The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-01-16
Have they ertsrminased tn. British ana

the Scriptures, and throw them broadcast
around the worldS They have exterminated
until instead of one or two copies OF the Bible
in our houses we have eight or ten, and we
pile them up In the corners Of our Sabbath
school rooms, and send great boxes of them
everywhere. IL they get on as well as they are
now going on in the work OF determination.
I do not know but that our children may
live 10 see the millennium Yea. IL there
should come time OF persecution in which
oil the known Bibles of the earth should be
destroyed, all these lamps of light that blaze
in our pulpits and In our families oxtin-
guished-in the very dav that infidelity and
sin should be holding n jubilee over the uni
versaf extinction, there would he IN some
closet OF a backwoods church n secreted CODY
OF the Bible, and this Joash of eternal htera-
ture would come out and come up and take
the throne. and the Athaliah of infdelity
of the palace, and drop her miserable carcass
under the hoofs of the horses Of the Kings
stables. You cannot exterminate Christi
anityi You cannot kill Joashl
The second thought hand you from nv
subject Is, that there are opportunities in
which we may save royal life. You know
that profane history Is replete with stories of
strangled Monarchs 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 info the imperial nurs.
cry and snatched up Joash. How She hushed
him, lest by his cry he hinder the escape.
Fly with himl Jehosheba. 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. lt seems as II between that young
King and his assassins there IL nothing hut
the frail arm Of woman But why should
we spend our time in praising this bravery Of
expedition when God asks the same thing OF
you and meY All around us are the imperilcd
children OF great King.
They are born Of Almighty parentage. and
will come ton throne or n crown II permitted
But sin, the old Athaliah, goes forth to the
massacre. Murderous temptations are ont
for the assassination. NalenS, tho Emperor,
was told that there was somebody in his realm
who would usurp his throne, and that the
name of the man who should be the usurper
would begin with the letters L. II. T.. o. D.,
aud the edict went forth from the Emperor's
throne: xiii everybody whose name begins
with 7. II. +. q. d. And hundreds and
thousands were slain, hoping by that mas
sacre To put an end 10 that ono usurpcr. But
sin is more terrific in its denuncation IL
matters not how you spell your name, you
come under its knife, under its sword under
its doom, unless there be some omnipotent
relief brought 10 the rescue. But, blessed be
God, there is slch thing as delivering "a
royal soulp Who will snatch away Joashy
This afternoon in your Sabbath school
class, there will be q Prince of God-some
one who may yet reign King forever be-
fore the throne. there will be some one in
your class who has a corrupt physical iuher-
itance; there will be some one in your class
who has n father and mother who do not
know how TO pray; there will b. some one in
your class who is destined 10 COM
mand in church or state-somc Crom-
well 10 dissolve parliament. soma
Beethoven 70 touch the worlds harp strings,
some John Howard To pour fresh air into the
ts,ht L. gf,I
age the battle wounds, some Miss Dix 20
soothe the crazed brain, soma John Frederick
Oberlin TO educate the besotted, some David
Brainard to change the Indians war whoop
toa Sabbath song, some John Wesley TO mar
shal three-fourths of Christ sndDm soma John
Knox to make Queens turn pale, some Joash
10 demolish idolatry and strike for the king.
dom of heaven.
There are sleeping in your cradles by night,
there are playing in your nurseries by day.
Imperial souls waiting for dominion. and
whichever side the cradle they ret ont will
decide the destiny OF empird,s For each one
of those children sin aud holiness contend
Athaliah on the one side and Jehoslsbl on
the other. But ! hear people say. Whats
the use of bothering chldren with religion,
instructionS Let them grow up and choose
for themselves. Don't interfere with their
volition.' Suppose some ono hal said 10
Jehosheba: Don't Interfere with that young
Joash. Let him grow up AMI decide whether
lie likes the palace or not, whether he wants
TO he King or not. Don't disturb his vol-
ton Jehosheba knew right we'll that un-
less that day the young King was rescued. he
would mover be rescued ut all
ten you, my friends, ths reason We don't
reclaim all our children from worldlnass i
because We begin too late. Parents wait un-
I'll 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 c1nyersatiou. Thpy
wait until their children are all wrapped up
IN this world before they tell them Of a bet
ter world. Too late with your prayers. Too
late with yonr discipline. Too lac with
your benediction You put all care
upon your children between twelve
and eighteen. Why do you not put the chief
care between four AMI nine? Il is too late
to repair vessel when il has got out OF the
dry docks, IL is too late 90 savo JolSh nfter
the executiOners have broken in. May God
arm us all for this work Of snatching royal
souls from death % coronation. Can you
imagine any sublimer work than this soul
savingY That was what flushed Pauls cheek
with enthusiasm; that was what lei MunSon
TO risk his life amid Bornesian cannibals:
that was what sent DIR. Abscl u preach
under the consuming skies of China: that
was what gave courage % Phocus in
the third century. When the military
officers came to put him to death
for Christs sake he put them TO bed that
they might rest while he himself went out
and in his own garden dug his grave, aud
then came back and said: ~ am ready"
but they We're shocked at the idea of taking
the life of their host. He said: 1T is tho
Will of God that | should die, and he stood
on the margin OF his own grave and they be-
headed him. You say IL is "a mania "A fool
hardness, u fanaticisn. Rather would |
call IL u glorious self-abnasation, the thrill of
eternal satisfaction, the plucking OF Joash
from death, and raising him b coronation.
The third thought hand 70 you from my
text is that the church OF God is a good hid
ing place. Wnen Jeho'haoi rusheS into the
nursery of the King AMI picks up Joash,
what shall she do with hiny Shall She take
him to some room in the paaceg No; for
the official desperadoes will hunt through
every nook and corner OF that building
Shall she take him 10 the residence OF some
wealthy citizen No; that citizen would no.
dare to hurbor the fugitive. But she mas 10
take him somewhere. She hears tho cry
of the mob in the Streets she hears the
shrek OF the dying nobility; 50 sha
rushes with Joash unto the room Of tho
temple, into the house of God, aul then she
puts him down. She knows that Athalial
and her wicked assassins will not bother ths
temple great deal; they are not apt 70 20
very much 20 church, aud 50 she sats down
Joash in tne temple. There he will be- hear !
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