Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

fire with the flames that have leaped
from the scathing, scorching. blasting,
blistering. consuming cup which the
drunkard takes. trembling and agon-
lied and affrighted, and presses to his
parched lips. and his cracked tongue
and his shrieking yet immoral spirit
no room.
Oh, IL this younger son OF the par
able had not gone so far off. II he had
not dropped SO low in wassail, the pro-
test would not have been so severe!
But, going clear over the precipice. as
the younger son did, the elder son is
angry and will not go in.
Sympathy for the Fallen
Be not SO hard in your criticism OF
the fallen lest thou thyself also be
tempted. Do you know who that man
was who Sabbath before last stagger-
ed up and down the aisle in a church.
disturbing the service until the service
had to stop until he was taken from
the room? He was minister Of the
gospel Of Jesus Christ In a sister de-
nomination.! That man had preached
the gospel, that man had broken the
bread Of the holy communion for the
people. From what a height to what
a. depth! Oh, was glad there was no
smiling In the room when that man
was taken out, his poor wife following
him. with his hat in her hand and his
coat on her arm! 1t was as solemn to
me as two funerals-the funeral OF the
body and the funeral OF the soul. Be-
ware. lest thou also be tempted!
An invalid went to South America
for his health and one day sat summing
himself on the beach when he saw
something crawling up the beach,
wriggiing toward him. and he was af-
frighted. He thought 1t was a wild
beast or reptile. and he took his pis-
tol from his pocket Then he saw 1t
was not wild beast. II was a man.
an immortal man, man made in
Gods own image. and the poor wretch
crawled up to the feet Of the invalid
and asked for strong drink, and the
invalid took his wine flask from his
pocket and gave the poor wretch
something to drink. and then under
the stimulus he rose up and gave his
history. He had been a merchant In
Glasgow. Scotland. He had gone down
under the power OF strong drink I'M
til he was SO reduced in poverty that
he was living In boat Just OF the
haanh sUhxrp ha
knew a merchant in Glasgow once.
a merchant Of such and such a name"
And the poor wretch Strengthened
himself and said, Il am that man."
Let him that thinketh he standeth
take heed lest he fall"
Again. | remark that the senior
brother of my text stands for the spirit
OF envy and jealousy. The senior
brother thought that all the honor they
did to the returned brother was a
wrong to him. He said, II have staid
at home, and ought to have had the
ring. and ought to have had the ban
quet. and | ought to have had the
garlands" Alas for this spirit Of en-
Wy and jealousy coming down through
the ages! Cain and Abel. Esau and
Jacob. Saul and David. Hannah and
Mordecai, Othello and Iago. Orlando
and Angelica. Caligula and Torqua-
tus. Caesar and Pompey Columbus and
the Spanish courtiers. Cambyses and
the brother he slew because he was
better marksman. Dionysius and
Philoxenius, whom he slew because he
was better singer. Jealousy among
painters. Closterman and Godfrey
Kneller. Hudson and Reynolds, Fran
ella, anxious to see a picture of Ra-
phael. Raphael sends him a picture.
Francia, seeing 1t. falls in a At OF
jealousy, from which he dies. Jeal-
ousy among authors! How seldom
contemporaries speak of each other!
Xenophen and Plato living at the same
time. but from their writings you
never would suppose they heard OF
each other. Religious 1ealousies. The
Mohammedans praying for rain dur
ing drought; no rain coming. Then
the Christians begin to pray for rain,
and the rain comes. Then the Mo-
hammedans met together to account
for this, and they resolved that God
was so well pleased with their prayers
he kept the drought on so as to keep
them praying. but that the Christians
began to pray. and the Lord was so
Disguised with their prayers that he
sent rain right away so he would not
hear any more Of their applications.
oh. this accursed spirit of envy and
jealousy! Let us stamp it out from
all our hearts.