The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-10-26

oar houses we have eight or ten. aud We
nile them un iu me corners of our sabbath
school rooms AMI send great l,Nrs NJ
them everywhere. II they get On as well
~ thev ar. now going on ln the work ot
determination. | DO not know but that
oar child y NAV live - see the mlllcn-
MUM. Aca. n there should come time
oi persecution IN which al the known III.
hlcs of the earth should be DESTROYED. all
these lamss OF hie that blaze an oar pull
pits and IN our families cNtinguishcd, IN
the Vcrv dav that inhdchtN aed SIN should
hc holding Jubilee over the universal cN.
tuction there would hc m some clio et OF
q hacLwoods church a secrcted ccpy ct thC
Bible. and this loash ot eternal literature
would Coz. ont and come up and t~s the
throne. aud the Athallah Of intidelity and
persecution would tiy out the hack door ot
the palace and drop her miserable cAr'ass
under the hOofs of the horses 0t the KING :
stables You cannot cNtermlnate Chris
tianity' You caunot Kill loash,
The second thought | hand you from
my subject Is that there are opportunities
IN which YOU may save royal lite. You
know that prof 'ne history H. repleic with
stories of strangled monarchs and ot Young
princes V 80 have been put out ot the
way. Here Is the story ot Young .x.ng
saved. How lchosheha. the clergyman >
wife must have trcmAled As she rushed
into the imperial nursery and chcd M
Joash' How she hushcd HIM lest by his
cry he hinder the escape Fly with hun,
lehosneha' You hold IN your arms the
caus' of God and good government. Fall
aud he Is SLAIN Succeed. and YOU turn
the tide of the worlds history m tho right
direction. II seems as n between that
young lUnI and his assasslns there j. moth.
ing bu the trall a1l oi a woman. hut
why should we spend our time IA prnlslng
this bravery of expedition when God asks
the same thing of YOU and mcf All
around Ills the impei,led children of a
great king They are born of Almighty
parcntagc, and will come 90 4 throne or n
crown II permitted But SIN, the old Nth.
allah. goes forth Co the massacre, Muir
dcrous temptations are oGt Tor the assas
slnatlon Nalens, the Emperor was told
that there vas somebody m his realm who
would tsurp his throne, and that the name
of the man who should be the usurper
would begin with the letters T. II. T.. q,
ID, and the cdict went forth from the I'm.
pcror's throne, xiii everybody whose
name begins with T. II. T.. q. D. And
hundreds of thousands were slam, hoping
hy that massacre 20 put an end 10 that
one usurpcr But cm ~ more terrific IN
its denunCiat,on. Il matters not how YOU
spell your name. you come under It's knife,
under ITS sword. under lts doom, unless
there be- some omnipotcnt relief brought To
the rescue. But blessed he God, there ~
such a thing as delivering a royal soul,
Who viii snatch away JoashY
Can YOU imagine any -ubmcr worl,
! than this soul saving That was what
Z Nusht 4 Paula cheek with enthusiasm. that
WAS what led 'iuuson 60 risk his llic amid
Rorneslan cauulblls, that was what scnt
| DR.. Abecl 90 preach under the consuming
! skies OF China, that was what gave cour
A lts...
/ the military officers came To pat him to
/ death for Christ's sake, he pat them 60
/ bed that they might rest. while lac him
| self went out ami in hls own garden dug
/ ms grave. aud then came back and said,
/ II am ready But they were shocked at
/ the idea of iakug the life oi their host.
/ lie said 1t is The viii of God that ]
should die, and hc stood on the margin
| ot own grave aud thcy hchcaded him
/ You say 't ~ . mama, a ioOlhardncss, u
/ ipnaticlsm Rather would I call Il glo
| rous self abncgatlon. the thrill of eternal
satisfaction, the pluclNuV of Joash from
/ death and faisIag him To coronation
The thlrd thought | hand To YOU Is that
! the church of God ~ good hiding place
! When Jchosheha rushcs INTO the nursery
/ oi the king and picks up Jolsh, what shall
! she do with hlmy Shall she take him 10
| some room m the palace No, for the oili
nook and corner Of that building. Shall
/ she take him 20 the residence of some
/ wealthy citizen No, That citizen would
not larc T. harbor the fugitive But she
! has To take HIM somewhere She hears
! the cry OF the mob u the streets. she
/ hears the shrek OF the dying nobility. ~
/ she rushes with Joash unto the room ol
! thc temple, into the house of God, and
/ there she puts hm down She knows that
] Atlt,lt.h aud I.st t.t,lfal tftIl ttnt
| bother the temple q great deal. They are
| not apt 90 90 very much 10 church, and 80
/ she sets down JCash ln the temple There
/ ho viii be- hearing the sOnVs of the wor
| shippers year after yepr. There he Will
/ breathe the odor OF the golden ccnscrs.
/ In that sacred spot hc viii tary So.
/ crctcd until the SIX years have passed and
\ ho come 80 cnthrOnement
| How few OF NJ appreciate the fact that
/ the cuhrch of God N hiding place. There
are many people who put the church at 30
/ low a mark that they bcgrudgc Il every.
/ thing, even the few dollars they give TO.
/ ward it They make no sacrifices. They
| dole little ont of their -urplu.tgc They
pay their butchers bill. and they pav their
/ doctors BILL and they pay their landlord.
and they piy everybody but the Lord. and
| they come ~ 90 the last 10 pay ~" Lord
/ no llis church and irowu ~ they say.
There, Lord lt b. Send me a receipt IA
/ full and don't bother me soon again'
Oh. that God would remodel our souls
I on this subject and that We might lpprc.
/ clte the hOu~ oi God as the great ref
ugc' n your children are to come up TO
| lives Of virtue and happiness, they will
| come up under the shadow Of the church.
| II the church does not get them, the
world will
Al, when you ass away and IL viii not
1 Il - l. Il
away % Will be n satisfaction 90 see
! your children iu Christian society. You
| want 10 have them sitting AZ the holy sac.
IaWeuts. You wan them mluglug m
/ Christian associations You would like
to have them die in the sacred precincts.
When YOU are on your dyins bed and your
! little ones cOt up - take your last word
and ypu look into their bewlldorcd faces
sou wll want 10 leave them under the
/ .hIrrhs bcncdiciiDn. / do not care how
. hard you are, that o. Nv.
And 20. Ugh you may have been wan
d'r'rs from God, and though YOU may
have som" time. caricaiuI'd the church Ol
Jesus. D. .s your great desire that your
sgus and daughter. should br standing al
their lives within this sacred inrIosurc.
More than that hOu ypufe"ii wl.l want
Doe church i.r a hiding place when the
mJrtyIxc iH ioreri1-cd whom y1ur .augh.
''i, iust blooming into womanuDDd, sud
denly clasps h"r hands iu 70 siurubci that
knows no waking. when the gaunt T. -ublc
walks through the perpr and tle sitting
room and the dining boil and the nursery,
rJY v,ll want some shelter from the TEN.
p'-f hh. some NJ sou have been run
upon by misfortune and trial Why DO
sou not come into the shelter,
! SAID ~ widowed mother after she
|.EsI buried her only son moH'hs alter
/ said 10 her. Hos DO yol get along now.
ad1Fs| 'Oh she replied. Il get along
t0IcfsJI we'll except when the sun s.iipes'
! s1.I. What 10 you mean by that
wien sine sald + can't bear 10 SEQ Tho