Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1897 — Page 6

DECATUR DEMOCRAT. SDeoatwr, Jud. IIEMOI'RATR PRESS I'll.. ■ • I’IBIJSHEKS. ATE GRASS AS AN OX. REV. (JR. TALMAGE SHOWS HOW A | KING WAS HUMILIATED. Ho Cue* a Weird and Strange Scene to , Enforce a Useful Lesson The Desecralion of Sacred Things -Use of the Sabbath. Washington, Feb. 14.— Dr. Talmage I , in this sermon uses a weird and strange . scene of ancient times to illustrate the ( lehavior of modern people who desecrate . ■ jicred things, and for their arrogance p get a bad tumble. His subject was “A ■ '

King Euthig Grass” and the text Daniel iv, 38, “The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and bis body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.” Better shade your eyes Jest they be put out with the splendor of Babylon, as some morning you walk out with Nebuchadrezzar, on the suspension bridges which bang from the house tops and he shows you the vastness of his realm. As the sun kindles the domes with glisterirgs almost insufferable and the great streets thunder up their pomp into the ear of the monarch, and armed towers stand around, adorned with the spoils of conquered empi-G, Nebuchadnezzar waves his band alove the stupendous scene and e: -laims. “Js. not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kiimi’.cm by the might of my power and for the borer of my majesty?” Er.t in an instant all t’ at splendor is gene. jfrem bis vision, for a voice falls ir m the heaven, saying: “O ■ King N< l.m kaci (zzar, to thee it is spoken. The kingdom is departed frora thee, and they shall drive thee from men, :yid thy dwelling .‘hall be with the beasts of ,he field. They shell make J thee to cut grass as exon and seven years rbi.ll p..■ over tlioe, until then know that the Most High rrlcth in the

kingdom of men andgiveth it to v. bcm- i -server lie will.” One hour from the, time that he made '.he Least he is on the j way to the fields, 1 a maniac, and, rushing into the forests, he becomes cue of i the beasts, covered with Cagles’ feathers for protection from the cold, and his nails growing to birds’ claws in order that he might dig the earth for roots and climb the trees for nuts. On the Road to Babylon. v You see there is a great variety in the Scriptural landscape. In several discourses we have looked at mountains of excellence, but now we look down into a great, dark chasm of wickedness as we come to speak of Nebuchadnezzar. God in his Word sets before us the beauty of self denial, of sobriety, of devotion, of courage, and then, lest we should not thoroughly understand him, he introduced Daniel and Paul and Deborah as illustrations of those virtues. God also speaks to us m his Word as to the hatefulfiess of pride, of folly, of impiety and lest we should not thoroughly unci. istand him, introduces Nebuchadnezzar aa the impersonation of these forms c: depravity. The former style of char-

-.J • . ac'.er is a lighthouse, showing us away into a safe harbor, ami the latter style cf character is a .black buoy, swinging on the rocks, to show where vessels wreck themselves. Thanks unto God for both the buoy and the lighthouse! h he host of Nebuchadnezzar is thundering at the gates cf Jerusalem. The oiown of that sacred city is struck into ihc dust by the hand of Babylonish Infc._ iice. The vessels cf the temple, rv. L ich had never been desecrated by profare touch, were ruthlessly seized for f.’.ciileg!' and transportation. Oh, what ;. : :.d Lour when these Jews, at the coil maud of tile invading army, are. < t yed to leave the home of their nativity? How their hearts must have Leen wrung with anguish when, on the day they departed, they heard the trumpets from the top cf the temple announcing the hour for morning sacrifice and saw fne smoke of the altars ascending around ti e holy hill of Zion; for well they knew that in a far distant land they would never hear that trumpet c all nor W' old the majestic ascent of

the sacrifice! Beheld these captives on fie road from Jerusalem to Babylon! Worn r.rd weary, they dare not halt, for roui’.d " eut are rimed men urging lhenj.cn v i ll hcct and shout and blasphemy. S Aged men tottered along on their staves, weeping that they could not lay their bc-.'cs in the sleeping place di their fathers and children, gendered at the length of the way and sobbed themselves to sleep when the night had fall- . en. It seemed as if at every step a heart broke. But at a turn of the road Babylon suddenly springs upon the view of the captives, with its gardens and palaces. A shout goes up from the army they behold their native city, but not not one huzza is heard from the captives. 1 These exiles saw no splendor there, for it was not homer The Euphrates did not have, the water gleam of the brook Kedron or the pool of Siloam. The willows of Babylon, on which they hung their ufttuned harps, were not as graceful as the trees which at the fcot of Mount Moriah seemed to weep at the departed glory of Judah, and all the fragrance that descended from the hanging gardens upon that g’reat city was not so sweet as one breath of the acacia ' „ and frankincense that, the high priest kindled in the sanctuary at Jerusalem. On a certain night, a little while after these captives had been brought to his >• city, Nebuchadnezzar is scared with a night vision. Abad man’s pillow is apt to be stuffed with deeds and forebodings which keep talking in the night. He Will find that the eagles’ down in his pillow will stick him like porcupine I quills. The ghosts of old transgressions foe sure to wander m*out in the dark-

