Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-01-24

,rr-~-. ...r,aoshe51. the daughter Of king
Ta.~.a efe.rr Of ILTz-UH. took JOGGl the
san o. .4au.tuH, naa stole hlnI from 0u1onJ
Ibe E~.n.sa s0ns 1ct.tct ireFe siam; C15L fHfy
L51 i'm rren hin and has nurse, 1sJt the Lsd.
cLr..g~., tram EtnTitnt. 81 that hr gcas no
ara-. 1IEh e zcns aCitlue.- hid IN the ko7lss
cJtar Lard slo; ae1rz.|-Il King, XII, 2 }.
G-a9Grnothers are more Ienient with their
chuE~an's children han they were with their
own. - forty years o. age. i discipline lie
nee ar. cha ztIseIle l. used, but at SCI
en1v. cle grandmother. looking upon ina
mis- haviDr Of the graadcnild. IS Apologize
and 4l-JJsed to substitute confectionery Tor
whip. There Is not.> ~ more beautiful than
TIM M. loving Of Old ere toward childhood.
Grandmother takes oft nor POCKET kand,er-
chief and wipes her sDeotaclCS ana puts them
OF aud looks down i4tJ the face Of her ms
.chie.oas and reDeBious descendant, and
saw g. do4 think he meant to do 1t, let
hun or his time: III he responsible for his
behavior IN the future NJ mother, with
thu second generation around her-l bolster
ous e.-vs-said one day: = suppose they
.g1g.~ 70 be disciplined but / can't DO 1t.
G-a14IIotunrs are not liz to bring an grand
children But lere III Iay text, We have
grandmother Of q different hue.
! have within lew days been at JcrUsa-
Ieu whore the occurrence Of tie text took
Dla.e and the whole scene came vividly be-
lore --- while / Wa Going over the site o.
The All ..cu1 temple and climbing the towers
Of the Kings palace Here IN the text it IS
Old Ath.'aL, tie QGeenly murderasS. She
ou1ut n have bean honorable. Her father
was 2 King. Her husband was i King. Her
sCI was q King And Vet We find her plot
ting Ipr the determination Of the entire royal
family, including her own grandchildren.
Tn. oE-nlJiOIers' knives are sharDened. The
palace is I'd with the blood OF Princes and
IrlHcr--e-. On all sides are sn"leis, and
hands thrown up, and struggle ard death
-r0au. No mercy. Kill. Kiu! But while
the ivory floors o. the palace run with earn
aga auG the wi7Ole land is under the
sna4aN OF a great horror, fee footed
1vosa.l 4 ciergymans wife, JeAos2eoa
~ la.u-. StealtllIT approaches the In
D.rla- nursery. SEXES upon the grandchIId
th@. hal somehow Is ycJ escaped massacre,
vI&f- JiD tenderly but n haste snuggles it
against nor flies d0"n the palace stairs, her
hear in her throat lest she be discovered in
-nis Christian abduction. Get her out Of the
way quici; as you can, for she carries
praci1u. burden, even a vOuEg King. With
this rylI-lfui prize she presses into the room
OF tie ancient temple, the church of Olden
time unl~raps the young King and puts him
down. sound asleep as he is, and unconscious
OF the peril that has been threatened; and
tnere Tor six years he IS secreted in that
church apartment. Meanwhile old Athaiah
SMACK her lips with satisfaction, and thinks
that all the royal family are dead.
But the six years expire, and is now time
fCr youns Joash to come forth and take the
throne. and to push bacl, into disgrace and
death old Athalah. The arrangements are
all made for political revolution. The mill
taTy come and take possession Of the temple,
swear loyalty to the boy Joash and stand
around for his defence. See the sharpeled
swords and the FURNISHED shields Every
thing IS ready. Now, JOash half affriGhted
at the armed tramp of his defenders, scared
at the yOciferation of his admirers, is brought
fourth III full regalia. The scroll OF authority
Is put IN his hands, the cornet OF government
IS put on his brow. and the people clappad,
ami waved, and huzZaed, and trumpeted.
What Is that@' said Atnaliah. What IS
THAI sound over in the telnple:' And
she flies to see, and on her way
they meet her and say: why, haven't y0l.
heard You thought YOU had slain all the
TOv&l family, but j Oash has come 10 light"
Then tae Queenly murtlera5s, frantic with
rage. era bbed her mantle and tore it to tat
tiers, ana cried until she fC2med at the
mouth: You have no right 10 crown my
grandson. You have no right to take the
government from my shoulders. Treason!
Trea on While she stood there crying thai
the military started for her arrest, and sae
TOOK snort cut through q back door Of the
temple, and ran through the royal stables;
but tae bat tide axes OF the military fell on her
in the barn yard, and for many day, when
the horses Wera being unloCsci from the
chariot, alter drawing out young JOash, the
fiery seeds would snort and rear passing the
pia"" rs they Snel5 the place Of the carnage.
L
1nco j. that the determination OF righteous
ness rs an impC5sibIhty. When a woman IS
good. 81" j. apt 10 be very good, and when
she = bad. she is apt TO be very bad, ard
this .E-naIiah was one OF the latter sort. She
would e-CcTnilata the last scion of the
mouse OF David, through whom Jesus was 70
come. Ihare was plenty OF work for EN-
BANNERS and undertR3ieIs. Sac would clear
GAc Land OF all God fearing and God loving
people. She would pat an end 20 everything
Il -Tsy-.1 1rTAi k,szTs
Imperial criminality. She folds her
hands and says: THE work is
done, it is completely done" Is it? In
the swaddhng clothes of that church apart
nanC are wrapped the cause OF God, and the
cause OF good government. That IS the scion
of The house Of David; it is Joash, the Chris
tian Taformer; it is Joash the friend of God;
it is JOasa, the denClisher OF B2aEtish
ldoIatry. EOck him tenderIy; nurse him
gently. Athalah YOU NAV kill all the other
cAlidran. but yCI cannot XIII HIM. Eternal
detenS2S are thrown all around him. and
this c!evgyman's wife, Jehosheba, will snatch
ANN up from the palace nursery, and will
run up and down with him into the house Of
the Lord, and there she will hide him for six
years, and al the end OF that time he viii
liberation.
Well my friends, just as poor a botch does
the world always make OF eEt.n"uiShincc
Righteousness. Superstition rises uD and
says: Il will just puc an end 20 pure religion )"
DOmlCian slew fOrtv tDOUsa nd Christians
Dioc3eCian slew eight hundred and fotr y--fon1.
thousand Christians. And the scvthe OF
persecution has been swung through all the
ages, and the flames hiSsaI aCa the ouillotina
chopped, and the BGstila grCanei: but did
tie toes Of Christianity exterIlinGta it? Did
they eXterminate Alban the first british
sac-IIce, or Luinglius, the Swiss reformer:
Of John OidcastIe, the Christian nohleman:
OF A0Gallan. the Ara Dian naartyI': or Anne