Willmar tribune., 1898-11-30
TIE BOOK OF THE LAW FOUND.
Sunday Schsoa Lesson in the Intern4-
tt0nal Lesson Series for December
4, 1S0S "A Kings 2:S-20.

tBased upon Pe1oubet's Select Noteal
GOLDEN TEKT.-BIessed are they that
Keep His testimonies and that seek Him
with the whole heart--Psa- 49,
TIE sECTION.-The reign of Josiah G
Kings @a to 9:S0> Read also 2 chron- 81
and g.
TME.-Josiah reigned from B. c. 67g ia
6oS. He followed close after Manasseh
uesson VIIL)- The finding of the book Of
the law was In his eighteenth year-R.
c: 81
PLACE--Jerusa1em and Judah
EXPLANATORY.
l. Josiah the Good Boy King-Jo-
siah, Jehovah will support" was born
at Jerusalem, B. c. 647 g. Josiah be-
gan to reign B. C. $50, when he was
eight years old It seems to have been
by the choice Or election of the people
e. Chron- 33:25). He reigned 81 years,
and died B. c. 600, before he was 40
years old His conversion took place
when he was 1s years old, when he be-
gan to seek after the God of David, his
father" e Chron. 34:3). He put him
self under the influence of the religious
men of his kingdom.
IL The Reforma ation.]osiah en-
tered upon his great reforma ton in
the twelfth year of his reign, when he
began to destroy the idols. Jeremiah
began his ministry in B. C. 627, IN the
thirteenth year of Josiah's reign (Jer.
1:2), just about the time the reforma-
ton commenced, and continued till
after the destruction of Jerusalem in
$50. In the eighteenth year of his
cS,h y
hglous services of the temple G. Kings
22:3-7; Chron. 34:S-13). His first ef-
forts were to repair the temple, which,
during the $50 years since King Joash
had made his great repairs. had be-
come dilcpidated.
LII. Finding the Book Of the Law
VS.. $40. A little more fully in Chron.
34:1t-1s. The eighteenth year Of Jo-
slah's reign. s. 'HiIkiah. the priest"
/. e., the high priest, said I
have found the book of the law" The
"law of the Lord given by Moses" 1t
had been deposited in some secret
place. probably during the reigus Of
some of the idolatrous kings, to pre-
serve it from destruction. The find
ing mentioned in this verse was not a
discovery of something unknown be-
fore, but the rescuing of the temple
copy of the law from the hiding place
IN which it had long lain
9. "Shaphan the scribe:" The Sec
retary of state Thy servants have
gathered the money!" The kings Sec
retary reports the work done. It
seems collection was ia ken up for the
temple repairs not only in the temple
Itself, where the system Of Joash g
Kings 12:+-12) seems to have been re-
verted to. but also throughout judah
and Benjamin, and all the land Of
Israel e Chron. 3+:o).
10. "Shewed the king "a (the)
book: 1T was of the utmost impor-
tance to the king in the work he was
doing.
". The Results of Finding the Book.
VS.. 1920. First. A Desire for In
struction. And Shaphan read it be-
fore the king" Of course at the kings
request. He was anxious to know what
rhe truth was. and the nature of the
law he had b>en trying blindly to obey.
Second. An Awakened Conscience.
II. When the king had heard .
he rent his c1othes:" An expression of
deepest sorrow and consciousn ess Of
dan ger.
The reading Of Gods Word brings
conviction of sin. It shows us our de-
partures from the true standard. it is
mirror in which we see our weak
ness and our sin: it is a measuring line
by which we learn "how far and wide
we stray"
Third Seeking More Light on the
Path of Duty. u, '~The king COM
manded Hiliah," etc. His leading Of
fcers, and most in Intelligent.
13. ''Go ye, inquire of the Lord for
me-" He must know from the highest
source just what he ought to do, for it
was Of the utmost Importance.
H. Went unto Huldah the prophet
ess:" through whom they would in
F.. quire Of the Lord. We do not know
why they went to her instead of the
other weu-known prophets. The keep
er Of the wardrobe" was person Of
consideration in ancient times.
| Fourth Gods Threa Jennings VIII
Come to Pass. Is, II. Il will bring
evil upon this place. My wrath
shall not be quenched:" Thenation had
gone so far in sin, was so thoroughly
imbued with idolatry, that nothing
could persuade them, as whole, to re-
pent and be saved. Nothing but the
actual infection of the threatened pun
ishment would cleanse them from idol
airy. The reformation of Josiah was
! of great value. It saved a remnant, a
portion of the people as the hope of
the future; but for the mass of the peo-
| Fle it was the wind rufaing the surface
of the waters, but not changing it's
| deeper flow. This threat was ACCOM-
| plished within ST years. Because they
have forsaken me- Religion and
righteousness were the basis of the
kingdoms prosperity. To destroy
/ these, to forsake God, was to take the
| very foundation from under them.
I V. Gods Tender Mercies.-Vs. 10, 20.
/ because thine heart was tender
thou shalt be gathered into thy grave
/ In peace" He was slain in BATTLE but