The Red Cloud chief., 1911-04-13
JOASH CROWNED
in JUDAH
Sunday School Lesson for April l6, 1911
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GOLDEN TEXT-"Blessed are they
that kucp lis testimonies. and that seek
Him with II whole heart - psa. 1872
TlME-Athaliah came to the throne in
$40 Il. g. OlIastings) or s93 Il. g. OBeechcrl;
Joash, S43 II. G. QHastlngg OF IS; y. G.
PLACE-Jcrusalem the capital OF Ju-
dah
KINGS -Joashs contemporaries were
Jehu in Israel, iIazael i'm Syria, Shall
manezer ii in Assyria.
God always finds ways to frustrate
the evil. John Wilkes Booth did not
reckon on the flag which tangled his
feet when he tried to escape. He
killed Lincoln, but up started a host
of others to undo his evil deed. The
Kingdom of God Is not pillar which
can be thrown PROSTATE I'm the dust,
but cube that always falls upon n
base as broad as that from which Il
has been dislodged in fact, It Is
rather Ike the Irishman's stone fence,
which he built three feet high and
four feet wide. so that if it was tipped
over 1t would be higher than It was
before.
How can we apply this incident to
our modern boys and girls? For every
one OF them kingdom is waiting. the
kingdom OF noble, happy and useful
manhood or womanhood. This is the
real kingdom. for Joash, and for every
boy and girl. Every young king and
queen is surrounded by perils. as ter.
rible as those that threatened Joash:
| ana the only safety now Is the safety
that he found then-the protection of
the church and of godly home.
A noble woman has done her part
in saving the young king-the part
| that mothers play In the preservation
of the young kings of our modern
| homes. Now man steps in, as the
| father comes to have the chief innu-
ence over the life of the growing boy.
! Jehoiada. the high priest was a man
of ability and fine character. Prob.
! ably it was becoming increasingly DIFF
tlcult to hide the growing lad, and
! longer confinement would be most in.
| furious for him physically and mental
! ly. The first step toward placing him
! on his rightful throne was to gather a
| sufficient force Of loyal adherents.
! After obtaining the assurances.
| in addition to their own weapons.
which of course they would bear, they
were furnished by Jehoiada with the
| spears and shields that, as relics of
David's time, hung somewhere within
the sacred precincts, just as his pre-.
decessor Abimolech had furnished to
David himself the sword OF Goliath
These would remind them that it was
! for David's heir they were contendng
! Wise steps were taken, under the
leadership of Jehoiada, In the opening
of the young kings reign. A covenant
was made between the Lord and the
king and the people. This was re.
ncwal of the original compact, in
which Jehovah and his people bound
| themselves together-a compact bro
ken by the Baal-worship OF Athallah's $
reign. What was the second step? The
immediate and thorough destruction
of the temple of Baal, with its altars
and licentious images, anc the eXecu-
ton of its high priest Mattan. 1t
seems to be implied that the house
of Baal' stood on the temple mount,
in ostentatious rivalry with the sane
tiiary Of Jehovah. And the third step?
Jehoiada appointed officers over the
house of the Lord, re-establishing the
courses Of the Levites, and proceed
ing at once ID assign the custody OF
the temple to particular course. And
the final step? Leaving the Levites
to keep order in the temple, Jehoiada
and tle soldierS~ copducted the boy
king to the palace thrPugh the gate of
ths gdardJ doubtless that Through
which the king regularly passed from
the temple to the palace and back
again. accoh panied by his bodygdarS.
\whIe en- yoyhg solomon started Put ID
his reign he was offered his choice of
blessings, and chose not long life or
riches or power, but wisdom; and in
that choice he gained the other bless
his great reign he was found in the
temple, seeking wisdom. When the
girl Victoria learned that she was to
become queen of earth's mightiest
empire she quietly said: IL will be
good" II our young kings and queens
would be well furnished for theiI
sovereignty they must go to the Bible
and to the Bible school, and there they
will learn what true royalty is.
1t is appropriate that We have foi
Easter Sunday the story of corona
ton, for Easter is the anniversary ol
! the greatest of all coronations, the
. day when all mankind received the
possibility, at least, of the crown oi
life.
This IS the crown to which all oul
young kings and queens should lool
forward as the blessed reward Of no
Bile reigning over the Kingdoms tha
God has given them. ST. James wrote
blessed Is the man that endureu
temptation; for when he hath been ap
proved, he shall receive the crown o.
life. which the Lord promised to then
that love him."
st, John was bidden to write to tn,