The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-01-24
TALMAGE IN PARIS.
He Relates The Storyof How a
Kings Life Was
Saved.

MIX lll1O WO0
Saved.
He Was Secreted by Jehosheba
in the Temple for Six
Years.
PARIS, Special.-The Rev. r. De Witt Tai.
mage, D. D., Of Brooklyn. preached in this
city. He h making his way home, which he
expects to reach in the early part Of Febru-
sry. DR.. Talma9e's text was: 'Jehoaheba,
the daughter Of King Joram. sister OF Ahaz.
lab, took Joash, the son Of Ahaziah, and
stole him from among the Kings sons which
were slain: md they bid him, even him and
his nurse, in the bedchamber FROM Athaah,
SO that lie ives not slain. And he WIS with
her hid in the house Of the Lord six years. -
II Kings. ri, 2,3. lie said:
Grandmotlers IRE more lenicnt with their
children's children than thcv were with their
own. At 10 years Of aRc, II discipline DO
necessary, chastisement is used, but ut ~,
the grandmother, looking upon the lnisbc-
havior Of the grandchild 10 apologize and
djspoysL to substitute confectionery for
whip There IL nothing more beau-
tif,i than this nlellowiny old age towurd
childhood. Grandmother takes out her
poke tLandkerclliefa and wipes her spectacles
nnd puts them on, and looks down into the
face Of her m:sclicvous and rcbeious descend.
mt. and says: II don't think lie meant to
do it; lot him off this time IN he responsible
for his behavior in the future" My mother,
with the second generation around her-a
boisterous crew-ssid ono day: "lsuppose
it," Grnndmothets arc not at to bring up
grandchildren" But here. in my text, We
have u GRANDMOTHER Of different hue.
] have within few days been ut Jerusalem.
whore the occurrence Of the text took place,
and the who'll scene came wildly before
me while ! was going over thu site Of the
the kings palare. Hers in tile text it is
old Athalish, the quecnly murtlereas. She
ought to have been honorable. Her father
was king. Her husband was a king. Her
son vas a king. And yet We find her plot ting
for the determination OF the entire royal finn.
lily, including her own grandchildren. II: The
palace IL red with tho Hood of princes and
princcsscs On oil sides ure shrieks. and
hands thrown up, and struggle, and death
groan. No mercy! Kill! Kill! But while
the ivory floors Of the palace run with earn.
age. and the whole land is under the shadow
clergyman swt e, Jcllosheba by name. stealth
lily approaches the imperial nursery, seizrs
upon the grundchil TINT had somehow as
yet escaped mnssacrc, wraps 1t up tenderly
hut In haste, slnuggles it againt her, flies down
the palace stairs, her heart in her throat lest
she b discovercd in this chrstinn abduction.
Get her out Of the way as quickly as you can.
for she carries q precious burden, even IL
young King. With this youthful prize she
presses into the room Of the ancient temple,
tho church of olien time, unwraps the young
King, and quits him down, sound asleep. us
lie 10, and unconscious OF the peril that has
been threatened; and there for six years l,o is
secretsd in that church apartment. Mean-
while old .Athnliah smacls her lips with sat.
isfaction, and thinks that ail the royal fami-
jy are dead.
But the six years expire and it is now time
for young Joash to come forth end take the
throne, and to push back into disgrace and
oil made Tor political revolution. The mill
tary cone and take possession Of tle. temple.
swear loyalty to this boy Jgash aud stand
around for his defense. Zee the aharpencd
swords aud the FURNISHED shieldsl Every.
thing is ready. Now, Joash, half atfhghted
forth 10 full regala. The scroll Of authority
is put on his brow. and the people clappcd,
and waved. and huzEart. md trumpeted.
What is tllat?" said Athnliah. "What is
that sound over in tho temple?" And she
ssgas, wsy a hrvfn as H. 1 ssa51' .nS a
but Joash hos come ~ light" Then the
qpesnly murjereas frantic with rage, grabbed
her mantle and tore it to tattcrs. and cried
untilshe loaned ut the mouth You hive no
right to Take the government from my
:sooa there syns a tfn s a1 ws
for her arrest, and she took short cut
through back door Of the temple md ran
through the royal stables; but the battle
axes Of the military iell on her in the barn
yard. and for many q day, when the horses
were being unloosed from the chariot, utter
would s1prt and rear passing the place, Us
they smelt the plnee Of the carnage.
| The first thought l hnnd you from this
subject ID that the determination ofrighteous-
ness ID an impossibility. When IL woman is
good, she 10 apt to be very good, and when
Athaliah was one Of the latter sort. She
would s4terminnte the last scion Of the house
ofDAvid. through whom Jesus vas to come.
There was plenty Of work for embalmers
and undertaksrs. She gould clear the land
Of AL God tearing and God loving people.
que wouio put an enc 10 everything tnRL
could in anywise interfere with her imperial
criminality. She folds her hands and says;
THE work is done; It is completely done. u
Is it? In the swaddling clothes OF that
church apartment are wrapped the cause
| 0fGod. and the cause Of good government.
That is the scion Of the house Of David;
it is Joa.h; thu Christian re:ormer; ii
10 Joash. the friend Of God; it is Joasll,
the demolisher Of Baalitish idolatry. Rock
him tenderly, nurse him gently. Atll-
allah, you may kill oil the other children, but
you cannot Kill him. Eternal licenses are
tlrown around bin. and this clergyman'r
wife Jeasleba, si!' snatch him up from the
him into the house OF the Lord, and there slc
| will hide him for six years, and at the end o
| that time lls gill come forth for your Dc
thronement and obliterntion.
We'll, my friends. Just as poor o botch does
the world always make ofex tinguishingri right
will Just put an end to pure religion
Domiiinn slew 10000 Christians, Diocletlnr
slew $4,000 Christians. And the scytli.
of persecution has been swung through
all the ages, and the fumes missed. mud
the guill,osi . g., chopped, and the Bastil.
terminate It? Did they exterminate Aiban
the first British sacrifice: or Zuinglius tlit
Swiss re:ormsr; or John Oldcastle, the
Christian noblemnn: or Abdallall, the ARA
biaA murtyr; or Anne Askcw, or Sanders. III
Craniuer?' Grrut work Of determination
they made Oft. Just at the time when they
thought they had slain oil the royal family
Of Jesus. some Joash would spring up and
out, aud take throne of power, and WELD q
very scspter of Christian dominion.
Inf.lelity says: "t'll just exterminate the
Bible" and the Scriptures were thrown into
the street for the mob to trample on, AMI
they were piled up in the public squares and
ret on IRE, and mountains Of indignant con
tempt were hurled On them, nnd learned
universities decrecd tho Biblo out OF exist
encs Thomas Paine s,lid: "In my age q
reason l have annihilnted the Scriptures
Your Washington 10 q pusillanilnous Christ
tinn, hut l mn the foe Of Bibles and o
Churches" Q, how many assaults upon the
word! All the hostilities that have ever
been created on earth are not to he com
pared with the hostilities against that one
hook. Said oneman, in his intdel despera.
tion, to his wife: "You must not be reodina
that Bible" aud he snatched it away from
her. And though In that Bible was q lock o.
hair OF the dead child-the only child that
God had ever given them-he pitched thu
book with Its contents into the fire, and stirred
It with the tongs. and spat on it aud cursed
1t, and said: '.susan, never have my more
Of that dnmnube stuff here!"
How many individual nnd organized at
tsmpta have been madeto exterminate that
Terminated the American Bible Society!
Foreign Bible Society? Have they extermi
situations, whose only object is to
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