THANKSGIVING DAY IN OLDEN TIMES.
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Thanks wo give for friendship old, In our hearts, oh! still may we,
For Love's blessings manifold. Looking back o er life s rough sea,
l'hanks for all that time has brought, Keep and honor while we may.
All the kindness it has wroughl; Thoughts of thee, lhanksgiving Day.
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P«v clc - ni
Va* Cv n HE week before
\\y Thanksgiving the
Wjsewing circle in
our village met at
Jlrs - Nl,tbau Tuck "
r .-T^gs. —er's and there was
c •. a full meeting.
pi u though everybody
' {.' was very busy
\ f| cooking for P)\
P)\ Thanksgiving.
The Tucker,
house was redolent with spiee and
mincemeat. Mrs. Tucker had told sev
eral confidentially that she did not ;
know how to have the circle. The j
members were most of them late, with
l!y> exception of Rebecca Todd. She ;
is a widow and lives alone and has j
nobody to cook for. except herself,and |
besides she was invited to spend :
Thanksgiving with her brother.
Rebecca Todd is a very fast sewer, !
and she had a missionary apron r.l- j
most tin {shed by the time the others
arrived; she had talked every minute,
too. Mrs. Todd is noted for her con
versational powers. She politely gave
an inkling of the topic under discus
sion to every newcomer, took up the
threads, as it were, for her inspection,
then proceeded. Everybody, with the
exception of Maria Fopkius, listened
respectfully. Mrs. Todd is considered
a very smart woman, and besides she
is well to do, has the linest house in
town and the best furniture. Maria
Hopkins, who has her own opinions,
listened rather contemptuously; once
in a while she sniffed in a way she
lias, and she screwed her forehead
very tight over her sewing. She lias
never liked Rebecca Todd since they
"DII> TTIAT SIX-MONTH OLD BABY no TO
MEETING?" SAIL) MAIUA, WITH ONE
OF HER SNIFFS, AND MBS. TODX>
ULARED AT HE It*
were irii'ls together. Mrs. Todd talked,
. "M| talked; scarcely any one else said
word. When the last comer, Mrs.
l'i ml. i-.ra>-. entered she had just lie
: in ri'biie i; Thanksgiving e\perl
<• nt hers, which she considered re
i .aide, a '.Maria whispered.she eon
-1 most experiences of her own,
"i iiDiild think sin- would be astou
I because they never put the day
!■ v;.s ln.i-ii jnto the almanac,
t . lieaiaie the weather frotu," wlita-
Im n d Marin, and the minister's wife,
v.i i sat next h'T and is considered too
,\oimw and guidy by some folks for
a tU'ttiitter'H wife. giggled, and then
was so seared because she had that
site turned pale.
"I was iusi saying," said Mrs. Todd,
\ .y politely, to Mrs. Stephen l'eilder
grass, who is tall and meek and slides
into the tirst chair as If she were un
worthy to sit anywhere, "flint every
body has Thanksgiving*, but I thought
that not eve ybotly had had Thanks
giving! thai seemed to stand out *pe
t ail ThHllksKlvillgK, lis It were."
Mit. IVuderg rait». who U always
afraid t» speak before more than two.
bowed soleiniiJ.v and eoltireil up and
iliiutl, and looked as If she had done
r-i i l ilting awful every Tliatiksgivlug
I lay of her life, and Mr*. Todd went
on sewing all the tluie a* fan: a* she
■ oiilil drive Iter Uecdle.
"Yc»," *ahi she. "I have had it* good
ThNuk«i(lvii>gs a* anybody; always a
turkey ami cvcrythlUK togo with I',
c: I my relatlotii. vi»liiug me. <>r else
ii > vUltlug my rthitloiw. but I don t
I '-member unit e luau one tt|ici inl
'i ..»iliktfci'■
stand out. as it were. Thnt was the
iirst one when I ever cooked the whole
dinner myself without any help."
wllv - lf i',V° ost twenty pound, tliot I
Methuselah Green then went back to the
hay, , . .
wAsPCI Where lie chuckled an luffed lit t split.
jk J I SC t'rceii, be at me?"
r-r... IrCcr • " But once 1 wus h< 11•:'i" him mend th stun
wall
When Pa bro't Methuselah Green to the An' he savs to :ne, "Looka there. 15ill,
farm Jest peep at them beech nuts way up in
T' help him an' Jabez do chores, tlict tree.
