Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-01-18
ii ROYAL CHILD J0ASH.
SERMON OF DR.. TALMAGE IN PARIS,
SUNDAY, JAN. IL.

SUNDAY, JAN. IL.
Ehe :Usurpntlon of AttniIah-Remarknb
preservation and Restoration of Joasi,.
5God VIII Never Allow His True Line to
no Entirely Cut or.
;ssPAR1s, Jan. 12.-The Rev. 7. De
Witt Talmage, D. D., of Brooklyn,
in this city today. He Is
making his way home, which he cx.
poets 10 reach in the early part OF
February. Dir. Talmage's text was:
SJehoshcba, the daughter OF King 10 .
ram. sister OF Ahaziah, took Joash the
Son of Ahaziah, and stole him from
among the kings sons which were
Slain; and they hid him, even INN
and his. nurse, in the bedchamber
from Athaliah, so that he was not
slain. And. he was with her hid III
The house OF the Lord six years. I'll
Kings, ii, 9, 8. He said: :,
ss 4TandInothers are more lenient with
ifeH ;s7sflt zen than they
If is ssaEyc hasss
y ssasa sssenty the
Il sr1II.aIidmo other, ooking uponS he inisbe-
{ 6t,;i Of the grandchild. is apologize.
Md disposed to substitute confec-
tt.lsiileiy !os whip, there lis nothing.
more beautiful tllanthis melloWing OF.
old age toward childhood Grandma
sther takes out her pocket handkerchief
and wipes her spectacles and puts them
.on, and looks down into the face of
her mischievouss and rebellious de-
scendant, and says: e don't think he
meant TODD it; let him off this time;
I'll be responsible for his behavior Ill
the future ~ My mother, with the sec
.ond generation around her-a bolster
GUS crew-said one day: II suppose
they ought to be disciplined, butt can't
do it. Grandmothers are not tit TO
bring up grandchildren" But here, IN
my. text, we haye-a grandmother OF a
different hue.
THE RESCUE OF JoAsH.
I have within few days been at
Jerusalem, where the occurrence of
the text took place, and the whole
scene came wildly before mo while l
was going over tho site.of the ancient
temple and climbing the towers OF the
kings palace. Hero in the text it is
old Atlialiall, the queenly murderess.
TShc ought to have been honorable;
Her father was king. Her husband
was king. Her son was king. And
yet we find her plotting for the cxter-
nination of the entire royal family,
including her own grandchildren.
The executioners' knives are sharpen.
cd. The palace is red with the blood
of princes and princesses On all sides
+ are shricks, and hands thrown.up, and
struggle, and dealt, gioan. No mer-
cyl Kill! KILL But while the ivory
floors of the palace run with carnage,
and the whole land is under the shad-
ow of great horror, affect footed wo-
man, aclcrgyman's wife, Jchosheba ny
name, stealthily approaches the I'M
perial nursery, seizes upon the grand
Child that had somehow as yet. cs-
capped massacre, wraps it up tendcrly
but in haste, snuggles it against her,
flies down the palace stairs, her heart
iii her throat lest she be discovered in
IFS Christian ah l9lst ia Get Der 29 al
carries precious burden, even a young
king With this youthful prize she
presses into the room of the ancient
temple, the church of olden time, I'M
wraps the young king and puts him
down, sound asleep as he is, and un-
conscious OF the peril that has been
threatened; and there for six years he
is secreted in that church apartment.
Meanwhile old Athaliah smacks her
lips with satisfaction, and thinks that
all the royal family are dead.
But the six years expire, and it Is
now time for young Joash to come
forth and take the throne, and to push
back into disgrace and death old Atha-
liah. The arrangements are all made
for political revolution. The military
como and take possession of the tenn
pie, swear loyalty to the boy Joash
and stand around for lis defense. See
the sharpened swords and the FURNISH
ed shields Everything is ready.
Now, Joash, half atfrightcd at the arm
ed tramp Of his defenders, scared at
the vociferation of his admirers, is
brought forth in full regalia. The
scroll of authority is put i'll his hands,
the coronet of government is put on
lis brow, and the people clapped, and
waved, and huzzaed, and trumpeted.
"What is that2" said Athaliah. "What
is that sound over in the temple2' And
she has to sec, and on her way they
meet her and say: why. haven't you
heard9 You thought you had slain all
the royal family, but Joash has come
to light" Then the queenly murder
ess, frantic with rage, grabbed her
mantle and tore it to tatters, and cried
until she foamed at the mouth: You
have no right to crown my grandson.
You have no right TO take the govern
ment from my shoulders. Treason
Treasonl" While she stood there cry
ing that, the military started for her
arrest, and SHE took short cut
though back door of the temp md
ran through the royal stables she
battle axes of the military fell OH her
in the barn yard, and for many a day,
when the horses were being unloosed !
from the chariot, after drawing out
young Joash, the fiery steeds would
snort and rear passing the place, as
they smelt the placeossss eaE ar g':ei,,. i
THE first thought hand you from
this subject is that the determination
of righteousness is an impossibility.
When a woman is good, she is apt
to be very good, and when she is bad,
she is apt to be very bad, and this
Athaliah was one of the latter sort. She
would exterminate the last scion OF
the house of David, through whom
Jesus was to come. There was plenty
of work for embalmers and under
takers. She would clear the land of
all God fearing and God loving peO-