Connecticut western news., 1900-05-10

man, a 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. He had gone
 down under the power of strong drink
 until he was so reduced in poverty
 that he was living in boat just off the
 beach. Why" said the invalid, "I
 knew merchant in Glasgow once,
 merchant of such and such a name."
 And the poor wretch strengthened him.
 self and said. "I am that manr' "Let
 him that thinketh he standeth take
 heed lest he fall.'
 Again remark that the senior broth
 CT of my text stands for the spirit of
 envy and Jealousy. The senior broth
 CT thought that all the honor they did
 to the returned brother was a wrong
 to him. He said, "I have staid at home.
 and I ought to have had the ring, and
 I ought to have had the banquet, and
 I ought to have had the garlands."
 Alas, for this spirit of envy and jeal-
 ousy coming down through the ages!
 Cain and Abel, Esau and Jacob, Saul
 and David, Haman and Mordecai,
 Othello and Iago, Orlando and Angeli-
 ca, Caligula and Torquatus, Caesar and
 Pompey, Columbus and the Spanish
 courtiers, Cambyses and the brother
 he slew because he was better marks
 man. Dionysius and Philoxenius, whom
 he slew because he was better singer.
 Jealousy among painters-Closterman
 and Godfrey Kneller, Hudson and
 Reynolds. Francia. anxious to see
 picture of Raphael, Raphael sends him a picture. Francia, seeing It, falls in fit of jealousy from which he dies Jealousy among authors. How seldom contemporaries speak of each other Xenophon and Plato living at the same time, but from their writings you nev- CT would suppose they heard of each other. Religious jealousies. The Mo-
 hammedans praying for rain during
 drought; no rain coming. Then the Christians begin to pray for rain, and the rain comes. Then the Mohamme- dans 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 disgusted with their prayers that he sent rain right away so he would not hear any more of their applications. Oh, this accurs- ed spirit of envy and jealousy! Let us stamp 1t out from all our hearts.
 Stife Jealousy.
 A wrestler was so envious of Theog-
 enes, the prince of wrestlers, that he could not be consoled in any way. and after Theogenes died and statue was lifted to him Tn public place his envi- ous antagonist went out every night | and wrestled with the statue until one night he threw it, and 1t fell on him and crushed him to death. So jealousy | Is not only absurd, but 1t is killing to l the body, and 1t is killing to the soul. How seldom 1t Is you find one mer- | chant speaking we'll of a merchant in l the same line of business How sel- dom 1t is you hear a physician speak | ing we'll of a physician on. the same
 block. Oh, my friends, the world Is large enough for all of us! Let us re- I joice at the success of others. The | next best thing to owning a garden ourselves Is to look over the fence and admire the flowers. The next best l thing to riding In fine equipage is to stand on the streets and admire the prancing span. The next best thing to having a banquet given to ourselves Is having banquet given to our prodigal brother that has come home l to his fathers house.
 Besides that, If we do not get as much honor and as much attention as others we ought to congratulate our selves on what we escape In the way of assault. The French general riding on horseback at the head of his troops ! heard a soldier complain and say, Tt | is very easy for the general to com mand us forward while he rides and | we walk" Then the general dismount- ed and compelled the complaining sol | dier to get on the horse. Coming | through a ravine, bullet from q | sharpshooter struck the rider, and he fell dead. Then the general said, How \ much safer 1t Is to walk than to ride"
 Once more I have to tell you that | this senior brother of my text stands for the pouting Christian. While there Is so much congratulation within doors the hero of my text stands outside, the | corners of his mouth drawn down, looking as he felt-miserable. I am l glad his lugubrious physiognomy did
 not spoil the festivity within. How many pouting Christians there are in ! our day-Christians who do not like
 the music of the churches, Christians who do not like the hilarities of the | young-pouting, pouting, pouting at | society, pouting at the fashions, pout- ing at the newspapers, pouting at the l church, pouting at the government, l pouting at high heaven. Their spleen Is too large, their liver does not work, l their digestion Is broken down. There | are two cruets in their caster always sure to be well supplied-vinegar and red pepper. Oh, come away from that | mood! Stir a little saccharine into
 your disposition. While you avoid the l dissoluteness of the younger son avoid
 also the irascibility and the petulance I and the pouting spirit of the elder son ! and initiate the father, who had em-
 braces for the returning prodigal and
 coaxing words for the splenetic nal
 content.
 | Faces Contrasted.
 An, the face of this pouting elder
 son Is put before us In order that we
 might better see the radiant and for | giving face of the Father. Contrasts
 are mighty. The artist In sketching
 the field of Waterloo years after the
 battle put a dove in the mouth of the
 cannon. Raphael in one of his car
 toons beside the face of a wretch put
 the face of happy and innocent child.
 And so the sour face of this irascible
 and disgusted elder brother Is brought
 out in order that In the contrast we | might better understand the forgiYinR