The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-02-26

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LE>sos ron TxBuARy 33fs)l
TTxK-R c. 3s<ssk During the faal siege,
- Jerusalem. IN the asst two years % zedo-
kiah- Fifteen years after the last lesson
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KINGS -Zeickiah. the last king q Judah
Hophra. king OF Egypt
PLACE IN HInLE Hlsrony--3 Kings es:is'.0s
FL. ?. Cnro1 g. ioi7.
OTHER CnArrEIs--In jeremiah, belonging
20 this period (chaps- 20 e9Ss. -.
OTHEK PnoPuEIs- IL Babyionia
tchars. -. -. Daniel in Babylon
THE THREE SiEcEs---Thc FIRST IN the fourth
year Of JchoIakim u. c.. or Daniel was taken
captive ~ this kline. n Vas tho beginning %
the seventy years captivity. The second was
IN SsS when jchoiachin was carried away. The
sAird vas in sSs the time Of % days lesson
CrRcrnsr.xcEs -Scbuchadnezzar had be-
gun his last siege 81 jerusalem 81 the close 20
which u vas destroyed Alter time he icft
the city and went away 70 light the Egyptians
under Pharaoh HophrA This was a. the be-
ginning OF our lesson During the frat part of
the siege the nobles emancipated their slaves.
but IS scoa a the chaideAns left thcy ensisved
them again fchxp. 49,
JERENiAn's LAND PUncHAsE-Wc rcac IN
Jcr :a:5-i5 tina, the prophet during the sieg0
bought piece Of land on which tho Chaldean
army were cneampcd. showing his perfect faith
In the Word Of God which he preached and In tho
promise Of return from captivity. The deeds
were written on clay tablet IS In Sincveh -
that time 'Jcremiah's deed Of purchase.
moreover. was preserved In jar. like tho
numerous clay deeds Of the Egibi banking firm.
which existed At Babylon from the ago %
Nebuchadnezxar 10 that q xcrxcS These jars
served the purpose Of our modern safeA"-
Saycc's Fresh Light >tc.. p. los
Irrrr. IL Emu-
deans" . general name for the people %
Babylon broken ups broke up the siege
sSee circumstances abovcJ H. The land of
Benjamin" To his home o. Anatroth. in Bcnia~
min Separate himsef:" either 70 90 secret
~ among the crowds. but better 10 secure his
session Of his Inheritance He would need the
food In the famine when the Caaidcans TO
turned In the midst OF the people," Great
numbers would rush out Of the city for various
reasons - Thou faliest away" Desertests
art . traitor Is The princess Not tho
friendly ones in the FIRST lesson- Those wero
taken captive But the new ones 10. '-Czbin:''
vaulted cells belonging TO the underground
dungeon MANY tags Till after Ncbuchad-
nezzar returned 70 the siege w. l9). having de-
feate1 the Egyptians ~ Court q the pris-
ons~ Or guard: above ground where the guard
iweit- A much more comfortable place than
the cell OF the dungeon
it>-0t tOAMEAI
The mission Of jeremiah was sad
one, for his lot was 70 predict the down
fall Of Judah At the time Of this les
son Zedekiah was king. and he was the
last OF the long line Of kings Of Judah
from Rehoboam down. In the chapter
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.
ever. he was one Of the few real patriots
that were left, and il they had only lis
tened TO his warming some time before
this. the land would have been saved
Our lesson begins at the point where
for brief season the army Of the Chal-
deans left Judah, for fear Of the Egyp-
tan 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 Chaldcans. lie was beaten. and
then thrown into a cell in the prison;
but even there he persisted in his proph-
cry Of evil against Judah. So there
they kept him for awhile and fe6
him on the bread and water Of afllic-
ton.
Our studies Of the lives Of the proph-
cts have been in vain II they have not
taught rs that their lives were full u
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 10 say that which was true Had
they been willing to 20 on with the
''madding throng.- they would have
been left alone; or had they condo
seconded to prophesy smooth things,
they would have been honorcd and fiat-
tered BY the corrupt rulers Of their
times But, like Moses, they preferred
90 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 IN unusual experience. So
long IS the world remains what il Il,
godly men must expect 70 suffer II the
hands Of the ungodly. I'm the world
yc shall have tribulation and sorrow.~
said the Master Of us all. This has IN
many thousands Of instances proved
Uucs 8u0 tuO3c VINO nave 08rG0 %
stand for the truth have lain o. No
1owery beds Of ease To them. how
ever. the world owes more than Il doe
70 those who have only consulted their
own selfish desires. In fact, II Il were
not for men and women who are willing
20 lose all for the sake Of the truth, tho
the world to-day would be much worso
on than Il Is. These arc the salt Of the
earth-the leaven that works for the
good Of all These are the light Of The
world. without whom Il would lie II
Egyptian darkness. II the time ever
comes when there can be found no such
people. then the end Is mot far on. and
70 die will be better than 20 livc.-Rev.
A. +. SchaufIler. ID. ID.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
l. Gods promises and thrcatcnings
are sure to be fulfilled.
. The marks Of true and false repent
ancc.
O. The bet people are sometimes mis-
4. There come times TO all when u
costs great deal to do right.