Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
TALMAGE
SERMON
By Rsv.
FRANK DE WITT TALMAGE. DID,.
Pastor Of Jefferson Park Presby-
tsrian Church, Chicago

YouS disposition ls uttered Dy heN. +. De
Witt Talmage u the following sermon
on the text Proverbs vi. "a, Jealousy
is the rage OF man."
What does rage signify? Righteous
indignation? A calm, dispassionate mr.
raignment or castigatlon? A denuneia-
ton, judIciouslly planned and yet over
whelmngly and scatLingly delivered, as
when Edmund Burke exposed the mis-
deeds Of Warren Hastings in the IA
nous trial at Westminster? A rebuke
such as Jesus gave to the Pharisees'
who had dragged poor, helpless
friendless. sinful woman TO his feet,
when he turned and said to the accus-
ers, Lot him that Is without sin cast
the first stone at herT Is rage merely
n mild remonstrance, an earnest ana
vet gentle expostulation, hortatory
admonition, a Christian re2rimand CIV
en- with the holy desire to save and re-
deem the person who has sinned or un-
Intentionally done wrongf on, mol
Rage is not a we'll composed censure.
Rage is unbridled fury; rage Is fierce
wild. all consuming. fiery passion burn
ing at the heart and mind; rage Is a
demon stabbing at the vitals OF all true
love: rage is a Satanic iconoclast shat
tering every sacred shrine or the Intel
lect: rage is an insanity, arrangement
of moral sensibilties. 1t is an unrea-
sonable and unreasonlng frenzy, glory
ing I'm absurd hallucinations. Rages
throneroom is a madhouse; RACES court
,ers are the inhabitants OF chamber
of horrors; RACES only music is the cen
ding shrieks and sobs OF The eternaiiy
lost and Of the destroyed who can new
er die.
Now. as rage is nothing more nor less
than a fatal monomania which can
take possession of the hearts and minds
OF its victims, | can well compare the
evils of jealousy, which Is the rage OF a
man. TO the actions Of a madman whom
I once saw chained to the seat OF a
railroad train. Behind this seat rcde
for many miles on journey from De
troit to Washington. 1t was one OF the
most awful days ever spent AS l
sat In the train reading, the officers OF
the law dragged up the aisle a great,
strong limbed, powerfully framed. halr
breed Indian. He had noble brow
and a masterful face, but his eyes were
like burning Goals. His white teeth
cleaned like the molars OF WHO
beast. This madman was graduate
OF the Carlisle school. He was also a
graduate Of one OF the noted law
schools Of the country. He had been
as a lawyer the representative OF nis
tribe, fghtlng for the land which r'as
righteoasIy theirs In order to still MS
eloouent voice before the courts OF the
law some Of the sQuatters upon tha'
Indian land determined to Kill him.
One dark night, with club, the would
be murderers struck him upon the
head. Alas. they did worse than as
sassInate the mans body. They wreck
ed his brain. And there he was, tug
cing at the handouts which linked bis
wrists to the iron car seat and making
the air sulphurous with his bias
phemies. Like a dog fOaming with
hydrophobla. he was swapping at Dis
fathers fingers. while the latter wal
trying to feed him. He was threaten
ing to kill the passengers. He was OIL
his way to the National Insane asylum
Of Washington. AS sat behind thii
madman hour after hour and pitiec
him the sentence Of my text flashed
through my mind. Jealousy is th'
rage Tor the insanity of man." May
God help me to interpret Alright th'
sacred lessons which Solonons warn
ing ought to teach to every troubled
heart afflicted and cursed by the ago
MES of this awful overmastering sin
The Evil spirit.
Maddenlng jealousy would destro!
every successful rival who might stant
In It's way. 1t is the evil spirit whici
made Saul's eyes fash fire when h'
oripped q javelin and hurled 1t a
David's head, merely because tn
maidens of his kingdom had greeted
the returning warriors with the song
"Saul has slain his thousands, bu
David his ten thousands" II Is tn
spirlt which made the French general
betray the shepherd girl, Joan or ARC
into the hands of the English, SO tha
she should be burned at the stake Il
the streets Of ROuen merely becaus
she had won victories they could neve
have achieved. 1t is the spirit whlc
made the Spanish courtiers compel CO
lumbus to die In obscurity and sent 81
Walter Raleigh to the block. 1t is til
evil spirit which made Charles ID
spurgeon and Rowland Hill hated b.
some of the London ministers OF thei
day and which made Harvey and Jer
ner and James Y. Simpson encounte
their greatest opposition from 5ealou
men Of their own profession. 1t is tn
spirit which made Voltaire denounc
Baculard d'Arnaud and which sent tn
bullet of Aaron Burr straight throug
the heart of Alexander Hamilton. Jea
ousy In the heart produces strange ha
lucinations in its victims. The 1ealou
man feels that the success OF another
in some way a robbery Of himself. Th
Jealous politician will not support tn
nominee Of his party. because he wan
ed the nomination himself; the jealou
surgeon cannot rejoice that anotht
surgeon has cured a cripple II he ha
never performed the operation himself
the Jealous minister cannot rejoice
hearing that another church Is Grove
cd If his OWL is empty; the jealor
woman cannot bear to hear praises
tho beauty OF another woman
Thus no sooner does any man
woman win success in any departmer
Of life than many jealous, unsuccessful
rivals become beside themselves wit
rage. As a monomaniac may be ri
tional on every subject but one, 80 tn
Jealous man may be fair and just o
every question. but be absolutely IL
sane and unjust when the works an
| uvoa of his sucressfuI rivals are dis