The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-02
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A Scholarly Disc jurse BY
Rev. David ]. Burrell. d. d.

Bufrell, ID. d.. LII. D.. Sunday i'm the
Marble Collegiate Church. Fifth ave.
nue.. The text was from Kings xii:2
"And it came to pass when Jeroboam
the son of Nebat. heard Of It TOR he
was IN Egypt, that they sent and
called him" DR. Burrell said:
In reading the chroniclesOf the Kings
of Israel we come upon the name OF
Jeroboam and 1t is almost always men,
toned In these terms, "JerObOam, the
son Of Nebat. who made Israel to sim
This is repeated no less than eighteen
times with weary federation. IerO-
boam has stood in the pill0ry three
thousand years. with that placard over
him. Why is he thus branded and dis.
hOnOred:
At the time Of our context he was
living in Egypt lie did not belong
there. He was a jew: a widows son.
distinguished as a civil engineer. He
had begun at the foot OF the ladder.
lending a hand with pick and shovel
in the repairing of the fortficatlOns
Of Milo. The eyes of King Solomon
fell upon the tail, broad shouldered
youth and. admiring his industry and
cleyerness. he promoted him step by
step until he was made superintendent
of public works, and placed in charge
Of thirty thousand men. His ambition
grew with his advancement; and thus.
at length. temptation overcame him
He was like many others of whom we
say, They cannot bear prosperity" At
this time in Israel there was much dis
content. owing 10 royal luxury and ex-
trayagauce and 10 excessive taxes and
governmental impositions. The young
fs...N
contents, and became involved in n con-
spiracy. solomon got wind Of 1t. the
conspiracy collapsed, and Jeroboam
fed to Egypt. where be was now living
in impatient exile.
At the death of Solomon the smolder-
ing fire burst into a flame His son
Rehohoam refused to listen to the
complaints of the people saying: M
father chastised you with whlps. but
l viii chastise YOU with scorpions
The ten tribes assembled and resolved
on secession. The cry was raised: "To
your tents. 0 Israel" And we should
be the last to find fault with them.
since the state OF affairs was much
what 1t was when our forefathers came
together In Independence Hall. and
drew mp notable protest beginning
when in the course OF human events
It becomes necessary for one people to
dissolve the political bands which have
connected them with another" etc
When the question arose rs to who
should be the leader Of the ten tribes
all eyes turned to Egypt; and Jeroboam
was sent for.
He had longed for that message. and
FASTENED to answer It, He was prob
ably not more than fortnight on the
way The IsraeliteS had consumed
forty years in the same journey. when
they came mp "0ut Of the house of
their bondage" but Jerohoam's frct
were winged with ambition as theirs
wore not. What dreams and visions
stimulated him! Tho crown beckoned
him,
He met the assembled people at
Schechem and was formally inaugu-
rated. "GOd save the Kincw The
hopes OF the ambitious youth were real;
lied at last What an opportunity was
now before him. What an outlook. if
only he would reign in the fear of God.
But. alas. be began in the wrong
way. Thinking only of personal ad-
vanccmcnt lie left God out Of the
reckoning That was a desperate blum.
der His reign Of two ana twenty
years is briefly summed MP I'm three
sins; all Of them due 60 what SpenScr
call, 'the sacred hunger Of an amhi
tious miude."
His first sin was AGAINST God. i'm
setting up the golden calves. From the
standpoint Of q goddess King this was
good policy. He reasoned thus: "Tho
law requires that the people shall 60
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