The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-02-25
The Sunday Schools.
LESSON FOR NEXT SUNDAY
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LESSON TX. .Nehemiah's Prayer.
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| l The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacha-
liah. And it came to pass in the month CHS
leu, in the twentieth year, as was in Shushan
| the palace.
That Hanan, one of my brethren, came, he
| and certain men of Judah; and 1 asked them
| concerning the Jews that had escaped, which
| were left of the captivity, and concerning Jeru-
| salem.
And they said unto me, The remnant that
are left of the captivity there in the province
are in great atf1iction and reproach the wall Of
jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates
thereof are burnt with fire.
And it came to pass, when 1 heard these
words, that sat down and wept, and mourne ed
certain days, and tasted, and prayed before the
God of heaven.
5 And said 1 beseech thee, o Lord God of
heaven, the great and terrible God, that keep
eth covenant and mercy for them that love him
and observe his commandments:
Let thine now be attentive, and thine
eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of
thy servant, which pray before thee now, day
and night, for the children of Israel thy SER
wants, and confess the sins of the children of
Israel, which we have sinned against thee both
I and my fathers house have sinned.
We have dealt very corruptly against thee.
and have not kept the commandments, nor the
statutes, the judgments, which thou COM
mandest thy servant Moses.
Remember, beseech thee, the word that
thou commandest thy servant Moses, saying, If
ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among
the nations:
But if ye turn unto me, and keep my COM
mandments, and do them: though they were
of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the
heaven, yet will gather them from thence, and
will bring them unto the place that have
chosen to set my name there.
10 Now these are thy servants and thy people,
whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power,
and by thy strong hand.
II o Lord, beseech thee, LET now thine ear
be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and
to the prayer Of thy servants, who desire to fear
thy name; and prosper, pray thee, thy SER |
want this day, and grant him mercy in the
sight of this man. For 1 was the kings cup |
bearer. |
GOLDEN TExT.-Give us help from trouble:
for vain is the help of man.-Psa. los. II.
TIME-445 B. G. Almost century since last
lesson. 83 Olympiad. Year of Rome, 30S
PLACE.-Shushan, or Susa. (See Descriptive
Index)
RULERS.-Artaxerxes Longimanus king of |
Persia. Rome under consuls. Judea under a
provisional governor.
The events of this Lesson occurred
nearly century after those of the last,
and the state of affairs in Judea were
very different from the hopes of the re-
turned exiles. The temple had been re-
Quilt, but without its original splendor.
Jerusalem was a mere unwalled village,
1t the mercy of its enemies and the peo-
pie in humiliated condition. Nehemiah
was a Jew who held the position of cup
)earer in the palace of Artaxerxes Long
manus, king of Persia, and voluntarily
eft the palace in order to aid the people
n their own land. Under his admins
ration of affairs the city was rebuilt and
'estored to something of its ancient glory,
'enewed prosperity blessed the Jewish
people,"
"The month of Chisleu was the ninth
month of the Jewish sacred year, and
to our December" The
twentieth Year." refers to the reign of
he king of Persia. "Hanani, one of my
,rethren," was afterward appointed by
Nehemiah ruler over part of Jerusa-
EN-. "The Jews that had escaped" were
hose who had been permitted to return
o Jerusalem ninety years before. "The
emnant" were in affection partly because
# the enmity of those around Judea. and
PARTLY because of religious neglect. "The
walls were broken" by NebuchadnezZar's
oldiers. one hundred and thirty-seven
ears before. In his prayer Nehemiah
fod bot |
though most of his people
we're 10th to own that they had not kept
he covenant, and deserved the discipline
hey received at the hands of Ged. The
Ldmonition eff ye transgress, | will scat
er," had been fulfilled, and Israel was
low scattered among the Nations. But
f the people should turn to God, and
leep His commandments, was there not
ret abundant hope for mercyP Nehe-
niah's heart went out toward his people;
le had held an important position under
he king of Persia, yet left it and trav
lied distance of twelve hundred miles
n order to assist his people to build up
heir walls, get into more prosperous
and turn toward a better mode
IL LfluS. N0uGIuldu duU Ezra W6I6 Uuo
asst heroes of Old Testament history, the
after being religious teacher, who
,ame to restore the law of Moses to some
hing of it's ancient glory. Nehemiah
lad only to know of the need of his peo-
Die, to go to their assistance. He was will
ng to make any sacrifice to himself, in
,rder to lift them up, and point them to a
better life
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