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knowledge, or suspicion, of prefer
ence given to another"
Cain was a filler of the ground
and brought of the fruit of the
ground, an offering to the Lord.
Abel was a keeper of sheep, he
also brought a little fat lamb, an
offering to the Lord. The Lords
preference was for Abel's Offering,
which caused jealousy in the heart
of Cain, resulting in the death of
Abel, and the elimination from
the life of Cain of peace and hap
piness forever after. and he must
have lived more than $40 years if
the Mosaic system of chronology
is correct.
The author of the greatest mis-
fortunes which have befallen the
Gods of mythology, is jealousy.
The whole of mythology breathes
the spirit of war. And the HON.
eric idea of II rebellion led by a
fallen angel, menacing the divine
dominion with violence, is based
upon the existence of jealousy,
The Almighty, jealous of the
growing influence of the Arch
Angel, caused him to be hurled
from the battlements of Heaven.
down into the fathomless abyss of
hell, which place, through the
subtle agency of jealousy, he has
since peopled with myriads of
souls.
Almost every page of ancient
and modern history is blackened
by crimes inspired by jealousy.
Jewish, Grecian, Roman, Assyrian.
Persian. British, French, German.
and American.
II is found in the administra-
tive and Legislative bodies of every
state, county, township and school
district. In churches, colleges
and schools. In large communi-
ties and small. In places where
the highest degree of culture. edu
cation and refinement prevails,and
where bestiality, ignorance and
vice r unchallenged, that subtle
agent of his Satanic majesty, is
permitted to work through the
mornings. the mondays. the twi.
liphts and the mid-nights for the
enrichment OF his masters horde.
The happiness of home is des-
troyed, wives are abandoned, child
rem neglected. and the soul sent
into the presence of its maker by
the hand of its own clay.
Vows that seem to have been
plighted under the sanctiono of hea-
ven are broken, and relief from
consequent pain is sought, where
virtue wells her face.
Insult and injury are hurled
into the face of innocence, for the
sole crime of possessing true merit.
Excellence in education, in de
pertinent, in refinement, in the
use of language, in everything
that constitutes the true gentle
man or lady, is reviled and ridi-
culed by those who are cognizant
of their own inferiority.
The dirty gamins of squatters
row spit upon George Proud simply
because he is clean. The valedic-
torian is hooted and jeered by his
fellow students, because earnest,
manly effort has won for him hon
ors, of which they are unworthy.
This tempter, this arch-fiend,
this prince of darkness, although
clad in an armor more impervious
tnan steel, ana victor IN more con
tests than all the other powers of
darkness combined, may be easily
vanquished,
When prompted by jealousy,
stop and think. Ask yourself, is
this right? Is this honorable?
What injury am ! repaying?
What good reason have | for
such treatment?
Possibly | may be wrong in my
conclusion, had | not better ex-
plain the matter fully to my friend
and give him or her an opportun-
ity to correct me if | am wrong?
My friend, be just, be honor
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