Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-10-22


sword, under it's doom, unless there be
some omnipotent relief brought to the
rescue But, blessed be God, there is
such a thing as delivering royal soul.
Who will snatch away Joash?
Reclaim the ChiIdreE.
This afternoon in your Sabbath
school class there will be a prince Of
God, some one who may yet reign as
king forever before the throne. There
will be some one in your class who has
a corrupt physical Inheritance. There
will be some one in your class who has
a father and mother who do not know
how to pray. There will be some one
in your class who is destined to COM
mand in church or state-some Crom-
well to dissolve a parliament, some
Beethoven to touch the worlds harp
strings. some John Howard to pour
fresh air in the lazaretto, some Flor
ence Nightingale to bandage the bat
tie wounds, some Miss Dix to soothe
the craZed brain, some John Frederick
Oberlin to educate the besotted, some
David Brainerd to change the Indians
war whoop to a Sabbath song, some
John Wesley to marshal three-fourths
of ChristendOm, some John Knox to
make queens turn pale, some Joash to
demolish idolatry and strike for the
kingdom of heaven. There are sleep
ing in your cradles by night, there are
playing in your nurseries by day, impe-
rial souls waiting for dominion and
whichever side the cradle they get out
will decide the destiny Of empires For
oh Of c,ir Io1i
ness contend, Athaliah on the one side,
Jehosheba on the other. But l hear
people say: whats the use of bother
ing children with religious instruction?
Let them grow up and choose for
themselves. Don't interfere with their
volition." Suppose some one had said
to Jehosheba: Don't interfere with
that young Joash. Let him grow up
and decide whether he likes the palace
or not, whether he wants to be king or
not. Don't disturb his volition." Je-
hoSheba knew right well that unless
that day the young king was rescued
he would never be rescued at ALL I
tell you, my friends, the reason we
don't reclaim all our children from
worldliness is because we begin too
lie before they teach them the value Of
truth. They wait until their children
swear before they teach them the i'm
portance of righteous conversation.
They wait until their children are all
wrapped up in this world before they
tell them of a better world Too late
with your prayers. Too late with your
discipline. Too late with your benedic-
ton. You put all care upon, your chill
dren between II and IS. Why do you
not put the chief care between and 9?
1t is too late to repair vessel when it
has got out of the drydocks. 1t is too
late to save Joash after the execution
ers have broken in. May God arm us
all for this work of snatching royal
souls from death to coronation.
SubIimest of All Work.
Can you imagine any sublimer work
than this soul saving? That was what |
flushed PauPs cheek with enthusiasm,
that was what led Munson to risk his
life amid Bornesian cannibals, that
was what sent DR.. Abeel to preach I'M
der the consuming skies of China that
was what gave courage to Phocas in
the third century. When the military
officers came to put him to death for
Christs sake, he put them to bed that
they might rest, while he himself went
out and in his own garden dug his
grave and then came back and said, 81
am ready" But they were shocked at
the idea of taking the life of their host.
He said, at is the will of God that |
should die and he stood on the mar
gin of his own grave, and they be-
headed him. You say it is mania,
foolhardiness, a fanaticism. Rather
would l call it a glorious self abnega-
ton, the thrill of eternal satisfaction,
the plucking Of Joash from death and
raising him to coronation.
The third thought I hand to you is
that the church of God is a good hiding
place When Jehosheba rushes 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 official desperadoes
will hunt through every nook and cor
ner Of that building. Shall she take
him to the residence of some wealthy
No. That citizen would not
dare to harbor the fugitive But she
has TO take MIN SOmeW0o She
Hears the cry of the mob in the streets,
she hears the shrek of the dying no.
bility, so she rushes with Joash unto
the room Of the temple, into the house
Of God. and there she puts him down.
She knows that Athaliah and her wick
ed assassins will not bother the temple
q 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 hearing the songs Of the wor-
shippers year after year. There he will