I don't think 1 ever seen sich a thin man. .Test look at them punkins an' squash.
His lingers wuz nothin' but claws, Jest look at thet turkey; ha's fat, an' 1 in
His cheeks near the top were jest chuck thin; ( tt
full of bones, Thanksgivin' time's comin' b' Gosh.
Like the Indians tliet Uncle Si makes; . , , , ,
An' his feet, stuck in cowhides, went Thanksgivin' time come an th turkey
clump when he walked, wuz killed i
.lest th' way that an' ol' wagon shakes. Die pies wuz all made an the sauce.
I felt kinder bad fur a man thin ez thet, Methuselah sez t nie, "J'i'l. kin yer eat.'
But ic tweren't no use to keep in, And 1 sez to Methuselah. "Course.
So the night when he come here I went I 'a bro't all the farm hands ter dinner
up an' sez, thet day.
"Mr. C.etn, wuz vcr alwus so thin?" Hut before sittiu ilown he looked rounu.
An' asked each one what he felt thankful
Methuselah Green he jest leaned back for most;
and laffed, I"«r a minnit there wusent a sound.
Then he winked, and he sed, "Wal, I Then Methuselah riz in his seat an' he
swoxv. sed,
Wus I alwus so thin? Do tell, wanter "1 km offer up thanks thet I m thin.
know? I've bin tramin fur tins sinee October
Why, I alius gits thin about now." fifteenth, . H
He let down the bars togo after th' cows, An' 1 wish to the lors you <1 begin.
An! he wouldn't say anythin' more, * Arthur 11. rolwell.
Till one day in th' barn, we wus pilin' th' . .-
H "Y- - V
An' .i turkey walked sn at the door. I #
You jest orter seen our new hired man
lie lea .-.d on rake an' lie looked, '■*
" A G l reen. efty biCd '" Methuselah ftlßig ' '//
"But th' best way t' see 'cm is cooked." j ~ j I r-. m •
"When I wus a boy, not a great spell ago, L-,. ,<£--£* 112 ■ . ji£
Kur. 1 cal'late, a month eh'rv fall, . ?■■■ r-' «l"l 112 I ! !
I'd -kin out of eat in' whenever 1 dared, '! i' l*!i''' I' "'j''
"I nuppone that wan .lie tlrnt Thanks
giving after you were married," wild
Mrs. llctiry Mlxtcr, who in a very gen-
U'i'l, sot'i npoketi woman; abe adiuircn
MIH. Todd very much ami trie* to lie
Ultimate with Iter.
"No, it was not." .Mr*. To«l<! finld.
with an Important nod tin- like of
which I never saw in anybody cine.
"No. it wan not; it wan before 1 wan
married, and I cooked the dinner for
llflecn aud had It ready by I- o'clock,
by the time they got home from meet
lug. lieniden putting (lie hounc In up
pleple order. Mother wasn't very
ntrun*. and uiy sinter l.ixy'n little Katn
my win only >lx moiithn old. I wanhed
and drckitcd little Snuiniy that mom
iuif. too. and I wanhed and drenned
brother lli iiry'v twtnn hi* wife witin't
Utile t» do much, aud nhe had a run
around on her thumii and I curled lit
tie Minerva'* h.tir tu two tow* of curl*
I dressed five children that morning,
besides all the rest."
"Did that six-month-old baby goto
meeting?" said Maria, with one of her
sniffs, and Mrs. Todd glared at her.
