The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-02-05

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sion which has come TO mo Il sesip1
thy perfect discipline and the obsd1
ence Of thy men "a thy every com
mAud. Happy must thou BE- with such
An army"
And Why hast tkou come with
such great army to Bethsan!" cues
toned jonathan. not altogether salts
Tryphon had spoken.
That / might have thy judgment
upon them and highest give then
into thy hand for discipline ~ thina
own army ID disciplissd." he replied
with evident sincerity. "0ss." he 81
claimed. here are the orders which
command hat the men In my army
shall obey thee in all that thou shalt
say to them and fortunate indeed
will I count myself II thou wilt bat
come with me and show the manner
Of thy orders in thine own army"
Jonathan took the pro1ered parch-
ment bearing the seal and writing.
Yea. thou knowest thst may well
covet thse AZ = friend. for do rot
know that Rome has again made
league with thss and have not the
Lacedemonians likewise entered into
covenant Of peace with thsey'
Trypboa continued to Argue. and
Jonathan seemed satisfied. for the
next nv when Tryphoa urged him
to return with him to Ptolemais he
consented thereto.
Send home thy army. but take with
thee those whom thou wouldst have
sesve thee until thy return" Tryphon
coinseled, and Jonathan. believing
such advice was good and that his
mon were better hack in their homes
and busy ON the land, he dismissed
them and sent them back. But 1000
he sent into Galjlee and 1000 picked
men h. took with him.
Nov ~ soon ~ Jonathan had en-.
tered into Ptolemais with his men
the men Of the city shut the gates
in subtlety at night. and going forth
they slew while yet they slept all the
men whom Jonathan had brought
with him. 10 that when he went forth
In the morning he found himself .
prisoner In the hands Of Tryphon,
and he expected that he would be
killed, but instead, Tryphon FASTENED
back into Galilee to destroy the
forces there before the rest Of the
army could assemble. "
But when Simon. the brother Of
Jonathan. heard all this he hastened
to gather the men OF Judea. But they
were In great dismay until he had
spoken boldly, saying:
I'VE yourselves know what great
things I. and my brethren. and my
fathers house, have done for the laws
and the sanctuary. the battles also
and troubles which we have seen.
BY reason, whereof ali my brethren
are slain for Israei's sake. and am
left alone. Now be II far from me.
that should spare mime own life. in
any time Of trouble; for am NO bet-
ter than my brethren. Doubtless I
will avsnEe my nation. and the sanc-
tuary. and our wives. and our chNs
dren; for all the heathens are gath
cred to destroy VI Of very malice"
Nov when the people heard these
brave words their spirits revived an1
they shouted: y
Thou shalt be opr leader instead
Of Jonathan thy brother. Fight our
battles and Whatsoever thou com
mandest US, that will We do"
Z In this spirit Simon and his army
met the great army 6 Tryphou.
which came into Judea. Jonathan be.
ing held In ward. And Tryphon cent
to Simon, saying:
"Whereas we have Jonathan thy
brother in hold, II 10 for money that
he Ia owing unto the kings treasury.
certain business which
was committed unto him. Wherefore
now send hundred talents Of silver
and two Of his sons a. hostages, that
when he IL at liberty he may not re-
volt from us and We will let him go
Nov Simon suspected further de-
colt. but he knew that his followers
would blame him II he consented not
to these terms and would charge that
he had caused the death OF Jonathan.
So he sent Tryphon the children and
the money.
But Tryphon kept not his word. but
when he had come to Bascama, he
slew Jonathan and buried him there
and then returned to his own land.
and Simon went and took the bones
Of Jonathan and buried them in
Modin. the city Of his fathers and he
built . monument and all Israel made
great lamentation for him and be-
walled him many days.
spiritual Exercise.