The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-29

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GOLDEN TExT.-Cod loveth : cheerful eivcr.
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CENTRAL II Is blessed 70 give and -
labor for Gods spiritual temple.
TINE During the lrst tvothirds % the
rolEa a. JyaSn. $3.50 The repairs were com
| rleicd IA his twensy-,hiri year. n & Sac-one
hundred and thirty four years before our last
lesson
PLAcn.-Jcrusaicm. in tho kingdom q Judah
KIScS-Joash. eighth king ~ J1dlh. Jehu
was king ~ Israel during the trst rart %
Jc4Sh'~ reign.
ArFAlEs IN IsRArT--Ahab ara Jezerci his
heafhcn wife. had done their best 20 destroy
tho worship ~ Jehovah and Increase Tho
wicket Idol worship Of naai. Jut asoui The
time that Joash was born Jchu became king ~
Israel H. Destroyed tho family % Ahah AMI
the priests ~ Eaal making = great reformation.
AFFAIRS ~ JrpAn-TAe grandmother ~
JoaSA. QIccn Athaliah- Was the daughter ~
Ahab arl Jezebel. alAiuherlicd The disposition
AMI iaicnts - her wicked raotaer Shr Killed
AL her sraldso1s except Jcash. Who was res
cael aaL hidden ty lis aunt Jcac~acba. and
became ruler OF judah. She neglected and ia
surtl thV tefnpls ~ Cod arl Lad arcrpie 10
Eaai even IL JcFnSaltil Many " the people
bccams llola,rous and wicked.
ELISHA was lls.ns in Israel al the
days sfJo1sh-
PAfAi.LEf. ~ .SiaEs. en- la. The
Listors ~ iines - slToa IA > kias~ ssn 70
i3:2D. and cAr,n els. alt0e "a
/ LELps OVER HAEn PLACE AFTER thi#."
his narr.a|r. aad X ming 70 age w. -. josh
was mindeI - rcpa1r TIE house n the Load."
she temple. now 10 years old ndnfs.cetedAnt
injured. (Ser IVA y. There had been several
reforms before Ills l. The people had 70
rcwcd their covenant 20 Col - kings lisi0-
2 The pccpic ca tn same day. hy a popular
uprising. tors down tn temple csBlal ~ Kings
HISS. ,. The service cfthe priests In the tenn
PIE was reorganlzcl q Chron. s3.isl. Now
c-rac the fourth reform o. Go ont and
gather each one Independently. The Leyitcs
FASTENED il not:' the delay was very long.
Till tie Esd year % Joash " Kings 1880 The
reasons were probably ll want Of Interest, 90
tie money collected largely belonged 70 them
by law. and there was not much more gathered
than they needed; 90 the people had not much
intcrcs: 20 give where they saw no results. 9
Tabernacle ~ Witness the laws ~ Noses
were made when there was no temple. but oaly
the fat1raaclc. 8. "A chest" with a small
hole IA the ton. "At the gatc." II was In the
court Of the priests. near the altar, and near
the door from the court into the temple proper
9. collection that Moses" etc see FIX. BIB.
Lev. e..ao. Dcut ls.5-iS
LESSON
The story of the p~roviiential preser-
walton Of the infant Jchoash tor Jo1sh)
from the numerous wrath Of Athaliah.
Is one Of the romanccs Of history. In
those wild and cruel days SO many Of
the sccd-royal had been murdered. that
at last a babe only a few months old
was the only living descendant Of Solo
mon. IL Gods promise 70 David and
again to solomon was 20 bc fulfilled.
that child must live. Athaliah- how
ever. proposed that that child should
die. Thus we have again, as in the case
of Jezebel and Elijah. a warning Of di-
vine and human purposes For six
months after the massacre Of the royal
family Athaliah went on. convinced that
all her plans had been carried out TO the
letter. Yet all that time God was silent
" foiling the queens plans, and that
too by instrrmcntalitics purely human-
One hundred and fifty years the tenn
pie had been standing. But in thatcen-
fury and q half tho kings had paid more
attention 4 building new andidolatrous
shrines than 70 keeping the temple Of
God in good order. The result was that
the beautiful building was sadly in need
Of general repairs. This Jehoash I'M
dertook to carry out At first. how
ever, the work went on very slowly, for
the hearts Of the people and Of the
priests too we're Indifferent Appar-
emily they appropriated sonc Of the
funds to their own use (see verse ~.
Jcrusalem's temple is long since de-
stroved. No building in the world
has ever taken its place For
our churches are in no such
sense temples Of God as that il
which the structure at Jerusalem rs
Priesthood and temple have long since
been abolished as human and material
arrangements. To call 4 clergyman 8
priest and a church a temple a
God" Except in q broad and genera
way. is simply to 60 back out Of Chris
tianity 10 Judaism. The church has only
one great Priest to-day, and that !.
Christ; and Gods temples are human
hearts, and not brick and mortar Carry
ing u this idea. then. we have thu
theme Of temple repairs in a spiritua
sense. Every child Of God needs TO b
on the lookout to see whether hi
temple needs repairs How may w
know when our spiritual building call!
for attention? by seeing what ha'
fallen out and what has been built int
TIT kflnRlt VI IL &c ~ hA Ht'@F
should be built in: Love, JOY. peace. long
suffering. g~cntlcncss. goodness. faith
mcckness, temperance" These ar
living stones and may be likcned I
gold. silver and precious stones" 70
J value.
Prayerful investigation will show
every one whether he is using sucl
building material or not. Possibly or
who in years past did use these materi
! als have allowed them to fall out an'
! have replaced them with stones Of fa
I less value. Had Solomon's temple becl
4 built Of stone. wood. straw, gold, hay
1 precious stones. stubblc and silver. !
would have been a building wen NOR
j remarkable than it was. And hz'
Jchoash repaired il in any way suggest
! cd by the above mixture Of materials
. he would have become the laughing
Z stock Of his people. Yet something
c like this in the spiritual realm ma.
often be SEGA. What kind Of
spiritual tcr,plc would that be tina
! was constructed Of love. hatred. joy
1 envyings. peace. wrath. long-sufferinp
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