The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1890-01-15

him 10 some room in TIE palacel No; for
! the official desperadoes will hunt through
| every nook and corner of that building
| Shall she take him to the residence of some
wealthy citizeni No; that citizen would
not dare to harbor the fugitive But she
has to take him somewhere. She hears tho
! cry of the mob in the streets; she hears the
shrek of the dying nobility; so she rushes
| with Joash unto the room OF the temple, into
/ the house of God, and then she puts him
down. She knows that Athaliah and her
1 wicked assasSins will not bother the temple
a great deal; they are not apt TO go very
much 10 church, and 50 she sets down Joash
In the temple. There he will be hearing the
| songs of the worshipurs year after year;
there he will breathe the odor Of the golden
censers; in that sacred spot he will larry,
secreted until. the six years have passed, and
he come TO euthronement.
Would God that we were all as wise as Je-
hoshebs, and knew that the church of God is
| 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. o, glorious incosurel 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 Of the cheru-
| bim Glorious incosurel When my father
and mother died, and the prop rty was set
tied up, there was hardly anything left; but
they endowed us with property worth more
| than any earthly possession, because they
| bid us in the temple, And when days of
| temptation have come upon my soul have
| gone there for shelter; and when assaulted of
sorrows, have gone there for comfort, and
there mean to live want, like Joash, 10
stay there until coronation. | mean to be
| buried out of the house Of God.
. o men of the world outside there, be-
trayed, calicatured aud cheated of the
| world, why do you not come in through
| the broad, wide open door of Christian
| communioni wish | could act the part
| of Jehosheba today, and steal you away
from your perils and hide you in the
temple. How few Of us appreciate the fact
that the church of God is hiding place.
There are many people who put the church
| at SO low a mark that they begrudge it
everything, even the few dollars they give
| toward it. They make no sacrifices. They
dole little out of their surplusage. They
pay their butchers bill, and they pay their
doctors bill, and they pay their landlord,
and they pay everybody but the Lord, and
they come in at the last TO pay the Lord IN
his church, and frOwn rs they say: "rhere,
Lord, it is; il you will have it, take it--now
take it, take it, send me receipt in full, and
don't bother me soon againp
tell you there is not more than one man
out Of n thousand that appreciates what the
church is. Where are the souls that put
aside one-tenth for Christian institutions
one-tcnth of their incOmel Where are those
who, having put aside that One-tenth, draw
upon it cheerfullyl Why, it is pull, and drag,
and hold on, and grab, and clutch; and Civ
ing is an affection to most people when it
ought TO be an exhilaration and a rapture.
Oh, that God would remodel our souls on this
subject, and that we might appreciate the
house of God as the great refuge. If your
children are 10 come up TO lives of virtue and
happiness, they will come up under the sha-
dow Of the church. II the church does not
get Ghem the world will. ......
All, when you pass away-and it will not
be long before you do--when you pass away
it will be a satisfaction &c see your children
in Christian society. You want to have
them sitting at the holy sacraments You
want them mingling in Christian associa-
tons You would like TO have them die in
the sacred precincts. When you are on your
dying bed, and your little ones come up to
take your last word, and you look into their
bewildered faces, you will want TO leave
them under the church's benediction. / don't
care how hard you are, that is 50. / said to
man of the world: "Your son and daughter
are going to join our church next Sunday.
Have you any objections" "Bless you,n he
said, "objectionsl / wish all my children be-
longed to the church. Idon't attend to those
matters myself know l am very wicked
but am very glad they are going, and l
shall be there TO see them. am very glad,
sir; am very glad want them there"
And 50, though you may have been wander
ers from God, and though you may have
sometimes caricatured the church of jesus,
it is your great desire that your sons and
daughters should be standing all their lives
within this sacred inclosure.
More than that, you yourself will want the
church for hiding place when the mortgage
is foreclosed; when your daughter, just
blooming into womanhood, suddenly clasps
her hands in slumber that knows no wax
ing; when gaunt trouble walks through the
parlor and the sitting room, and the dining
hall, and the nursery, you will want some
shelter from the tempest. All, some of you
have been run upon by misfortune and trial;
why do you not come into the shelteri said
W WluOWtu llOlhSA ulbcl huO leu
her only son-months after / said to her:
"How do you get along nowadaysp "Oh,"
she replied, 81 get along tolerably well ex-
cept when the sun shinesn / said "What do
you mean by 'thatf when she said: 81 can't
bear TO see the sun shine; my heart is so dark
that all the brightness Of the natural world
seems mockery to me-" o. darkened soul,
o, broken hearted man, broken hearted
woman, why do you not come into the
sheterl swing the door wide open. l swing
it from wall 10 wall Come inl Come in
You want place where your troubles shall
be interpreted, where your burdens shall DO
unstropped, where your tears shall be wiped
away.
Church Of God, be a hiding place TO all these
people. Give them a seat where they can
rest their weary souls. Flash some light
from your chandeliers upon their darkness.
With some soothing hymn hush their griefs.
o, Church Of God, gate OF heaven, let me go
through It'll All other institutions are going
to fail; but the Church of God-its founda-
ton is the Crock Of Ages" its charter is for
everlasting years, its keys are held by the
universal proprietor, its dividend y heaven,
its president is Godi
Sure as thy truth shall las,
To Zion shall be given
The brightest glories uarth can yield,
Aud brighter Hiss Of heaven.
God grant that all this audience, the young