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BOOK OF TnELAW FOUND
LESSON xl, SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATloNAL eERlES, JUNE IA.

Text OF The Lesson, II Chron. xxxiv, 1923
Commit Verses. I4-Id-GoIden Text, Ps
cxix, Parliamentary by the Rev. d.
M stearns.
\ Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by
permission Of II. $. Hoffman, publisher, Phil.
K adelphal
IN IA. "llilSiah the priest found book OF
tke law Of the Lord given by Moses"
THezekiah cleanscd and repaired the tenn.
pie and restored the true worship.
He was succeeded by his son Manasseh,
who reigned hfty-ive years, and for part
OF his rUign tried " % an much for the
devil rs his father had done for God; but
being taken prisoner and carried to Baby
Ion, he repented and became changed
mani and being restored TO his throne and
Kingdom, he sought to restore the wor-
ship of the true God His son Anon
Feigned two years and did evil He was
/, succeeded by Josiah, his son, in whose
reign our lesson is found. He began to
reign at the age of 8 years; when 16 he be-
gan to seek God; ana when 20 he began to
cleanse the land Of idols. At the age of 2G
he began to repnir the house of the Lord
\ (see vs.. /, g. 81, and it was as the priest
took the money from the receptacles in
: Ne temple into which the people had put
N that this old book was found.
10. II have found the book of the law in
the house Of the Lord"
Thus said llilkiah, the priest, to Shap-
han, the scribe, as he gave him the book.
1t Is probable that this is the book referred
to in Deut. XXI, 2i-26 and if SO it would
be nearly 800 years old
16. "And Shaphan carried the book to
the king"
As Shaphan went to report to the king
concerning the accomplishment of tho
work he took the book with him, having
first read it for himself QI Kings xxi, 81.
H. "They have gathered together the
money that was found in the house of the
Lord, and have delivered it into the hands
of the oyerseers, and to the hand of the
workmen."
/ 49, "lIilkiah the priest hath given me n
book. And Shaphan read in it before the
xeDg."
Rl0 And it came to pass, when the king
had heard the words of the law, that he
rent his clothes"
BY the law is the knowledge ofsin Rom
iii, 20), and ms Josiah heard the law of the
Lord he saw as he never had before how
great the sins of the nation were. His
he was blessed man Csa Xvi, y.
co. 81. "Go, inquire Of the Lord for me-
and for them that are left in Israel and In
Judah, concerning the words of the book
that is found"
These men were appointed by the king
TO ascertain more fully concerning these
words. Here is priest and n king, but a
prophet is wanted who will make plain
the word Of the Lord
"Great is the wrath of the Lord that is
poured out upon u.s. because our fathers
have not kept the word of the Lord to do
Yer all that Is written in this book"
I'here is more than enough in any of the
last six chapters of Deuteronomy or in
Lev. XVI to cause Josiah to have uttered
these words; and it was manifest to all
that many of these curses had already act
ually come upon the land and upon the
people because of their sins.
%. "And llilkiah and they that the king
had appointed went to Iuldah, the proph-
etess"
This was in the eighteenth year of Jo-
siahs reign, or five years after Jeremiah
began to prophecy DER. !, %, and we won
der that they did not go to him. Xepha.
niah also prophcsied in Josiah's reign
NZeph. !, y, but for some reason the mes
sengers go to lluldah.
~: ana sile answered. Lhetl, mus salIh
the Lord God OF israel tell yc the man that
\ scot you to me"
These men We're only the messengers OF
King Josiah; their business was to deliver
the kings message correctly and carry
back correct answer. Happy are al mes
d sengers who are privileged To carry
/ "Thus smJh the Lorul
IL 4. ~ ~ I
~. "Ihus SATIN the lIord, Behoid l Will
bring eVll upon thla place, All the curses
that are written IN the book.
In Jer II, ~; VI, ~, the LORD calls heaven
and earth to witness against the people be
cause OF their SINS; ana also IN lsa' !, . In
Jer. XIX y, lo' NXNv, ~ lie also repeats
what lie here says by lluldah, thab lie Will
surely bring evil upon them
%. Because they nave torsaKen me, ana
have burned incense unto other gous.
Many were the entreaties by Moses ana
Joshua not to torsake God, ana solemn
the warnings as to what the result would
80 il they forsook INN (see Deut' XXI,
NJ II; Josh. xiv, 2O). And yet that very
thing they did, so that the prophets and
Psalms are fun OF lamentations because
,TIsraes forsook the God OF Their fathers
DER. II, ~; v, 4 tx, l3; xix, 4; xxi, 8, etc..
70 ANA as Tor tue kiilG ol 'uu',i' VINO
sent you TO inquire OF the LORD, so shal ye
say unto him"
The evil spoken OF was to come upon the
,ungodly people, but the Lord knoWeth
them that are It's Oh I'm Il, l')' ana no
,evil can beiau thehE hHeHei Sa" ia