The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-04-19
THE STORY OF JEllU.
Rev. DR.. Talmage on the Strenu-
Gus Hebrew Kings Career
As charioteer He Drove Fur'o0s'y'
and. Though Cruel as a Ruler
He Was Used For Provi-
dental Ends.


sermon on the sudden rise OF '''u 10
mower the preacher shows us il't 'o'
sometimes uses strange Instruments l'
accomplish his purposes and i-at u"'
expected temporal success Us often l-e
conse of a mans destruction. IAe text
is II Kincs tx. 2o. For he dr''e'h
furlously.'
The world always makes way Tor i7
intense men. whose hearts are pump
ing artcrlal blood filed with red cor
muscles. Robert Hall. Richard Baxter
DOUGLAS Jerroid. Edward Pay h''-
ert NicCheyue. John Keats and Alex
an1or IT. stephens as entertainments
mav have won immortal iame' oll
th.y started the battle of life with an
awful handicap. The world p.ues ODE
inmates of its hospitals. Buf pity u.s.
NOT the armor bearer standing oy the
choriots of war and waiting To- run lo
the bidding of its military heroes IAe
stouter the fist the broader the LUNGS
the deeper the voice and the more
flashing the eye of the king. the more
inclined are his subjects TO kucei down
and worship him. When the Ton tanner
entors the cage of the Wild boasts
his eve must never quiver nor his hlHd
which holds the lash tremble even ior
an instant or the powerful beasts viii
be leaplng at his throat The world
has but little use Tor weakings DO
admires chiefly the man who can leld
all bis contemporaries in the athletic
arena and strike the hardest blows in
the battlefield and who is ready 90 face
every emergency and conquer or die
such n man was the hero of my text
What he attempted to do De did with
his whole body. mind and soul. Jchu's
spirit was Ike a loodgate. When DE
attempted to do anything be opened
his floodgate and let all the waters
Of his energies rush forth in one ter
rife onward effort. When he played
he played with his whole heart. When
ne worked he worked in the same way.
This life Of Jehu reminds me q great
deal in its intensity Of the great Eng
lish diplomat, Sir Charles Evans Smith.
Some years ago he represented his
queen at the capital Of Fee, I'm the EN-
pire Of Morocco. While there great
Moorish uprising against the Chris.
tians took place. A movement Ike the
Boxers uprising in China was about TO
be enacted upon the African shores
The sultan hastily sent his messengers
TO the English embassy saying: Come
quickly. Come to my palace, or ! can
not protect youl Then in the morning
/ will send my troops TO escort you
and your family to the coast Sin
Charles calmly replied: Il do not in-
tend to leave; neither DO ! intend to
come to your palace for protection
IT'S true, I may be killed, and my wife
and children may be Killed, but you
90 back and tell your sultan that If
am killed within one month there Will
be another British minister On the cap
ital of Fee. and ne viii be accompanied
by a British army. and when that Brit
ish army comes there will be no Moor
lsh sultan ln Fee" The sultan reailz
cd he was dealing with q giant. At the
ROYAL command the Mohammedan mp
rising against the Christians I'm Mor0c
co instantly ceased. What Sir Charlie.
Ewan-Smith did in Morocco Jehu tho
mighty soldier. did I'm Samaria When
God selected him as king TO succeed
the Infamous JOram, who was tie son
Of the Infamous Ahab. he Immediately
entered bis chariot He gathered hi,
army. He swept on TO battle. IIo
claimed the throne. scattering an 0pp0
sition before him even as the wind.
scatter the chaff from off the thrashlne
floors Of the east
All, yes. Jehu was a man Of intense
energy. When he attempted TO do any
thing, he was like an exploding car
fridge burning up every grain Of pow
der which it had stored behind the
ball. Thus today the figure Of my
text is Jehu lashing his horses into
foam. On comes the future king to-
ward the royal palace Of Jezroel As
he rushes on the Waterman I'm the
royal tower carefully scans the app
preaching cavalcade. He says to the
anxious king beside him. who is soon
10 be murdered, "The driving is like
the driving Of Jehu, for he driveth fu-
riously.' SO the king assembled his
army and went forth 10 meet Jehu.
And JOram was slain near 10 the vine
yard Of Naboth, which his father had
stolen by conniving at the murder of
its late owner Such Is the story Of
the advent Of Jehu to Israels throne,
from whose life we are going 10 learn
our sermonic lessons Of this Lords
day.
This biographical sketch. I'm the first
place. teaches us that sometimes God
uses a very bad man TO work out his
purposes. lie sometimes says TO his
Jehus: "You. o selfish and sinful men,
are TO be the agencies by which l viii
execute my warnings You are to car
~ my challces even though your hands
are sinful You are 10 unsheathe my
avenging sword even though you have
evil hearts You are 20 run my err
rands even though you are answering
the calls Of greed and crime" Thus
an doors of good are not necessarily
disciples or Gods children. Though
we today find Jehu topping over the
throne of an Infamous king. yet Jehu
himself was just as heartless as mor-
CHESS and as much Of a criminal as
Ahab or Jezebel, who slew Nah0th In
order that they might annex his vine
yards to the royal domain.
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