Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24
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r.,m.c e,s Sixth SENIOR "a the We
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men ct America.
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wives Of Amsraea uss 1srr lnaasass sss
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.Jexebsi and Ahab al,d Give Not Mad Asl-
vice 70 ~. '7..s VI.
BROOKLYN, Feb. 12.-ln the tahernacle
.h;s morning the Rev. =. De Witt Talmage, q
n. D.. preached the sixth OF hts series Of
aSermons to Women Of America nth; In :.
,,ortant Hints for Men, The 1btectWAs:
aWifely Ambition, Coed and Bad. and
the text was from Kings, III. Artess
will give thee the vineyard Of Naboth.s
Dr. Talmage said: J. 81 S...S sS|
One day King Ahab. locking ont so1 The
window Of his palace ct Jezebel. satd to-
his wife Jezebel: We ought to HAYS
these royal gardens enlarged. Is No could
only get that fellow Naboth, who owns that
yineyard out there, TO trade Or cell, We
could make It kitchen garden Tor our
palace" &.
aFetch in Naboth, IS said the King to one
of his servants.
HAoAAA 10y NSe
should be called into the presencs Of his
majesty, comes II, . little downcast u his
modesty and with very obsequious manner
bows to the king. y.
The King says NAbcth, want 70 trade
vineyards with you. y want Your vineyard
for kitchen garden, md IIs vil Riye 9 great
deal better yiney ard ~ l3laces cls 4. OF IS
you prefer money 10fs Y, W give. y0u
cash. .as
mn s0AyPG$NlAlNfN$yS EN1flnM& EHDMAs nES
nv little place. Mofs can e6ll tt. le -
the old homesteads y Got AZ q my Iatn y
and he OF his father, and 4 cannot lot tho
old place 70 out Of my hands. =
In great state Of petulancy King Ahabs
went into the house ana dung himself on
the bed, and turned his face to the wall In
agreat pout;
His wife Jezebel comes IN and she Says:
aWhat is the matter with your Are you
ooh, "he says, q feel very blue. 1have
set my heart on getting that kitchen garden
and Naboth will neither trade or sell, and
to be defeated by q common. gardner 70
more than can stand.
ooh, pshaw, says Jezebel, ad0n't go on
that way. Get mp and eat your dinner and
stop moping. / will get for you that
kitchen garden.
Then Jezebel borrowed her husbands
signet ring or seal, for then, as now, il
those lands kings never signed their
names, but had ring with the royal name
engraved on It, and that Impressed on q
royal letter or document was the signature.
She stamped her husbands name ON q
proclamation which resulted in getting
Naboth tried for treason against the King,
and two perjured witnesses swore their
souls away with the life Of Naboth, and he
was stoned to DEATH. and his property
came to the crown, and % Jezebel GOT
for her husband and herself the kitchen
garden. .
But while the wild street dogs were renl.
ing the dead body Of poor Naboth, Elijah,
tie prophet, tells them Of other CANNES
that will after while have free banquet,
saying: where dogs lick the blood Of
Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even
And, sure enough, three years later,
Ahab wounded In battle, his chariot drip
ping with the carnage, dogs stood under It
tapping his life's blood. And little after
ward his wife, Jezebel, who had been his
chief adviser. stands at her palace window
and see Jehu. the enemy. approaching to
take possession Of the palace. And to
make herself look as attractive as possi-
BILE and queenly to the very last, she dec
Oriental custom, closed her eyes and ran
brush dipped in black powder along the
long eyelashes, and then from the window
she glared her indignation upon Jehu. Az
he rode to the gates in his chariot he
her down!n But no doubt tho slaves halted
moment from such work OF assassina-
ton, yet knowing Queen Jezebel could be
no more to them and the conqueror Jehu
would be everything, as he shouted again,
@Throw her down. they seized her and
bore hQr okrr inop ap,6. ASarnif1 tho