w,th the splendOr Of Babylon. as some morn
Ing YOU walk out with Nehuchadnezzar on
the suspension bridges which hang from the
houseiOps and he shows YOU the vastness Of
his rellm. As the sun kindles the dnmes
with glist nincs almost insunerable aud the
great streets thunder up their pomp into ;hr
ear Of tue monarch, and armed towers stand
around, adorned with the spOils of cor
Qgrred empires, NebuchadncZZar waves IFS
hand above the stupendous scene and eN-
CLAIMS, As not this great Babylon, that 1
have built fer the house Of the kingdom by
the might Of my power and Tor the honor Of
my maiestvy' But in an instan. all that
sp.cndOr is gone from his vision, for avo'cs
falls from the heaven, sayinG: go King
Nrhuchadnezzur TO thee il is spoken. The
kingdom is departed from thee, and they
shall drive thee from men, and thy iwcllIng
shall be with the beasts OF the field. They
shall make thee 10 eat grass as oxen aud seven
years shall pass over thee, until thou know
that tue Most High rule,h in the kingdom Of
mea and giVeth il TO whomsoever he will"
One hour from the time that he made the
boast hp is on the way to the fields. a maniac,
ani rushing into the forests. he becomes one
of the beasts. covered with eagles feathers
forprotection from the cold. and his nails
growing 10 birds claws in order that he
might dig the earth for roots and climb tho
trees for nuts.
You see there lisa great variety in the 5 rip
tural landscape. III several discourscs we
have looked ut mountains oil excellence. but
now we look down into Il great, darl; chasm
OF wickedness as we come to speak OF Nebu-
chadnezzar. God in His Word sets before US
the beauty az self dental, of sJNriety, Of de-
votion, OF courage, and then. lest W. should
not thoroughly understand Him. he intro
duced Daniel and Paul and Deborah as illus
tra.iOns OF those virtues. God also speaks
to us in His Word rs to the hateIuluess Of
pride, of folly, ofimpiety and lest we should
not thoroughly understand Him, introduces
NebuchadneZzar as the representation Of
these forms of depravity The former style
of character is lighthouse, showing Us a
way into a safe harhor and the latter style
If character is a black buoy, swinging on
the rocks. to show where vessels wreck them
selves. Thanks unto God for both tha buoy
ami the lighthouse! The host OF NcbUrlad-
nez2ar is laundering at the gates OF JcrUsa.
lem. The crown of that sacred city struck
into th' dust by the hand Of Babyloui-h iu-
science. The vessels OF the temple, which
had never been dcsecrated by pr0fane touch,
were ruthessly seized for saarilege and
transportation. On, what u sad hour when
those jews, AT the command Of the invading
army, are obliged to leave the home Of their
nativity? How their hearts must have been
2 a. 1.
departed. they heard the trumpets from tn
top the temple announcing the hour for
morning sacrifice and saw the smoke OF the
/ affairs ascending around the holy hill Of Zion;
/ for well they knew that in a far d',,aut land
/ they would never hear that truT. pet call nor
! behold the majestic ascent of the sacrifice.
/ Behold those captlycs on ,he road from
/ Jerusalem to Babylon! worn and weary,
they dare not halt, forr3uudabout are armed
men urging them or with boot and shout
/ and bla,phemv.
Aged men totl".ed along or their slaves,
weeping that they could not lay their bones
in the sleepi'.c place OF their fathers and
children, W ndered at the length Of the way
and sob ID themselves TO sleep when the
night Rad fallen 1t seemed as il at every
step "a heart broke. But at turn Of the road
Babylon suddenly springs upon the view of
ne captives, with its gardens and palaces.
4 shout goes up from the army as they be-
hold their native city. but not Que huZZa Is
heard from tbp can+iyps These eviIes saw
M snlendor there Tor If was NOT home The
Tnntrotns ala nor hnve thn water ,.lnam n,
IN, hrnol, Ka3r0n or tbn moot of Si,n9nn ma
,yilIoys If Rahyl0D ON which tbn,, brno
their untuned harms wpre nor nc graceful ms
the trees which nj the foot Of Nnnnt NIoriab
anpmed 10 veen nt tho danarfad Glory nj
Judah md nh the fragrance thar descended
from fine hanging gardens unon that graa,
CITY was not SO sweet rs one breath Of ths
acacin and rranlincanse thut tbo btoh nrins,
kinlIed in tbe sanctuary af IrrusaIrm
On a certain nioht a little while ofta,
,bes,.. rontivns Ind 6ann hronght tn his ,,it,,
Eahurha,inpzzar is scared viii nirht vision
A Ind mon's niIIow ~ nm, m be sf,fFaI ,yitI
Je,.ts and foraho}ir,s yyhi1b l,eantnIl,ir,, In
tha MON, UnTrin HnJ tbot tho ,L,,,ras' GGu.r
in his inflow will stirl; him like nor,unip,
mill. irha Ghosts Of ola franecrassiopS a p,
sura to wander ohou+ in the DARKNESS anf
hnrI,on and hiss Vet when III, ,nnrninr
,.,ne ha fornd TINT thn yision had pntirsT
fed from linn DREAMS dron mo ,nchors
md thnrnrorn nra ant r. soil ,y,av heInra ",
can fastnn tbenN VaHnnt'a Sre1z,r cniIs ~
the visa men of the rnrd into h,s nreserre
demandin, that nv their nrrromanrv rho,
rvniain his drenm Thev Of rourss faii
Then tbeir faithful Zinc, issres an ndict win
no little sense ne mercy 6rdnrIng tbe sIavin,
of Mi the learned men Of the country. Bu
n,ninI tha nrnrbet conc. in with ma intnr
nretation iust in limo 10 save tne wise me-,
and the Jewish cantiyes
Nv friends do Won not see that nride an,
min ride in tbe samn saddle Sao Nahuchod
: np22ar ON the nrrudest tbrone of nil III
earth and then san hin, ,,roqa With tho shoe