The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-02-19

Jehoiakisn's Wickedncss-Jer. 3Os 1o-3l-
Memory verscs. -. -.
Especially Arranged from = 8. Quarteriy.l
LESSON ron rEBRrARv ~. iso..
GOLDEN TExT.-Today n 70 win hear TIis
| voice. harden not your hearts. Heb. 3: Is
CExTnAL TnuTn.-Thc word Of our Coo
abdcs forever. against every effort 10 destroy
| Il or prevent its fulhllmcnt
TmE-rn December. oot or COS n G. The
nth year Of Jchoiakim. the ninth month Of
the Jewish religious year. Ten or twelve
years before the last lesson.
PLAcE-The palace Of Jchoialxim IN Jeruss-
lem.
KiSos- Jehoiakim Of Judah; Nebucnadnez-
gar, OF babylon.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES adnczxar had DO
ficsed Jerusalem IN tho third dan. I'D and
fourth der. 30D years OF Jchoiakim- His
father was king OF Babylon. but died while the
acted q large tribute. and returned 70 Babylon
70 take possession OF his kingdom. To-day's
lesson took place In his absence and hence
King Jehoiakim was confident that he would
escape the thrcatenings Of jeremiah that
Babylon would destroy Jerusalem
HELPS OVER HARD PLACES. was
commanded to write out the sum Of his
prophecies during the twenty three years OF
his prophcsying. The roll, or book. was read
70 the people NJ . fast-day service In the
temple. Then II was read 70 the princes and
leading men OF the nation. These were 90 i'm
pressed with the warnings Of the prophet that
they determined 20 report to the king In hopes
that he would repent and the nation be saved
~ "Baruch:" Jercmiah's scribe. Hide thee:"
II the king did not heed them he would try 70
kill the prophet and his helper. 20 The
courts" The inner court where the king ro-
ccived- Laid up the rolls" Books were often
then In the form Of . roll They we're afraid
- ~ n Ir<vw rs.1A A<-s A. N AVN
house," Or apartments The lower and
warmer ones. "A Ore on the hearth" Not "a
fireplace like ours. They had no chimneys
then The IRE was IN . pot Of charcoal In 3
place hollo wed out In the pavement Of tho
court g. Three or four leaves" Or. col
ulnns written across tho roll Hos" Tho
king tscc Revised version). He read only
little. but burned the whole. e. Were not
afraid" The writer II astonished at the dull
ness Of their minds and hardness OF their
hearts "Nor his servants:" His ~
tendants not the princes. 80 None 70 sit
upon the thronc:" So - 70 reign - his suc-
ceasor. His son. Jehoiakim. tried 10, but his
city was besieged all the time, and in three
months he was carried away captive.
LESSON COMMENT.
The work Of Josiah had been for the
good of the people, but after this there
again came times Of degeneration, and
under Jehoialxim things had come to .
bad pass This was not because there
WAS no prophet in the land to give the
king advice; for Jeremiah was still liv-
ing. and did all that was in his power
70 arrest the downward course Of
events But to him the king and his
councillors would give no heed. An in
stance OF this, most painful. and yet
graphic, we have in our lesson for to-
day. TO get clear idea of the whole
transaction, the entire chapter must Be
read carefully. Notice the triple read
ing OF the words Of the prophet, first in
the ears Of the people, then in tho
nearing o. certain princes OF the land,
ana lastly 10 the presence OF the king
nimseH. ~ the iatter case there was
nre OF Goals N the room where the king
sat- ana as the words OF the prophet
were read the king In his imbecile rage
cut tne roli with ms penknifc' and
burned up the obnoxious prophecies.
lney plead with him not 70 90 50 wick
ed 2 thing' but they speak 70 deaf ears.
When this part OF the tragedy came
70 an end. the king gave command
mcnt that Jeremiah should be arrested
and thrust into prison. But Jeremiah
hid himself from the kings agents, and
50 Tor awhile escaped But this Is NOT
the end Of the whole matter jeremiah
calls Tor his scribe, and again writes
the very same words that the king had
burned, and there were added 70
them, besides many like words" So
the king failed utterly IN his effort TO
extinguish the utterance OF this servant
q TOD. II was childish folly Tor him
20 think that BY such actions he could
IN any way AFFECT the future, or turn
aside the judgments that Jeremiah had
pronounced.
] once read the story Of an infidel
who got 90 angry with the Bible that he
tore up his copy and burned il in his
own fireplace. Now Il 50 happened
that part 81 leaflet blew out Of tho
Dire and fell near his feet. He stopped
down 70 pick II up and throw Il back
into the lire. when these words met his
eye: Heaven and earth shall pass
pass away, out My Word shall not pass
away" This 20 impressed his mind
That ne eventually changed and became
An earnest ChriStian- Ne nro mt eo had