The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-13
REV. TALMAGE In PARIS.
A SERMON ON "HOw A KINGS
LIFE WAS SAVED"


delity's Attack Upon the Bible-AII
Are the imported Children of a
Great King, and the Church of GOD
Good Hiding Place from Sin.
PARIS, Jan. 12.-The Rev. T. De Witt
Talmage, d. D.. Of Brooklyn, preached in
this city to-day. He is making his way
home, which he expects to reach in the
early part OF February. DIR. Talmage's
text was: 'Jehosheba, the daughter of
King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash
the son OF Ahaziah, and stole him from
among the kings sons which were slain,
aud they hid him, even him and his nurse.
In the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he
was not slain. And he was with her hid in
tne house OF the Lord six years.n-II. Kingsa
x., 2, 8. He said:
Grandmothers are more lenient with
their ehildren's children than they wera
with their own. At forty years of age, il
discipline be necessary, chastsement is
used, but at seventy, the grandmother.
looking upon the misbehavior OF the grand
child, is apologetio and disposed to substi-
tute confectionery for whip. There ia.
nothing more beautiful than this mellowing
or old age toward childhood Grandmother
takes out her pocket-handkerchief andd
wipes her spectacles aud puts them4
on, and looks down into the face of hert
mischtevous and rebellious descendant, and
says: II don't think he meant to do it:
let him of this time; I'll be responsible for
his behavior in the future" My mother,
with the second generation around hers
boisterous orew-said one day: 81 suppose
they ought to be disciplined, but can't do
IL. drandmothers are not fi6 TO bring up
grandchildren" But here, in my text. we
have grandmother Of different hue.
have within few days been at Jeru-
salem, where the occurrence of tho text
took place, and the whole scene came
vividly before me while / was going over
the site of the ancient temple and climbing
the towers of the kings palace Here in the
text 1t Is old Athaliah, the queenly mur4
deress. She ought to have been honorable.
Her father was king. Her husband
was a king. Her son was a king.
And yet we find her plotting for the exter-
mination Of the entire royal family.
including her own grandchildren. The exc.
cutloners knives are sharpened. The pal
ace is red with the blood Of princes and
princesses. On all sides are shrieks, and
hands thrown up, and struggle. and death
groan. No mercyl KILL XIII But while
the ivory floors ,of the palace run with
carnage, and the whole land is under the
shadow Of great horror, feet-footed
woman, a clergyman's wife, Jehosheba bv
name, stealthily approaches the Imperial
nursery, seizessupon the grandchild that
had somehow as yet escaped massacre,
wraps 1t up tenderly, but iR
haste; snuggles il against her.
flies down tho palace stairs, her heart IN
her throat, lest she be discovered in this
christian abduction. Get her out of the
way as quick as you can, for she carries a,
precious burden, even a young king With
this 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 uncon-y
scious of the peril that has been threatened:
and there for six years he Is secreted in that
church apartment. Meanwhile, old Athal
liah 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 andi
take the throne, and TO push back into dis
grace and death old Athaliah. The
arrangements are all made for POLITICAL
revolution. The military come and take
possession OF the temple, swear loyalty toi
the boy Joash and stand around for his de-
Tense. See the sharpened swords and the
FURNISHED shieldsl Everything is ready.
Now Joash, half affrighted at the armed
tramp OF his defenders, scared at
the vociferation Of his admirers, isl
brought forth in full regalia. The
scroll of authority is put in his hands, ths
coronet OF government is put on his brow
and the people clapped, and waved, and
huzzaed, and trumpeted. "What is thatg'
salu AOnhllan w nhJ Is tnat sound over
IN the templep And she flies to see, and on
her way they meet her and say: s'Why.l
haven't you hearde You thought you hadi
slain all the royal family, but Joash has
come to light" Then the qreenly muir
deress, frantic with rage, grabbed hers
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 Treasoni Trea-
sonW While she stood there CRYING that.
the military started for her arrest and She
took short cut through back door of the
temple, and ran through the royal stables:
but the battle axes of the military fell on
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 passz
ing the place, as they smelt the place Of the
carnage
The first thought hand you from this
subject is that the determination of right
eousness 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 lat
ter 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 people, She
would put an end to everything that could
In anywise interfere with her imperial
She folds her hands and saws.
''The work is done; it is completely done.''
Is its In the swaddling clothes of that
church apartment are wrapped the cause Of
God, and the cause of good govern
ment. That is the scion of the house
Of David; it is Joash, the christian re-
former; it is Joash, the friend of God; it ia
Joash, the demolisner of Baalitish idoiatry.
Rock him tenderly; nurse him gently.
you may kill all the other chill
dren, but you cannot kill him. Eternal de-
lenses are thrown all around him, and this
clergyman's wife, Jehosheba, viii snatch
him up from the palace nursery, and viii
run up and down with him into the house
of the Lord, and there she will hide him for
six years, and at the end of that time he
viii come forth for your dethronement and
0bliteration.
Well, my friends, just as poor botch
1oes the world always make Of extinguish-
ng righteousness. Superstition rises up
and says: II will just put an end to pure
religion" Domitian slew forty thousand
Christians Diocletian slew eight hundred
and forty-four thousand Christians And
the scythe of persecution hes been
swung through all the ages, and the
DANES hissed, and the guillotine