The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

lands. The man whom the Germans are
most ready to honor is the German. The
man the English are most ready to honor
is the Englishman. The man the Scotch
are most ready to honor is the Scotch
man. The same law was true of the
Romans. the Greeks, the Egyptians, the
Hebrews and the Babylonans. The peo-
pie who were not of their own nationality
We're always looked at askance and de-
spised Thus you can see the national
prejudice which at once arose against
Daniel after his selection by the king be-
cause he was foreign born.
what Have You Done?"
"Aha!" the people cry .Ahal If he does
rot eat the kings meat we will expose
him. Then this foreign upstart will re-
main a slave as he ought to do" And
vet. my friends, as / hear the enemies of
Daniel gloating about his overthrow, can
| not hear your enemies gloating over
your spiritual overthrow in the same way?
You enter a certain line of business. The
proprietor decides to keep his place open
ON Sunday, or what is worse. his fore
man comes to you and asks you to do
something which is not squarely and up
rightly honest But" you say to the
foreman, II never work on Sunday" or
YOU say THAT is not honest. I am not
going to do it," The foreman shrugs his
shoulders and says: "All right. II you
won't do IL, | VIII tell the poSS. lHeH
guess you will have to hunt another
place" Then all your enemies will cry:
sAhal We will destroy him. Aha, ahae
What have you done? Are you today
compromising your Lord in the presence
of your enemies?
But there is yet one more fact about
this kings meat to which | wish to call
your attention 1t was spread in for
eign land: it was spread scores and hun
dreds of miles away from the place where
Daniel was born; it was spread in the
Babylonish capital It was spread so Tar
away from home that methinks at first |
can hear Daniel whisper to himself these
words: We'll what is the difference II
do eat the kings meat and drink the
kings wine? 1t Will only be for short
time that / will do II. Father and mother
will never hear about 1t. They are away
off now among the Judean hills, and even
If / do go back to Jerusalem, why, then
Will start all over again and be con-
sistent Hebrew. as l used TO be- But
no sooner does he speak thus than l hear
him say: Nay: / will not do this. God
sees; God knows, see; I know. And
will be true to myself and true TO my
absent loved ones and true to my God
whether l am in the Babylonlsh eapital
or In my own dear Jerusalem or in my
own fathers house, Oh, my friends,
has not the tempter come to you, as [
have imagined he came to Daniel, whis-
pering: "Why don't you eat the unclean
food? No one knows; no one will know.
WHY don't you eat the fruit of the for
hidden tree just once?'
The Tempter a PerJurer.
But. though the tempter may come to
us and whisper: Child just once, and
no one will know of thy SIM" believe him
not: the tempter is a perjurer. For no
man ever sinned but at last that sin
found him out. In that fascinating book
of travels. "On the Frontier" Mr. Cam
plon tells us how in the Isthmus Of Pam
anna he tried to gather some beautiful
green plants OF most delicate shade and
form No sooner would he reach out and