The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

them everywhere. IT they oct OF as well
as thev are now going on in the work OF
eNtermination. I do not know hut that
our childr-r NAV live to. soc the millen-
mum. Yea. il there should come time
Of persecution in which all the known III.
hles of the earth should no DESTROYED all
these lamrs of life that hla7e in our pull
uits and iu our Families cvtncuished. in
the very day that infdeltv and sin should
h' Fo'dr" Jubilee ovor the universal OK
ti"otion thore void ho ir aomc clo.ct OF
. l""kwoods church seorctcd copv Of the
Bib'e and this Joash of eternal literature
would como out aud co,nc IN ard tnLe tho
throne. and the Athaliah Of irGdeitv aud
persecution would Nv ont tho h1cl door Of
the palace and dron her miserable cnrcass
under the hoofs of the horses NJ the kings
stables Won cannot cVtcruirntc Chris
tin"itvl Nou cnonct kin .Ioash,
The second thoucht 7 hand Won from
my subject is that there are oro7~tun''ics
in which You may save roval lie. Ncv
know thrt prof'0e history is rcoetc with
stories of strarqled roNprchs AVID Of vo"rg
princes vno have been pvt ont Of the
way. H"rc is the story of Young Li~g
sa'ed How ,Ichnshehr the c'orrvmor's
wife, must have trewhod 9s she rushed
i"to The imperial rursorv a~d srntchcd IN
.Ioash' How she hushed hi0' lest hv his
crv he binder the oscopo, Flv with him.
.Iehoshcha' Nou hold in your arms tho
cars' of God md rood government Fall
Hud ho is slain Srccend and you turn
the tide of the worlds history in tho ri-ht
direction IL eepmS ns VI between that
vourg l,iro ard his assassus there is moth.
inc bu' the frail an of woman. But
why should we spend our time in nrnisiug
this bravery of expedition when God asks
the same thing OF vou and me2 All
around us the impcrilod children Of
great king. Thev are horn OF Almighty
pareutacc. and win come to n throne or
crown il permitted. I'ut sin. the old Nth
allah goes forth to the massacre. Muir.
dorous tewutatious are out for the assos.
sination. Nalens. the Emperor. was told
that there vas somebody in his realm who
would rsurp his throne. Hnd that the name
of ~" man who should be tho us'rp"r
would hegin with the letters r, IT, i. O.
-. ard the cdict won't forth from the En-.
pcrors throne. "Hll cvorvhodv whose
name begins with T. II. T.. o. D. And
hundreds of thousands were slaiu honng
hv that massacre to put an end to that
one usurper. But sin is more terrific in
its deuunciation. II matters Not how YOU
spell your name. YOU come under its Sriic,
under its sword, under its doom, unless
there be somo omupotcrt rclict brought 10
the rescrn But blessed be God there Is
such a thing "a delivering royal soul.
Who wiz snatch away Ioash2
Vow few Of MS appreciate tho fact that
tn" c'hrch of God is hiding place There
arc many rconle who put the church at so
low a mark that thev hcgrudCc it every.
thiu6 even the few dollars thov givo to-
ward II. They make no sacrifices. They
dole little ort of thoir surpluslgc. They
ray their butchers hill, and they nay their
dooto"'s hill. and thcv pay their landlord
/ and they oiv everybody but the Lord. and
| thev come in at tho last to pay the Lord
in His church and frown as they saw;
There. Lord. it is Send me recent in
| fun. and don't bother me soon again.
There is not more than one man out Of
q thousand that appreciates what the
| church is. Where are the souls that put
aside one-tenth for Christian institutions
ore-teuih Of their income? Where arc
| those who. h1ving put aside that one-tcnth
| draw upon it chearfully? Why. it is pull
and drag hold on and grab and clutch
| and giving. is an ailction TO most people
when it ought to be an cNhilaraton and a
| ranture
Oh, that God would remodel our souls
| on this subject and that we might apprc-
ciate the house of God as the great ref
ugc " your children are to como up to
lives of virtue and happiness, thev viii
| come up under the shadow of the church.
| Ii the church does not get them, the
world will.
| Ah. when YOU ass away-1nd il viii not
! be long before YOU do-when You pass
away. it will he a satisfaction TO sec
| your children in Christian society You
want to have them sitting at the holy sac
raments. You want them mingling in
| Christian associations. You would like
| to have them die in the sacred precincts.
| When you are on your diving bed and your
| little ones cor mp TO take your last word,
| and you look into their hewildered faces,
| you will want to leave them under the
| church's beuediction. | do not care how
hard Won are, that is so.
And so. though YOU may have been wan
| derers from God, and though you may
| have some times Caricatured the church. Of
Jesus, it is your great desire that your
sons and DAUGHTERS should be standing all
| their lives within this sacred nclos,rc.
More than that You yourself will want
the church for hiding place when the
mortgage is foreclosed, when your laugh
! ter, Just blooming into womanhood, sud
| denly clasps her hands in a smmber that
| knows no waking; when the gauut t.0ub'e
walks through the parl1r and the sitting
room and the dining hall and the nursery,
| You will want some shelter from the tenn
| pest. All, some of you have been run
upon by misfortune and trial. Why do
| you not come into the shelter?
| said to a widowed mother aftcr she
| had buried her only son-months after
| said to her, ''How do YOU get along now
| adaysW "Oh," she replied. Il get along
| tolerably well except when the sun shines -
| | said, "What do you mean by that?"
when she said: Il 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 darlened soull o broken hearted
| man, broken hearted woman! Why do
| YOU not come into the shelter? / swing
| it from wall to wall, Come I'M Come in /!
You W ~ place where your troubles
| shall be interpreted, where your burdens
| shall be unstrapped, where your tears shall
| be wiped away.
Church cf God. be hiding place to all
| these people! Give their a seat where
| they can rest Their weary souls Flash
some light from your chandeliers upon
| their darkness, With some soothing
| hymn hush these priefs.
Oh, church of God, gate of heaven. let
me 90 through i'll All other institutions
are ~oing t. fall but the church of God
| its foundation is the Rock of Ages It's
charter is for everlasting years its KEYS
are held b. the universal Proprietor, its
| dividend is heaven, its president is God
Sure Gs Thy truth shall last,
To Zion shall be given
The highest glores earth can yield
And brightest bliss of heaven"
God grant that all this audience, the
youngest, the eldest, the worst. the best,
may fin, their safe and glorious hiding
| place where Joash found it-in the temple