The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON xI. FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATloNAL SERIES, DEC. II.


ory Verse. se--Golden Text. Isa. III. s..
Commentary Prepared by tho Rev. ID. M.
stearps.
copyright. 1898. by d. NJ steams.I
20. "And they went in to the king and
told all the words in the ears Of the king"
This ds King Jehoiakim, a son Of Josiah,
who ,reigned II years, but did evil in the
sight of the Lord. In the fourth year Of
his reign the Lord told jeremiah to write
in book all the words He had spoken
against Israel since the days of Josiah and
read them to the people II perchance they
might turn from their sins to the Lord and
have their iniquity forgiven. Both in the
fourth and fifth years of Jehoiakim's reign
these words were read publicly and pri-
vately again and again (see previous part
Of this chapter), and now some who heard
them tell them to the king.
81. $50 the king sent Jehudi to fetch
the roll, and Jehudi read 1t in tho ears Of
the king" Baruch the scribe, who had
written the words of the Lord from the
mouth OF Jeremiah, had also read the
book in the ears Of the people and of the
rulers (verses @, s, 10, 10, l6), but now
Jehudi reads. 1t does not matter much
who reads provided he reads distinctly
and give the sense and cause the people to
understand the reading (Neh. viii, 81. As
to the origin of the words, they were from
the Lord, the Lords words. He used
Jercmiah's S mouth and Baruch's pen and
mouth, but the message was neither from
jeremiah nor from Baruch, but from God.
Now it is Jehudi's mouth, but it is still
the same message from the Lord
%, 90. HE cut II with the penknife and
cast it into the fire that was on the hearth,
until all the roll was consumed in the
fire. Thus did .Jehoakim with the roll
containing the message from the Lord
Thus he dcspised and treated with con-
tempt the message from the Lord and
turned his back upon the Lord and would
Josiah in our last lesson, who humbled
himself before God and turned to Him
with all his heart Jehoiakim was a Cain
man, while Josiah like Abel, had faith in
God All are either for or against God.
"a "Yet they were not afraid, nor rent
their garments, neither the king nor any
of his servants that heard all these words"
The hard hearted, rebellious king would
influence those about him in some meas
ure to be rebellious, like himself When
once the heart turns away from God, the
hardness ofttimcs increases very quickly.
When we receive not the truth in the love
OF 1t, God lets us believe delusion and a
lie (II Thess ii, IL, 12) 1t is a fearful
30. crJ Ilf,I
or against His word, for, while holiness is
not easily communicated, sin is, accord
ing to Hog. ii, u, l3
%. He would not hear them" Three
are mentioned who pleaded with the king
not to burn tho roll, but he would not
listen to them He thought that he knew
better than his counselors he was in his
own esteem wiser than his father who had
humhlcd himself before God, he did not
believe that He that, Being often re-
proved, hanleneth his neck shan suddenly
be destroyed, and that without remedy"
(Prov. xxx, u.
26 but the Lord hid them. This re-
fers 10 Baruch and jeremiah, whom the
king would now like to lay hands upon
and put a stop to such words as these. In
verse 10 we learn that when the book was
about to be read to the king some advised
them TO hide so that they could not be
found. and now we learn that in their
hiding they were guided by God Elijah
was so securely hidden by God that he
could not be found by Ahab in any nation
or kingdom Il Kings xvii 3; xviii, l0)
There is rock, the Rock Of Ages, in
whom we may so securely hide that no
evil can bcfall us (Ex. xxxiii 22; Isa. H.
10; XVI, 4, margin). The life Of all who
truly receive Christ as their Saviour is
said to be hid with Christ in God, for He
is our life tcol Iii, 3, y.
"a, 2S. Take thee again another roll
and write in it all the former words that
were in the first roll have for somc
years reyeled in the blessed assurance OF
Ps. cxix, 50, Forever, o Lord, Thy word
is settled In heaven" On my way homo
from India last year 1t was my privilege
while spending few days in London TO
rejoice In some blessed fellowship with my
dear brother in the Lord, Rev. John Viii
kinson, author Of that wonderful book,
Israel My Glory" i found him one day
greatly rejoicing in Ps. cxix, 49, on which
ne cXpdINtOu SOIncWlat AFTER tnlS IaShlon.
".Tust think of what we have herel What
is settled9 Thy word Where is it settled'
In heaven. For how long is it settleds
Forever. Whose word is it? Thine, Ol
Lordl Let the enemies throw out Jonah
and his book, and Daniel and his book,
and whatever they do not like, they can
no more destroy the word OF God than
Jehoiakim could destroy the words of Jere-
miah's roll. When we reach heaven, we
shall find Jonah and his book and Daniel
and his book and all the word Of God for
ever settled there"
30. 1.-THE king Of Babylon shall certain
ly come and destroy this land and shall
cause to cease from thence man and beast.
These were some Of the words In the roll
which Jehoiakim burned which caused