"No,' v said she, "he didn't. My sis
ter began early -with her children,
training them togo to meeting, nut
she wasn't a fool. I had that baby
to take care of. besides all the rest,
and he was teething and terrible frac
tions. I had to keep joggling his cradle
between whiles. Then I had to put
on father's collar and cravat for him,
and do up mother's hair, and heat the
soapstones for their feet; they had to
go three miles in sleighs, and it was
pretty cold. After they were all gone,
I tell you I just flew. There was the
turkey to cook, and it had to be basted
every fifteen minutes—mother wouldn't
look at a turkey that wasn't basted
every fifteen minutes; didn't think it
was fit to eat—and there were all the
vegetables to be got ready and the
chicken pi's to be baked—mother
didn't think a chicken pie that was
baked the day before it was eat was
fit to be looked at—and there was the
pudding and the pudding sauce to be
made and 1 lie table to lay. Then there
were seven beds to lie made up and
everything to be dusted—mother was
dreadful particular. Then I had the
hens to feed and the eggs to get and
fresh sponge cake to make, because
mother didn't think it was good un
less it was baked the day it was eat;
then, to cap the climax, 1 had to make
some butter. Mother had a little
cream, just right to churn, and I knew
she hated to have it wasted, and so
I made a pound and a half of butter,
besides all the rest. Then in the midst
of it all Sophy Briggs that was—she
lived next door, and her folks had
gone to meeting and she stayed at
home on account of having a cold
came running ill with her linger cut
to the bone, and I had to do that up
ill coltwtthn, ami KIII' hailn't luore'u
itmii' IK? foro I burnt my own ilnicer
llfilni; out the turkey to haute. mi I'vi*
«oi iiu* KI-ar of It now. Well, I llve«l
throtiKli It. nnil that dinner WOK all
on 11 it' (111 ill* at 11! o'tioek, wht'ii t ht-y
uot In>iin' from ini'i'tlntf, ami :ni' In my
lii'Ki. all reoily to In lp them out ami
ink.' oft tin' I'IIIIIII'I'II'H llilniiK. Well, as
I wan Haying, that ThankMiilvlUK him
alwa.VK Htfiiii'il to nil- it ■|ieeial one,
anil Uliul of NIIUHIK out. IIK It were."
Mi», Toiltl i»t 11| i| ii'tl ami lookeil
arniuiil IIK If HIII' we ft' waiting for ail
miration,
"I tall thai a Thanknulvliii; to lie re
iiii'inl't'iett." Mll |tl Mr- llenry MUler.
lu her uenteel way. "I never hearil of
kiii h a ilay'K Murk, ami yon >u jruuitu,
llM),"
We all rfllei'tetl that we hail never
• IliUe mi* tlilnic like It. thnuifli We !>Ui|
'.vurkeil hard i i'.imh on Thuuk»uiv!tn
' Day, and wo all felt Impressed, all ex
cept Maria Hopkins. She sniffed—
"How long was that before you were
married, Mrs. Todd, may I ask?" sakl
slie.
Rebecca Todd looked sharply at her
— l "Much as ten years," said she.
"Why?"
"Nothing," said Maria, but I could
see that she was figuring in her head.
After a while, when Mrs. Todd was
talking about something else,she broke
right in. "I've got something to say,"
"I reckon she'll take the prize."
said slio. "You were seventeen years
old when you were married, Rebecca
Todd, and now you are trying to make
it out that you were only seven years
old when you did such a day's work as
that."
Itebecca Todd colored as red as a
b?nt. and a kind of quiver seemed to
go all over her, but she looked Maria
full in the face. "Well, what of it?"
said she.
"I don't believe one word of it,"
said Maria.
"You can believe it or not, just as
you're a mind to," said Rebecca Todd,
"but I'm telling it, and I was never
known to tell a lie in my whole life."
Well, Mrs. Todd's special Thanks
giving lias divided our sewing circle.
Half side with her, and half believe
she told a wicked lie, r.nd it not fit to
associate with us in mission work. To
this day nobody knows whether she
really bad that special Thanksgiving,
when slie was seven years old or not;
but the sewing circle is divided, and
this week, before Thanksgiving, one
part meets with Mrs. Ilenry Mixter,
and the other part meets with ME.—
Mary E. Wllkins, in the New York
World.
An Undersized Turkey.
