Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-18
Jehoiakim's wIsl1edns.s.

Josiah. Evil Is hereditary, depra witty, sell
tshness; but goodness. not always. And
then 70 think that this same Jehoiakim.
vassal OF Egypt. should afterward be. as
Rabbi in cincln who finds in Isaiah
hfty-third nothins ,.ore than prophets
lament over the captivity and sufferings
OF this king Jehoiakim. Criticism run mad;
or rather Judaism, hide bound, dead. But
Is IL not fact that this same Jehoiakim
Is good deal OF patron saint to-day. A
multitude OF impudent folk drawing PEN
knife on the Omnipotent and his word.
God pity them. Aud he does; that Is all
that keeps them alive
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS
Then. After the princes had decided
that the prophecy should be read to the
king. 1t had already brought the peo-
pie to repentance. Meaning,
blessed.-Jeremiah. Meaning, the ex-
allied one. living on a lofty plane. Hide
thee A sufficient commentary on the
character OF the king. He was little more
than heatheh the tool Of Egypt. by which
empire he had been set upon the throne OF
Israel
Into the court The word court signifies
an incloseure, l. O., the yard or garden. CT.
v. 22.-Elishama- The rightful custo-
dian. His name Is akin to that of Elisha.
the former meaning God hears the latter.
God saves-An the words. Not word for
word. but the message contained. the
warnings.
JehudL signifying. Jew Probably his
body servant or private secretary. Dr.
Pentecost sees In sthis itself lack OF re-
spect for the law.--The princes which
stood beside the king. In token Of respect
See v. IL. where not being In the presence
of the king these same princes all @sat"
Sat Same word ss in v. IL. In contrast
with the attitude OF the princes who were
standing about him. The picture Is readily
sketched to the mind Winter house.
The word winter Is from the root meaning
to pluck. q. e., fruit) and is frequently
rendered autumn.--The ninth month.
Our winter. December weather. however,
not the same with them And there was
u fire on the hearth burning before him.
Eleven words for six In the Hebrew Lit
orally: Il the flre-pot before him burn
Ing. Revision, braZier.
Three or four. Hebrew, three and four.
Leaves Properly, doors, hence leaves
OF a folding door, then leaves or columns OF
a roll, which resemble the doors swinging
on their hinges The scroll opens or un-
roofs, be IL remembered. horizoncally.-
Pen knife. Literally, knife of writer
Used for pointing the reed. Cast, or kept
casting. Three or four leaves at time. we
may suppose.
Afraid. From the verb. to shake
Rent or torn. Oriental expression of emo
ton.
Nevertheless. A redeeming feature.-
Had made intercession. Or, omit had
Made intercession. The first meaning of
the word is 10 strike or push against, !. g.,
they protested
To take Baruch. Rather, here. 10 seize,
T. e.. arrest-Hid them. Literally, COW
cred them. or sheltered them.
The word of the Lord Same as words In
.the next line A "wordn that could not be
burned. At the mouth. Hebrew, from
the mouts.
Take thee again. Hebrew: Turn, take
thee.
Jekoiakim. From the root meaning to
set up.-Thou. Emphatic form.-This.
Also emphatic. or wherefore. Per-
haps as we would say in strong dissent, what
do you mean?
He shall have none. Emphatic. An
added judgment.-Cast out. Significant
ly the same word used In V. 20 of the roll,
cast into the fire.
Punish. First meaning. to visit or search
out-That have pronounced. Or, put
in words, the words destroyed or supposed
to be be sense Of for they hearkened not Lit
orally, And they hearkened not.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES
There was fire on the hearth burning
before him. Re careful about that fire.
The world has usually enough of flame
close by to burn up all the good that is
given TO us. You recall that fire in the
court where Peter sacrificed his best. There
is fire burning hard by now. lit of Satan.
TO consume all my better impressions. /
may cast good words and good thoughts
into the fire OF lust. of selfshness, OF am
bition. At church the other day the preacher
spoke strong, searching words / Quailed
beneath them, for knew them to be true,
And the Sunday-school tea cher sped a mes
sage direct to my convictions Where now
are those wise. truthful words? o. in the
fire. j threw them at once upon the Goals
of indifference and into the leaping flames
of frivolity. Beware. live in an evil
world. "Watch and pray that We enter not
into temptation 4" al pray not that thou
shouldst take them out of the worla, but
that thou shouldst keep them from the
evil.n - ."-A =
at once. But take out three four loavcs
at "A time and keep on. and presently we
will have. like the dutifCl nearer of the
.higher-critlcal preacher. only the covers
left. This lesson is very personal one; IL
finds US all Suppose start out to expur-
gate the Bible of all that offends or halts
my sense of what is right, setting my own
Judgment up as censor; dropping this and
that, my standard varying, my conscience
shading itself down. Where. pray you, am
/ going TO stop? 1t is the iniquity OF
sliding scale in morals. Presently shall
change the basis of criticism. and shall
be saying, aTEis binders my way of doing;
cut IL out. This threatens me; cut IL out 4"
Where shall the end bef The end Will be
a mutilated Bible or indeed empty
Bible and that means mutilated soul, an
empty soul Oh, this matter OF Biblical
criticism whether IL be OF the professional
or practical order)-I suppose there is a
legitimate sort. but 1t is hazardous work.
and / want TO be careful about livery
careful
Yet they were not afraid. That is what
has troubled you, Christian brother. 1t
has troubled me, too. see them going on,
ignoring the Bible, dlsputing It, desp.sing
II. and what startles me most, perfectly in
different. or apparently SO, about it all.
Well, David had the same or Kindred e.-
perience. But when he understood atheir
end" hear him saying, aThey that are
far from thee shall perish-but IL is good
for me TO draw near TO God" Their indif-
ference was no protection TO them, no im-
munity. A mans refusal to listen to the
vo ce of the law does not release him from
its application. My ignoring of the word
does not abate its judgments; IL simply |
loses me its mercies o, as for the world.
the great Indifferent world. sometime I
shudder at it) they shall he afraid with an
Intellectual alarm that shall appeal TO in-
sensate rocks and hills for protection.
What troubles me most, just now. is the
unconcern of so many Christians. Brother,
1 wish you we're more afraid for your re-
bellious neighbours sake.