The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-10-15
The Sunday Schools.
LESSON FOR NEXT SUNDAY.

1 Fourth Quarter. Oct. 1S, 1885
LESSON Ill. Jehu's False Zeal
| Kings 10. 1871.
| I5 And when he was departed thence. h
| lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab com
| ing to meet him: and he saluted him, and sai
TO him. Is thine heart right, as my heart is will
i thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, 1t is.
/ it be. give me thine hand. And he gave hin
| his hand and he took him up into the chariot
16 And he said, Come with me, and see m!
zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride il
his chariot.
II And when he came to Samaria, he slew al
that remained unto Ahab N Samaria, till h,
had destroyed him, according to the saying o
the Lord, which he spake to Elijah.
18 And Jehu gathered all the people together
and said unto them, Ahab served Baal little
but Jehu shall serve him much.
10 Now therefore call unto me all the proph
cts of Baal, all his servants and all his priests
let none be wanting; for I have great sacri
fee to do to Baal /; whosoever shall be wanting
he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty
TO the intent that he might destroy the wor-
shippers of Baal.
20 And Jehu said, Proclaim q solemn assem-
bly, for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
worshipers of Baal came, SO that there was not
man left that came not. And they came into
the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was
full from one end to another.
% And he said unto him that was over the
vestry, Bring forth yestments for all the wor-
shippers of Baal. And he brought them forth
vestments.
q And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of
Rechab, into the house of Basl. and said unto
he worshipers of Baal, Search, and look that
there he here with you noue of the servants of
the Lord, but the worshipers Of Baal only.
"a And when they went IN TO offer sacrifices
and burnt-of1erings, Jehu appointed fourscore
men without, and said. If any of the men whom
I have brought into your hands escape, he that
retteth him CO. his life shall be for he life ofhm
25. And it came to pass, as soon as he had
made an end of offering the burnt offering. that
Iehu said to the guard and to the captains. Go
in, and slay them let none come forth. And
they smote them with the edge of the sword !;
and the guard and the captains cast them out.
and went 10 the city of the house of Baal.
26 And they brought forth the images out of
The house of Baal, and burned them.
q And they brake down the house of Baal
and made 1t a draught house unto this day.
% Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
% Howbeit, from the sins of Jeroboam the
on nf Nebat, who made Israel to sin. Jehu de-
parted not from after them, to-wit the golden
'alves that were in Bethel, and that were in
Dan. ;iFf
80 And the Lord said INTO Jehu. Because thou
hast done well in executing that which is right
in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of
Ahab according to all that was in mine heart,
thy children of the fourth generation shall sit
on the throne of Israel.
2 81 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law
OF the Lord God of Israel with all his heart; for
he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam,
which made Israel to sin.
GOLDEN TExT.-Blessed is the man that
walketh not in the council of the ungodly.-
Psa. IL.
TIME.-B. C. S84.
PLACE.-Samarfa. the capital of Israel.
Jehu was the Captain of the Host of
King Ahab. and was riding on the char
lot with the King when, in the vineyard
of the murdered Naboth, Elijah pro-
claimed the doom of Ahab and Jezebel
He had no thought of being himself ths
instrument of working out the reforms
which God required at the hands of this
people. Jehu was man of great energy,
and one about whom the army rallied
readily. He was just returning from the
slaughter of Ahab's sons when he met
Jehonadab, faithful servant of God.
and great leader of men. Jehu took
him as a friend, to witness the reform
which he proposed to work in Samaria.
His plan for getting rid of the worship
of Baal was certainly an effective one,
for the time. He proposed to kill all who
engaged in it.
While Jehu's plan was approved of
God, it was hard to reconcile the details
of it with true Christian character. He
used the basest treachery to accomplish
the massacre of the worshipers of Baal.
He collected these people with the un-
that they were about to
engage in their own form of worship
and so they did-but soldiers were turned
in upon them with instructions to let no
man escape.
AS to the destruction of the worship of
Baal Jehu followed out the desire of God,
but after events proved that he was only
a destroyer of Baal, and not follower of
God. He had performed a temporal duty
required of him, but entirely ignored the
great spiritual duty which every man
owes to the God who creates and keeps
him. He destroyed the worship of Baal
because it was to his interest, in world
ly point of view. to do so. His ambition
was adame with the desire for earthly
destruction, and not with the fire of Di-
vine Love. That is happy soul that
makes religious duty a blessed task. and
puts aside, in the service of God, all
earthly ambition.
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Mrs. Strong, of Wilkesville, and Mrs.
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of which will be found in another place.
Mrs. Strong is a sister of Hon. VIM. L.
Edmiston, who represented Vinton and
Jackson counties in the Legislature be-
fore the war.