ncss and beckon and hiss. Aet when the morning came ho found that the vision hud entirely fled from him. Dreams drop no anchors, and therefore are apt to sail away bi foi e we can fasten them. Nebni haduezzar culls all wise men of the land into his presence, demanding that by their necromancy they explain his dream. They of course fail. Then their wrathful king issues an edict with as little sense as mercy, ordering the slaying of all the learned men of the country. But Daniel the prophet comes in with the interpretation just in time to save the wise men and the Jewish captives. Vride and Ruin. My friends, do you not see that pride and ruin ride in the same saddle? See Nebuchadnezzar on the proudest throne of all the earth, and then see him graze with the sheep and the cattle! Pride is commander, well plumed and caparisoned, but it leads forth a dark and frown- • , i f ton Al.

ing host. The- arrows from the Almightv’s quiver are apt to strike a man I when on the wing. Goliath shakes his great spear in defiance, but the smooth stones from the brock make him stagi ger and fall like an ox under a butcher’s bludgeon. He who is down cannot fall. Vessels scudding under bare poles do not feel the force of the storm, while those with till sails set capsize at the sudden dcsccnt of the tempest. Rena nd i r that we can be as proud of our humility as of anything else. An tisthenes walked the streets of Athens with a ragged cloak to demonstrate his humility, but Socrates declared he could ' see the hypocrisy through the boles ir his cloak. We would all sec ourselves smaller than we are' if we wore as pi 1 osophic as Severus, the emperor of Rome, who said at the close of his life, "I j 1 have been everything and everything is nothing.” And when the urn that was ' to contain his ashes was as his command brought to him he said, “Little urn, thou shalt contain one for whom the world was too little. ” Do you not also learn from the misfortune of this king of Babylon what a terrible thing is the loss of reason? There is no calamity that can possibly befall us in this world so great as def rangement of intellect; to have the body of man and yet to fall even below the instinct of a brute. In this world cf horrible sights, the most horrible is the

I idiot’s stare. In this world of horrible sounds, the med horrible is the maniac’s I laugh. Avc ssel driven on the rocks, when hundreds go down never to rise and other hundreds drag their mangled and shivering bodies upon the winter’s beach, is nothing compared to the foundering of intellects full of vast hopes and attainments and capacities. Christ’s heart went out toward those who were epileptic, falling into the fire, or maniacs cutting themselves among the tombs. We are accustomed to be more grateftl for physical health than for the proper working of our mind. We are apt to tr ke it for granted that the intellect which has served us so well will always be faithful. We forget that an engine of such tremendous power, where the wheels have such vastness of circle and such swiftness of motion, and the least impediment might put it out of gear, can only be kept in proper balance by a divine hand. No human hand could engineer the train of immortal faculties. I ''w strabge it is that our on whose shoulders all the misfortunes and successes and occurrences of a lifetime are placed, should Tint nftoiipr brpalr dnwn and that the

not oitener break flown, ana tnar me scales of judgment, which have been weighing so much and so long, should not lose their adjustment, and that fancy, which holds a dangerous wand, should not sometimes maliciously wave it, bringing into the heart forebodings and hallucinations the most appalling! Is it not strange that this mind, which hopes so much in its mighty leaps for lhe attainment of its objects, should not be dashed to pieces on its disappointments? Though so delicately tuned, this instrument of untold harmony plays on, though fear shakes it and vexations rack it and sorrow and joy and loss and gain in quick succession beat out of it their dirge or toss from it their anthem. At morning and at night, when in your prayer you rehearse the causes of your I thanksgiving, next to the salvation by Jesus Christ, praise the Lord for the preservation of your reason. " He Served a Purpose. See also in this story of Nebuchadnezzar the use that Gt d makes of bad men. The actions of the wicked are used as 4«i i 4-1 • ■* i if 4-1,,. mmiKhm 4- "iTTirilr

