Daily Republican., 1883-09-22
soldiers threw their garments under his

: state, placed him on the top Of tn
2 stairs As an exteInpore throne, blew th
| royal salute and thus ordained hin
king. Soon he mounted his chariot an,
took the sword. He slew Ahaziah
son of Ahab, and reigned his steeds III
in front of the palace of Jezebel, who's
painted eyes looked defiance at hin
from her window. Jehu saw her an,
said to the ennuchs near her, throw he
down, and some Of her blood wa,
spr'nkled on the wall and on tho horse.
ANA he trod her under foot. As sh,
had fed her dogs with the flesh of God.
prophets, so Jehu gives to the dogs hel
flesh.
But his work is not all accomplished
Ahab had seventy SOILS in Samaria
His whole house must be destroyed.
The worshippers of Baal must fall by
the sword. While Jehu was engaged
in the determination of the house OF
Ahab and Jezebel, "he found Jonadat
coming to meet him, and Jehu saluted
him and said to him: Is thine heart
right, as my heart is with thy heart
and JOnadab answered, it is. If it be-
give me thy hand, and Jehu took him
up to him in the chariot" and they
slew all that remained of the hoase OF
Anab.
Who is our Jezebel? Who has slain
our Naboth and robbed his widow and
orphans? Who has DESTROYED orr
prophets in the pulpit and our people in
lhe pew? Who is the red man 5 great.
est enemy and humanity's most nnre-
lenting foe? Is not alcohol? Then
appeal to you, red men. is your heart
with my heart fso, give me your hand.
Come up into the chariot Of total absti.
nence for him who drinks, and total
prohibition for him who sells And let
us unite with God in the determination
of our common enemy.
Again let me warn you that there is
no safety outside of the walls of saliva
tion. When Jehoiakim had reignet
three years in Jerusalem az Nebu.
chadnezzer's vassal, he broke his oath
of allegiance and rebelled The King
Of Babylon did not take the field
in person against him, but "the Lord
sent against him bands of the Chal.
deans, and bands Of the Syrians, and
bands of the Moabites and bands of the
children of Ammon.
When these swift messengers of
death began their march through the
land of Palestine with fire and sword,
it was like Sherman's march to the
sea. Everything was destroyed before
them. From all quarters the Israelites
fled for refuge within the walls of the
city. The Rechabites, true to their
fathers command, had always been op.
posed to building houses, living in
cities and abiding behind walls.
Their tents had served them in war
and peace, bat they had seen nothing
like these wild messengers of d. ath,
with every living thing fleeing before
them, and desolatiOn following in their
track. There was safety only In one
place, and that within the walls of
Jerusalem. So the Rechabites gathered
up their tents, which would have been
no more than egg shells to defend them
against the rapacions hordes setting in
upon them, rrshed through the brazen
gates and camped in safety.
1t may be that some red men are so
much delighted with the liberty with
'nt that they feel opposed to the
restraint within the service of God.
They may think if they keep the rules
If their order that will be sufficient.
But the great day of his wrath is com
ing. The voice of the Archangel will
bs heard. The trump of God will
sound. The earth will quake The
clements will dissolve. The heavens
will flee away. The white throne ap-
,ear. The books will be opened. "And
he kings of the earth, and the great
nen, and the rich men, and the chief
and the mighty men, and ev.
,ry bondman, and every freeman, will
lide themselves in the dens, and in the
ocks of the mountains, and say to the
Mountains and to the rocks: Fall on
Is and hide us from the face of him
hat sitteth on the throne, and from the
wrath of the Lamb But not 40 with
hose who have entered the straight
rate With them "there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow nor crying"
Then appeal to you, red men, and all
Who hear me, as the Rechabit es found
atety only wirhin the walls, and as
he sinner can find it only by ente ring
he straight gait, pitch your tents with
n the walls of salvation, and when the
reat day of his wrath shall come, you
hall beable to stand.
IT.