Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-15

nifty years. l remember, some years
ago, that I saw an old woman in the
Flatbush Insane asylum, who be-
lieve, had been there for nearly fifty
years. She thought she was the queen
OF England, and she wore a paper
cornucopia upon her head for a crown.
She was there knighting her courtiers
and creating earls, marquises and
dukes out of the attendants and WIS.,
itors Just as she did when f1rst brought
into the asylum many years ago. So
we find that the evil flames of madden
ing jealousy can sometimes burn as
fiercely in the sinful hearts of men and
women who have lived their twoscore
years and ten MS in the hearts Of the
young who are just starting out In the
struggle Of life.
Fathers and mothers and older men
and women, would not for a moment
cast slur on your past usefulness or
belittle the respect which the world
ought to show to gray hairs; but, hon.
estly and frankly, do you not feel that
the young folks ought to have their
first lessons Of magnanimity from you?
you not rather that your sons and
aughters should weep about your dy-
ng bed and feel that they have lost a
dear. helpful friend than that they
shall be glad that you arc dying, be-
cause you are holding with a selfish
grip 10 all that you have? My aged
friend, you should not only be willing
to 1--we, but you should also be willing
| to let live. Every old merchant should
try to help the young merchant. Ev-
cry old physician should he ready to
| lend his medical hooks to the young
! physician and speak good word for
him in the neighborhood. Every old
lawyer should be willing to give his
advice to the young lawyer, and every
old minister to encourage the young
minister. Yc older men, you should
not only be proud OF the fact that you
have made a success, but you should
also be proud Of the fact that you have
helped some younger man to climb the
difficult heights from which you are
now able calmly to look down upon the
thousands struggling in ascent far be-
meath.
Sin Il the Chief Cause.
But maddening jealousy has direct
personal cause. All insanities are the
result Of some organic or functional
disorder. Sometimes insanity may be
caused by fall or a blow. Part of the
skull may be crushed in, and a piece Of
the bone will he found, by postmortem
examination, to be pressing on the
brain. Such a splintered bone was the
cause Of a brilliant Chicago lawyers
mental downfall. Frank Collyer was
one dark night struck by a footpad' )
club, and part of his skull was driven
into the brain. and he never talked ra-
tionally again. Sometimes insanity is
the result of overtaxed nerves; some
times the disease is inherited from an
ccstral causes: so maddening jealousy
has direct cause That spiritual dag
nosis can be spelled in the one fearful
word of three letters. Its only cause is
sin The same kind of sin which to-
day fills our jals and reformatOry in
stitutiOns and lifts the hangman'
moose is the tiendish, maddening evil
against which, in his day. King Solo
mon lifted his voice in protest.
Now. my brother. as the insanity OF
jealousy is caused by sin, will you not
come to that Christ who is willing and
able TO take this sin out of your life
In the Bible we read that Christ was
and is able to make the evil passions
come out of a man. SO great was and
is Christ's divine power in this re
l,ot I 10 nj q
man afflicted not only with one, but
with a legion or four thousand, devils
This man was so goaded by this de
moniac possession that though he wa
bound in letters OF chains, he wout
snap them as easily rs Il lion NIGH
brush aside Il spiders web. He was st
distracted that in his frenzy he woult
tear off all his clothes. But when Jesu.
spoke the word OF deliverance the maj
who was once insane Immediately be
came clothed and in his right mind. i
Christ could do all that for the insane
man of old, will YOU not let Jesus cur
you also of the awful insanity of jeal
ousy: Oh, my sinful friend, you have
; hated men and despised men and foun,
, fault with meH long enough. Will yol
not, here and now. by Christs help
learn to love men and try to help mel
, instead Of trying to destroy them!
BY the noble example of Christs lif
today may we be led TO extcrminat
the awful sin Of jealousy. Some year
, ago New York public school teacher
whose scholars were mostly draw
from the slums, carried into her class
, room a beautiful white lily. one o
her pupils was poor waif of III
street. Her clothes We're soiled an
, torn. Her hands and face were dirty
: The teacher thought she would pleas
this poor child by giving to her tn
. beautiful flower, but instead of takin
, 1t the young girl turned and ran out o
the room A little later she came bac
:, with her face and hands washed an
then said: Teacher. | am clean now
!. Give me the beautiful flower" SO III
sense of moral pollution often make
men shrink from accepting the gift Go
Is Offering in the person of his Son; bu
it is because of that very pollution tina