Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-16
DR. TALMAGE IN PARIS.
An ELooUENT SERMON By TIE
GREAT BKooKLYN DIVINE.

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Raw. II. De Witt TaImaoe nreaohed
In Par;s ~, gurdav Ian I9 Hia tert
vas. aJehoshaha ths daughter of King
Jo-a,, s;ste- ~ Abs1iah tool Ioash tbs
son of Ahaziah. and stole him
from among the KINGS sons which were
sleir' i,, '',.,S sr 4 fbsv Md Rim even him and
ne nrrss Z, tha hedcbemhar fror,
Athaf;ah az that he uyos mot ALAN Ard
N. 80 vy;th bar MA III tha bonaa 90 tba
T,ord .ir wears Eli Kinoa III 09 He
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fsraus,,n "a beru a-a rora lan;ant w;,h
Al 81 II, i15ra,,,s cL;ld-a,, t,a,, th,', ,',a,a
witb their own A. forty ~ wears ~ aas
h diacinIina he NECESSARY cbastiaamsnt
a. ,,saa INF - ssvs,,tv AZ oro, S,no
IooFing nnon tba misbabevior of ths
grandchild q anoIogatic and disnoead
e anbstitnta canfsctionarv for wbi,,
Thera ;s nothino MOVE haant;fnI tbdn
tbis mailowing of old soe toward child
hood Grandmothar taSas ont her
nocia, bondLarchiaF and winss her
snectaoIes and nufs them on. and Looks
down into the face az her miscbievoua
and rebeIl;ous descendant. and saws. sT
don't think ba meant to ~ A. Ia him
OF tbis time. TlI,he resnonsibIa for his
bebavior IN tha future1" NV mother.
with the second oeneration around her
"A boisterous crew--said one dav. aI
sunnoaa thav ouoht 10 he discinT;nad
Int I can't do il. Grandmothers are NOT
Al to hiring mn orandchildren. /" Rnt here.
IN INV texf We have n orandmother of a
diffeyeht hue.
have within n few dava been MI
Jerusalem. where the occurrence of the
taxt took nIace. and the whole seene
came yiyidlv before me while was go-
inc over the site of tba ancient temnIa
and cIimbina the towers of tia kino,s
palace. Here in the text il il Old
AtbaIiab. the aneenly murderess. She
nooht 70 have been honorable. Her
father was n King. Her husband was n
kino. Herson was 4 king. And vet we
fnd her nIottino for the determination
~ the entira rovaI family incInding her
own orandchiIdTen. Ths executioners,
knives are sharpened. The palace il
rad with the blood of the nrinoes and
nrincesaea. ON all sides are shrieks.
and hands tbroyur mn. and .struggle and
dAath groar M marcvr XIII Kill
Rnt III, "a tba ivory foors of tho naIaca
run with carnaya and the wboIa land is
rnIar tba sbadow If oraat borror n
Aeet footed woman, a cIerovman'a wifa,
Jahoaheba bv name stealthiv annroaches
tha inneria1 n,1rserv. eaizss nnon tha
crandcbild tbat had somehow MS vet
escanad n,ossacra wrans II M tendarlv
hnt X haste, snnoolas il aga;nst har
fiies down the palace stairs. her heart in
her throat lest she be discovered in this
Christian abduction. Get her ont Of
the way al auick az Won can. for she
carries 1 nracious burden, even . vouno
King. With this Youthful prize ahe
presses into the room of the ancient
famnle the cbnrch Of oIden time. nm
wrans fba vonno KING and nnts him
down. sound asIeen. Al he d. and nm
conscious of the peril that has been
threatened. and there for six Years he
Is sacratad in that church anartment.
Meanwhile old AthaIiah smacks her
!. Iius with satisfaction. and thinks that
mi the royaI family ore dead.
Rnt The six wears expire. and il is time
for Young Joash to come forth and take
the throne. and to push back into dis
grace and death old AthaIiah. The ar
ranpements are all made for political
reyoIution. The military come and take
possession Of the temple. swear LOYALTY
to the bow Joash and stand around for
his defense. See the sharpened swords
and the Furnished shields! Everything
Il ready. Nov Joash, half affrighted at
the armed tramp Of his defenders, scared
at the yociferation Of his admirers, is
brought forth il full reealia. The scroll
Of authority is put IN his hands, the
oorones Of government is put ON his
brow, and the people cIapped, and
waved, and huzzaed, and trumpeted.
w hat is that2n said Athaliah. what is
that sound over ii the teInple?" And
she flies 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 queenly murderess,
frantic with rage, grabbed her mantle
and tore it to tatters, and cried until she
foamed at the mouth: You have no
business to crown my grandson. You
have ho right to take the government
from Ny shoulders. Treasoni Treasonl'
While she stood there crying that, the
military started for her arrest. and she
took d short cut through back door of
the temple, and ran through the royal
stables; but the battle axes of the
military fell on her in the barn yard,
and for many q day, when the horses
\ were being unloosened from the chariot,
y after drawing out young Joash, the fiery
steeds would snort and rear passing the
i place, els they smell the place OF the
+ carnage.
The first thought handyou from this
subject ID that the determination Of
righteousness in an impossibilitv. When
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