Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-28

1all, which not only sfnelled good and
looked good, but II appealed to Daniel
the more enticIngly because heretofore
ne had never had his appetite surfeit-
cd by the dclectable viuids of u royal
Kitchen.
Daniels Temptation.
The richest OF foods become nauseat.
Ing aud repellent II one has too much
OF them. Frederick Seward tells the
story that. many years ago. his father,
Secretary William II. Seward was Wis.
itIng IN Alaska. The people there
wished to show Iincoln's great pre-.
mier all the respect they could. so they
gave him Il great banquet. While they
were eating one of the ladies' Ut the
table said. 'Govcrnor. we are very
sorry that we can offer yon nothing
but the fare Of the country" But
that is excellent" said the governor.
"Oh, no." answered the lady We
have nothing here but venison and
grouse aud trout. We have these so
often that we are sick of the sight OF
them. We were In hopes OF obtaining
NOtAt uttl IN tlt luSl NitdItltT. UAt VT
were disappointed. and 30 we can give
you nothing but what our country pro.
duces.' THAT reminds me-" said one
Of the officers at the table, "of the
mutlny which was threatened at
Florida post In Olden times because
the soldiers protested against being
served with green turtle soup more
than once a week" So you can see
that. even under the very brightest
conditions the most enticing OF foods
pals upon the palate II they are served
too often and too long
But Daniel had never been an cpl
cure He had never been ole who
was Il devotee of sensual pleasures
He had grown up with the plain,
course. simple and yet wholesome food
upon which most of us were reared In
our fathers homes. He had the simple
breakfast and the simple dinners and
the simple suppers common to Jewish
childhood This pulse" which he men
lions is the general name given TO the
leguminous plants. such as the beans
aud peas. etc Thus you can see what
II temptation must have come to Daniel
IN a sensual way when he suddenly
had placed before him the vlands and
the wines Of the kings banquet hall.
Oh they looked so good, and they
smellcd SO good The boy probably
wanted 10 taste them. lie wanted
to feast on them. And yet. had he
Toasted thus and kept on feasting.
he would surely have spiritually died.
The meats by the Mosaic law were I'M
clean. God had said, Thou shalt not
eat this food
TRUE says some one. the kings
meat may have been unclean food for
Daniel. hut il Is not unclean for me.
We are not living under the old but
under the new dispcnsatIon. What
was sin for Daniel to eat Is not a
sin for me To eat" oh, OF course we
are not asserting that IL Is n sin for us
TO eat ham or pork as II was a sin for
the ancient Hebrews. although all peo-
pie would be better of II they did not
eat the condemned swine's flesh. But
wv hNcNtAlAiH tliHt ihtIN - "a 0hNNA
connection between what man eats
and what man spiritually Is. And
we are asserting that the sins OF the
palate are among the very worst OF
all sins They are the sins which are
often the forerunners or all other sins.
They are the sins which will turn
man into beast and may unkennel
all the tigers and the wolves and the
hyenas and the jackals of his lower
nature. Beware. man. Of the kings
meats and wines. which Satan Is
ready To spread for us in many Il ban
quet hall. The SicilIans erected an al
tar In Ceres Ia Adephagia, the goddess
OF gluttony May we. rs servants or
the true God. never be found worship
ing at this brutalzing, this mental
and physical aud moral and spiritual
depicting shrine.
Ten Thousand Gods.
But. stepping into this banquet hall.
where Is spread the unclean food or
the royal kitchen, | find another star
Ting fact. The kings meat and the
kings wine are served amid the vitiat-
ing atmosphere of religious liberalism.
The Babylonish people We're not athe-
lists, 80 called They were delsts like
the Greeks or the Romans or the mod
ern lIindoos. who have 10000 gods
They not only had 10000 gods. but
they could make new god whenever
they so wlled They could make him
OF stone or wood or clay or even Of