The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-11-03

platform between the two great pill /
lars of the court. Strength and .
beauty" the boy prince was in sight .
of all. When the crown was placed
on his fair brow another thing was
done which, under the circumstan-
ces, was very significant. The yell |.
low scroll of the law was laid upon I
his head. He was to be under, not .
above, the law. He was to govern |.
religiously. When this was done, /!
hands were clapped, trumpete blown /
and the cry, God, save the king"
was raised,
At sound OF the tumult, the queen
rushed upon the scene. She came
alone. If guards had accompanied
her from the palace, they had been
stopped at the temple gate. Athaliah
took in the import of the scene at
glance. She made one last and furi-
GUS drive to recoup her fortunes. She
stood upon her imperial majesty, and
ignored the illegitimacy of her own
authority when she cried, "Treason!n
No one came to her side as she hoped.
Through open ranks she was allowed
to leave the temple which could not
be polluted by her blood. At 1.-The
way of the horses entry like her
mother, this crowned monster, usurp-
er, and murderess met her well deserv-
ed fate
The Teachers Lantern.
Half measures are usually weak
measures. All Athaliah's cruelty
counted her nothing, because she was
not quite cruel enough. If she had
killed Jehoiada together with the 9TH
ers, she might have reigned longer.
After all, she was too unsuspicious.
She left the old high priest i'll possess
ion of the dilapidated temple. That
was her undoing.
Eight words suffice to describe the
evilist attitude woman can assume
toward her offspring. His mother
Athaliah was his (Ahaziah) coun-
selor to do wickedlY." She was the
empress dOwager of her day.
This account and the parallel one
in Second Chronicles are evidently
from the same original manuscript.
They afford an excellent example of
the manner in which some parts of
the Bible are made up of excerpts
from lost and forgotten originals. The
two accounts supplement each other
in helpful manner, and on their
very face give evidence of the hon
esty OF the editors.
The high priesthood, like the Vice
Presidency, was a sort of negative
office. 1t needed a positive character
like that of Jehoiada to lift it aboye
inanity. He stood pure and blameless
in the midst of bold, difficult, and
fartreaching enterprise.
This romantic story of the hiding
of this boy prince in the temple is al
together credible. Parts of a great
building can be overlooked for long
periods. 1t is said that the very ex-
istence of one of the chapels of the
Vatican was forgotten for series of
years after its entrance had once been
bricked up for some ceremonial pur-
pose.
Hatred and resentment against ty-
rants is always cumulative. Atha-
liah's regency was oppressive. 1t was
correspondingly unpopular. its COM
| ing to an end was h allied with delight.
Those were probably old fashioned
weapons with which the Levites arm
ed themselves out of the temple arm
Dry. But their historic associations
put extra courage into the hearts of
those who welded them. They were
the swords, spears, and shields which
David mad wrested from the hands of
the aliens, and had hung up as votiye
trophies in the temple.
The temple was an asylum for one
boy (Joash). Every boy should have
right of asylum in the Church. 1t
should be chief shelter and resort of
youth.