The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-20
'GE.T ABOVE IT."
ADVICE Of STOvALL
TO CURE JEALOUSY
Baptist Pastor Delivers Sec
Ond Sermon on Little
Things That Change Lives,
Sunday Evening.

Get above it" is the advice to cure
jealousy given by Rev. w. o. Stovall
in the second of his series of twenty
minute sermons on the little things
which have changed lives. The last
OF the series will be on Climbing a
Tree, next Sunday night.
The following is Rev. Mr. Stovall's
address:
What is that fire in the human breast
that burns most cruelty. most unrea-
sonably and with greatest destruction?
Ii is not the flame of greed, or of re-
venge, or of lust, but of jealousy!
'Jealousy-cruel as the grave" "Jeal-
ousy, the green-eyed monster which
doth mock the meat it feeds on
In these short talks on things that
have changed mems lives and deter
mined their destinies l have chosen
as one of the subjects thing that
has changed life for evil rather than
for good-jealousy.
We may take the example of Cain
who, on account of jealousy. killed his
brother and thereby became the first
murderer. Or King Saul, who on &C.
count of jealousy, endeavored to kill
David, and thereby lost the respect Of
his people. and eventually his king
dom and his life. or Hannah, the
honor of whose position availed moth
ing so long as Mordecai the Jew sat
in the gate.
Works Destruction.
It is the nature of jealousy to work
the destruction of the one who har-
bors it in his own soul. Abel was the
victim of Gains jealousy, but not as
terrible victim as Cain himself. who
became murderer and a vagabond,
marked for life, crushed under his
burden and crying for mercy. Saul
hurled his javelins at David. but it
was Saul himself whose power was
lost and whose career was ruined. Ha-
man could build gallows ninety feet
high for Mordecai and then be hanged
thereon himself. That is here you will
usually find jealousy eventually
hanging on it's own gallows.
You have seen the devastation in
the wake of flood and wind and fire
but IL you want to see destruction ex-
quisitely wrought. do not follow in the
paths OF such clumsy and bungling
agencies as fire and wind and water,
but turn your gaze upon the refined
cruelties of jealousy. See hearts and
homes, happiness and friendships go
down before it's merciless onslaught
See love Wither under it's blighting
breath, and trust succumb to its dead
1y venom. Imagine the despair in the
lament of Cain, My punishment is
greater than I can bear" feel the an
guish in the cry Of Othello. BLEW me
about in winds: roast me in sulphur.
Wash me in steep down CULTS of LIQUID
fire."
Jealousy Passion.
This Is the kind Of work jealousy
performs. And yet it is a thing very
frequently found among men and
women. Well" you say. Il am glad
am not jealous" Do not rely too
much upon your own judgment about
this thing. Jealousy is the one pas
sion whose presence we are least like
ly to recognize. People who have evil
tempers or vengeful natures or strong
bodily passion, usually are aware Of
their weaknesses; but the one whose
very soul is aflame with jealousy, is
almost certain to say, There is no
jealousy in me-"
Try another method of Identified
ton. If you find yourself feeling mean
towards people who have never harm
ed you, but who are forming friend
ships among your friends; you are
getting jealous. If you are beginning
to resent the success Of somebody
else, you are becoming jealous. If
a feeling Of anger rises up in you to-
wards someone who is attaining to a
position Of honor, you are jealous. II
you are beginning to suspect husband,
or wife, or sweetheart, and are willing
to listen to every tongue that impugns
their fidelity. and are imagining base
actions on the part Of those who to
your knowledge have never been un-
true: the little red devil is in you,
killing love, consuming JOY, breeding
misery and blighting life.
Get Above It.
II your. life is afflicted by the bane
OF jealou:x, let me give you the anti
dote for it,-get above 1t. Jealousy is
a characteristic Of little people living
on lov plane. 1t is an attribute of
littlenes y 1t is pin-head quality. The
Jealous soul lacks grandeur and mag
nanimity. Great minds, minds Of
breadth and generosity are not jeal-
Gus. Jealousy pretends to spring from
love but it is not SO. 1t comes from
selfishness. Love envieth not" Love
Is not jealous. All the love there is
about jealousy is self-love.
What then is the real remedy? Let
~ be Christians-not merely religious
but Christians. ! mean the Jesus
Christ kind OF Christians. Who can