Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-11-10
EVERYDAY RELIGION
Or. TALMAGE SAYS 1T Is GOOD IN
BUSINESS AND POLITICS.


BUSINESS AND POLITICS.
Cites the Example of Daniel, VIII
Was Never Too Busy to worshi
GOd-WholesOme Advice to "sun
day" Christians-Re Honest In AL
Things.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-This discours
of Dr. Talmage is appropriate for al
seasons, but especially In these time
of great political agitation. The text Il
Daniel vi, 16, "Then the king com
manded, and they brought Daniel anC
cast him into the den of lions"
Darius was king of Babylon, and thu
young man Daniel was so much Q
favorite with him that he made hin
prime minister, or secretary of state
But no man could gain such n high
position without exciting the envy and
jealousy Of the people. There were
demagogues In Babylon who were SO
appreciative of their own abilities that
they were affronted at the elevation of
this young man. Old Babylon was
afraid Of young Babylon. The taller
the cedar the more apt it is to be riven
Of the lightning. These demagogues
asked the king to make a decree that
anybody that made a petition to any
one except the king during a period Of
80 days should be put to death. King
Darius not suspecting any foul play,
makes that decree. The demagogues
have accomplished all they want. be-
cause they know that no one can keep
Daniel from sending petitions before
God for 30 days.
SO far from being afraid. Daniel goes
on with his supplicatlOns three times
day and is found on his house top max
ing prayer. He is caught in the act. He
is condemned to be devoured by the
lions. Rough eXecutioners of the law
seize him and hasten him to the cav
ern. | hear the growl Of the wild
beasts, and | see them paving the
dust, and as they put their mouths to
the ground the solid earth quakes with
their believing. see their eyes roll
and l almost hear the fiery eyeballs
snap in the darkness These monsters
approach Daniel They have an appe-
tite keen with hunger. With one
stroke Of their paw or one snatch Of
their teeth, they may leave him dead
1t the bottom of the cavern. But what
4 strange welcome Daniel receives
from these hungry monsters. They
lawn around him. they lick his hand,
hey bury his feet In their long names.
That night he has calm sleep with his
lead pillowed on the warm necks Of
he tanned lions.
The Crime of Success.
But not so we'll does Darius, the
ting. sleep He has an attack Of ter
fic insomnia He loves Daniel. and
lates this stratagem by which he has
,een condemned All night long the
ing walks the floor. He cannot sleep. |
Vt the least sound he starts and his |
lesh creeps with horror. He Is i'm
,atient for the drawing Of the morns1
lg. At the first streak Of the daylight |
Darius hastens forth to see the fate
f Daniel. The heavy palace doors
pen and clang shut long before the
eople Of the city waken. Darius goes
0 the den Of the lions; he looks In.
Ill Is silent. His heart stops. He
cells that the very worst has hap
ened, but gathering all his strength.
e shouts through the riffs Of the
Ock, "Oh, Daniel, Is thy God whom
hou servest continually able to de-
yer thee?' There comes rolling up
'om the deep darkness a voice which
iys: "Oh, king live forever. My God
as Sent his angel to shut the lions
lOuths that they have not hurt me-"
hen Daniel is brought out from the
en-. The demagogues are hurled into
, and no sooner have they struck the
)ttOm of the den than their flesh was
mt, and their bones cracked and their
ood spurted through the riffs of the
,ck, and. as the lions make the rocks
emble with their roar. they announce
all ages that while God will defend
IS people. the way Of the ungodly
all perish.
Learn first from this subject that the
'eatest crime that you commit in the
-es Of many is the crime of success.
hat had Daniel done that he should
flung to the lions? He had become
ime minister. They could not for
We him for that. and behold in that
touch of unsanctifed human nature
seen In ali ages of the world. So
ng as you are pinched in poverty. so
ng as you are running the gantlet
tween landlord and taxgatherer, so !.
lg as you find it hard work to edu-
te your children, there are people who :
II say, "Poor man. am sorry for .
M he ought to succeed. poor man."
It after awhile the tide turns in your :
vor. That was profitable invest '
INT you made. You bought just at :
. right time. Fortune becomes good l
mored and smiles upon you. Now .
u are in some department success =
and your success chills some one ,
Ose men who used to sympathize |.
tn you stand along the street. and =
" scowl at you from under the rim :.
their hats You have more money u
more influence than they have. and Il
j ought to be scowled at from under D
; rim of their hats. You catch =,
rd or two as you pass by them. :,
tuck u2," says one. "Got It dis y y
nestly." says another. "Will burst y,
m" says third. Every stone in your u
W house Is laid on their hearts. .
ur horses hoofs went over their b
yes. Every Item Of your success 81
been to them an item of discomfit- Il
and despair Just as soon as In II
? respect you rise above yourfellows d
you are more virtuous. II you are l.