The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-29

Is the account Of that sreign&to be COM
8lgpressed into six short verses Z y es,S when
i looked at from the heavenly and eternal
! interests, a there was nothing E4nore that
\ could be said. Herciis a transcript from
4 the book Kept by the hands Of angels to
be opened at the last day Rev. Xx:-19).
opened. How their pompt and power
i disappear and their deeds and character
i 5are revealed 5S But there was another
record, T was kept by q faithful scribe
iiwho esteemed it a great honorIto set
| down big and little. all the acts Of Omri
1.-The King, that lie might look on the page
and feed his vanity and leave 1t! to those
who should come after hinlland 50 gain
| fame THE book OF the Chronicles of the
! kings or Israel" What a hgh-sounding
term! But where Is that book .no :, /:
one can find IT. Lost among the debris OF
| centuries. The Divine record only re-
I4mains. s3fs e{: X ii af ri i${1
u SUCCESSOR Verses 2s and 29) There
are two ways by which men Of high
station expect to ACQUIRE fame--by their.
sons
who carry their names and prolong their
Influence: BY this latter method David
lived in Solomon, Jeroboam In Nadab.
I3aasha in Elah. 1t was on this account
that all the ancients turned with affec-
ton to their children Genesis Nv:
or esteemed it to be a calamity If left.
the hope in all Abraham's posterity Of
a Messiah isaiah, XII: ~ so that every
son was the gift, Of God Genesis, iy;5D
Hence It was TO the great comfort. Of omrl
also5 that he had a&quiet hour in which
to die; that he was buried in the capital
city, doubtless with the pomp paid to
kings. and that he was succeeded by his
son. Ahab; 45 The peaceful transfer of.
government was in striking contrast with
The former revolutions
IBEl4.-( Oversees & 80 and BID Ahab
followed the example OF the six kings
who preceded him, onlyIRhe exceeded ali
Of them in his wiclSedness. Jeroboam,
Nadab, Baasha, Elah, szlnlri,4 omri. Ahab.
80 The succession randi olaters all, who
learned nothing BY the, calamities that be-
fell them. who trampled under foot the
laws OF God and prostituted their high
ONCE to degrade the people: A man re-
work In hinl-and makes or ruins himself
by marriage. And SO Ahab naturally made
alliance with q heather woman. the
daughter of a king, expecting probably in
cal!y Little cared he that the law OF
God condemned such relation Geut.,
VII: 81 Ethbaal, his father-in-law, ruler
OF OIL me Zi i people Of the north
most infamous woman In history, Ahab's
wife, We're both Worshlppers Of Baal. And
Ah 2, took Al this into his life. and reign.
her husband she was the stronger char
acter Of the two Backed by her royal
Iather, she became the power behind and
above the throne Of Israel. Her obedient
| husband erected n house of Baal in Sa-
tIIluIiu, ana sci up an altar therein. AS
,Jeeroboam had introduced the calf worship
o. l;Isypt 4, rs a measure of self-protecton
dab Ct Kings. xii:527). so Aha establisHed
i Haal worship to please his wife. Tho Doc
,,a rs headquarters at Bethel and Dan
e osher a. a. ne royal court Both were
people, but the worship of Baal vas D,n tmt
OBNOXIOUS. because 1t was Of a highly in.
t nn,n an, and consequently degrading char
aeter, being performed BY rites ard cove.
monies that cannot be Described ~ E rsugnt
VA, Mas more Virtuous than Canaan. uer're
l' q n nag ethical qualities while thevery
rradod ny, ueNo.ion among the latter dc.
REFLGcTlONS.--Th ,asso, !, =, u.
phasis on the following points. i Fverr
man. whatever his station. Is ! a ha
ured, not blythe splendor of his deeds. III,
py MS righteousness He is worth ~
PosteTlly only so much as the good inf,,,-
ence ne leaves behind. g. A wicked r. ber
can expect only to have wicked sons,
pS some freak OF nature or marvel Of
srace ltIiNilS order may be broken, but the
~" o. transmission Is relentless, 3 ii is.
20 su.'l III ma man 70 please his Wife, and
| 70 an extent II is wise and best Have
ne should choose for wifea woman whose
nesires and proslDtngs are good Other.
| wise ne sinks 10 her level or Is out IA
! harmony with her, Sin or discord results
=. Sin multiplics itself The evil of ono
generation rasses quickly to the next and
increases IN rs Passage There is no
SAFETY While any evil is tolerated. S. The
rulers Of people exercise great inf,,-
.ence, and It Is of utmost Importance that
| good men only be instrusted with mower.
TROY, Sslx:29 They who fear God vii
| serve men, ".
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