instiuin(iitsi( .rtl:( punishment of wickedness in oil: i., < r as the illustration of some plinci; le in lhe divine government. Nebuchadnezzar subserved both puipcses. Even so I will go back with you to the history of every reprobate that the world has ever seen, and I will show you hi w to a great extent his wickedness v. „s limited in its destructive power and how God glorified himself iu the overthrow and disgrace of his enemy. Babylon is full of abomination, and wicked ’Cyrus destroys it. Persia fills the cup of its iniquity, and vile Alexander puts an end to it. Macedon must be chastised, and bloody Emilius does it. The Bastille is to be destroyed, and corrupt Napoleon : complishes it. Even so selfisk and wicked men are often made to accomplish great and glorious purposes. ‘ Joseph’s brethren were guilty of superlative perfidy and meanness when they sold him into slavery for about $7, yet how they must have been overwhelmed with the truth that God never forsakes the righteous when they saw he had become the prime minister of Egypt! Pharaoh oppresses the Israelites with the most diabolic tyranny; yet stand still and seettfe salvation of God. The plagues descend, the locusts, and the hail, and the destroying angel, showing that there is a God who will defend the cause of his people,,and finally, after the Israelites have passed through tlie parted sea, behold, in the wreck of the drowned army, that God’s i enemies are chaff in a whirlwind! In , some financial panic the righteous sufi sered with the wicked. * : Houses and , stores and shops in a night foundered i on the rock of bankruptcy, and healthy . credit without warning dropped dead in

the stroW, and money ran up the long ladder of 25 per cent to laugh down upon those wliocbuld not climb after it. Dealers With pix'kets full of securities stood shouting in thedegf ears of banks. Men rushed down the streets with pro tested notes after them. Those who before found it hard to spend their money were left without money to spend. Laborers W’ent home for want of work, to see hunger in their chair at the table and upon the hearth. Winter blew his

oreatn or rrosr rnrougn lingers or icicles, and sheriffs with attachments dug among the cinders offal 1< n storehouses, and whole cities joined in the long funeral procession, marching to the grave of dead fortunes and a fallen commerce. Verily the righteous suffered with the wicked, but generally tlie wicked had the worst of it. Splendid estates that had come together through schemes of wickedness were dashed to pieces like a potter’s vessel, and God wrote with letters of fire, amid the ruin aqd dost ruction of reputations and estates that were thought impregnable, tho old fashioned truth, which centuries ago he wrtite in his Bible, “The way of the wicked he turneth upside down. ” As the stars of heaven are reflected from the waters of the earth, even so God’s great and magnificent purposes are reflected back from the boiling sea of human passion and turmoil. As the voice of a sweet song uttered among the mountains may be uttered back from the cavernous home of wild beast and rocks split and thunder scarred, so the great harmonies of God’s providence are rung back from the darkest caverns of this sin struck earth. „ Sennacherib and Abimelech and Herod and Judas and Nero and Nebuchadnezzar, though' they struggled ; like beasts unbroken to the load, were put into a yoke, where they were compelled to help draw ahead God’s great projects of mercy. Again, let us learn the lesson that men can be guilty of polluting the sacred vessels of the temple and carrying them away to Babylon. The sacred vessels in the temple at were the cups and platesol gold and silver with which the rites and ceremonies were celclrat- j ed. The laying of heathen hands upon them and the carrying them off as spoils were an unbounded offense to the Lord of the temple. Yet Nebuchadnezzar committed this very sacrilege. Though that wicked king is gone, the sins he inaugurated wTilk up down the earth, cursing it from century to sin of desecrating sacred things is committed by those who on sacramental day take the communion cup, while their conversation and deeds all show that they live down in Babylon. How solemn is the sacrament! It is a time for vows, a time for repentance, a time for faith. Sinai stands near with its fire split clouds and Calvary with its victim. The Holy Spirit broods over the scene, and the glory of heaven seems tc gather in the sanctuary. Vile indeed must that man be who will come in from his idols and unrepented follies to take hold of the sacred vessels of the temple. O thou Nebuchadnezzar! Back with you to Babylon!