The Smart Boarder—"Mrs. Smitliers,
that turkey is not done."
Mrs. Smitliers "Why, Mr. Stump,
I'm sure—"
The Smart Boarder —"No, I mean not
done growing."—Judge.
Cliestnut St tilting l"or the Turkey.
In making chestnut stuffing for tur
key peel the chestnuts, scald tliein and
remove the brown from underneath
the skin. I'nt tliem into boiling water;
cook slowly for about thirty minutes.
Drain anil then mash or chop. To one
quart add a teaspoonful of salt, a
tablespoonful of butter and a quarter
of a teaspoonful of pepper. Stuff this
Into the turkey and tinisii as you
would with other dressings. Trullles
or mushrooms may be added.—Ladies'
Home Journal.
In Clover.
We're invited out Thanksgiving
Every single year;
1 think we never in all our lives
Have had Thanksgiving litre.
Of course, it is very pleasant
Going with father and mother:
Hut just one feast is so little to have
Then wait a whole year for another!
And the next day our dinner's so common.
And 1 tnink of the day before.
With turkey and duck and ice cream and
tarts,
And l'n sorry 1 didn't cat more.
I'ut this year I'm going to bo jolly
i 111, It.-11 you. I'm in clover!
We're to have Thank-givin.: lice a! home.
And won't there be lots left over!
—Youth's Companion.
Iter Ketlect lon.
"You must not eat too much," said
the small gill's mother. "If you are
careful, you will be perfectly well to
morrow when so many other little
children are sick."
"Yes," answered the small girl. ",-'.nd
then wouldn't 1 be dreadfully out of
style?"
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! "Monte folks stuff-' their turkey Tim
i ibey cook li, but I stuffs initio after U'l
cm. UINI "
DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON
SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE Br THE NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject: Everyday Religion—Tt I* Oood In
ItiiKlnefiß nn<l Politico—'The Kxample
of Daniel, Wlio Wan Never Too Bn»y
to Worship God—Advice to Christ hum.
rCoprrißht IWHI
WASHINGTON. ]"). C.—This discourse of
Dr. Taimage is appropriate for all seasons,
but especially in I hose times of great. agi
tation. The text is Daniel vi, 10, "Then
the kins commanded, and they brought
Daniel and cast him into the den of lions."
Darius was king of Babylon, and the
young man Daniel was so much a favorite
with him that he made him prime minis
ter. or secretary of state. But no man
could gain such a high position without
exciting the envy and jealousy of the peo
ple. There were demagogues in Babylon
who were so appreciative of their own
abilities that they were affronted at the
elevation of this young man. Old Baby
lon was afraid of young Babylon. The tall
er the cedar the more apt it is to be riven
of the lightning. These demagogues asked
the king to make a decree that anybody
that mnde a petition to anv one except
the king during a period of thirty days
should be put lo death. King Darius, not
suspecting any foul play, makes that de
cree. The demagogues have accomplished
all they want, because they know that no
one can keen Daniel from sending petitions
before God for thirty days.
So far from being afraid. Daniel goes
on with supplications three times a
day and is found on his house top making
prayer. He is caught in the act. He is
condemned tr> be devoured by the lions
Rough executioners of the law seize him
and hasten him to the cavern. I hear the
growl of t'.e wild beasts, and I see them
pawing the dust, and us they put their
mouths to the ground the solid earth
quakes with their bellowing I see their
eyes roll and I almost hear the fiery eye
balls snap in the darkness. These mons
ters approach Daniel. They have an appe
tite keen with hunger. With one stroke
of their paw or one snatch of their teeth,
they may leave him dead at the botfom of
the cavern. But what a utrange welcome
Daniel receives from these hungry mons
ters. They fawn around him, they lick
his hand, they bury his feet in their long
manes. That night he has calm sleep with
his head pillowed on the warm necks of
the tamed lions.
