Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-02-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Jeremiah Prosecuted Jer. 81; 11-2f-
Memory Verses 1917.

TINE-B. C 1855. During the anal siege
Z OF Jerusalem. in the asst two years OF Zede-
siah. Fifteen years after the last lesson
I PLACE Jerusalem
KINGS -Zedesiah. the last king OF Judah
NcoUchadnezzar. king OF Babylon Pharaoh
Hophra. king Of Egypt
: PLACE ~ BIBLE HrsroRY.-2 Kings es:iyeo.
gS:i. 2; Chron 3G:ioi7
OTHER CHAPrERs-In jeremiah belonging
10 this period (chaps 81 casa. 3s).
OTHER PRoPuErs--EzekieL I'm Babylonin
I ichaps. -. PSI. Daniel in Babylon.
THE THREE SIEcEs-The first in the fourth
year OF Jehoiakim. H. c.. COZ. Daniel was taken
captive NJ this time. II was the beginning OF
the seventy years captivity. Tho second was
, IN 5ss, when Jehoiachin was car ried away. The
third was in tSS the time OF to-day's lesson
! CrRCuMsrAScEs.-NeOu Oh adnezzar had be
Gun his last siege OF Jerusalem. at the close %
which II was destroyed After time he left
the city and went away TO fight tho Egyptians
under Pharaoh Hophra This was ut the be-
ginning OF our lesson. During the first part Of
the siege the mobiles emancipated their slaves.
but rs soon as the Chaldeans left they enslayed
them again (chap. 3i).
JEREMIAHs LAND PuRcHAsE.-we read In
Jer S2:6-i5 that the prophet during the siege
bought piece OF land on which the Chaldean
army were cncamped, showing his perfect faith
In the Word OF God which ne preached aud in the
promise Of a return from captivity. The deeds
were written on = clay tablet, as in Nine voh at
that time ''Jcremiah's deed OF purchase
moreover was preserved in Jar like the
numerous clay deeds OF the Egibi banking firm
which existed at Babylon from the age Of
Neouchadnezzar 20 that OF Xerxes. These Jars
served the purpose OF our modern safes."-
Sayce's Fresh Light etc, p. i05.
HELPS OVER HARD PLAcEs.-ii. "Chal-
deans" a general name for the people Of
| Babylon. Broken up:" broke up the siege.
| (See circumstances above.) i2. The land of
Benjamin" To his home at Anatroth, in Benja-
min separate himself" either 20 go secret
ly among tho crowds, but better 10 secure his
share OF food ut his residence. or TO take pos
session OF his inheritance. lie would need the
food In the famine when the Chaldeans re-
turned "ln the midst OF the people," Groat
numbers would rush out Of the city for variotA
reasons. 10. Thou fallcsi away" Descrtest;
art a traitor. Is. The princess" Not the
| friendly ones in the first lesson. Those were
taken captive. But the new ones TO- Cabin"
| Vaulted cells belonging 20 the underground
/ dungeon. MANY days." Till after Nebuchad-
nezzar returned 20 the siege w. 49, having de-
fcatcd the Egyptians 2i Court OF the prls
| on;' or guard; above ground, wher. the guard
a"elt' much more comfortable place than
the cell o, the dungeon.
LESSON COMMENT
The mission of jeremiah was a sad
one, for his lot was to predict the down
fall of Judah At the time of this les
son Zedeldah was king. and he was the
last of the long line of kings of Judah
from which this lesson is taken, we see
that jeremiah had been predicting the
captivity of Judah, and had said that
the Chaldeans would most surely take
and destroy the city. For this he was
accounted as traitor to his country,
and was cordially hated. In fact, how.
ever, he was one of the few real patriots
that were left, and if they had only lis
tened TO his warning some time before
this, the land would have been saved.
Our lesson begins ut the point where
for brief season the army of the Chal-
deans left Judah, for fear of the Egyp-
tian army. Then it was that the proph.
ct left the city, and was arrested on the
charge that he was about to go over to
the Chaldeans. He was beaten, and
then thrown into cell in the prison.;
but even there he persisted in his proph-
ecy of evil against Judah. So there
they kept him for awhile and fed
him on the bread and water of afIiic-
| ton.
Our studies of the lives of the. proph-
cts have been in vain if they nave not
taught us that their lives were full of
sorrow and suffering. Elijah, Amos,
Isaiah, and now Jeremiah, all suffered
many things, and that not because they
deserved to suffer, but because they
dared to say that which was true. Had
they been willing to 90 on with the
'madding throng," they would have
been left alone; or had they conde-
scended 10 prophesy smooth thinps,
they would have been honored and fat
tered by the corrupt rulers of their
times. But, like Moses, they preferred
TO stand by the truth though the heav-
ems were To fall, and for this they suf-
fered many things of their enemies.
Nor is theirs an unusual experience. So
long as the world remains what it is.
cody men must expect TO suffer at the
/ hands of the ungodly. "In the world
We shall have tribulation and sorrow"
said the Master of us all This has in
many thousands of instances proved
true, and those who have dared to
stand for the truth have lain on no
fiowery beds of ease To them. how
ever, the world owes more than it does
to those who have only consulted their
own selfish desires. In fact, if it were
not for men and women who are willing
to lose all for the sake of the truth. the
the world to-day would be much worse
off than it Is. These are the salt of the
earth-the lcaven that works for the
| good of all These are the light of the
world, without whom it would lie in
Egyptian darkness. If the time ever
comes when there can be found no such
people, then the end lis not far off. and
TO die will be better than to live. Rev.
/ a. 4. Schauffler, ID. ID.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
l. Gods promises and threateninps
are sure TO be fulfilled
2. The marks Of true and false repent,
ance
g. The best people are sometimes mis-,
! represented.
There come times 10 all when IL
COSTS great deal 70 do right.
| . Persecution spreads the truth.
making it known.
O. He that seeks 90 save his life ov do.
| ing wrong is certain Go lose in the end.
in less than two years Zcdclsiah was
made b.iId and carried captive 20 Baby
/ Ion.
SERlO-COMlC lTEMIZING.
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