The Holy Day. Those also desecrate sacred things who use the 3abbath for any other than religious purposes. This holy day was let down from heaven amid the intense secularities of the week to remind us that we are immortal and to allow us preparation fcr an endless state of happiness. It is a green spot in the hot desert of this world that gushes with fountains and waves w’th palm trees. This is the time to shake the dust from the robes cf our piety ai 1 in the tents of Israel sharpen our rwords for future conflict. Heaven, 1 hat seems so far off on other days, aiights upon the earth, and the song of heavenly choirs and the hosanna cf the white robed seem to mingle with our ear'hly worship. We hear the wailing infant of Bethlehem, and the hammer stroke of the carpenter’s weary son in N azart h, and the prayer of Gethsemane, and the bitter cry cf Golgotha. Glory be unto the Lord of the Sabbath! With that one day in seven God divides this great sr i of business and gayety, that so, dry shod, we may pass between the woriuly . asiness of the past anil the | worldly business of the future*! But to mai y the Sabbath comes only as a day for neighborhood visiting, field rambling, hotel lounging and politics caucusing. This glorious Safibath, which was intended only as a golden chalice from which the thirsty should drink, is this moment being carried down to Babylon. I do not exaggerate lhe truth when I say that to tens of thousands there is no distinction between the Sabbath and the weekdays except that on the Lord’s day they do not work, while they eat more largely and dissipate more thoroughly. Sabbath breakers are like hunters who should compel their bounds to take rest while themselves* continue on the weary chase, for men on the Sabbath allow their bodies, which are merely the animal nature, sufficient repose, while their immortal nature, which should be fed and refreshed, is compelled to chase up and down (his world’s highway. How shameful to rob God of his day, when he allows men so much lawful acquisition, even of a worldly nature, on the Sabbath, for, although men themselves are commanded to rest, the corn and the wheat and the grass grow just as rapidly on the Sabbath as on other days, so that while they sit in the sanctuary they, are actually becoming richer in worldly things. While you are doing nothing your bonds and mortgages are all accumulating interest for your estate just as fast as on other days. Men hired by the month or year are receiving just as much wages while quiet on the Sabbath as they are the hard working weekday. Np, I say how unutterably mean it is, when God is adding to your worldlyestate on the Sabbath as certainly as on other days, that any should not be satisfied with that, tint attempt to Seize additional secular advantage from the Lord’s day. Have you never noticed the curious fact that our worldly occupation frequently seems to be divided into sections of six days each? Every week we have just enough work given us to do in six days. God ■ ' <* >. • - . ' J ‘.4 "

mikes ju>t cia r.gh breaks in our continuous occupatkrs to thrust in the Sabanth. If yc.ur l ine Lot before noticed, jbserve liereiuttr that when Saturday light conuk there *is almost always a i I cod stopping place in your business. AH things sivulurund spiritual in providence and revelation seem to say, “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.” When the six days of creation had passed, God stopped working. Not even a pure flower or a white cloud would he make, because it was the Sabbath, and, giving an example to all future times, he rested. Keep the Sabbath. Ho who breaks the Sabbath not more certainly robs God than robs himself. Inevitably continuous desecration of the sacred day ends either inJmnkruptcy or destroycdhealth. A great merchant said, "Had it not been for the Sabbath | I have no doubt I should have been a l maniac long ago.” This remark was I made in a company of merchants, and one of them said: “That corresponds with tho experience of my friend, a great importer. Ho often said, ‘The Sabbath is the best day of the week to plan successful voyages. ’ He has for years been in an insane hospital, and will probably die there.” Those also repeat the sin of Nebuchadnezzar who in any way desecrate tho Holy Scriptures. There are men who use the Woift of Gcd r.s an instrument of angry controversy. Bigots at heart and zealcts, in the advocacy of their religious peculiarities they meet other sects with the fury of- a highwayman, tinustmg them through and through with what they consider the sword of the Spirit. It is" a wonder to me that some men wore not made with horns to hook witli and boefs to kick with and with claws to grab with. What Christ said tc rash Peter, when he struck off the ear of Malchus, be says to every controversialist, “Put vp again tby sword into its place, for ail they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.” Rev>William Jay met a court ; man who said tc him: “I was extremely alarmed this morrirg, sir. It v.:s very foggy and I was going down to a lonely place, and I thought I saw a strange monster. It seemed in motion, but I could not cUscern its form. I did, not like to tuni back, but my heart beat, and the more I looked the more I was afraid. But as I approached I saw it was a man, and who do you think it was?” “I know not.” “Oh, it was my brother Joh—” Then Mr. Jay remarked, “It was early in the morning and very foggy, and how often do we thus mistake our Christian brethren.”

Just in proportion as men are wrong will they be 1 oisterous in their religious contentions. The lamb of religion is always gentle, while there is no lion so fierce as the roaring lion that goes about seeking whom he may devour. Let Gibraltars belch their war flame on the sea, and th*’ Dardanelles darken the Hellespont w ith the smoke of their batteries, but forever and ever let there be good will among those who profess to be subjects of the gospel of gentleness. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will to men. ’ ’

What an < ibarrassing thing to meet in heaven if we have not settled our controversies on earth. So I give out for all people of all religions to sing John Fawcet’s hymn, in short meter, composed in 1772, but just as appropriate for 1897: Blest be the tie that binds Our 1 arts in Christian love. The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. Irom sorrow, toil and pain And sin we shall be free, And perfect love and friendship reign Through all eternity.

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