But not so well does Darius, the king,
sleep. He lias an attack of terrific insom
nia. He loves Daniel, and bates this
strategem bv which he has been con
demned. AH night long the king walks
the floo". He cannot sleep. At the least,
sound lie starts and his flesh creeps with
horror, j.e is impatient for the dawning
of the morning. At the first streak of the
daylight Darius hastens forifh to see the
fate of Daniel. The heavy palace doors
open and clang shut long before the people
of the city waken. Darius goes to the den
of the lions; he looks in. All is silent.
His heart stops. He feels that the very
worst has happened, but gathering all his
strength, he shouts through the rifts of
the rock, "Oh, Daniel, is thy God whom
thou servest continually able to deliver
thee?" There comes rolling up from the
deep darkness a voice which says: "Oh,
king, live forever. My God has sent Hip
angel to phut the lions' mouths that they
have not hurt me." Then Daniel is
brought out from the den. The dema
gogues ate hurled into it.and no sooner
have they struck the bottom of the den
than their flesh was rent, and their bones
cracked and their blood snurted through
the rifts of the rock. and. as the lions
make the rocks tremble with their roar,
thev announce to nil ages that while God
will defend His people, the way of the
ungodly shall perish
Learn first from this subject that the
greatest cri. .e that you commit in the
eyes of many is the crime of success. What
had Daniel done that he should be (lung
to the lions? lie had become prime min
ister. They couhl not forgive him for
that, and behold in that a touch of un
sanctified human nature as seen in all
ages or the world. .So long as you are
pinched in poverty, so long as you are
running the gantlet between landlord and
taxgatherer, so long as you find it hard
work to educate your children, there are
people who will say, "Poor man, I am
sorry for him: he ought to succeed, poor
man." But alter awhile the tide turns
in your favor. That was a profitable in
vestment you made. You bought just at
the right time. Fortune becomes good hu
mored and smiles upon you. Now you
are in some department successful and
your success cliiHs some one. Those men
who used to sympathize with you stand
along the street, and they scowl at you
from under the rim of tlieir hats. You
have more money or more influence flian
they have, and you ought to be scowled
at from under the rim of their hats. You
catch r. word or two as you pass by them.
"Stuck up," savs one. Got it dishonest
ly," savs another. "Will burst soon,"
says a third. Every Jtone in your new
house is laid on tlieir hearts. Your horse's
hoofs went over their nerves. Every item
of vour success has been to them an item
of discomfiture anil despair Just as soon
as in any respect you rise nbovc your fel
lows, if you are more virtuous, if you are
more wise, if you are more influential
you cast a shadow on the prospect of otli
crs.
The road to Jionor and success is with
in reach of the enemy's guns. Jealousy
sivs, "Stay down or I'll knock you down."
"I do not like you." says the snowllake to
the snow-bird. "Why don't you like
me?" said the .snowbird. "Oil," slid the
Bnowflake, "you are going up and I am
coming down."
Young merchants, young lawyer*, voiin •
doctors, young mechanics. > -iin; artist-,
young farmer:!, at certain times there ai
tho • to sympathize with you, but now
that you are becoming a master of your
particular occupation or profession, how U
it now, young lawyers, young doctors,
young artists, young farmers, how is it
now? The greatest crime that you can
commit is the crime of suecess.
Again, mv subject impresses me with
the value of tlecisi. :i of chain ter in any
department. Daniel knew that if he coii
tinut d his adherence to the religion of the
Lord he would be hurled to the linns,
but. having set his (ompass well, he tailed
ri/ht on. I'or the lack of that clement
of decision of character, so < niinent in
Daniel, many men are mired for this
world, and ruined for the world to come.
A great many at forty years of age
are not 112 tiled in any respect, becau- •
tln v has • not lien able to make up their
minds. I'erliaps they will go west; per
haps they will go east; perhaps tlnv will
not; perhaps they will go north; perhaps
they may go south; pcihaps tl|-v will
not; perhaps they may make that invest
ment in ival estate or in railroads; pi i
haps they will not. They are like a steam
er that should go out of New York har
bor, marling tor !•!..an I the next
diiv should change for Havre de Grace,
and the next for Charleston an,l the next
fur Boston an I the next for Liverpool
These men on the sea of life everlasting
Iv '.Hiking ship and mal nig no headway.
