The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-10
THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL LESSON.
Dee. II, 1sos-Jeremiah xxxvi, 2O-32.

Dee. II, 1S0S-Jeremfah xxxvi, 2O-32.
Jehoakim. king of Judah seated in the
portion Of the palace suitable for occupation dur
ing the winter months. In a depression in the
floor stood fire-pot filled with live Goals. Be
side him stood Jehudi reading Jeremah's terrible
prophecy against Judah. which Baruch had taken
down word for word and which he had read to
the people and princes. The king could not en-
dure the strong arraignment and threatened pun
ishment long. His violent temper got the better
of him. Before Jehudi had read more than two
or three pages the king took the roll out of his
hand. If it had been possible he would have
torn 1t up, as you may have seen angry person
do with an insulting letter. But being a parch-
ment he could not tear 1t, so taking his pen
knife he began cutting it into shreds and kept
doing So dropping 1t strip by strip upon the live
risive laughter he may have cried: Where now
IS the prophecy OF jeremiah? But the kings
vindictive triumph was short-lived. Within seven
days the prophecy was reproduced word for word
for the Lord said to the prophet: Take thee
again another roll, and write in it all the former
words that were in the first roll" This scene Is
parable of the treatment the Bible receives in
every age. The sacrilegious king is a type of the
soul in anger it asserts itself against the
righteous judgments of God Multitudes of gleam-
ing penknives are always at work upon the Bible
But the book takes care of itself 1t is a phoenix
IL rises from its own ashes. Il keeps on its way
fascinating little children with it's beautiful
stories convicting sinners. comforting saints
lighting and warning human hearts
MOSAIC FROM COMMENTARIES.
The court: Inner quadrangle of the palace where
the royal residence was situsted-Bib Com.
Ninth month: Our December The cold, rainy
season.-Lange
Penknife: Scribe's knife. Used to shape the
reed employed for writing and to make erasures
in the manuscript Com.
Not afraid: Josiah rent his clothes in grief
that the book had been lost, his son cuts God S
book and burns it, Nevertheless: This aggravates
the kings SIM. f. B.
Word of the Lord came: That word was not
burned, neither jeremiah hidden from the
eyes of the Lord-Peloubet.
Another roll: The entire book was rewritten and
the second manuscript. far can be known
now, is the have to-day.-Staney.
THE TEACHERS LANTERN
First-Destroy the Bible! Impossible. If all the
Bibles that have ever been printed were piled in
one enormous heap and then consumed, the sacred
book could be reproduced Immediately from the
quotations which have been made from il in
secular literature. For example, in TennysOn
alone there are four hundred and fifty quotations.
Observation-Disclosures is the worst Of ali PEN
knives. 1t does not hurt the Bible, but il does
destroy the soul by cutting it off from the foun-
tain of life and light
Third-If We let the Bible begin to reveal its
beauties and charms to we will find il ir-
resistibly attractive.
Fourth-The structure of the Bible resembles
that of the natural world. Both are endless and
pleasing in their variety Ii is this that lures to
exploration. There is adaptation To every variety
OF taste, and TO the taste in its varying
moods.