Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-15
TALMAGE
SERMON
By Rev.
FRANK DE WITT TALMACC. DID,.
Pastor OF Jefferson Park Presby-
terrain Church, Chicago

Chicago. Jan. II. 49, A vigorous de-
nunciation of a common and mischie-
vous disposition is uttered by Rev. +. De
Witt Talmage in the following sermon
on the text Proverbs vi, "a, Jealousy
Is the rage Of man."
What does rage signify? Righteous
indignation? A calm dispassionate ar
raignment or castgation? A denuncin-
ton. judiciouslly planned and yet over
whelmngly and scathingly delivered, as
when Edmund Burke exposed the mis-
deeds Of Warren Hastings in the IA
nous trial at Westminster? A rcbukc
such as Jesus gave to the Pharisces,
who had dragged poor, helpless,
friondless, sinful woman to his feet.
when he turned and said to the accus-
ers, Let him that is without sin cast
! the first stone Mt her:' Is rage merely
mild rernonstrancc, an earnest and
yet gentle expostulation, hortatory
admonition, Christian reprimand CIV
on with the holy desire TO save and re-
deem the person who has sinned or I'M
Intentionally done wrong? Oh, no!
Rage is not well composed censurc.
Rage is unbridled fury; rage is a 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 Satanic iconOclast shat
tcring every sacred shrine Of the intel
lect; rage is an insanity, arrangement
of moral sensibilities. 1t is an unrea-
sonable and unreasoning frenzy, glory
ing in absurd Authorizations. RACES
throneroom is madhouse; RACES court
iers are the inhabitants of chamber
Of horrors; RACES only music is the ech-
ding shrieks and sobs of the eternally
lost and Of the destroyed who can ncv-
or die.
Now. as rage is nothing more nor less
than 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 n
man. to the actions Of n mailman whom
| once saw chained to the seat of q
railroad train. Behind this seat rode
for many miles on a Journey from De
troit to Washington. 1t was one of the
most awful days l ever spent. AS
sat in the train reading. the officers Of
the law dragged up the aisle 4 great,
strong limbed, powerfully framed, half
breed Indian. He had noble brow
and masterful face, but his eyes were
like burning Goals. His white teeth
cleaned like the molars of wild
beast. This mailman was graduate
of the Carlisle school He was also a
graduate of one of the noted law
schools of the country. He had been
ms lawyer the representative of his
tribe, fighting for the land which was
rightcOusly theirs. In order to still his
eloquent voice before the courts of the
law some of the squatters upon that
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
sassnatc the mans body. They wreck
ed his brain. And there he was, tug
ging at the handouts which linked his
wrists 10 the iron car seat and making
the air sulphurous with his bias
phemies. Like a dog foamng with
hydrophobia, he was Swapping at his
fathers fingers, while the latter was
trying to feed him. He was threaten
ing to kill the passengers. He was Oh
his way to the National Insane asylum
mailman hour after hour and pitied
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 the
sacred lessons which Solomon's warn
ing ought to teach to every troubled
heart afflicted and cursed by the ago
MES Of this awful ovcrmastering sin.
The Evil Spirit.
Maddening jealousy would destroy
every successful rival who might stant
in its way. 1t is the evil spirit which
made SaulS eyes flash fire when h
gripped a javelin and hurled 1t Al
maidens of his kingdom had greeted
the returning warriors with the song
saul has slain his thousands, bu
| David his ten thousands" 1t Is th'
spirit which made the French generals
betray the shepherd girl, Joan of Arc
into the hands Of the English, so tina
she should be burned at the stake il
the streets of Rouen merely because
she had won victories they could never
have achieved. 1t Is the spirit which
made the Spanish cOurtiers compel Co
lumbus to die in obscurity and sent Si
Walter Raleigh to the block. 1t is thu
evil spirit which made Charles ii
SpurgeOn and Rowland Hill hated b.
some of the London ministers Of thei
day and which made Harvey and Jen
ner and James Y. Simpson encounte
their greatest opposition from Jealous
men Of their own profession, 1t is'th'
spirit which made Voitaire denOunc'
Baculard d'Arnaud and which sent tn,
bullet of Aaron Burr straight through
the heart of Alexander Hamilton. Jeal
ousy in the heart produces strange hal
lucinatiOns in its victims. The jealous
man feels that the success of another il