The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-17
Jehoiakim's Wickedness.


that this was the son of the good king
Josiah. EVIL Is hereditary, depravity, sell
| fshness; but goodness, not always. And
then to think that this same Jehoiakim.
vassal OF Egypt, should afterward be, as
they say, extolled. There is learned
Rabbi In Cincinnati who finds in Isaiah
| hfty-third nothing more than a prophets
lament over the captivity and sufferings
OF this king Jehoiakim. Criticism run mad,
or rather Judaism, hide bound, dead. But
Is 1t not a fact that this same Jehoiakim
Is good deal OF a patron saint to-day. A
multitude OF impudent folk drawing a PEN,
knife on the Omnipotent and his word.
God pity them. And 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. -Baruch. Meaning.
blessed.-Jeremiah. Meaning. the ex-
allied one, living on lofty plane. Hide
thee A sufficient commentary on the
character OF the king, lie was little more
than heather, 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.
". 22.-Elishama. The rightful custo-
dian. His name is akin to that of Elisha.
the former meaning God hears the latter.
God saves. ALL the words. Not word for
word but the message contained, the
warnings.
Jehudi. Signifying, Jew Probably his.
body servant or private secretary. DR..
| Pentecost sees in this itself lack OF re-
spect for the law. princes which
stood beside the king In token Of respect. !
See V. IL, where not being I'm the presence
of the king these same princes all "sat"
Sat. Same word as 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, o. g., fruit) and is frequently
rendered autumn.--The ninth month. I
| Our winter. December weather however,
not the same with them. And there was
a fire on the hearth burning before him.
Eleven words for six In the Hebrew Lit
orally: In the fre-pot before him a burn
| ing. Revision brazer.
Three or four Hebrew, three and four
-Leaves. Properly, doors, hence leaves
of folding door, then leaves or columns OF
a roll, which resemble the doors swinging
on their hinges. The scroll opens or un-
roofs, be it remembered, horizoncally.-
Pen knife Literally, knife of writer.
Used for pointing the reed.-Cast, or kept
casting. Three or four leaves at a time, we
| may suppose.
Afraid. Fl7om the verb. to shake
Rent, or torn. Oriental expression CT emo
| ton.
Nevertheless. A redeeming feature.-
Had made mtercession. Or, omit had.
Made intercession. The first meaning OF
the word is TO strike or push against, !. e.,
they protested.
To take Baruch. Rather, here, to seize.
! 1. O., arrest.-Eid them. Literally, COW
cred them, or sheltered them. ..
The wo-d Of the Lord Same as words in
| the next line. sword" that could not be
burned At the mouth. Hebrew, from
| the mouth.
4 UaJr fa1y
| thee.
Jekoiakim. From the root meaning 10
set up-Thou. Emphatic form.-This
| Also emphatic. -Why or wherefore. Per-
| haps as we would say in strong dissent, what
| do you mean?
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES
There was a fire on the hearth burning
| before him. BE 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 selhshness, OF am
bition. At church the other day the preacher
| spot> strong, searching words. l quailed
beneath them, for knew thcm to be true.
And the Sunday-sc teacher sped a mes
sage direct to my convictions. Where now
are those wise, truthful words? o. In the
fire. threw them at once upon the Goals
Of indifference and into the leaping flames
of frivolity. Beware, we live in an evil
world. swatch and pray that we enter noo
into temptation ~ IL pray not that thou
shouldst take them out OF the world, but
that thou shouldst keep them from the
evil.n
Three or four loaves. That was all, all
at once But take out three or four loaves
at time and keep on, and presently we
will have, like the dutiful nearer of the
higher-critcal preacher. only the coverz
left. This lesson is n very personal one; It
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? It Is the iniquity OF a
sliding scale in morals. Presently shall
change the basis OF criticism. and shall
be saying 9TEis hinders my way OF doing;
cut IL out. This threatens me; cut 1t out"
Where shall the end be? The end Will be,
mutilated Bible, or indeed an empty
Bible, and that means a 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, disputing IL, desp.sing
| IL, and what startles me most, perfectly in
different, or apparently so, about 1t all.
| Well, David had the same or kindred ex-
perience. But when he understood @their,
| end,p hear him saying, @They that are
| far from thee shall perish-but IL is good
| for me TO draw near to God.n Their indif-
| ference was no protection to them, no i'm
munity. A mans refusal TO listen to the
voice OF the law does not release him from
| its application. My ignoring OF the word
does not abate its Judgments; IL simply,
loses me It's mercies o, as for the world.
the great Indifferent world, sometime (I
shudder at it) they shall be 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 were more afraid for your re-
bcllious neighbours sake.
Next Lesson--"Jeremiah Prosecuted. -
Jer 81: 11-21.