Or they are like a mail who starts io
build a house in the Corinthian style and
changes it to Doric, nud then completes
it 111 the loiiic l the tune of all stvles of
architecture. Young man, stall right and
keep on. Have derision of character
t hsraeter » like tie- gohltim It n| 'l ouijuiii;
it is magnificent while standing turn, but
loses all it* beauty 111 flight 11.>>v much
decision of character in order lint llicw
young iiini may be Christians' Their old
it»* ti Mies make s*rva«lie Huts* al then*.
Tin) fcu oil t* i»;jli* .1)4 they 11•.t
invite thrm. They nrordipoy that tic Trill
give out. They wonder if he is not trcttinor
wings. As lie passes. they grimace and
wink and chuckle and say, "There goes
a saint." Oh. young man.have decision
of character. You can afford in this mat
ter of religion to he laughed at. What do
you care for the scoffs of these,men, wfio
are affronted because you will 11go ti>
ruin with them? When the grave cracks
open under their feet, and grim messen
gers push them into it.and eternity conies
down har.l upon their spirit, and con
science stings, and hopeless ruin lifts them
up to hurl them down, will lliey laugh
then ?
I learn also from r.iy subject that men
may take religion into their world'v busi
ness. This is a most appropriate thought,
at this season of the year, when so many
men are starting out in new enterprises.
Daniel had enough work to do to occupy
six men. All the affairs of state wire in
his hands—questions of finance, questions
of war, of peace: all internatioual ouss
tions were for his 'settlement or adjust
ment. He must have had a correspond
ence vast beyond all computation. TIITP
was not a man in fill the earth who had
more to do than Daniel, the secretary of
state, and yet we tind him three timco
a day bowing before God in prayer.
But to have religion go right along 1 v
ihem all through life, to have religion
looking over their ahoulder when they ar<?
making a bargain, to have religion take
up a bag of dishonesi gold and shake it
and sav. "Where did you get that?"—
they think thai is Lii impertinent re
ligion.
Thev would like to have r> religion to
help them when thev are sick and when
the shadow of death conies over them,
they would like t.- have religion as a sort
of night key with which to r.pen th»»
door of heaven, hut religion under other
circumstances they take to bo imperti
nence.
ICow, my friends, re.isrion never robber?
a man ot a dollar Othe. - things being
equal, a mason will build a better wall, a
cabinet maker will make a bettet chair, '.t
plumber will make a better pipe, a lawyer
will make ft better plea, a merchant will
sell a better bill of good?. T say. e.l her
things being equal. Of course when re
ligion gives a man a new heart, it does
not nropopo to give him r. new head or to
mtelleetualize him or to change a man's
condition when his ordinary -tale is ail
overthrow of the philosophical theory that
a total vacuum is impossible, but th•• r-ori
letters you have to write, the more bur
dens you have to carry, the more miles
you have to travel, the more burdens you
have to lift, the more engagements von
have to meet, the more disputes you have
to settle, the more opportunity you have
of being a Christian. if you have a
thousand irons in the fire, yon have a
thousand more opriortunities ot serving
(rod than if you only had or.e iron in the
fire. Who so busy as Christ,? And yet
who a millionth part as hol\ ? The busi
est men the best men. All the persons
converted in Scripture busy at the time
of their being converted. Matthew at
tending to his custom house duties, the
prodigal son feeding swine. Lydia sell
ing nurple. Simon l'eter hauling in 'lie
net from the sea, Saul spurring his horse
toward Damascus, going down 011 his law
business. Busy, busy Daniel with all the
affairs of state weighing down upon his
soul and yet three times & day worship
ing the God ot heaven.
Again. I learn from this subject that a
man may take religion into his politics.
