The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-01-23

King and MS assassins there Is nothing but
the frail arm OF woman. But why should
we spend our time IN praislng THIS bravery OF
expedition when TOD asks the same thing or
you and meY All around us are the impsriled
en,soren OF great ning
nhey are oorn oI Aililishty paiusentase, anu
VIII ometoa throne OF crown u permitted
put siIi, tne niu atnalian, goes lor'n 10 Tue
, sss' .ae MuraerouS Teiiptstohs are OUT
LOT Vne sssassihatloi, Naiehs she emperor
Wa .olu tnue tueIe was soileuouy IA ms Ieaiui
"ho "uuIu usurP nis ,nIohs, ahu thab lhn
n',lle 1l tue man l. Wno snouu pe tn5 usniPsr
Mos.u oes,n WIN sno .1'V s =. ~, ~ " -
ana the edlct went torth from the EmperorS
throne; Kill everybody whose name begins
Win l, "a. II. u, y ana hundreds aud
thousands were siam, hoping by that mas
saere 70 put an end 70 tnat one usurper, bqe
SIN Is more terrlnc IN MS remuneration lt
matters not now You spell your name, you
uotne uhder its khue uhuer its sword, under
us COON, unless there be some omnlpotent
rells' prousnt 70 ths rescue but, blessed pe
uou' mere is sncn thlnc as delivering
roysi sour VINO wili snatch away Joash'
ms AFTERNOON IN your ssbbath scnool
uiass' there VIII De a fTince OF God-soms
o one VINO may yet reign as hing forever be-
ioIe tne throne; there VIII 90 some one IN
your class VINO mas corrupt physical inner
rance; there wlll De some one In your class
y 49, ''S w. "e
eho" now 10 pray there VIII ns some one IN
your class VINO Is destined TO conn
mand IN church OF state-some Crom-
ven 10 uissoiVe parliament some
beethoven TO toucn I'd WORLDS harp strings,
some John Howard to pour fresh air into the
lazaretto, some Florence Nightingale to band
age the battle wounds, some Miss Dix 10
soothe the crszed brain, some John Frederick
Oberlin to educate the beSotted, some David
brainard to change the Indians war whoop
to Sabbath song, some John Wesley to mar
shall three-fourths Of Christendom some John
Knox to make Queens turn pale some Joash
TO demolish idolatry and strike for the king
dom Of heaven.
There are sleeping in your cradles by night,
there are playing in your nurseries by day.
imperial souls waiting for dominion and
whichever side the cradle they get out will
decide the destiny of empires. For each one
of those children sin aud holiness contend
Athaliah on the one side and Jehosheba on
the other. But | hear people say: whats
the use of bothering children with religious
Instruction. Let them grow up aud choose
for themselves. Don't interfere with ther
volition.' Suppose some one had said to
Jehosheba: "Don'6 interfere with that young
Joash. Let hun grow up and decide whether
he likes the palace or not, whether he wants
to be King or not Don't disturb his Volt
tion.n Jehosheba knew right well that un-
less UudO udy tue young Mig was rescued, ne
would never be rescued at all.
] tell you, my friends, the reason we don't
reclaim all our children from worldliness is
because We begin too late. Parents wait I'M
til their children lie before they teach them
the value of truth. They wait until their
children swear before they teach them the
Importance of righteous conversation. They
wait until their children are all wrapped up
IN this world before they tell them of bet
ter world. Too late with your prayers. Too
late with yonr discipline. Too late with
your benedlctlon. You put all cara
upon your children between twelve
and eighteen. Why do you not put the chief
care between four and nine2 1t is too late
to repair vessel when it has got out OF the
dry docks. 1t is too late to save Joash after
the executloners have broken IN. May God
arm us all for this work OF snatchins royal
sous from death TO coronation. Can You
imagine any suollmer work than this soul
SAVING lhat was wnat nushed fauls cheek
win enthusiasm; that was wna5 led Munson
70 rlsk MS NE anna Borneslan cannoalS;
tha5 was whag sent Dr.. Aoeei TO preach
unuer Ihe consuming SKIES Oh Gnina; mat
was Wnat gave courage TO fhocuS IN
the tnird century. When the military
officers came to put nm to death
1or Chrlsts sake, ne put them to bed that
tney mlgnb rest wnlle ne hlmseI went out,
ana IN MS own garden dug ms grave, and
then came oac& ana sad; Il am ready
out tney We're shocked az the IDEA OF taxing
tne NE Oh tneir nosg ne SAID; III Is tae
Will OF God that should die, and he stood
on the margin OF MS own grave and they be-
headed nun. You say 1t Is mania, fool
hardness, fanaticism. Rather would
call IL a glorious seI-aDne9atlon, the thrill or
etefnal Satisfaction, the piucklng OF Joash
from aeatn ana raising MIN 10 coronation.
Inc thrd thoagnt hand 10 you from my
tpXt tn9t : n Un06
ing place. W men JeaosneDa rusnes INTO the
nursery OF the klng and picks up JoaSh,
what snail she do with him? Shall she take
MN 70 some room IN the palace! no; tor
bhe omclal despefadoeS Will NUM- tnrougn
every nook ana corner OF tna1 puuolng.
ohaii she take MN 10 tne residence Oh sons
wealthy citizens No; that citizen would not
dare to harbor the fugitive. But she has to
take him somewhere. She hears the cry
of the mob in the streets; she hears tn,
shrek of the dying nobility; so sns
rushes with Joash unto the room of ths
temple, into the house of God, and then sna
puts him down. She knows that Athaliah
and her wicked assassinS will not bother tns
temple great deal; they are not apt to go
very much to church, and SO she sets down
Joash in the temple. There he will be hear
ing the songs of the worshipers year after
year; there he will breathe the odor OF tins
golden censers in that sacred spot he Will
tarry, secreted until the SIX years have
passed, and he comes to enthronement
Would God that we were as wise as .Je-
hosheba, and knew that the church of God Isl
the best hiding place. Perhaps our parents
took us there in early days; they snatched us,
away from the world and hid us behind the
baptismal fonts and amid the Bibles and the
psalm books. @, glorious Enclosure! We
have been breathing the breath of the golden
censers all the time and we have seen the
| lamb on the altar and we have handled the
phials which are the prayers of all saints,
and we have dwelt under the wings OIL the
cherubin. Glorious lnclcsure! Nhen NY
father and mother died, ana the propeltyj
was settled up. there was haraly ahything
left; but they endowed us with properly
worth more than any earthly possession, De
cause they hid US Ill the temple Ana "he
days OF temptation have come upon my SOU
haze gone there for shelter; anu wnen as
sauited of sorrows, have gone Vnere LOT
comfort, and there mean to hVe. want,
like Joash, to stay there until coronation;
man to be buried out OF the mouse OF TOD
On men OF the world outside there pc
trayed, carlcatured ana cheated Oh the
world, why do you not come IN through tne
broad, WIDE open door OF Clrisolan comiIluil-
Ion: wish L colld acg the part Oh 9eho-
sheoa to-day, ana steal YOU away I n
nnrllS and niTIA the temple. HOW