The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-04

spirit Of loyalty 10 David would revive \
when i became known that = lneal
dessseidan seSrs.sd or ysars had been
and that they would quickly respond 10
what he m. Sht propoge. 1t Is d TO tho
credit Of all concerned that after making
places assigned they acted their seyeral
parts. Moreover. Jehodta provided tho
guard with the spears and shields which
David had laid up Josephus explains that
there was an arsenal In the TEN pie itself,
where We're kept various imprernnts TO ba
used IN case OF necessity (Antiq. l!b. tx;
chap. y, never employed probably to bct-
ter purpose than on this occasion. SO tho
day wore on armed men guarding tho
house OF the Lord.
CROWNED: Diverse 12) AZ the proper
tine Jehoda brought forth the prospects
I've king, who. passed from the secret
chamber into the temple court A pro-
cession was doubtless formed. and his fol-
lowers. and his following was in tho
dignity and spiendor due to his station.
Tho Imagination may easily picture tho
scene. There were our parts Of the cere-#l
his head. n diadcm or golden band, thu
general visible designation Of royalty,
used In al countries from remote
headship or authority. Next there re- was IS
delivered into his hands the testimony.
the book Of the law. written on roll OF
the people, were 10 be governed and With
which all rulers should be familiar.
Josh. &: 81 Then the holy oil was
poured upon, his head. sisnifying tho
esteemed to be necessary for such high
Office And finally, the, people gave their
approval, BY clapplng their hands, crying,
passed OFF regularly. The Divine anoint-#
Ing. and the popular approval added TO the
right Of descent Joash was king.
joicing described more fully, elsewhere
re Chron. xadii: ~, came to the ears OF
8Athalah,,, the lnurdercss. who had exer-
the temple she rent her clothes in her
distress, as she saw the newly vrowncd
king and shouted. Treason, Treason. ~
others. The daughter OF Ahab found her-
self suddenly d!sposscssed Of power. No
SO esp9use her easae
she had been for six years an Intrusion
in the palace And then the order came e, i
make a. clean sweep OF this wicked pre- 4
tense at royalty and all who had sympa-
thy with t.. Thrust out OF, the temple
the horses, a kind Of path, seldom trod.
den by human feet she passed toward
the palace from which She came but
she was slain. and no one knows what
became of her body. The pretender de-
throned, the seed Of David according to
prrGm .1 was in the place Of power. Gen.
C. coNcIus1oN.-God reIgns In human
history. (Rey. xix: ii It Is not true that
events occur through q process OF evoi-
ton, the atter,unfoldlng from he earlier.
He suffers men to work out their des' GINS,
some. OF them good, some bad and their ell
And then He thrusts In his power to
oyerturn what Is contrary to His will
and to advance what Will serve his pur-
pose. ana to accomplish what no human
wisdom could have conceived, what no
human power could haye executed.
what no blind forces wording in nature
and no combined forces working In human
society could have attained. In the after
ages men see why Athaliah was suffered
q to rule for a while that little child
might DO carefully nurtured, to do 9
vanclng the Kingdom Of God: superna-
tural history reveals the hand Of tho in-
finite father. Who through al centuries
and In all Kingdoms. employs the forces
that best suit his far-reachng designs.
There may be delays anu temporary
ward movement ending III ultimate right.
The boy king, saved from death. kept N 4
the temple, was Gods instrument In pre-
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