Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-11-30
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON xl, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNAriONAL SERIES, DEC. II.

LESSON XII, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATloNAL SERIES, DEC. II.
Text Of the Lesson, Jer. xxxvi, @O-32-Mem-
ory Verse. 32-Golden Text, lisa. Il, 8.
Commentary Prepared by the Rev. D. NJ.
eearns.
copyright. 1893. by D. M. Stearns.l
90. "And they went in to the king and
told all the words in the ears Of the king. !"
This is King Jehoiakim, son Of Josiah,
who reigned II years, but did evil in the
sight of the Lord In the fourth year Of
his reign the Lord told jeremiah to write
In a book all the words He had spoken
against Israel since the days Of Josiah and
read them to the people If perchance they
might turn from their sins to the Lord and
have their iniquity forgiven. Both in the
fourth and fifth years of Jehoiakim g reign
these words were read publicly and prt-
vately again and again (see previous part
Of this chapter), and now some who heard
them tell them to the king.
81. $50 the king sent Jehudi to fetch
the roll, and Jehudi read it in the ears of
the king" Baruch the scribe, who had
written the words Of the Lord from the
mouth Of jeremiah, had also read the
book in the ears of the people and Of the
rulers oversees 6, s, 10, 10, 16), but now
Jehudi reads. 1t does not matter much
who reads provided he reads distinctly
and give the sense and cause the people to
understand the reading (Neh. viii, 81. AS
to the origin Of the words, they were from
the Lord, the Lords words. He used
jeremiah mouth and Baruch's pen and
mouth, but the message was neither from
Jeremiah nor from Baruch, but from God.
Now it is Jehudi's mouth, but 1t is still
the same message from the Lord.
90, %. HE cut 1t with the penknife and
cast it into the fire that was on the hearth,
until all the roll was consumed in the
fire." Thus did .Jehoiakim with the roll
containing the messs ge from the Lord
Thus he despised and treated with con.
tempt the message from the Lord and
turned his back upon the Lord and would
not hearken to Him. What q contrast to
Josiah in our last lesson, who humbled
himself before God and turned to Him
with all his heart Jehoiakim was Cam
man, while Josiah, like Abel had faith In
God. All are either for or against God.
"a. "Yet they were not afraid, nor rent
their garments, neither the king nor any
of his servants that heard all these words. u
The hard hearted, rebellious king would
influence those about him in some meas
ure to be rebellious, like himself. When
once the heart turns away from God, the
hardness ofttimes increases very quickly
When we receive not the truth in the love
of 1t, God lets us believe a delusion and @
lie III Thess. ii, IL, 12). 1t is fearful
thing to even listen to word against Goo
or against His word, for, while holiness IL
not easily communicated, sin Is, accord
ing to Hag. ii, 12, 13.
25. "He would not hear them" Three
are mentioned who pleaded with the king
not to burn the roll, but he would moi
listen to them. He thought that he knew
better than his counselors, he was in hii
own esteem wiser than his father who hao
humbled himself before God, he did no,
believe that HE that, being often re
proved, hardeneth his neck shall suddenly
be destroyed, and that without remedy
prov. xxx, y.
26. but the Lord hid them" This Ne
fers to Baruch and jeremiah, whom tht
king would now like to lay hands upor
and put stop to such words as these. Ii
verse 10 we learn that when the book wal
about to be read to the king some advised
them to hide so that they could not bt
found, and now we learn that in theil
hiding they were guided by God. Elijat
was so securely hidden by God that ht
could not be found by Ahab in any natior
or kingdom q Kings xvii, 8; xviii, 10)
There is rock, the Rock Of Ages, II
whom we may 30 securely hide that NJ
evil can befall us (Ex. xxxiii, 90; lisa. IL
10; XVI, 4, lnargin). The life Of all who
truly receive Christ as their Saviour II
said to be hid with Christ in God, for Ht
is our life (Col. iii, 8, 4).
81, 2S. "Take thee again another rol
and write in 1t all the former words thai
were in the first roll" I have for some
years reyeled in the blessed assurance o.
Ps. cxix, 80, Forever, o Lord, Thy wort
is settled in heaven" On my way home
from India last year it was my privilege
while spending a few days in London tx
rejoice in some blessed fellowship with my
dear brother in the Lord, Rev. John vii
kinson, author of that wonderful book
"Israel My Glory" found him one day
greatly rejoicing In Ps. cxix, 80, on whict
he expatiated somewhat after this fashion
"Just think of what we have here! Wha,
is settled9 Thy word. Where Is it settled
In heaven. For how long is 1t settled
Forever. Whose word is it? Thine, c
Lordl Let the enemies throw out JONAH
and his book, and Daniel and his book
and whatever they do not like, they car
no more destroy the word Of God thar
Jehoiakim could destroy the words OF Jere
miah's roll. When we reach heaven, We
shall find Jonah and his book and DAME
and his book and all the word Of God for
ever settled there"
30. ..The king Of Babylon shall certain
ly come and destroy this land and shall
cause to cease from thence man and beast. .
These were some of the words in the roll
which Jehoiakim burned which caused
him to hate it and burn it. Jonah was 6
wondrous type Of our Lord in His deatt
and resurrection, and this the great truth
which satan hates and may be one reason
why he would If possible set aside the boof
Of Jonah. In Daniel perhaps more than II
any other book in the Bible the Importance
Of the wisdom Of this world to understand
the things Of God is made manifest, anc
for that reason, among others, the book o'
Daniel is disliked. Revelation tells Of the
j devil q downfall and final doom and there
| fore he Wonld like Won not to read thai