The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-12-02
THE BOOK OF THE LAW FOUND.
Sunday school Lesson In the inser"s-
tionaI Lesson series for December
4. isDS - Kings S.ss-@O.


TEN MS testimonies and that seek Him
with the whole htart.-Psa. llsz
TIE sECTION.-The reiFn 81 josiah q
Kings 2sa 10 1880. Read also enron +"
TIME.-Jo..ah ielgned from p. c. $50 10
sS lie followed close aftcr Manassen
G.es.on Wild. The hsting Of the book OK
the law was In his eighteenth year-b-
PLAcE.-Jerusale m ard judah.
EXPLANATORY.
|. Josiah the Good Boy hing.-Jo- :
siah. Jehovah viii support" was born
at Jerusalem. B. c. CAT. .. Josiah be-
gan to reign b. c. GO. when be was
eight years old. II seems TO have been
by the choice or election Of the people
e Chron 33:25). lie reigned 81 years,
and died p. C. COO. before he was 40
years old His conversion took place
when be was l6 years old. when "he be-
gan 10 seek after the God Of David, his
father" e Chron. 34:3). lie put him.
self under the influence Of the religious
men of his kingdom.
III. The Reformatior.-Josiah en-
tered upon his great reformation in
the twelfth year OF his reign. when he
began to destroy the idols. Jeremiah
began his ministry In II. c. 627 IN the
thirteenth wear OF Josiah's reign der.
1:2). lust about the time the reforma-
ton commenced. and continued till
after the destruction of Jerusalem in
5ss. In the eighteenth year OF his
reign Josiah reestablished the re-
. ligious services OF the temple e Kings
22:3-7: 2 Chron. 34:s-13). His first ef-
forts we're TO repair the temple. which,
. during the $50 years since King Joash
had made his great repairs, had be-
; come dilnpidate-.
= Ill Finding the Book Of the Law
, VS.. $40. A little more fully In 2Chron.
. s4:14-ls. The eighteenth year Of Jo-
/, slabs reign. 8. "Hilkiah. the priest"
!. I. e., the high priest said
have found the book Of the laws" The
:, claw OF the Lord given by Moses" II
!. had been deposited in some secret
place, probably during the reigns OK
!, some Of the idolatrous kings. TO pre-
= serve II from destruction. The find
Z, ing mentioned in this verse was net
:. discovery Of something unknown be-
:. fore. but the rescuing OF the temple
copv of the law from the hiding place
= In which il had long lain.
= Q. "Shaphan the scribe:" The sec
rotary of state. Thy servants have
8, :, gathered the money!" The kings sec
=. rotary reports the work done. II
=. seems a collection was taken up for the
,. temple repairs not only in the temple
itself. where the system OF Joash q
=, Kings 12:4-l2) seems to have been re-
~ verted TO. but also throughout judah
" and BENJAMIN. and all the land OF
=, Israel e Chron. $500.
w he fhe1
we book: 1T was Of the utmost impor-
us lance to the king in the work he was
80 doing.
icy ". The Results Of Finding the Book
up VS.. 1920 First. 4 Desire for In
lne struction. "And shaphan read il be
le- fore the king OF course at the kings
iss request. He was anxious to know what
y; The truth was and the nature Of thu
rei' law he had b,en trying blindly to obey
Second An Awakened Conscience
II. when the king had heard
he rent pis clothes:" An expression o.
ks. deepest sorrow and consciousness Of
the danger.
on. The reading OF Gods Word brings
Dns conviction Of sin. II shows us our de
in partures from the true standard. II !,
- a mirror in which we see our weak
ness and our sin: il is measuring linz
ON by which we learn "how far and Wild
av- we stray
- Third. Seeking More Light on tn
Path OF Duty. IL. The King com
o,. manded Hilkiah." etc. His leading OF
led ficers. and most intelligent.
err IL, go We. inquire of the Lord 70
ytv me- He must know from the highes
- -. .ter1s IN, do f0r
ak was of the utmost Importance.
Nh IA. event unto Huldah the prophet
adv ess:" through whom they would II
con auire of the Lord. We do not kno'
why they went TO her instead OF th
other well-known prophets. The "keei
er Of the wardrobe" was person {
- consideration in ancient times.
Fourth Gods Threatenings Wi
Come TO Pass. Is. II. IL will brin
evil upon this place. Ny wrath
~" shall not be quenched:" The nation he
gone SO far in sin. was so thorough
.as' imbued with idolatry. that nothir
could persuade them. as whole, TO :
= pent and be saved. Nothing but Il
Ooes actual infection Of the threatened pu
Ivy ishment would cleanse them from idt
'e'us atrv. The reformation of Josiah w
'res- of great value 1t saved a remnant,
'hen portion of the people as the hope
'eo. the future: but for the mass of the pc
rle II was the wind rufiling the surfa
oe OF the waters. but not changing
the deeper flow. This threat was accoi
y be plished within &c years. Because tn
here hav. forxaken me-" Religion a
read, r,cb,.ousness were the basis OF I
pro. Kingdoms prosperity. To destr
'rooi these. to forsake God. was TO take
neg very foundation from under them.
the v. Gods Tender Mercies.-Ns. ~,
"Because thine heart was tender
the thou shalt be gathered into thy gro
dis ,r neace." lie was slain in battle, .
stra- the terrible experiences foretold OF
pular rusalem did no, take place till fc
!, of ,.ars after his death. The peace