The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-06
rHE SUNDAY SCHOOL.


Jnss'.'.,,dlnr the Tempie-Exra .; Tia.
'',nrs Trxr.--They praised the Lord. be- !
The Foundation Of the house 81 the Lord ,
- laid Ezra ); H.
~"r,.vTbc lesson extends over several /
months from October. - y oSo' 70 May s'"' ana
70 summer following.
'' %, 1scr-Jcrusalem and vicinity. which hence
,orth 4 namcd JudcA
0i ~, rms-Cyrus In his first and second years .
:. s,,e ruler over L .bylona Zerubbabcl was
me governor OF Judea. aud Joshua was the high |
priest 80, ,,.,n .
IA man Dan 10: ~. In Babylon. Hacgai and ,
v.,ar ,ah were both living. but did not begin !
:" nrophesy until fcvcrai years later, bsi.
Tuy SECTION or HIsToRy belonging 10 this |
lesson begins with Ezra x:0A ana extends
r,o,,ch chan 4 Daniels prayer dan. ". |
s,n ne third year Of Cyrus" belongs 10 this
,er,od. either 10 the time OF laying the founda-
,ars or 10 the succeeding season OF discourage
uent according as we reckon The third year OF
cvrus from his conquest In S3s. or his assump-
lion OF sole rule In s.a description OF
,,e,r manner Of kcc ping the Festival OF Tab
.rr.oles IL found In Neh. q. which describes .
similar festival 70 years later
PSALMS 81. ICe l0T. us. lis and 1856 according
20 Geikie, were composed for this occasion
BUILDING COPS HOUSE.
The Settlement OF the returned cxiles
IN Palestine (2:70). The 10000 exiles,
after their long hard march from Baby
lon. tourney 500 10 700 miles long. ac-
eording to the route they took, and oc-
cupving at least four months, reached
Jerusoler, the last of july. They found
Tho citv in ruins, as II had lain for fifty
years since It's complete destruction
bv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The immediate
vicinity seems To have been restored to
,hera. but on every side the heather or
the mongrel population had cncroached.
The Edomites says GeilSic, had seized
Hebron and southwestern Judca.. and
an the northeast had built a fortified
town Gtly named Al,rabbim. the
.corrions," or ''scourgcs.' Samaria.
on the north. was settled by
mixed races. Eastern barbarians min
rlcd with the peasant lsracltes
,s:g. 10: > Kings l7:24-as). The first bust
moss of the returned exiics was CT
course to provide sorlc kind OF dwellings
for themselves and their families They
accordingly settled in the small cities
surrounding Jerusalem. perhaps repair
ir,- the houses and walls that had been
ruined by the bcsicging armies years be-
fore. The territory they controlled
was o. course small. ard her,mcd in on
all sides. "Thc list Of towns says
Gcikc. named by Ezra and Nehemiah
Ezra a:2:;. as. "a; Nch. 1856, as
the first homes of their brethren. in
cludcs only bethlehem on the south,
while on the north their territory did
not extend beyond the narrow limits OF
Benjamin
Gotd WORSHIP in a Poor Pace Ecgu-
lar worship was instituted on an altar.
without any temple. and surrounded oy
Lc-olation and ruins. And II was rs ac-
ceptablc as tho same worship arasl the
cleaning marble and gold cf Solomon's
tclaplc. Whyc Because 1t was the best
they had. but If solomon had lived in
palace Of rdars. ard then left God $
:.ltars TO spoke amid dcsoiasion, his
worship would not have been accept
ablc a church or y SUNDAY school can
he very successful in barn. or cave. or
lcr hut. II that is the best place they
can have: but not II men put every
convenience in their homes and Use
them in thzsir business. and then leave
their church work to be done amid tho
greatest disadvantages.
Tie F,sGsfqf T15eradcste. These Jews
ct this time could not keep tins feast
with all the outward expressions OF
ioy which belonged To this festival. but
they could thrill with joy in remember
int- tho n,ast.and anticipating the days
To come. And no porap and glory o.
ceremony could inspire such joy a.
,hcsc c..ilcs felt when first, eftcr many
ha r-alinill,
festivals Of their history in the old ac
clstorlcd religious capital Of 'hcir na
ton. This was the festival az joy.
was celebrated with waving torches
with bands of music. with singing Q
HYMNS AID songs Of praiss. The re
io;ciny was So great that the rabbi
used to say that he who had neve
been prcscn: at the ceremonies u
which this feast was distinguished di
not know WIKI. rejoicing meant.
FrtnrW OfsrtEgM The money rai
oft may havr come ra-ay from th
rg.rllar taxes. but chiefly fora the gift
az the people Those wLs remained /
i;aLvlonia had given lihcraiiy G:0
Accrdinr to Estlras AL. the govern
iac... gave 20 talents q year till IN
tEsIte IVES Quilt. hc tdttiS ~ ~
rcsrrncd cyiles and the people gave III
c-alir and eerfully-sixty-orc thor
sand diaries If gold COR over ssoo,0o'
and s.OJ) pounds Of silver tSi0J.oCS
ti.ara .:59 and Neh. 7:1i. s2,.
q yos,fi0a and Dstay. The temple
vnu.s foundations were SO joyousi
laid. was not completed till 20 year
iuscr. ~. c. 5l5. just 40 years after y
,lv,;rw .tion. Immediately after IL
found. tIons were laid. thcrc arose
sharp and persistent opposition fro'
Tie surrounding people. rs described
chap j. The race Of mongrcl jew
and hca then from tho far east. as moi
fyrcl in religion as in race. from who
descended the Samaritans desired
unite yath the returned Jewish exile
IN binding the tcHplc. They wee
pcrcmpt crily refused. This made the
litter enemies Of the Jews. Tho
wrote sls ndcrous letters to Persia. M
succeeded IN having the permission