Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13

archs and Of young princes who have been put
out of the way. Here is the story of young
king saved. How Jehosheba, the clergyman's
wife, must have trembled as she rushed into
the imperial nursery and snatched up Soasn.
How she hushed him, lest by his cry he hinder
the escape. Fly with himl Jehosheba1 you
hold In your arms the cause OF God and good
government Fail and he is slain. Succeed,
and you turn the tide of the worlds history in
the right direction. 1t seems as If between
that young king and bis assasslns there is noth-
ing but the frail arm of woman. But why
should we spend our time in pralsing this oraV-
cry of expedition when God asks the same
thing of YOU and me? All around us are the
imperiled children of great King.
They are born of Almighty parentage, and
will come to throne @ or crown: W. If per permitted, ed
massacre Murderous temptations are out for
the assassination. Valens. the emperor, was
told that there was somebody in his realm who
would usuTp his throne, and that the name of
the man who should be the usurper would be-
gin with the letters T. H. E o. D., and the
edict went forth from the emperor's throne:
"Kill everybody whose name begins with 7. ID.
E. o. D." And hundreds and thousands were
slain, hoping by that massacre to put an end to
that one usurper. But sin is more terrific in
its denunciation. 1t matters not how you spell
your name, you come under Its knife, under It's
sword, under its doom, unless there be some
omnipotent relief brought to the rescue. But,
blessed be God, there is such thing as deliv-
ering a royal soul Who will snatch away Jo-
ash?
This afternoon. in your Sabbath school class,
there viii be a prince of God-someOne who
may yet reign as king forever before the
throne; there will be some one in your class
who has corrupt physical inheritance; there
will be some one in your class who has father
and mother who do not know how to pray;
there will be some one in your class who is
DESTINED TO COMMAND
in Church or State-some Cromwell to dissolve
a Parliament, some Beethoven to touch the
worlds harp strings, some John Howard to
pour fresh air into the lazaretto, some Florence
Nightingale to bandage the battle wounds,
some Miss Dix to soothe the crazed brain. some
John Frederick oberlin to educate the be-
sotted, some David Brainard to change the In
dams warwhoop to Sabbath song, some John
Wesley to marshal three-fourths of Christen-
dom, some John Knox to make queens turn
pale some Joash to demolish idolatry and
strike for the kingdom of heaven.
There are sleeping In your cradles by night,
there are playing in your nurseries by day. i'm
perial souls waiting for the dominion, and
whichever side the cradle they get out will de-
eide the destiny of empires. For each one of
those children sin and holiness contend-Atha-
lab on the one side and JehoSheba on the
other But | hear people saying: What's
instruction? p? Let them grow up and choose
for themselves. Don't interfere with their Vo-
lition" Suppose some one had said TO Jehosh-
Sus
Let him grow up and decide whether he likes
the palace not. whether he wants to be king
or not Don't disturb his volition." Jehosh-
eba knew right well that unless that day the
young king was rescued, he would never be res
cued at all
l tell you. my friends, the reason we don't re-
claim all our children from wOrldliness is be-
cause we begin too late. Parents wait until
their children lie before they teach them the
value Of truth. They wait until their children
swear before they teach them the importance
of righteous conversation. They wait until
their children are all wrapped up in this world
before they tell them of a better world. Too
late with your prayers. Too late with your
discipline. Too late with your benediction
You nut all care upon your children between II
and Is Why do You not put the chief care be-
tween 4 and 9? 1t is too late to repair vessel
when it has got out of the drydocks 1t is too
late to save Joash after the executioners have
OF snatching royal souls from death to corona
tion.
NO SUBLIMER- WORK.
Can you imagine any sublimer work than this
soul saving That was what flushed Paul's
cheek with enthusiasm; that was what led
Munson to risk his life amid Bornesian canni-
balls; that was what sent DR.. Abeel to preach
under the consuming skies of China; that was
what gave courage to Phocus in the third CEN
tury. When the military officers came to put
him to death for Christ's sake, he put them to
bed that they might rest while he himself went
put, and in his own garden dug his grave, and
then came back and said: 81 am ready;' but
thew were shocked at the idea of taking the life
Of their host. He said; ut is the will of God
that should die;' and he stood on the margin
Of his own grave and they beheaded him. You
say it is a mania, a foolhardiness fanatlcism.
