Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-15
Toddy'SSermon
sUBJECT.
II nrN coMMANDMENTsD

ur TEN COMMANDMENTS"
.,,,dv has said that the Bible is
.3s,ures. works Of the old masters,
p As,oyes with age, like Raphaels
sa,ratlon. Devinco's Last Supper.
Faio.s immaculate Conceptioni the
IN ~ Gustav Dore and Tlssot are all
~ more today than when they were
nsisd. -. ,ouu ,,ao.
,..oous city Of Babylon, and the
.,ses o, her 200 towers heightened into
ord the River Euphrates rolled
ou,ilned by the fiery splendor Of the
am. lights twinkied and glowed
a.rts of flame; the hanging gardens
babylon. wet with the heavy dew, be
nour forth their fragrance, and
.,tleht fell upon the flowers and the
,.a,ne leaves, and they breathed their
o THE houses around the streets
F"',,,ares of the city were lighted for
a ~ md promenade and dancing. The
~ pss,,s baunts of pleasure invited the
AN and pomp and grandeur famous In
e.sid cItv. scenes of riot mingled with
ss md nIrth Splendid equipages rolled
wg ,bc streets. They came to the
aons nIace 10 do their hideous deeds of
tp.ssssa A royal feast had been pro-
.,s.od bv Belshazzar. ChaTiots drawn
= s.rv.eved steeds, that stamped and
80 and plunged, and their charioteers
.d .s,sd drive and whirl them around the
..srsrs. and there were thousands OF lords
"A women dressed In all the glory OF
M syrian age came to the banquet.
no LAGER BEER CROWD.
go open wide the gates and bid the
NESTS come in. The chamberlain and the
..,A.sters they are all there. hear the
-,.,is NJ their silks, and the carols of the
..r.,c. and SEQ the blaze of jewels and
m.v an and lift and quaff from their COB
..v. But lot the night pass. let those
t..s,,sa be palsied that do not shout, oh,
n.,.hazzar, king. live forever I tell you
4 v.s no common sauer kraut. wiener
.,,r., pretzel and lager beor crowd that
xas invited that night. 1t was the real
voods There came the lords and ladies',
"a fbe mighty men of all the land; they
-sms around the table. They poured their
~Irs and let 1t foam and sparkle and
.-trtio IN the goblets and on the rim;
snisted every man his cup, and they
s,,,t 10 the health of Belshazzar, the
Eng.
a. head Of Belshazzar, and he calls to
~ his steward, and he leaves the BAN
srst hail followed by retinue of Berv-
~. and when they return they carry
h their arms the vessels Of gold and
Diver which Nebuchadnezzar, his grand
f,ther had taken from the temple OF
jerusalem, which vessels were part or
m Worship Of God, and to show his
s,trsd Of Jehovah he ordered them to
fn them with Babylonish wine and
luaned their wine and sang the praises
a he gods of wood and iron and brass,
and sneered at the God of Gods, Je-
koyah. The hilarity grew, the voices
louder and louder the music and the
dance, faster and faster few the feet of
ther lewd and partly nude dancing girls
that wrlggled and squirmed up and down
beneath the table and spun on their
heals and toes. and did their can can
and other lIcentiouB, wriggling, squirm-
I'm dances that In our day we call tho
turkey trot and the grizzly bear and
ether God-forsaken hell-born dances. Sud
asnly hush like death fell over that
tIasphemous. ldolatrous. drunken, licen-
thus crew, and they gazed In transfxed
hsnce while from the atmosphere they
law an armless hand and upon the frieZe
On the wall of the banquet hall 1t wrote
stters that glowed like fire. and cold
terror seized on that blasphemous crew,
foF they realized that they were stand
ing before supernatural power. Belshaz-
f1B countenancs changed, his thoughts
psre troubled, the joints OF his loins were
hia other
snd I'll tell you old Bell was about all
b that night. Now don't you forget 1t!
SENDS FOR HIS MOTHER.
@when the soothsayers fdiled to read
he writing on the wall terror again
psized Beshazzar and the drunken crowd,
md presently he sent for his mother,
nd there's many a young fellow who
- no use for his mother and father
~ for the preacher, nor for anybody
vho gives him good advice, until he
eanes staggering drunk and rolling down
On the way to perdition, or runs his
hand Into some other mans pocket and ID
o. bis way to q reformatory or peni-
taniiaFy, and he then realizes what
1901 he was not to have taken the advice
q his mother or preacher or anybody else
no was advising him.
Oh, there's many a fool sissy who
F1nt listen to her mother and keeps on
INNING with her low-down companions
satl some day she'Il feed the red-light
Ashlet OF your city.
IN eame his mother, tho queen, and
= said to himi oh, king, live forever
= let not thy thought trouble you;
Hsfs is a young man named Daniel, or
e Hebrew extraction, and he can read
mis-, Don't worry. Send for Daniel
imagine when he came / can see him
z up to him and grab him and say,
Fat II here, ] am mighty glad TO see
~ SEQ that writing on the WALTZ Well,
aas my goat. I sent for the wise men,
- thsy are bunch OF blum and false
Aafms. excess baggage, eating and fat
halnE on my table, and they can't tell
= what It Is. So wish you would dope
eat and tell me what II is. If you
= read that writing for me there, /
~ put gold ring on your finger ana =
80 ehaln around your neck and let you
- behind me in my chariot,
I've got a lot OF rummiss here,
zsaeh Of bush .ieaguers gormandlzing on
> ahd they can't figure out anything
THE END OF BHLsHAzzAR.
Ana Daniel said; Keep your gold ring,
ssp your gold chain; don't want to ride
za'aa you in your chariot; win tell you
~ the handwriting Is, Have you for
~ that God gave Nebushadnszzar.
lssher. kingdom, and when he lifted
u heart In pride. did not God knock
down, and make him crawl on his