Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-12-10
international Sunday School lesson for
December ii, 1898.

Subject, "rrying to Destroy
Gods Word. Jer. SO: 20-32. heau
the whole chapter. Golden Text, |
aThe word OF our God shall stand
forever" lisa. 40: 8.
The prophet jeremiah had been
confined in the prison yard for
publishing Gods word, and the
word Of the Lord came to him again
saying, @Write all tie words that |
have spoken unto thee against Is
rael, and against Judah, and against
all the nations. 1t may be that
the house OF Judah will hear ell the
evil which | propose to do unto
them; that they may return every
man from bis evil way; that ! may
forgive their iniquity and their
SIM
Then Jeremiah said to Barcch
the scribe, 81 am shut up; | cannot
60 into the house of the Lord; there
fore go thou, and read. the words
of the Lord in the ears of the people
in the Lords house upon The fasting
day; and also thou shalt read them
in the ears OF all Judah that come
out of their cities. It may be they
will present their supplication be-.
fore the Lord, and will return every
one from his evil way; for great is
the anger and fury that the Lord
bath pronounced against this peo-
pie"
And Baruch read in the Book the
words of the Lord In the Lords
house on the fast day. And when
Michaiah heard the words OF the
Lord out of the Book, he went down
to the kings house and declared
them to all the princes who sent for
Baruch and the Book and command
ed him, eSit down now and read it
in our ears" and when they had
heard all the words they we're
afraid and SAID, "We will surely tell
the king of all these words"
When they told the king, he sent
for the Book, and commanded it to
be read to him and to all his princes.
Now the king sat in his winter
house, and there was fire burning
on the hearth and when three or four
leaves had been read to him, he cut
1t with his penknile, and cast it in
to the fire, until the Book was all
burned. "Yet they were not afraid,
nor rent their garments, neither the
king, nor any of his servants that
heard all these Words
Nevertheless some had made in
tercession to the king that he would
not burn the Book; but be would not
hear them He commanded to take
Baruch and Jeremiah, but the Lord
hid them. Then the word Of the
Lord came to Jeremiah saying,
stake thee another roll, and write
in it all the former words that were
in the first roll, which Jehoiakim,
the king of Judah hath burned. And
thou shalt say to him. Thou hast
burned this roll. Therefore thus
saith the Lord OF Jehoiakim king of
Judah; he shall have none to sit up
on the throne of David; and his
dead body shall be cast out in the
day to the heat, and 10 the night to
the frost. And / will punish him
and his seed and his servants for
their iniquity." But they hearken-
ed not.
How vain to fight against God!
"Why do the heather rage and the
people imagine vain thing? The
kings Of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together
against the Lord and against His
Amounted saying, aLet US break
their bands asunder, and cast away
their cords from US. He that sit
teth in the Heavens shall laugh.
The Lord shall have them in deri.
sior.,. Blessed are all they iha9
put their trust in Him.