Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-02-17

Sesosskim's wscs~dness--S~r. 3os fo-Si-
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LESSON roR rrneuAwy ~. isoa
coI-psS Trxr.--Tsdas ~ yc wiii hear Irs
voice. harden no, your hearts, ;; Is
Cr>suAt Tnrrn. THO word of our God
ehtsics fcrcVcr. against every effort ~ destroy
" or Prevent tia fu,nllmcnL
TINE In. December. eps or 600 n q The
rtth year %, Jchclakisn. the ninth uion,h ~
the jewish religious year. rsn OF twelve
years before the last lesson.
Place. -rne palace OF Jeaoiakim IN Jerusa
lean.
lStSes- --jesoiaAim. of Judah. Neeuehadnc..
sST. OF babylon.
CrRcgNsrNNcts Scbachaanc-,ar had n,
sicscd Jerusalem In tho third tDau III, ana
fourta der s1iD ycars of Jch slalira lila
father was lia'; OF Babylon, bat died whilc the
son VAS - Jerusalem lie accordingly. cx
acted a iary.c tribate and returned 10 Babylon
20 telsr icsscSsioa Of his klnrdctu TODAY.
Lesson took place in his absence and hence
King Jthotasita wa, eonndcnt that he would
escape Tue thrcaicnings % Jeremiah that
babylon would dcstro, Jerusalem.
Eris'a OWN Ham PLACES -Jrrcmiaa VA.
ccirrandcd TO write out the sum OF hia
prophecies dcrin.: tho twcnty.threc year. OF
bis ?roaacsyia< Tao roll. or book. was read
10 the rcoplc NJ a fast-day service IA IN,
temple. Then a was read ~ tho prices and
leading men 81 the nation These were 80 In,
pressed With Tho warn'ncs Of tho prophet that
they cciCruiacl 90 report 20 tho king Ia honcs
tAsi n" would repeat aci the natou 10 saved
70 "Hnru,hG' IcrOmlah's scribe. "Isifc thco,''
u The itng CID not nc'd Thorn no would try %
Gii tie ruphct nnd his hcipcr - yrhc
ccurt'' The iancr court where tho hing re.
ccivcd LAID ~ tho Toiii" noobs were often
thcn IN Mo form ~ a roll They verc afraid
ian; thc lias would GtHtroy A.. -. winter
louHrt" or Hanr,ncuts The lower ana
NSrIacr cnca. a urc On tho hcarih;~ no, Ia
Nrep' ace lhc ours They had no chimncys
th"n Tho nro was in pot Of charcoal IA "a
r'ucH 10 lo we'd cut Ia the pavement IL TIC
cosft. - Farce or four lcavcs" or col
Utans written across the roll "iiei" Tho
hing Ccc Revised Version lie read only a
little. but burned the whole. 20. Were not
afraid" Tie writer II aatoniShod NJ the duIi
ness of tloir minIs and hardness Of tholr
hcasts. -'Sor his scrvsntsi" Ills at
tcudanta. rot the princca. 20 None TO At
upon tire hroncf So ~ TO rcign rs his sue
cceHor. iiis son Jehuiakim. tried 10, but his
city was beeicrcd all the tlmc. and In three
months hc was carri' away captive
LESSON COMMENT.
The work OF Josiah had been for tlc
good 81 the people. but after ,his there
again came times 81 degeneration. and
under Jchoialsim things Ind come 10 a
bad pass. This was not because there
was no prophet In the land 20 give the
king advice; for Jeremiah was still liv-
Ing. and did all that was In his power
TO arrest the downward course 81
events. Bat 10 him the ldng and his
councillors would give no heed An in
stance of this, most painful, and yet
graphic, we have In our leon for To-
day To get clear idea Of the whole
transaction, The Nntirc cha;dcg mast be
read carefully. Notice the triple read.
ing OF the words OF the prophet, flrst in
the cars Of the people, then I'm the
hearing Of certain princes OF the land,
and lastly in the presence Of the king
himself In the latter case there was u
fire Of Goals IN the room where the king
sat, and as the words OF the prophet
were read the king In his imbccilc prc
cut the roll with his pcnlSnifc. and
burned mp the obnoxious prophecies
They plead with him not To do so wick.
ed thing but they speak To deaf ears.
When this part OF tho tragedy canc
To an end, the king gave command
mcnt that Jeremiah should be arrested
and thrust into prison But Jeremiah
hid himself from the kings agch's, and
go for awhile escaped But this Is not
the end of the whole matter. Jeremiah
calls for his scribe, and again writes
burned, land there were added 10
them, besides, many like words" So
the king failed utterly In his eli ort To
extinguish the utterancc OF this servant
81 God. IL was chilli ish folly for him
70 thinls that by such actions lie could
b. any way affect the future. or turn
aside the judgments that jeremiah had
pronounced.
once read the story OF an H. ndcl
who got so angry with the Bible that hc
tore up his copy and burned IL la his
own fireplace Now II so happened
that part Of lcafict blew ont OF the
fire and fell near his feet. He STOPPED
down 20 pick IL up md throw IL back
into tho fire. when these words met bis
eye: Heaven and earth shall pass
pass away, but Ny Word shall not pass
away" This so impressed his riipd
tina. he eventually changed and became
AN earnest Christian. We are not so bad
Is that And yet there are some who
are in reality doing no better. Sup
posing that an absent father were 10
write a letter 20 his child, and bid the
child do certain right things And sup
pose that that child were 60 burn that
letter up, what would you think Of that
child? But supposing that instend Of
burning tho letter up the child were 20
read IL often, and yet ia no way obey the
iniunctions. would that be any more
ilial than 70 burn the letter up2 Would
there be much difference between these
two children? think not. Well. there
arc many people who have Code word
Ia their hands, who would not burn IL
mp. but who study IL Sunday after Sun.
day. and yet they do not obey what Il
SAYS The trouble IL not that they do
not understand II. They do. get thoy
remain as they were. and do not be.
co ne followers ~ the Master what
shall SIC say about such people? Arc
they better or worse than Jchoialsifn2
Norac, Why? Because they have moro
lignt tian over be- had. They have the
Ncw Testament o. well as he old. and
they have tire ADD q thc Holy Spirit in
larger measure than Dc hadi and 80
thcir responsibility ie grcatcr trnn biz
vns. md their condemnation wiI D..
heavier than wac his 81 they reject ths
Word - the living Cod.--rcv 4. ..