The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-01-16
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
ou A KINGS LIFE WAS SAVED.
brooklyn Divine's Sermon at tho Gay
French Capita'

Jerug@g ibotiah. and stole him from ornong
y" g;no's sons tchich iUere slain. and then
p's VI ss,n' ,rcn him and his nurse, in the bed
aa,",bs,. from Athdiidh, so that he Wus not
o. Andhe rds Nth her hid IN the house
~, lord sir yedrs.'-II Kings, XII. ,. 3.
"crondmothers are more lenient with their
.Agdren's children than they were with their
.n AZ forty years of age IL discipline be
Vsassary. chastisement Is used, but at sew
" The grandmother. looking upon the
el,.bshayior of the grandchild, is apologotic
III disposed to substitute confectionery for
81 There b nothing more beautiful than
M fmellowing of old age toward childhood.
er.ndmother takes out her pocket handker-
sh,sf and wipes her spectaclee and puts them
'. ~ and looks down \ito the face OF her mis-
Vs,syous and rebclhous descendant, and
..r, II don't think he meant to do it: let
~, of this time I'll he responsible for his
,sI.,ior in the future NV mother, with
~. socond generation around her-a bolster
s@n.,rew-said ~. @ one day; II suppose they
SS,bt 10 be disciplined, but i can't do 1t.
Gr,ndnothors are not fit to bring up grand
| IlIren' But here, in my text we have a
srapdmother Of different hue.
si have within few days been at Jerusa-
,., where the occurrence of the text took
nlsrs and the whole scene came vividly be-
| 81 mo while I was going over the site Of
49, ancient temple and climbing the towers
~ the Kings palace. Here in the text It is
IA Athalish. the queenly murderess. She
o,ybt 10 have been honorable. Her father
wssa King Her husband was n King. Her
en- was a King. And yet we find her plot
tns for the determination of the entire royal
| family. including her own grandchildren.
| Tbe e1ecutioners knives are sharpened. The
rslace Is red with the blood of Princes and
Princesses. On all sides are shrieks and
bands thrown up, and struggle and death
groan. No mercy Kill Kill But while
he ivory floors of the palace run with earn
ACE and the whole land is under the
shadow Of great horror, a fleet footed
woman clergyman's wife, Jehosheba
by name, stealthily approaches the inn
peria nursery seizes upon the grandchild
that had somehow as yet escaped massacre,
wraps IL up tenderly but in haste, snuggles it
against her, flies down the palace stairs, her
beart in her throat lest she be discovered in
this Christian abduction. Get her out of the
ray as quick as you can, for she carries a
precious burden, even young King. With
Ibis Youthful prize she presses into the room
OF the ancient temple, the church OF olden
time unwraps the young King and puts him
down. sound asleep as he is, and unconscious
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 tae royal family are dead.
But the six years expire, and II is now time
Tor Young Joash To come forth aud take the
throne. and TO push back into disgrace aud
death old Athaliah. The arrangements are
all made for political revolution The mill
fary come and take possession OF the temple,
swear loyalty to the boy Joash and stand
around for his defence See the sharpened
swords and the FURNISHED shields Every
thing is ready. Now, Joash, half affrighted
At the armed trsmp OF his defenders. scared
Of the vociferation of his admirers, is brought
fourth in full regalia. The scroll Of authority
sput in his hands. the cornet of government
kput on his brow and the people clapped,
and waved, and huzzasd, and trumpeted.
"What is that" said Athaliah. What is
that sound over in the templeY' And
she flies TO see, and on her way
they meet her and say; why, haven't you
heard' You thought you had slain all the
royal family, but Joash has come to light"
Then the queenly murderess, frantic with
rage, grabbed her mantle and tore il to tat
tiers. and cried until she foamed at the
mouth: You have no right 10 crown my
grandson. You have no right TO take the
government from my shoulders. Treason!
Treason" While She stood there crying that,
themilitary started for her arrest and she
took short cut through back door of the
temple and ran through tho royal stables;
but the battle axes of the military fell on her
IN the barn yard, and for many day, when
tne morse, were being unloosed from the
chariot, after drawing out young Joash, tho
merry steeds would snort and rear passing the
place, as they smelt the place OF the carnage.
Inc hrst thought hand you from this sub
lect Is that the determination of righteous
ness is AN impossibllity. When IA woman is
good, she Is apt 10 be very good, and when
she Is bad, She is apt to be very bad, and
i .nls Hthallah was one of the latter sort. She
HsNHs
mousse OIL David, through whom Jesus was to
come. There was plenty of work for en-.
banners and undertakers. She would clear
the iand OF all God fearing and God loving
people She would put an end to everything
uat could in anywise interfere with her
imperial criminality. She folds her
gahls and says: This work Is
done, It is completely done" Is it? In
the swaddlng clothes OF that church auart-
ment are wrapped the cause OF God, and the
etuSe s ot good government. That is the scion
a. .s the mousse of David; il is Joash, the Chris
nan reiormer: ieis Joash, the friend of God.
Is Joash the demoisher OF BaaIitish
molatry. Rock him tenderly; nurse him
gently Athaliah, you may kill all the other
Ssntsuren' but you cannot kill him. Eternal
uMeiehses are thrown all around him, and
t tls ciergymans wife, Jehosheba, will snatch
en- ,r' up from the palace nursery, and will
n
tne Lord and there she will hide him for six
sears and at the end of that time he will
Ioule nv. forth for your dethronement and OBJ
Iteration.
A. Neh' my friends, just as poor IA botch does
si W world always make OF extinguishing
'a nsn'eouShesS Superstition riSss up and
ne, wili Just put an end 20 pure religion"
ppiGuntlan slew forty thousa nd Christians.
HD'ocletiah slew eight hundred and forty-foui
NouSdhd Christians. And the scyfhe of
persecution has been swung through all the
- ana the flames Missed, and the guillotine
nv GhoPped' and the Bastile groaned: but did
aosa he Toes OF Christianity exterminate ity Did
10y 10y eAtermlnate Albau, the first British
.. tinee' or Luinglius, the Swiss reformer:
=. SpIh D!dcastle, the Christian nobleman.
.inDuallah, the Arabian martyr: or Anne
- ~ OF Sanders,Or Cranmerg Great work
a. 'AtegmlnatlOn they made of il. just at
an 5llhe when they thought they had slain
s ~ Tue ine royal family of Jesus. some Joash
20 %YuIu WV" spring up and out and take the throne
I,pp p'Her' and WELD Il very scepter OF Chris
nan liielty says; "I'll just ex.erminat, the
tha. ana the Scriptures were thrown into
ho,. s,.eeI loi the mob TO trample on, and
So, we're plled up in the public squares and
-, ts"u hre' ana mountains OF indignant CON
ysr.bi,,se bt were hurled on them, and learned uni
Tn,ol,'peSs 1ecreed the Bible out of existence
Som = A., dlhe SAID; In my Age OF Rea-
Washise anhlmiated the Scriptures Your
"@Sn'hgton is pusillanimous Christian, but
beni bsh the foe Of Bibles and OF churches O.
many assaults upon that word All tho
s.r,t tIes that have ever been created on
tilitaI arc hot TO be compared with the hos