Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-02-10
Sunday Morning Sermon

the plaster of the wall of the kings palace; and
the king saw part of the hand that Wro;e Daniel
So
No repast since Esau sold his birthright for
pOttage has been celebrated in picture. song ant
story the feast Of Beshazzar where the hand wrot
upon the wall and Daniel read the kings doom
from the writing thereon The ancient kingdom o
Babylon then the zenith of its wealth and powe
and glory and Beshazzar the great king, had draw
upon the entire resources of his kingdom for feas
that have surpassed all entertainment of its kline
rich sumptuousness and spendor that the world ha
before since that night His marble halls
ablaze with lights and thousand slaves played upor
the sackbut and the either and served him and hi
mobiles from vessels of gold. Here power unsurpas
sed and beauty unrivaled and revelry at its height
when-a hand appeared and wrote upon the wall.
Then did the wine flush upon this imperious king:
face change ashen gray his clenched the
carvings of his throne and terror and CONSERVATION shone
the eye that gared these strange upon
his palace wall The instruments of the slaves became
the mobiles shrank tremblngy from gided
board. Never great feast; great doom.
And they for Daniel, the wise Hebrew prophet
interpreted the read the riddles
had Nebuchadnezza father the present king
And Daniel pale and in mis- simple mantle
of white and frowned upon those goddess jewellers and
with inspired glance the mystic writing upon the
wall That kingdoms days were numbered; that king
had weighed and found wanting and his kingdom
to be divided between the Mede and the Persian
who were even then at Babylon's gates
And Beshazzar's feasts upon a smaller scale and in
simpler way common with most of us to this day
We gain have given wealth or places of powe;
and forthwith forget our old simple standards and
the humbleness and modesty and good fortune and the
blessing of hard work brought us these things
gained for these friends and proceed like Belshazz
set sumptuous feast and like this Babyonian
king send for the cups of gold from the Hebrew
temple which is to mock past needless
Of the future and live only the present Then
hand and writes upon the wall and palace pride
falls about and are sore afraid.
The trouble with is seem to think we shall live
for thousand years. when in fact like Belshazzar our
when already been weighed in the balances and
found wanting We think our little reign or sway or
place when has. fact divided among
those who succeed US
Belshazzar not destroyed just because he was a
king. rich. powerful gay mis- overwhelm-
ing that marked him. and it his mockery
of Gods holy vessels from the temples that brought the
hand that split the walls of his palace and traced the
fateful characters upon his walls The simple kindly
merciful heart happier still with
at its command and make its light shine bright
er before the world.
To be king do need to be a Belshazzar. We
md ho
before hand that writes upon our wall
Mercy becometh a king better than his crown. said
the Bard of Avon Belshazzar was cruel The King of
Kings humble when He walked upon the shores
of Galfee. Belshazzar full of pride. And no
be he high low. king peasant may holy things
before his friends intimates and escape the hand
hat writes his doom upon the wall
Belshazzar's feast, For many thousands of years
has high before painted glory and stirring
and swelling and fascinating story the
earthly pleasure earthly folly depending upon with
what eyes looked to With riches comes the de-
sire to give one; with power the ambition to
this old Babyonan king with pride comes the
temptation repeat his boasts and mimic his mock
cries Beshazzar feasts have shared many young feet
and turned many old heads We seem TO be able to
only glitter of the kings banquet hall and are blind
to the true and enduring of modest simple.
steadfast Daniel is really the great and shining
figure of that banquet hall. and not the king
In the hour the fingers of a hand and
upon the wall 1t came in the hour of greatest
JOY and pride Came without warning nothing could
stay it until the writing done Days numbered;
weighed and found wanting; kingdom divided and given
sway. All that hand, From heaven it came The words
for all the proud and needless and cruel and
hooking And the Daniel who read the mes