Orange County observer., 1890-02-08

around the world They have exterrnlnated
until instead of one or two copies of the blc.e
in our houses we fave eight or ten. ann We
pile them up in the corners of our sabbath
ecnool rooms and send gr-et f.Ies oL tbem
eyerywhera I.tnc~ get on w.e.i Is fney are
now going on in the wora - e1t"r1lmatIon
J 70 rot know but that our children may
live ~ the millennium "a II there
should come time OF persecution II "nIcn
all the known Bibles Of the eartn should he
eleetroved all these lanr- Of llgh' that blaze
IN o1r pulpits and in or faFHli.a, e1tn,
c,uished-.n the very lav that infdeIlt- ar.
in should be holding 2 JuF1lien over the u,i-
versa extinction. there wpIld be IN soma
c'oeet ~ a back woods church eeereted COPY
Of the Bible and this .Toa 81 81 etegTTal htera-
t1re woul1 come out and come upard take
ae throne and the Afkalian Il infd"ltv
ar1 peI>arsl ton would AZ ont he back door
n TIE palace and drop hAr miserable carcass
r.nle~ the hoofs of the h0-s-a of the Kings
tables Ton cannot externIna,e Christi
anityt You cannot kill Joash
The secoad thought banI Won from ny
cuhiect *. that there ara Opportunities in
vnicn may save royal life You know
that profaae history is replete with stories Of
strans sled Monarohs and Of Young Princes who
have been put out of the way her IS IN me
story Of a young King saved. How
Jehosheba. the cle-gvn1ans wife must have
trembled as she rushed into the imperial MRS
cry and snatehed up Jo1Sh How she hushed
}im lest b. his crv ne hinder the escape.
Fly with hitn .Jehosheba yon hold in your
arms the cause Of God and gooi government.
Fail and ho i slain Succeed. and YOU turn
the tido Of the worlds history IN the right
direction It seams a if between that young
King and his aSsassins there is nothing hut
tne fran arm of a woman. But why should
we spend our time III Dralsln- this bravery OF
expedition when God ASKS the same thing Of
you and me- All around Us are the imperlle3
Children Cf 2 c5rnat X
They are born of Almighty parentage. and
will come to a ! hrone or a crown, II permitted.
But sin. the old Athahah goes forth to the
massacre. Murderous temptations ont
for the assassnations Nalens the Emperor
vas told that there was somebody IN his realm
who would usurp his throne and thai the
name Of the man who should be the usllrper
would begin with the letters T. r f O. D..
and the e1ico went forth from the Emperors 5
throne xii everybody whose name begins
with T. r. +. O D And hundreds and
thousands were slain, hoping hy that
sacre to put an end to that one usurper. But
sin IS more terrific in its denunciatiOn 1t
r matters not how you spell yOGr name, yOu
come under its knife under its sword under
its doom. unless there be somn onnlpotent
relief brought to the rescue But blessed be
God. there is such a thing as delivering g
roval sou12 Who viii snatch away Joash2
This afternoon III vour Sabbath school
class there will be a Prince Of God-sone
one who NAV vet reign as King forever bey
fore the throne: there will be some one in
vonr class who has a corrupt physical inner
itanca, there Will be some one your class
who has a father and mother who do not
know how to pray. there will be some one in
your class who IS destined to COM
mand IN church or state-some Crom-
well to dissolve. parliament some
Beethoven to touch the worlds harp strings,
some John Howard to pour fresh air into the
,-i,+
age the battl" wounds, some Mss Dix to
Snothc the craze1 brain, some John Frederick
Ooerlln to educate the hesotte,i some David
BTanarl to change the Indians whoOp
tOa sabbath song, some John Wesley to mar
snail three e,,lIrths IF Chrstan lom soma John
KNOX to make Queens turn pale soma .Joash
70 demoliSh ido!atry and strike for the king
dom Of heaven
lnere are sleeping III your cradles by night.
there are playing in your nurseries by day,
imperial souls waiting for dominion and
whichever side tna cradle they get out VIII
deei de the destiny of empires For each one
of those children SIN and holiness contend
Athaliah on the one side and .Iehosheha on
the other. But | hear people say: whats
the use of hothering children with relg gtous
instructions Let them grow up and choose
for themselves Don't interfere with their
VOltlon Suppose some one had said to
JehoSheha: Don't Interfere with that vouug
Joash Let him grow up and decide whether
he likes the palace or not. whether he wants
TO he King or not. Don't disturb his voli-
ti"n Jehosheba knew right we'll that un-
less that dav tn young King was rescued he
would never he rescued n all
tell yol my friends the reason we don't
reclaim all our children from worllliness is
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
ANN N,-r ~h,t
wait until their children are all wrapped uI
IN this world before they tell them Of a bet
ter world. Too late With your PRAYERS Toe
hate with vonr discipline. Too late with
Your henedjction You put all care
upon your children between twelve
aud eighteen Why do vou not put the chief
care between four an nlno It is too late
= repair vessel when it has got out of the
dry docks Il Is too late to save Joash after
the executionar- have broken in May Col
arm us all for this work Of snatchinS roval
souls from death t. Coronation Can YOU
imagine any sublimer work than this soul
saving That was what flushed raul's cheek
with enthusiasm: that was what le1 Nunson
10 risk his life amid Bornesan cannibal
that was what sent Dr. Abeel 10 preach
under the consuming skies of China that
was what gave courage to Phocus in
tho third century When the milltar7
offlceFS came 10 piIt him TO death
for ChriSts sake he put them II bed thai
they might rest while he himself Went out
ant IN his own garden du, his grave ar
then came back and said: II am ready :
but they wrra shocked AZ the idea of ia klnc
the lie Of tneir host Ha said 1T Is thl
VIII II God that | should die. and no stood
en- the margin of his own grave and they be
headed him on say it i a mania n fool
hardness. a fanatlcsn Rather would
cali II a cloriau, self abnegatIon. the thrill a.
eternal satisfaction. the piuckins of ,Ioast
from death. and raising him t. coronation
The third thought | hand to YOU from NIX
text Is that the church ot tod i q good hid
ln% place " non JedoSneha rtlSfa. INTO the
nursery Of tho King AMI piraS M Joash
what shall she do with him. Snail She take
HIM y some room in the palace Ne. fol
the official deSperadoeS will hunt through
every nook and corner Of that building
Shall she take him ~ the residence of som,
wealthy citizen No that citizen would NJ
dare 10 harbor tho fugitive hut Sha has 4
take him somewhere She hears the ~r1
ot the mob II The streets. >he hears n,
shrek OF the diving nobihrv - sh
raShas with Joa>n unto TIE room, II tn.
temple, into the house OF God. anltna1 ~h.
puts him down Sha knows that ArhaHar
and her wlcSei a>~sS>ins Will ~: hotter tn.
temple great deal they are nor aot ~ :,
EhFy much y church. and - sha sats tiosr
.ioa>h N the temple Tl-r- he VII o.. hear
lnr The songs uf the " --Shtoe-~ war att,
year. there he Will breathe the oIa~ ,,f m.