The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-25

ont aass ~ = 81 garden dug hia
grave ana then came back ana said
Il am ready. But they were shocked
at the idea Of taking the life Of thsil
host. He said, 1T is the Will OF God
that should de- and he stood lon
the margin Of his own grave, and they
beheaded him. You say 1t IS q mania,
g foolhardiness. fanaticism. RATHER
would / call It q glorious self-abnega.
ton, the thrill Of eternal satisfaction,
/ the pluck king OF sJoash from death and
raising him to coronation.
The third thought / hand to you il
that the church Of God Is a good hid
ing place. When Jehosheba rllshes into
the nursery Of the king and picks up
Joash, what shall she do with him!
Shall she take him to some room In
the palace? No, for the ofiicial des.
peradoes will hunt through every
nook and corner Of that building.
Shall she take him to the residence OF
some wealthy citizen? No, that citi-
zen would not dare to harbor the fu-
| gitive. But she has to take him some
where. She hears the cry OF the mob
In the streets; she hears the shrek Of
the dying nobility; so she rushes with
Joash into the room OF the temple,
into the house Of God, and there shl
puts him down. sac knows that Atha,
liah and her wicked assassins will
not bother the temple great. deal
/ So 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 the golden censers; In that
sacred spot he will tarry, secreted UNI
til the six years have passed and he
come to enforcement.
The best Hiding Place.
Would God that we were all as wise
as Jehosheba 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 psalm books. o glorious inclos-
ure! 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
Walls in which are the prayers of all
saints, and we have dwelt under the
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closure! When my father and mother
died and the property was settled up.
there was hardly anything left. But
they endowed US with a property
worth more than any earthly possess
sion because they hid us in the temple.
And when days Of temptation have
come upon my soul have gone there
for shelter, and when assaulted of sor-
rows l have gone there for comfort,
and there mean to live. want, like
Joash, to stay until coronation.
Christian Articulation.
All, when you pass away-and 1t
will not be long before you do when
you pass away, it will be a satisfaction
to see your children In Christian soci-
ETY.. You want to have them sitting at
the holy sacraments. You want them
mingling in Christian associations
/ You would like to have them die in
the sacred precincts When you are
on your dying bed and your little ones
come to take up your last word and
you look into their bewildered faces,
you will want to leave them under the
church's benediction. I do not care
how hard you are; that is so; said
to man Of the world: your son
and daughter are going to join our
church next Sunday. Have you any
objections? BLESS you!" he said.
Objections? I wish all my children
belonged to the church. I don't at
tend to those matters myself know
am very wicked but l am very glad
they are going, and I shall be there
Ito see them. I am very glad, sir; 1
am very glad. I want them there"
And SO, though you may have been
wanderers 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 Enclosure. 81
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 chande-
liers upon their darkness. With some
soothing hymn hush their griefs. oh.
church Of God, gate OF heaven, let me
go through 1t! ALI other institutions
are going to fail, but the church Of
God-its foundation is the Rock OF
Ages, Its charter is for everlasting
years. Its keys are held by the univer-
sal Proprietor, Its dividend is heaven,
Its president is God!
shod Geese-spectacled Cattle.
In Bohemia when geese are to be
driven long distances to market they
are shod for the journey. The method
Of shoeing is as simple as it is effec-
tive. The geese are made to walk re-
peatedly over patches Of tar mixed
with sand. This forms a hard crust on
their feet, which enables them to
travel great distances without becom-
ing sore-footed. Even more useful
than shoes for geese are the spectacles