The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-01-24
and me. All around " an tho iutn
children ~ e q Z atsst King;

chi!drtp 81 . Rttat King.
They A. born o. Ai@lehs, parsntays and
will come 70 q throne or q crown, n psfnit.
ted, But Gin, the old Athaliah, e0ea forth
to tho massacre. 0urdefouD temptations
are out Tor the assassination. valsns Tho
III hie realm who would usurp. his throne,
md that ths meme OF the man who should b
tho usurpsr would begin with the lsttsrs Z.
II. +. o. D., and the ediet went forth nom
the empercr's throne: "Killeysrybody Mhoss
name begins with T. n. E. q. D." And
hundreds and thousands were slain, hoping
By that massacre to put ON end to TINT ons
nunciation. 1t matters not how you spell
your name, you come under Its knife, under
Its sword, under It's doom, unless there b
some omnipOtent relief brought to the rescue.
But, blessed BE- God, there 10 such thing %
delivering . royal soul. Who will snatch
away Joash?
This afternoon, in your Sabbath school
who may yet reign as king forever lefors the
throne; there will be some one IN your class
who has q corrupt physical inheritance;
there will be some one in your class who has
y father and mother who does not know how
to pray; there will be some one in your class
who is dcstined to command in church or
state-some Cromwell to dissolve parla-
ment, some Beethoven to touch the world :
harp strings. Rome John Howard to pour
fresh air into the lazaretto, some Florence
Nightingale to bandage the battle wounda,
some Miss Dix to soothe the craxed brain,
some John Frederick Oberlin to educate thu
lesotted, some David Brainard to chnnge
the lndinn'. var whoop to q Sabbath sony,
some john Wesley to marshal three.fourths
ofChristiandom, some John Knox to make
queens turn pnle, some Joash to dsmolish
idolatary and strike for the kingdom ofheay.
en-.
Thsre aie sleeping In your cradles BY night,
There nrc praying In your nurseries by day,
imperial souls waiting for dominion, and
decide the destiny Of empires For encll one
OF those children sin and holiness contend-
Athaliah Oh the one side and Jchoshebn on
the other. But ! hear people aay: What's
the use Of botherHg children with religious
instruction? Let them grow up and choose
for themselves. Don't interfere With their
Jeho.ebu: "Don't interfere with that youns
Joaah. Let him grow up and decide whether
ne likes the palace or not, whether he wants
to he King or not. Don't disturb his vol,
tion." Jeloslleba knew right well that unless
that day the young King was rescued, be
would never he rescued at oil.
tell you, my trlsnds, tho feason We don t
reclaim NIL our children from worldliness il
until their children lie before they tench
them the value of truth. They wait uutil
their children swear before they teach them
the importance Of righteous Conversation.
They witt until their children ara all wrnIl,
pod up in this world before they tell them Of
= better world. Too late with your prayers.
Too late with your discipline. Too late
with your benetliction. You put all care
uCon your children between IL and 10.
Why do you not put the chief care between
and 9 1t is too late to repair vessel
when it has got out Of tho dry dock. 1t il
too late to zee fpash inter the execptiuncrs
have broken ill., May God arm us oil for
this work Of snatchiug royal souls from
death to coronation. Gun you imagine sub.
liner work than this soul saying? That
was what flushed Pnul's cheek with cnthusi.
nsm; TINT was whit led Munson to risk his
lie amid 3ornesian caunibals; thnt was
what sont DR.. Ahcel to preach undcr the con.
summing skies OF China; that was what gavo
courage to Phocus In the third century.
When the military officers came to put him
to death for Christ's sake; no put them
to bed TINT they might rest, willis be
himself went ont, aud in his own garden dug
his grave. md then came back and said, Il
am rendy;" but they were shocked at the
idea Of taking the liM oftheir host. He said,
1T is the will Of God that l shopld die, and
he at ooi on tile margin Of his own gave and
they l.eheadsd him. You soy 1t 10 4 mania,
a toolhardineaa, q fnnnticism. Rather would
sall it glorioue s.lf abnsgation, the thrill
Of eternal satisfaction, the plucking o Joash
from death, and raising him t3 coronation.