The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-06-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY
CONSIDERED.
Scholarly Exposition OF the lesson
Thoughts Worthy of Cam Reflection
Half an Hours Study of the Scriptures
Time Well Spent.


The lesson for Sunday. June Ii, may be
| found In III. Chron. "a; l4-2S.
INTR )DUCTORY.
Every Sunday school teacher will rejoice
over this lesson regarding the Book. What
| an opportunity IL gives for urging the
| blessedness OF Bible-study. IL is 10 be
| feared chat with our modern convenences
for les on study, we are neglecting not II
| little the simple perusal OF the sacred vol
ume Itself In some classes tho presence OF
| Bible would seem almost as startling as
HilkiahS finding of the law Is IL not
| good time To reinstate "the good book as
| IL Is called in its place In the class-roomT
There Is n quite pertinent application also
| In this lesson as respects character. IL Is
10 be noticed that a right attention To the
money question--aS we regard IL. the burn
| ing question of to-day-led to this fortunate
| discovery o: Gods law for the people.
"When they brought out the money that
| was brought into the house Of the Lord,
| Hilkiah the priest, found the book OF the
| law of the Lord.n
| WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
When they brought Hebrew: In tho
| bringing out. In the course OF the work OF
| repairing the temple instituted by King
| Josiah G. Chron. 81: s)-Money. Properly,
| silver. So the Douay. See Variations.
| The word literally means white the color OF
| the metal-Found. Not OF something
sought for and found The first meaning
| of the word is to come upon.--A book.
| Better, the book as in Revision. "a book"
| is ambiguous. 1t rather means what we
| signify by volume. Or, by the Hebrew
custom, roll.-Given by Moses Or, by
! the hand of Moses, to be more exact The
Mosaic authorship Is here distinctly stated.
| Some OF the critics have it still to find.
| Answered. frequent use OF language
| In the Hebrew and Greek where 1t is cir
cumstanccs rather than any spoken query
that prOvokeS response. Spa<c would bo
| more In accordance with the English idea.
This same word So rendered ut Job 3: 3
| To Shaphan. As the proper custodian,
| being scribe. or secretary, or possibly, rs we
| might say, librarian.
| Huldah An ntmatiOn that will doubt
les, be dwelt upon in Methodist circles just
| at this DEMONSTRATIONS, or garments.
Her position higher than that of her hus-
| band college. Hebrew. the second part.
Probably the newer part of the city.
| WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
Found IA book. This is the best of eurelas.
| He that finds the book OF the law of the
| Lord finds treasure. And il is n discovery
| that Is daily being made. The Bible is ac-
| cessible TO us all to-day, but it is n book to
| be found TO be enjoyed. and there are many
| who have not yet laid hands on the hid
| treasure The cambridge Biblcn suggests
| that "the finding mentioned In this verse
was not a discovery OF something unknown
before. but the rescuing Of the temple copy
| OF the law from the hiding place in which IL
| nau long laln." III Is "a genuine item OF
Christian experience. and some of us wait
very long for 1t. The writer OF this para
graph Is free To confess that IL was some
| time after the walls of the divinity school
| had been entered and pas ,ed that this in
eHabie discovery was made and the JOY OF
| the finding still fingers. We can wish our
readers, sunday school scholars, teachers.
| and we venture TO say, pastors, all, no
| higher fortune than the finding Of the book
| Of the law
| Up To the highest; that is where the book
| belongs. This is in very truth, kings
| book. 1t is the law for the goverance OF all
| leaders: 1t embodies the common law of all
| peoples. Fit To lie upon the rude tables OF
peasantry. IT Is also the chiefest adornment
| of the purple and the velvet Let Shaphan
| carry he book to the king. Alas, that the
| kings and mobiles Of the land should have
| ever ignored the book of the law OF God,
Alas, too, that the subject peoples have
ever forgotten its mandates, The good Of
| ruler and ruled together, the pcrpetuation
or all right government is i'm this sacred
volume, held in reYerance by all. The
| king that ignores the Bible ignores his SUBJ
jects save as creatures to be tramped on.
The people that know no book OF the law
| know no magistrate ordained of God. No
| wonder the anarchist fights the book; it is
| the chief hindrance to the pandemOnium he
would bring. No wonder the tyrant hates
it, for it thwarts his fell designs. Keep this
SdltEuuTu VI llDcEly progress eNCF ~
the front.
| And Shaphan read Il before the king.
| true court preacher. He lets the law have
| its full application. Who was it preaching
| in royal halls that said: "All men must die :"
| and then, catching the eve OF the king and
| Cringing, stammered. "Almost alp? No
| matter; it was not shaphan. "Thou art
| the man.n is his swift. arrowy. Nathan-like
| utterance. lie was reading the book before
the king-and to the king We should like
| olSnOw his selections. Collect for the king!
What was il? Well, IL was something sharp
| and searching. IL made the king uneasy
on his throne, uneasy In his rs. There is
! n sort Of reading In the state-church litur-
| gics Of to-day that has no such effect. an
| easy going, fashionable sort OF intoning of
words. under which the king yawns and his
mobiles go TO sleep. ., to see the chief mag
istrate walked up Is there no Savonarola
| or John Knox hereabouts? May heaven
send the king another Shaphan.
| Go, inquire Of the Lord for me. Prayer.
duplication follows Scrlpture-reading as
| naturally as the flower follows the bud.
our ordinary procession OF dCv )tons i'm the
| Sabbath service has a normal genesis.
| Scripture provokes prayer. The Bible
| reading man is praying man. IL Is
| happy thing when the presentation OF the
! law OF God has such effect as here--a happy
thing, and yet the natural thing, when the
| word finds Judgment First there is re-
pcntance. intimated in the rending of gar
mcnts. Then follows. n suggested here,
| supple alton. After all is not the tluh re-
! vival To be brought about by whole-sOuled
| return to that book which God has placed
| in our midst? And, thank God, such
| blessed awakening IL coming in the land.
| We see its signs arpearir 2. century of
| Sunday-school study has not been In vain.
| the enlarged interest in the Bible, in the
| pulpit and without, is having its effect.
| Presently shall we not hear the anxious cry
| from all about, "Go, inquire OF the Lord
| for me?n
| have heard thee also. saith the Lord.
| God has his general judgments. but at the
same time he treats with us as individuals.
| Wherever there is earnest prayer God is
| at hand AS many rs lift sincere supplica-
| tion To the throne OF grace have all Gods
mercy and love enlisted in their behalf.
| The nation may be under Judgment for ma
| tional sin, but the members OF that nation,
! each and all, may know Gods special In
! tervention In their behalf. 1t Is so to-day.
| All the world lies In wickedness and under
| the condemnation OF the law OF God. Yet
/ NJ pach one who apppnlS to the mercy Of