The Monmouth inquirer., 1907-02-07
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Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. D. d.

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rmon on the sudden rise of Jehu to
wer the preacher shows us that God
netimes uses strange instruments to
somplish his purposes and that un-
pected temporal success is often the
use Of a mans destruction. The text
II Kings tx, 20, "For he driveth
lriously.''
The world always makes way for its
ltense men, whose hearts are pump
arteriai blood filed with red cor
scles. Robert Hall, Richard Baxter,
ouglas JerroId. Edward Payson, Rob
rt McCheyne, John Keats and Alex
inder HI. Stephens as yaletudinarians
may have won immortal fame, but
they started the battle of life with an
awful handicap. The world pities the
inmates of its hospitals. But pity is
not the armor bearer standing by the
chariots of war and waiting to run to
the bidding of its military heroes. The
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 kneel down
and worship him. When the lion tanner
enters the cage of the wild beasts
his eye must never CULVER nor his hand
which holds the lash tremble even for
an instant or the powerful beasts will
be leaping at his throat. The world
has but little use for weaklings. 1t
admires chiefly the man who can lead
all his contemporaries in the athletic
arena and strike the hardest blows in
the battlefield and who is ready to face
every emergency and conquer or die.
Such a man was the hero of my text
What he attempted to do he did with
his whole body, mind and soul. Jehu's
spirit was like a ioodgate. When he
attempted to do anything he opened
his noodgate and let all the waters
Ok his energies rush forth in one ter
rife onward effort. When he played
he played with his whole heart When
he worked he worked In the same way.
This life of Jehu reminds me great
deal IN it's Intensity of the great Eng
lish diplomat, Sir Charles Ewan-Smith.
Some years ago he represented his
queen at the capital of Fee, in the en-
pire of Morocco. While there great
Moorish uprising against the Chris
tians took place A movement like 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 i can
not protect you! Then in the morning
I Will send my troops to escort you
md your family to the coast" Sir
Charles calmly replied: 81 do not in
tend to leave; neither do I intend to
come to your palace for protection.
Tts true, 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 in the cap
ital Of Fee, and he will be accompanied
by British army, and when that Brit
ish army comes there will be no Moor
ish sultan in Fez." The sultan realiz-
ed he was dealing with giant. At the
rising against the Christians in Moroc-
co instantly ceased What Sir Charles
did in Morocco, Jehu, the
mighty soldier, did in Eamaria. When
God selected him as king to succeed
the infamous Joram, who was the son
OF the Infamous Ahab, he Immediately
entered his chariot He gathered his
army. He swept on to battle He
claimed the throne, scattering all oppo-
sifion before him even as the winds
scatter the chair from off the thrashing
floors OF the east.
Jehu's Energy.
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 1t 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 Jezreel. AS
he rushes on the Waterman in the
royal tower carefully scans the APP
preaching cavalcade. He says to the
anxious king beside him, who is soon
to be murdered, The driving is like
the driving of Jehu. for he driveth fu-
riously." SO the king assembled his
army and went forth to meet Jehu
And Joram was slain near to 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 Israeps throne,
from whose life we are going to learn
our sermonic lessons of this Lords
day.
This biographical sketch, in the first |
place. teaches us that sometimes God |
uses very bad man to work out bis
purposes. He sometimes says to his /
fehus: "You, o selfish and sinful men,
ere to be the agencies by which will |
execute my warnings You are to car
y my chalices even though your hands
are sinful. YoH are to unsheatho my /
avenging sword even though yen have |
syl hearts You are to run my er-