The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LgssoNvII, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, NOV. 13.

NATIONAL SERIES, NOV. 13.
:sext Of the Lesson, II Kings xii, 4-1o.
Memory Verses, 9-12-GoIden Text,
Neh. <, 39-Commentary Prepared
by Rev. d. NJ. Stearns.
lCopyrisht, 1904, by American Press Association.l
All that had been accomplished thus
far in saving Joash from the rage OF
Athaliah, in keeping him safely and IN
having him anointed king was through
the faithfulness Of Jehoiada, the priest,
and his wife, Jehoshabealh, showing US
how much may be accomplished for
God BY a faithful, fearless, devoted
man or woman. Jehdada lived TO be
13O years old, and when he died they
buried him in the city Of David among
the kings because he had done good ID
Israel both toward God and toWaru.Hls
house OIL Chron. xiv, is, 16). His
name signifies "known Of Jehovah" and
that is better than to be known and
honored of all men. To be truly the
Lords and to live for Him is every
thing. All else is nothing, no matter
how men may praise it. While Joash
had such counselor he did right IN the
sight of the Lord, but not perfectly, for
the high places were not taken away,
and the people still sacrificed and burn
ed incense there oversees 2, -. The BIZ
BILE records only one wSc always'and1n
everything did right before God.
Under the teaching and guidance OF
Jehoiada the,young king was minded to
repair the house of the Lord and'tothat
end sent priests and Levites into ali the
cities Of judah to gather money for the
work, and they were commanded TO
hasten it, for the sons Of Athaliah, that
wicked woman, bad broken up the
house Of God and had bestowed the
dedicated things upon Baalim. But six
teen years passed, and the house was
not repaired. There was something or
God and something Of man IN TINS;
hence the delay, for mans way OF DO
ing always hinders Gods work twas
no doubt Of God to repair the temple
but to go. after the people forthe money
with which to do this was not the
Lords way; hence it failed I cannot
believe that we are to wait upon people
individually for money with which TO
carry on His work, yet there IS so much
Of it done and so many ways deV1seGlo
get money from all sorts Of people TO
this end.
l believe it to be all wrongly do nod
wonder that the priests under 1.-THE re-
proof Of Joash would consent neither to
receive money nor to repair the house
(verses 6-S). So the kings plan failed
But now see a better way: At the sug-
cestion Of Jehoiada chest with a hole
in the lid Of it is placed beside the altar
at the entrance to the house Of the
Lord, and willing people brought their
offerings to 1t, and thus money was
gathered In abundance day by Gay.
Again andagair the chest was empbeo
and put back in its place to receive
more. All the princes and all the peo-
Die rejoiced and brought il and cast IN
to the chest until they had made an
end. So the workmen wrought, and the
work was perfected by them, and they
set the house Of God in his state ana
strengthened it. The overseers Of tho
work were unusually faithful, for those
who gave them the money with which
to pay the workmen kept no reckoning
with with them, (verse 15).
Compare carefully the account in Il
Chron. xiv, with our lesson for today.
The work being finished, they offered
burnt offerings nsthe house Of the Lord
continually all the> days Of Jahoiada "
Chron xdv, I4), and thus the Lord was
honored again in His own house which
had been SO desecrated by the ungodly,
and all through faithful Jehoiada and
his house. If we will say as joshua
did, "As for me and my house, we VIII
serve the Lord" Josh xiv, 10, Goa
viii surely bless Us and make US
blessing to many. The heart OF TINS
lesson is the hcuse.of the Lord, its, des-
iecration and restoration
Both tabernacle and temple built for
God to dwell in.among: His people lEx-
XIV, g, wereeypica1 of >thetTrue.T .Taber-
nacle.: Jesus Christ Reb. vii, !, p, and
every good priest and p7ophet'and-ang.
Is also a type Of Him IN whom God.
dwelt perfectly. The church is now,
His dwelling place on earth, not any
building made with hands nor any so,
called denomination; but the company
Of all uce believers wherever found
and all who are true believers are e2-
pected to yield themselves and their
possessions wholly to.God that He:may
make use of them to gather from all na-
tons the members Of His body who are
notyet gathered ,thatso the tempdetmay
be finished and the kingdom come.
There is very great need for jehoia-
das who will lfearlessly and faithfully
honor the Lord alone. Individual be-
levers aresalso tnmples,of the Lord, and
there is great need Of such as are Will,
ing to be wholly consecrated to Him Il
Cor. vi, 70, 20; II Cor. vi, l4-1S), whose
constant motto is, "What wilt thou
Lord?" "Whe1c wilt thou" and whose
whole heart says gladly, Whose I am
and whom serve" (Acts X, g; Luke
xii 9; Acts. xvii, .23}. It was sad
day for Joash when~the good priest, his
faithful counselor, died, for then came
the princes of Judah andjpersuaded the
king to forsake the house OF the Lord
and serve groves and idols, and, al
though the. Lord sent prophets to turn
the peopleeagain to himself, the people
would not give ear, and the king went
so far as to cause to- be stoned to death
Zechariah, the,son OF. .Jehoiada, because
by the spirit of.God he reproved their