Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-01-19
TALMAGE
SERMON
FRANK Of WITT TALMAcr. DID,.
Pastor OF JsRsrson Park Prsssy-
terrain ohureh, Chicago

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Witt Talmage in the following sermon
on the text Proverbs vi "a, Jealousy
IN the rage OF man"
What does rage signify? Righteous
indignationi A calm. dispassionate ar
raignment or castigation? A denuncia-
ton. Judiciouslly planned and yet over
whelmnEly and scathingly delivered, as
when Edmund Burke exposed the mis-
deeds OF Warren Hastings in the IA |
nous trial ut 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. LET him that Is without sin cast
the first stone at herr Is rage merely
q mild remonstrance, an earnest and
Jet gentle expostulation, hortatory
admonition, a Christian reprimand CIV
en- 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 a well composed censure.
Rage Is unbridled fury; rage is fierce,
wild. all consuming fiery passion burn
ing at the heart and mind; rage Is
demon stabbing at the vitals OF all true
love: rage is u Satanic iconoclast shat
tering every sacred shrine of the intel
lect: rage Is an insanity, a arrangement
OF moral sensibilities. 1t is an unrea-
sonable and unreasoning frenzy, glory
ing In absurd Authorizations. RACES
throneroom is a madhouse; RACES court
iers are the inhabitants of a chamber
of horrors; RACES only music is the ech-
ding shrieks and sobs OF the eternally
lost and Of the destroyed who can new
or die.
Now. as rage Is nothing more nor less
than fatal monomania which can
take possession OF the hearts and minds
OF It's victims. | can well compare the
evils OF jealousy. which is the rage of
man, To the actions Of a mailman whom
l once saw chained to the seat OF
railroad train. Behind this seat | rode
for many miles on u journey from De
trolt 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 great,
strong llmbed. powerfully framed, half
breed Indian. He had a noble brow
ana masterful face, but his eyes were
like burning Goals. His white teeth
CLEANED like the moars Of wild
beast. Ths mailman was n graduate
OF the Carlisle school. He was also n
graGUete OF one of the noted law
schools Cf Che country. He had been
as lawyer the representative of his
tribe. fighting for the land which was
Fightcously theirs In order to still his
eloquent voice before the courts OF the
law some of the squatters upon that
Indian hand determined to kill him
One dark night, with Il club, the would
be murderers struck him upon the
head. Alas. they did worse than as
sassnate the mans body. They wreck
ed his brain. And there he was, tug
ring at the handouts which linked hi
wrists to the iron car seat and maxim;
the cir sulphurous with his bias
phemles. Like dog foaming witt
hydrophobia. he was swapping ut hi
fathers fingers. while the latter wa
trying to feed him. He was threaten
Ing to kill the passengers. He was o
his way t. the National Insane asyluI
OF Washington. AS | sat behind thi
madnian hour after hour and pitie
him the sentence of my text fiashe
through my mind. jealousy is til
rage (or the insanity OF u man." Ma
God help me to interpret Alright til
sacred lessons which Solomon's war;
Ing ought to teach to every trouble
heart afflicted and cursed by the ag
nies OF this awful overma3tering sin.
The Evil spirit.
Maddening jealousy would destrc
every successful rival who might star
In its way. II Is the evil spirit whiC
made Saurs eyes dash fire when
gripped q javelln and hurled 1t
David's head. merely because Il
maidens OF his kingdom had greet
the returning warriors with the son
saul has slain his thousands, b
David his ten thousands" 1t Is Z
spirit which made the French geners
bstray the shepherd girl, Joan Of Al
Into the hands Of the English. so tn
che should be burned at the stake
The streets OF Rouen merely becau
che had won victories they could new
have achieved. IL Is the spirit Will
made the Spanish courtiers compel {
iumbus to die In obscurity and sent
Walter Raleigh to the block. 1t is
evil spirit which made Charles
Epurgeon and Rowland Hill hated
eeyne Of the London ministers Of tn
Gay and which made Harvey and j
oex aud James Y. Simpson encoun
their greatest opposition from jealC
men or their own profession. Ii is
spirit which made Voltaire denoul
Baculard dArnaud and which sent
bullet OF Aaron Burr straight throu
che heart OF Alexander Hamilton. j
ousy Ia the heart produces strange
lucinations In its victims. The jeal
man feels that the success Of anothe
In some way a robbery Of himself.