Middletown transcript., 1898-12-10
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON:

International Sunday School Lesson for
Dec. II, 1898. Trying to destroy
Gods Word. Jer. 36:2O-32. Read the
whole chapter. Golden Text. 1.-The
word of our God shall stand forever. !"
lisa. 40:8.
The prophet jeremiah bad been con-
fined in the prison yard for publishing
Gods word, ard the word of the Lord
came to him again saying, Write all
he words that I have spoken unto thee
against Israel, and against Jrdah, and
against all the nations 1t may
be that the house Of Judah will hear all
the evil which purpose to do unto
them; that they may return every man
from his evil way; that l may forgive
their iniQuity and their sin."
Then Jeremiah said to Baruch the
scribe, 81 am shut up, cannot go into
the house of the Lord; therefore 60
thou, and read the words of
the Lord in the ears of the people in the
Lords's house upon the fasting day and
also thou shalt read them in the ears Of
all Judah that come out Of their cities.
1t may be they will present their suppl
cation before the Lord, and will return
every one from his evil way; for great
is the anger aud fury that the Lord
hath pronounced against this people"
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 th G
princes, who sent for Baruch and th G
Book, and commanded him, "Sit down
now and read it in our ears" and when
they had heard all the words. they W ere
afraid and said, "We vi i'll surely tell
the king of all tn ese 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 win ter house, and there
wa a fire burning on the hearth and
when three or four leaves had been read
to him, he cut it with his penknife,
and cast it into 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 inter-
cession to the king that he would not
burn the Book; but he 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, "Take thee another
roll, and write IN it all the former
words that ware in the first roll, which
ehoiakim, the king of Judah hath
burned. And thou shalt say to bin :.
Thou hast burned this roll.
Therefore thus saith the Lord of
Jeho!akim king of Judah; he shall have
none to sit upon the throne of David;
and his dead body shall be cast out in
the day to the heat, and in the night to
the frost. And l will puI ish him
and his seed and his servants for their
iniquity." But thhy hearkened not.
How vain to Gght against Godl "Why
do the heather rage and the people inn
agine vain thing2 The kings of the
elrth set themselves, and the rulers
take counsel together ag inst the Lord
and against His annointed saying, "Let
US break their bands asunder; and cast
away their cords from US. He that
sitteth in the Heavens shall laugh.
The Lord shall have them in derision
Blessed are all they that put
their trust in Him.