Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-06-11
FINDING OF The LAW.
International sunday-School Lesson for
June II, 1891.

June Ii, 1891.
( Especially Arranged from s. S. Quarterly.1
! LESSON TExT-2 ChrOn 81: 1923
/ GOLDEN TExT-TAe law OF Thy mouth Is bet
Z ter unto me than thousands OF gold and silver.
/ -Ps. 10: -.
CENTRAL TRUTn-The power of tho Word Of
God
TDrE-TEc book Of the law was found D. C.
; CO. the 18th year Of Josiah
! PIACE-Jcru5alem-
| RULERs-Joslah. king Of Judah, b. c. COCOA
| (The northern kingdom had been extinct since
B. C. 722)
PRoPHErs - jeremiah Zcphaniah Habal1-
kuk, and Huldah the prophecies.
PARALLEL ACCoCSTs-Thee events Of Josiah's
reign are recorded IN Chron-, chaps. q, S5; 9
Kings chaps. o. q.
STATE OF THE acknowledgement years
have passed away since the death Of Hezckiah.
Most Of this time ManaSSch, uezckiah's son,
in Judah. and all heather sins and abomina
tons came with il. Ee was punished by the
Assyrians. who carried him away captive. &c
repented, but ldolatry still fiourishei Anon.
hts son, next reigncl two years, and every evil
triumphed. lie was slain, and his young son
Josiah became king.
HELPS OVER HARD P1ACEs-H brought
out the money!" contributed for the repair OF
the temple in the eighteenth year CT Josiah's
reign. "Inziah the priest:" high priest
"Found:" IN some recess CT cell Of the temple,
while they were searching for money. 1t was
probably hidden TO prevent Its destruction by
Manasseh. It was not missed so much because
the work OF tho priests 1T the temple services
were handed down from one to another. Book
(rolD Of the law" tho Ave books Of Moses. II.
''Shaphan the scribc:" tho kings secretary. It
IS not probable that the king could read; only
n few learned ones could read then. 10. Rent
his clothes" in token CT his sorrow for his sin,
and for tho danger threatening the nation.
Among the portions read were doubtless tho
threatening in Lev. 2j and Dcut. IS p. IN
the cOllegc:" should be within the second
WALL the new portion OF Jerusalem. 81. 81
will bring evils" the nation was too far gone to
be saved; they would not repent, and nothing
but tho terrible experience OF the seventy years
captivity could keep them from idolatry. 90.
"As fer the king" etc: he, for his goodness
would be saved, and the nation have q longer
respite for repentance. The captivity began
about thirty-six years lateS
LESSON COMMENTS.
Two hundred years have passed away
since Joash had the temple repaired. Of
the kings between Joash and Josiah,
Amaziah, Uzziah and lothian were
quite good. Then came the wicked
Ahaz. lie was followed by good Heze-
kiah. But Manasseh was very vile, and
Anon equally so. Then came the young
king of whom our lesson tells. In the
twenty-sixth year of Josiah's age he set
about, repairing the temple of Jehovah.
AS they were executing the kings COM
mand, and taking the money out of the
the vaults, they found an old copy "a
rOlD of the law. There was no print
ing press in those days, and the copies
Of the law were in manuscript form,
and therefore very scarce. This will, in
part, account for the fact that Josiah
had never seen a copy. Probably Ma
nasseh and Anon had taken good care
to neglect that law which condemned
their evil deeds. When Josiah heard
the law read he was filed with horror;
for he saw now for the first time how
awful were Gods dcnunciations of idol
airy. lie rent his clothes for sorrow,
and looked to God for guidance in the
future keeping of the law of Moses.
Probably the oh icf passage that thus
aroused Josiah is that found in Deut.
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