Daniel had all the affairs of state on
hand, yet a servant of God. He could
not have kept his elevated position un
less he had been a thorough politician,
and vet all the thrusts of officials and a*l
the danger of disgrace did not make him
yield one iota ot his high toned religious
principle. He stood before that age. ne
stands Tiefore all ages, a specimen of a
gidly politician. So tncre have been in
our day and in the days of cur lathers
men as eminent in the service of God as
they have been eminent in ihe service of
the state Such was Benjamin F. Hut.'er,
attorney general of New York in the
time of your lathers; such was .John Mc-
Lean, of the supreme oourt of the I'niteil
States; such was George Ih'iggs. of Massa
chusetts: such was Theodore Frelinghny
sen. of New Jersey—men faithful to the
state, at the jaine time faithful to God.
It is absurd to expect thai men who have
been immersed in political wickedness fo
thirty or forty years shall come to refor
mation, and our hope is in the young men
who are coming up. that they have patri
otic principle and Christian principle side
by side when they come to the ballot
box and east their first vote and that they
swear allegiance to the government of
heaven as well as to the government of
the United States. We would have Hun
ker Hill mean less to them than Calvary,
and Lexington mean less to them than
Bethlehem. But because there are bad
men around the ballot box is no reason
why Christian men should retreat from
the arena. The last time you ought to
pive up your child or forsake your child
is when it is surrounded by a company
of Choctaw*, and the last time to sut
render the ballot box is when it is sur
rounded by impurity and dishonest;, and
«.l sorts of wickedness.
Daniel stood 011 a most unpopular
form, lie stood tirmly. though the dema
gogues of the day hissed at him and ti. d
to overthrow him. We must carry o'.iv
religion into our politics.
But there are a great many men who
are in favor oi taking it into national
politico who d> not see the impor ante
of taking it into city polities, as though
a man were intelligent about the welfare
of his neighborhood anil had uo concern
al out his own home.
My subject llso impresses r.i" >vit!i the
fact that lions cannot lilir f a good lean.
.So 111111 ever got into worse company ih. 1
Daniel got into when lie was thrown int >
the den. What 1 rare la-.r.el that fair
young 111 would have L .11 tor tin
,ry monster*! 1 liny hi.l plunged „ t
him. lie cou. 1 not have climbed 1111 1 a
niche beyond the reach of their paw or
the snatch of their tooth. They can e
pleased all around about him, r.s limit 1 '
hounds at the will known whistle «■ onie
b. HI tiding to In.; tect. m need not got 1
Nuiaidia to get many lions You all li o
had them alter you—the lion of limn ~1
distress, the lion ot Giekucss, the boa
of pi. v oution. You r.aw that lion ot
financial panic putting hit; mouth >1 11
to tin. eai'lh, and he roared until all the
banks and all the insurance companies
quaked. With his nostril b- scattered tlm
.shin on the domestic hearth. YOll havo
had trial after trial, nustiituue alter
mii-fortune, lion alter lion, utid yet tn y
have never hurt you it you put your tru«t
in God, and they never will hurt > 1.
I hey thd lioi hurt Daniel, ami they cannot
bun >ou. 1 lie IVmans used t> ih.ok
that spring rain tailing into •ei :•«
would turn into pearls, and I have to 1. ;|
you li'ut the tears ot sorrow tin 11 11.;.>
prcciot.s semtf when they drop into Gil's
bottle. Yon need bu afraid of n». ung
putting your trust in God. liven . ith,
tha. monster lion whose den is the
world's sepulchcr and who puts lu» paiv
down annd thousands ot millions ot 1 10
(bail, cannot atlnght you. W hcii 111 old
en tunes a man was to get the liouois . (
knighthood, he va compelled togo 111!
ly armed the night hctore among the
tombs of the dean tarrying a *Oll "t
spear, ami then a(ui-tt the day broke he
Mould cunt turth, laud amid the sound <>t
count and great pfi.ide he would get #!«•
honors of knighthtiiil. Vud sci it »ill l>«
with the I'hristi.ili in till night iM-lore
heaven as fully armed with »|>ear and
helmet o| »aU ,t«.ii he will wait and wttilt
through the darkness until the 11101 mug
dawns, mil tin 11 lie will tiki* the honor*
i*t healnf amid that gre.it thrum with
lio.vi lufi« streaming <1 cl il.,\ ut »aj-