New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-22
TAIlMAGE in PARIS,
He Relates The Story Of How a
Kings Life Was
Saved.
He Was Secreted by Jehosheba
In the Temple for Six
Years.

lIi GuC lClll plC lUl OLA
Years.
PANS, Speciai-The Rev. T. De Witt Tai
enage, D. D., of Brooklyn, preached in this
city. He is making his way home, which he
expects to reach in the early part of Febru-
-a1sy- Dr. Taimage's text was: .tJeho sheba,
che daughter of King Joram. sister OF Ahaz-
:Iah, took Joash, the son of Ahaziah and
.stoie him from among the Kings sons which
were ssain; and they hid him even him and
his ausse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah,
SO tslat he was not slain. And he was with
her hidin the house of the Lord six years.
FL Kings, ri, %. He said:
Graudmothers are more lenient with their
shAdren's children than they were with their
OWE. At 40 years of age, if discipline be
necessary, chastisement is used, but at 70,
tire grandmother, looking upon the misbe-
sssavios of the grandchild is apologize and
disposed to substitute confectionery for
'sss,ip- There is nothing m ore beau
sfsul than this mellowing old age toward
childhood Grandmother takes out her
Nsoeaethandkerchiefa and wipes her spectaces
Saeeof her mischievous and rebellious descend
sr6, and says: II don't think he meant to
do it; let him off this time; Eli be responsible
sae dEs behavior in the future" My mother,
WITH tue second generation around her-a
ssststesous crew-said one day: '.Isuppose
they ought Co be disciplined, but can't do
1t" GraadEaethers are not fit to bring up
grandchildren" But here. in nay text, we
h1ve grandmother of different hue.
" slave within a few days been at Jerusalem,
where the occurrence OF the text took place,
aud toe whole sceue came wildly before
rtxy8tG tof 1t H.
ssxieaesas temple and climbing the towers of
Che Kings palace. Here in the text it is
Gid Athaliah. the queenly murderess She
ought to have been honorable. Her father
Fuas king Her husband was a king. Her
son Was a king. And yet we find her plotting
Eese tue determination OF the entire royal fam
Hty, including her own grandchildren. The
eyecutaonees' knives are sharpened. The
Etaiace is red with the blood of princes and
tEiEaaeesses- On all sides are shrieks, and
'aasssas thrown up, and struggle, and death
sEEsszsssssa- No mercy! KILL Kill! But while
ssfas IVORY floors of the palace run with earn
sagsp sana the whole land is under the shadow
OF great horror, feetrfooted woman, q
eseEgyman's wife, Jehosheba by name. stealth
ssy approaches the imperial nursery, seizes
upon The erandchiid that had somehow as
yet escaped massacre, wraps it up tenderly
cut I'm haste smuggles it againt her, flies down
the palace stairs, her heart in her throat lest
SHE be discovered in this Christian abduction.
9ieG her out of the way as quickly as you can,
soc she carries q precious burden, even q
young King. With this youthful prize she
DRESSES into the room of the ancient temple,
Gtie church OF olden time, unwraps the young
Ming, and puts him down, sound asleep as
sae rs, and unconscious of the peril that has
been threatened and there for six years he is
secreted in that church apartment. Mean
while old Athalah smacks her lips with sat
lsanction, and thinks that all the royal fami-
BY are dead. .sl ~# y. . !,
BAT the six years expire and it is now time
aryOung Joash to come forth and take the
throne, and to push back into disgrace and
death old Athaliah. The arrangements are
asf made for political revolution. The mill
tary come and take possession OF the temple,
swear loyalty to the boy Joash and stand
'sisound for his defense. See the sharpened
swords and the FURNISHED shields! Every
SiiEues is ready. Now, Joash, half affrighted
at the vociteration of his admirers, is brought
toF6h in full regalia. The scroll of authority
Hs put III his hands, the coronet of government
rs put on his brow, and the people clapped,
and waved, and huzzard, and trumpeted.
<sWhat is that?" said Athaliah "What is
that sound over in the temple?" And she
lilies 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
,raMeenly murderess, frantic with rage, grabbed
f%fkec mantle and tore it to tatters, and cried
gunM she loaned at the mouth You have no
l. right to take the government from my
: shoulders. Treason! Treason" While she
g stood there crying that, the military started
dorher arrest, and she took a short cut
a5hgough d back door of the temple, and ran
ishTough the royal stables; but The battle
axes OF the military fell on her in the barn
yard, and for many day, when the horses
were being Embossed from the chariot, after
Z oEswln9 out young Joash, the fiery steeds
would snort and rear passing the place, as
Ghey Sme1t the place of the carnage
The first thought / hand you from this
SUBJECTS that the determination ofrighteous-
, ness is an impossibility. When a woman is
good, she is apt to be very good and when
shells bad, she is apt to be very bad and this
Ahhaliah was one of the latter 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 undertakers. She would clear the land
of all God tearing and God loving people.
She would put an end to everything that
could in anywise interfere with her imperi al
syininaIity. She folds her hands and says;
-es The work is done; it is completely done
AS it? In the swaddhng clothes Of that
church apartment are wrapped the cause
That is the scion of the house OF David;
at IS Joash; the Christian re.ormer; it
Is Joash, the friend of God it is Joash,
the demolisher of Baalitish idolatry. Rock
him tcnderly, nurse him gently. Ath-
allah, YOU may kill all the other children, but
you cannot kill him. Eternal de enses
aslrown around him, and this clergymans
wife, Jehosheba, will snatch him up from the
palace nursery, and will runup and down with
a,im into the house OF the Lord, and there she
will hide him for six years, and at the end OF
that time he will come forth for your de-
shronement and obliteration.
Well, my friends, just as poor botch does
sAe world always make ofextnguishing right
eousuess. Superstition rises up and says: Il
will just put an end to pure religion. ;"
!, slew $4,000 Christians. And the scythe
of persecution has been swung through
aM the ages, and the flames Missed, and
the, guillorine chopped, and the Bastile
groaned; but did the foes of Christianity ex-
terminate it? Did they exterminate Alban.
She first British sacrifice; or Zuinglius, the
Swiss reformer; or. John Oldcastle, the
sCsristian no bleman: or Abdallah, the Ara