The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-10-27
Christian dominion.


many assaults upon tina, word! Al
the hostilities that have ever been ere
ated on earth are not 10 be compared
with the hosiiiities against that book
Said one nan 10 his infdel desperation
to his wife; "You must not be read
ing that Bible" and he snatehed u
away from her. And though in that
Bible was q loek Of hair Of the dead
ehid-the only child that God had
ever given them-he pitched the book
with it's contents into the FIRE and
stirred IL with the tongs and spat on
II and cursed it and said; Susan, never
have any more of that damnable stun
here"
How many individual and organized
attempts have been made TO exter-
inmate that Bible? Have its enemies
done Il? Have they exterminated the
American Bible society? Have they
extsrmlnated the British and Foreign
Bible society? Have they exterminated
the thousands Of Christian institutions
whose only object is to multiply copies
Of the Scriptures and spread them
broadcast around the world? They
have exterminated until instead OF one
or two copies OF the Bible in our houses
we have eight or ten. and we pile them
up in the n Of our Sabbath-sehool
rooms and send great boxes Of them
everywhere. II they get on as well as
they are now going On in the work OF
determination, / do not know but that
our children may live TO see the mil
lennium. Yea. II there should come
a time of persecution in which all the
known Bibles Of the earth should be
destroyed. - these lamps Of life that
b.aIe In our pulpits and in our fam
lilies extinguished. in the very day that
infdelity and sin should be holding iu-
bilee overthe universal extinction there
would be In some secret closet OF q
baekwoods church a secre;ed Bible,
and this Joash Of eternal literature
would come out and come up and take
the throne. and the Athaliah Of inhdel-
ity and persecution would fly out OF
the back door Of the palace aud drop
her miserable carcass under the boots
OF the horses Of the kings stables. You
cannot exterminate Christianity You
cannot kin Josshi
The second thought | hand you from
my subject Is that there are opportu-
mites In which we may save royal life.
You know that p~roiaDe history Is re.
plete with stories OF strsngled mon
Archs and Of young princes who have
been put out Of the way. Here Is the
story OF a young king saved. How
Jehosheba. the clergyman's wife, must
, have trembled as she rushed into the
] imperial nursery and Snatched up
l Joashl How she hushed him lest by
his cry he hinder the escape! Fly with
a him, Jehosheba! You hold in your
3 arms the cause OF God and good gov
eminent. Fail, and he is slain. Sue
coed. and you tnrn the tide Of the
T worlds history in the right direction
II seems as IL between that younl
n king and his assassins there is nothing
Il but the frail arm OF a woman. BuI
why should we spend our time in prais
ing this bravery Of expedition wheI
d God asks the same thing Of you AM
Ia me? All around us the imperial chill
Is dren Of a great King. They are borl
X Of Almighty parentage and will com
h to q throne II permitted. But sin, tn
h old Athaliah. goes forth to the mas
I'D sacre. Murderous temptations are on
re for the assassination. Valens. the en-
I'd peror, was told that there was som
ne body in his realm who would usurp hi
sh throne and that the name OF the ma
h. who should be the usurper would b,
gin With the letters T, H, f, o, ID, an
or the ediet xeps forth from the en-
ne peror's throne; Kill every body who,
lie. name begins with 7. H. 4. o, d." An
nd hundreds were slain, hoping by thu
he massacre to put an end to that OF
ed usurper. But sin Is more terrific 10 !
ow denunciation. 1t matters not how yC
led spell your name, you come under 1
he knife, under its sword. under its door
hit unless there be some omnipottnt rel
au- brought TO the rescue. But, blessed
net God, there il such q thing as deliverii
md . royal soul. Who will snatch awi
md Joash7
Is Can you imagine any sublimer woi
lat than this soul saving? That was VIII
she flushed Paul's cheek with enthusiasm
eet that was what led Munson to risk }
fou life amid Bornesian cannibals; tn
ain was what sent DIR. Abeel to prea
has under the consuming skies Of Chin
ur- that was what gave courage to Phoc
her In the third century. When the mi
led tary officers came to put him to des
iou for Christ's sake, he put them TO b
that they might rest, while he hi
trn- self went out and in his own 81
den dug his grave and then came ba
and said: 81 am ready" But tn
nsi we're shocked at the idea Of taking I
life Of their host. He said: at
aek the will of God that ] should dil
.ne and he stood on the margin Of his o.
inc grave, and they beheaded him. Y
'ru' say IL Is a mania. a foolhardiness,
Ise. fanaticism. Rather would call II
Iio' glorious elf-sbnegation, the thrill
'ne eternal satisfaction. the plucking
Joash from death and raising him
coronation.
The third thought ! hand to you
that the church Of God is q good h
ing place. When Jehosheba rushes
TO the nursery Of the king and pie
up Joash. what shaR she do with hi
Shall she take him 10 some room
the palaee7 No, for the official d
peradoes will hunt through ey'
80 nook and corner Of that buildil
Shall she take him TO the residei
Of some wealthy citizen? No; Il
Irs citizen would not dare 10 harbor
nut fugitive. But she has 10 take b
somewhere. She hears the cry OF
mob in the streets; she hears
shrek OF the dying nobility; 80
tsIv PUSHES with Joash unto the room
he. the temple. into the house OF O
ned and there she puts him down. |
GOD knows that Athaliah and her wicl
IN, a~ssassins win not bother the TEN
God a great deal. They are not apt 10
the very much TO church, and 20 she :
raj. down Joash In the temple. There
him will be hearing the songs OF the "
iah, shippers year after year; there he
but breathe the odor Of the golden c
1aes Sers; in that sacred spot he will tai
this secreted until the six years b
will passed and be come TO enthronem'
Iery Would God that we we're all as "
the a. Jshosbeba and knew that
will church Of God Is the best hiding pla
end Perhaps our parents took US there
for early days. They snatehed US a'
b. from the world and hid Us behind
Itch baptiEmal fonts and amid the BIZ
tim and psalm books. o glorious
lion ~closurel We have been breathing
! an breath Of the golden censers all
lew time, and we have seen the Lamb
49,. the altar, and we have handled
per. walls in which are the prayers OF
all 49, - -. A... d.ualf uudar