Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-09-21
SATURDAY MIGHT
SERMONS
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THE GREEN EYED MONSTER.

1t ls the green eyed monster which doth
mock
The meat 1, feeds on
Iago says 10 Othelo II does more
IL condemns one TO self murder aud
self bell II IL serpent that covers
its victim with slime before consum-
ing It, 1t polluics what II cannot de.
stroy. jealousy fills the pillow with
singing nettles and then lies down 10
sleep. II causes more unhappy mar
riages and divorces than strong drink.
II parts husband and wife. divides
churches. sets nation against nation
and reddens battlefields with limo.
cent blood. II IL said there can be no
true love without It's penalty. jealousy;
that Ii Is the shadow OF strong pas
sion. Possibly. but II seems more self
love than love. II Is also said TO be
the offspring OF love Well the parent
had better hurry and strange the
child. for the child will not rest until
II has poisoned the parent. What
type OF jealousy Othelio furnishes rs
he stands In the bedchamber of Des.
demona! For days he has been grow.
ing hot with jealousy until now. under
the skllful tanning OF lagos devllish
ness. his whole being is ablaze.
Tho Disease lnsidious.
II is the popularity of Jealousy that
II will magnify beyond all proportion
Sometimes out of nothing II Will make
frightful conditions and then lose Its
reason among the very conditions II
has created. As all things look yellow
to the jaundlced eye. so all things look
suspicious 10 the suspicious eye The
jealous person Is the first TO disown
the fact. Indeed. he always blames
the person Of whom he Is jealous
The jealous person Is the last one 10
admit his own jealousy. He thinks
every one wrong but himself. The
foul poison gains unexpected entrance
TO the human heart.
Against piggishness. mullshness and
foxlness We may battle in the open.
but against the fangs OF the cat and
tiger. these green eyed felines In u.s.
we are strangely, often willingly. help
less. There are certain diseases whose
first ravages are rarely noticed and
whose characteristic symptoms are
often mistaken for evidences of health
The consumptive fancies he is getting
well. The victim Of apoplexy has Just
been Boosting OF unusual health. The
suicide wss unusually cheerful that
day. The dying man frequently says,
II am getting better" The victim
OF Jealousy will believe himself guilty
OF any other sin. have heard people.
when every line OF their faces was
green and the monster was shining
out Of their eyes. say. II am not jeal.
Gus; l am only hurt"
Barb Wire Tongues.
Because jealousy has been lkened
feline we think II dlstnctiyely femi.
nine trait. Among that sex II works
havoc. Are you familiar with social
life at an army post. In official Wash
ington. among actresses or choir sing
ersl Then yon will appreciate why
the Greeks pictured jealousy as fc-
u4le Nevertheless II isn't feminine.
| IL Is human. However. meet Miss
SpItcfu Fling quite frequently She
used 10 sing In my cholr--tIll she broke
II up. She was in the Kings Daugh
tiers till she found there couldn't he
| two queens bees in the one hive Then
she joined the town suffragette club.
(, but II elected some one else dele
gate 10 the state convention Then
| the young doctor moved to town. II
was love NJ first sight They married
just ms quickly But. shucks. the last
fellow jealous woman ought To
marry is doctor. In her application
for divorce recently the papers
looked like the directory of woman's
club. and feminine names were ar
ranged alphabetically Colonel Gall
tung lives In our town too No Opt
| clan has magnifylng glasses like his.
II lie can't lind fault with the book he
will with the binding Like Menus.
n there Is no flaw on the face Of Venus
there Is on her sandal He ''lamns
with faint praise" THE picturcT
quoth he n, has fine frame "Oh.
the preacher began his sermon all
right, but When n new business
rival appeaqe,. In our town be was
silent. but left sou 10 imply that only
the greatness OF his soul spared the
young upstart: he could snuff ont his
candle by speaking
The Record Ever True.
The Bible paints in detail the deadly
damnatlon Of Jealousy. 1t fired the
heart OF Cain with malice and hatred.
lie saw that AbeI's sacrifice was ae.
cepted, while his own was rejected.
The jealousy grew until beyond his
control. aud he murdered Abel. Jeal
ousy dwells next door 10 murder 10.
seph's brethren were jealous OF him.
planned 10 murder him. finally sold
him into slavery. Miriam was great
and good woman. but when Moses got
wife from Ethiopia she was so jeal.
Gus that God struck her with leprosy.
Saul was jealous OF David The green
! eyed monster caused him to hurl his