Rather would call it glorious self-abnega-
lion, the thrill of eternal satisfaction, the
plucking of Joash from death and raising him
10 coronation.
The third thought hand to you from my
text is that the church of God is good hiding
place. When Jehosheba rushes into the nur-
sery of the king and picks up Joash, what shall
she do with him? Shall she take him to some
room in the palace? No; for the official des-
Deradoes will hunt through every nook and
corner of that building. Shall sne take him to
The residence of some wealthy citizen? No;
that citizen would not dare to harbor the
fugitive. But she has to take him somewhere.
She hears the cry of the mob in the streets; she
hears the shrek of the dying nobility; she
rushes with Joash unto the room of the temple
INTO the house of God, and then she puts him
iown. She knows that Athaliah and1he- wicked
assassins viii not bother the temple great
ieal; they are not apt to go very much to
church, and SO she sets down Joash in the
emple There he will be hearing the songs of
5he worshipers year after year; there he will
breathe the odor OF the golden censers: in that
sacred spot he will tarry. secreted until the six
years have passed, and he come to enthrone-
nent
THE BEST HIDING PLACE.
Would God that we were as wise as Jehosh-
sba, and knew that the Church of God is the
pest hiding place. Perhaps our parents took us
here in early days; they snatched us away
from the world and hid us behind the baptismal
1onts and amid the Bibles and the psalm books
D glorious lnclosurel We have been breathing
'he breath of the golden censers all the time
Ind we have seen the lamb on the altar, and we
s,l, .,-l,r
)f all SAINTS, and we have dwelt under the wings
Of the cherubim. Glorious inclosurei When
ny father and mother died, and the property
vas settled up, there was hardly anything left;
)ut they endowed Us with property worth
more than any earthly possession, because they
lid us in the temple. And when days OF tempta-
ion have come upon my soul have gone there |
or shelter; and when assaulted OF sorrows l
lave gone there for comfort and there mean |
o live 1 want like Joash, to stay there until |
coronation. 1 mean to be buried out of the |
lOuse of God.
men of the world outside there, betrayed, |
and cheated of the world. why do |
ou not come in through the broad, wide-open |
loor of Christian communion! wish L |
Ould act the part Of Jehosheba to-day, and |
teal you away from your perils and hide you
act that the church of God is a hiding place. |
here are many people who put the church at |
o low mark that they begrudge 1t everything, |
ven the few dollars they give toward 1t. They |
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heir surplusage. They pay their butchers |
ill and they pay their doctors bill, and they |
ay their landlord, and they pay everybody but |
he Lord, and they come in at last TO pay the |
ord in His church, and frown as they say /
There, Lord, it is; if you will have it, take it,
ow take it. take it; send me receipt in full. /
nd don't bother me soon agalnF
so FEW APPRECIATE IT.
tell you there is not more than one man out |
{ a thousand that appreciates what the church |
!. Where are the souls that put aside one
snth for Christian institutions-one-tentho of |
heir income? Where are those who. having
ut aside that one-tenth, draw upon it cheer
ully? Why, it is pull and drag and hold on and
rab and, clutch; and giving is an affliction to
lost people when it ought to be an exhilara-
ion and rapture. On, that God would re-
lodel our souls on this subject, and that we
night appreciate the house of God as the great
etuge. If your children are to come up TO |
ves Of virtue and happiness, they will come
p under the shadow of the church. If the
hurch does not get them the world will
An, when you pass away-and il will not be
lng before you do-when you pass away 1t will
e a satisfaction to see your children in Chris
AN society. You want to have them sitting at
ne molly sacraments. You want them min
ling IN Christian associations. You would like
. have them die in the sacred precincts. When