Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-11-24
EFFECT on MANKIND.
DR.. Talmage Shows How the Spirit
of Greed Destroys.
Ssrcck Denunctssfon OF Those who
NSrSsfp the ssetdea CALI "a
Modern gdofatry-Day OF
5adEne 1t Censfng.
ECopyrtght. 1850. by Louis kiopsch-l
WaSh5aE.cn. Oct. -


money got in wrong ways is n curse.
Text, Exodus. NNxii-. -. And he took
the calf which they had made and bsrnt
il ia The FIRE. and ground IL 10 powder.
and strcwed IL uron the water. and
made The children Of Israel Crink Of
IT,"
People win have god Of some kind.
and they prefer one OF their own max
ing. Here come the lSracntcs. breaking
81 their golden earrings. the men as
wen as The women. for in those times
there was masculine as wen as fcmi-
nine decoration. Where did they get
these beautiful gold earrings. coming mp
a. they did from the desert? on. they
borrowed them of the Egyptians when
they ieft Egypt. These earrings are
piled mp into 4 pyramid az glittering
beaufy. ANY more earrings 90 hriug.
saw Aaron. None. Fire Is kinoled.
thc earrings are melted and poured
into "a mold. not OF am eagle or q var
charger. hut of q silly calf. The gold
cools down. the mold Is taken away.
and the idol IS set MP on if~ four legs
an ALTAR Is bult in front of the shin-
ire calf. Then the people throw mp
fhtir arms and gy-rate aud shrek ard
dance vigorously and worship.
Moses has been siV weeks ou Mount
SINAI. ana De- comes back and hears
the bowling and sees The dancing GO
thtse golden calf fanatics. and hC loses
his uaffeucs. and Dee takes rhe TWO
plates Of stone on which were written
the Ten commandments and filings
them So bard against rock that theE
split ell 20 pieces When @ man gets
angry. b. is apt 20 break all the Ten
Commandments Moses PUSHES in. aud
DE takes this calf god and throws g
into hot FIRE until Il is melted a.i out
OF shape aud thcn nuiverize~ 90. NOT
iy thr modern appliance 81 nitromuri-
attic acid. but bv the ancient appliance
81 nifer or hy the oid-fashicned flc.
He srirs for the people most nau-eaf-
ing draft. He takes this pu'v rig- q
golden calf and throws it in fhc only
brook which is accessible. and the peo-
pie are compelled 70 drink of that
brook OF not drink az all
But rhcy did not drink ali the rlit-
teri-z stuff thrown on The surface
some 90 81 flows on down fhe SUR
/ facs e the brook 90 The river and chem
/ flows or down TIE river to the sea. AMI
the sea takes 90 up and bears 20 go THE
| month az an the rivers. end when -hr
/ tides sel back THE mains ~ fhis gold
ca calf are carried up irto ftr pofrrrnr
\ ara she Hudson and the Thames aud
\ The Clvde and the Tiber. and men 60
out and th-v skim the Ciitt.ring sur
1 face end they bring So ashore. and
thev E.al7e another golden calf and
/ California aud Australia break OF rhri-
! golden earrings 90 augment the pile.
| and in the fires 81 financial excitement
and struggle all fhese thinE- are melt
/ e. together. and while we stand hooking
and wondering what VIII come 81 ir
10 yye find that the golden caif 81 U.s.
raflirish worship has become the gold
~ calf % European and American wor.
ship.
Pull aside this curtain. and YOU see
The golden calf ~ modern ido-atry
u - not. like other idols. made ou
% stocks or stone but it has en- cal
50 sensitive that 81 can hear the whis
| pers Oh Wal street. and Third street
and State street. and the FOOTBALLS il
/ the BANK r. Engiand. and the flute
Of o Frrnchman's heart on the boursr
T. has an Eve 80 keen shat 3D. can 81
the rust on The farm o. Michigan ,rhea
and the insect in the Maryland peacl
orchard and th- trampifo grain unde
the hcof Of the Russian WAY CHARGE
T. is - mighty that II swings any vva.
if VIII the worlds shipping u has 81
foot on al the merchantmen and I'd
EfeamerS- 81 started the American cif'
war and. und~r God stopped T.. an
j. decided the -'-'so-kussian contfs'