West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1900-11-06
iVERYDAY RELIGION
Or. TALMAGE SAYS 1T is GOOD IN
BUSINESS AND POLITICS.

day" Christians-Be Honest In All
Things.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-This discourse
OF DR.. Talmage is appropriate for all
seasons, but especially In these times
Of great political agitation. The text is
Daniel vi, 16, "Then the king COM
manded, and they brought Daniel and
cast him into the den OF lions"
Darius was king of Babylon, and the
young man Daniel was SO much a
favorite with him that he made him
prime minister, or secretary OF state.
But no man could gain such a 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 period of
oo udyp put W uedIu. Mig
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 80 days.
So far from being afraid, Daniel goes
on with his supplications three times a
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. l 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. 1 see their eyes roll
and I almost hear the fiery eyeballs
snap in the darkness. These monsters
approach Daniel. They have an appe-
title keen with hunger. With one
stroke of their paw or one snatch of,
their teeth, they may leave him dead
at the bottom of the cavern. But what
Iange welcome Daniel receives,
q these hungry monsters. They
around him, they lick his hand,
bury his feet in their long names.
night he has calm sleep with his
pillowed on the, warm necks OF
tanned lions. '..
The Crime of Success.
It not so we'll does Darius, the
:, sleep. He has an attack of ter
insomnia. He loves Daniel, and
this srratagem by which he has
condemned. Ali night long the
flNe.taf 1I\,.Y = III
At the least sound he starts and his
flesh creeDs with horror. He is i'm
patient for the drawing OF the morn
ing. AT the first streak of the daylight
Darius hastens forth to see the. fate
of Daniel. The heavy. palace doors
open and clang shut long before the
people of the city waken. Darius goes
to the den of the lions; he looks in.
All is silent. His heart stops. He
feels that the very worst has hap
pened, but gathering all his strength,
he shouts through the riffs of the
rock, "Oh, Daniel, is thy God whom
thou servest continually able to de-
liver thee?" There comes rolling up
from the deep darkness "A voice which
says: ooh, king, live forever. My God
has sent his angel to shut the lions
youths that they have not hurt me-"
Daniel Is brought out from the
The demagogues are hurled into
no sooner have they struck the
4 Of the den than their flesh was
md their bones cracked and their
spurted through the riffs Of the
and, as the lions make the rocks
lie with their roar, they announce
ages that while God will defend
people, the way of the ungodly
perish.
Urn first from this subject that the
est crime that you commit In the
Of many is the crime OF success.
t had Daniel done that he should
ung to the lions? He had become
re minister. They could cot for
him for that, and behold In that
UGH Of unsanctified human nature
'een in all ages OF the world. So
as you are pinched in poverty, so
as you are running the gantlet
ween landlord and taxgatherer, SO
6 as you find 1t hard work to edu-
your children, there are people who
II say, "Poor man, / am sorry for
i'm. he ought to succeed, poor man."
BIT ,tfter awhile the tide turns in your
fayors That was profitable invest
ment YOU made. You bought just at
the rislht time. Fortune becomes good
humored and smiles upon You. Now
you are In some department success
full and your success chills some one.
Those }men who used to sympathize
with You stand along the street, and
they scowl at you from under the rim
A.