Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-09-03

shaken. but adding 10 the weight %
penalty which he will exact of the ei'v
when az last he shall succeed in break-
ing down The walls!
And 80 rher plotted together and
sought opportunity 10 open negotia-
lions With Rabshakeh. and The oppor.
tHnity came when the messengers
came with rho final letter from rhe A.
syrian general demanding fhe surren-
der or tho CITY One of their mum
Der s1ccrcdct N slipping our ~ The
gate uuohSeryed during the excitement
and confusion attending The departure
" the Assyrian messengers. and re-
turned win them fn The camp a hint
u the plan having beer given 10 me
n~essergers while frev we're al me pal
ace. Dr. vas arranged that after ma.
king terms With Rabshaxeh for III
surrender ~ the city they should -
tlrn and ~ a signal agreed upon the
CITY 3 gates should be thrown open.
and The secrered bands % R~abshaseh's
army should rush into the city and
axe possession
When Hezesiah haf received Rah-
shaken letter. a feeling almost Of
despaif came over him and vet con
scious that God alone could help IN
tho desperate extremity which faced
the city. Hezekiah took the letter and
vent aloue into the house 81 the Lord
and there gave himself 10 earnest
prayer Had not Isaiah tho prophet
sent him a message ~ announcement
weeks before when tho peril hrst
threatened tho city. and had he mol,
said that the city should be- delivered
from the hand % the Assyrian king
But with the coming % this last mes
sag and tho continued strengthening
NJ the position u rho enemy before
Tho city. a shadow OF doubt began tc
creep into the heart Of he king Could
God and would God deliver
lie read the letter over again aloud
How -0lasphemous II sounded Sure
iy he will nor suffer such repr1ach
against his name And then as though
b. needed 90 reassure his own sou. 60
ihe majesty and % yer Of The God Of
his nation. he poured out his sogi In
alteration. exclaiming
% Lord % Hosts God ~ lsraei
that dNellest between Tho cheubims
thou art the God. even thou alone Of
all the kingdoms Of The earth thou
hast made heaven aad earth Incline
thine ear. o Lord. and hear open thine
EYES. o Lord. and see and hear All
The words % S-ennacherth. which hath
sent 10 reprnach the living Cod
~ he prayed a new assurance came
70 his heart and when word cane e
BIN from Isaiah saving that the Lord
would surely hear and deliver he felt
more hopeful and cheerful han h
had for weeks past.
The men who we're tn the conspiracy
against the city wondered A. the
looked upon rho calm face ~ the king
and felt not A little disconnected. bur
they went ahead with their plans and
that night everything vas in readiness
20 carry % the surrender ~ The city
tn the morning
Bur morning came and no sign cane
70 open the gates As The watchers on
ne wall looked toward the Assyriau
camp they noted the daarhlfse still
ness Fear look possession 0f their
hearts and. forg-rful u their plot
rhev fed 70 take RE king word.
What could i- mean Where the
DAY before all haf been activity nov
all vas silent ss -bs grave
tt is Gods hand who would send
feiiv-raucs according 70 his word.
exclaimed Hezskilh confidently
Thou shat "a and see he added
turning 10 the group of men who had
brought him word
They had plotted 70 betray he city
and 1ov we're they 70 be driven into
the very Jaws OF dearh ITSELF And
rhev wondered What had become of
their oomrade in the conspiracy who
had gone ont 70 the Assyrian camp
the night before n who was 70 have
given them The signal that morning
A. though by Nay % answer as thsy
reached he outskirts Of the camp
they almost stumbled over the form OF
one whose garb told only too plainly
that he vas a Hebrew.
II IS he. hey exclaimed together.
a shudder passing over them And a
hasty look about revealed heaps of
dead bodies on every hand.
God has sent ~dellverance. indeed
And our brother would Be alive to-day
had We not doubted the king and the
word which the Prophet Isaiah spoke"