The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-02
q CONTENT. Our last historic lesson. studied

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CONTENTIOUS last historic lesson. studied
judah whose Ssa reign is it closed SIS b c. 1ils
successors were AiiiazInh, 11zzlat. lothian and
Ahaz. . The last named. pattcrning after tho
abonInablo idoiathr ds iio reared affairs In
Jerusalem 1 ana offered sacrifices upon then
the ire He s changed d tho house Us 81 the Lori
no had seen In SYRIA. Thus he offered cor. 4
anger. For the lmp!ety which he practiced.
10 was In dishonor' with his people. and When ,ai
e.. s afsa n xer Fe sHssen Years esg
rule Ahaz ,Wes succeeded by Hezcslah, his
son, who set himself at once to the work
did was the reopenng Of the temple about
which !, I, w, we ST. study to.day ~ ~,
sANNcT1FlED veryes IS 49,, The temple np1
~ tho kings order the l,evites were set to
were employed in that business for the space
Of fifteen days Verse IL removing y and cast
OF rubbish that had been accumulated and
performing such rites as were appointed by
the law in setting apart certain places to holy
the officers reported to the king. in detail.
What had been so long In co9fusio =, was re:
stored to what had been f IL s was
was once more consecrated to the Lor?'s
service. Tho houee. the altar. the vessels,
uso, for which they were orisnalJ; designed;
awaiting the pleasure OF the ROYAL performer.
, AssEMBLgD. -Cvcrso ?o. !iezckiah did1 NJ, not
OF the Lord, but not alone. The rulers OF
Sas Rae Ths act in a
before and after. q chron. xv;4) Associate As
influential then individual EFFORT tNunit. x:2).
+ In tho Chrlstian system 1t Is held to be o.
hsaa ess oesrs on
casion with the king ut the long desccrated.
but now renovated house Of worship was
and impress the people. Indeed, they were
but the representatives OF the people. Their
d Sxe4escs %eh
scribed in the remainder Of our lessons
,sAcR1Flc9D.-iv Verses. q. 20. This assem- ea
neglecteG by Ahaz. The first In this form
of worship was a sin, Offering Of seven bull i
law required but one beast. tLev. 81. but this
was o great occasion, and the sins Of tho
pxHe Wer as vin sr seven being an
blenisSo, perfection. slgnlfying that It was
eonnete sacrifice The Offering was s. made ad
Tribes tSn - them called lsraei.snd Tor tSe
ssa HRE slain ss atar a ss
the original Gus tom. lLev. vili:ls) as q figure
Of things 70 CONS tHeb; lx;2D This sin sin
been broken BY man and knit together again
by Gods appointment through the shedding
Of blood The Of the victim " was
Z ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS %. 2D. After this ini-
tial ceremony, in which, tho Covenant had been
more interesting character The seven he
goats were brought forth, and hands were
laid upon their heads s'snltyins transfer rs 81
yiv:2D. Thenktk goats were killed. and the
blood vas sprinked on the altar This his was a.,
which confession Of sin Was made and pardon
secured. 1t Is not hero stated. that the pre-
scrlbed rules for the priests, the ruler or the
be carried into the most holy place. Perhaps
this was not done. and In that case these
offerings must , De tns as
part OF tho law. 1t will be noticed that the
offerings were presented, not only IN oehalt
Of Judah but for all Israel, and this was
done at the command Of Hezekah who hoped
to recover the ten tribes
REJoIcED.-tverves 25-27) This occasion was
undoubtedly solemn. In no other spirit could
these sacrifices be rightly offered All trifling
and merry-makng must have been excluded
form Of Joy that rightly belonged here. indeed,
the best form, and that wa sencournEed py
Should eee egd a sssse
true worship Of God the performances Of sa-
.ncwing OF the Covenant had been broken: the
forgiveness OF sins that had been computed
ali this was calculated to awaken glad, ess In
the heart And tho king provided for It's ex,
preston. 1Io set Lcvltes in their appointed
places with musical instruments OF various
kinds, and they rendered the Psalms OF
David, = inter the custom OF other days.
Cymbals, psateres. hnrps and trumpetAs
blended their joyful strains TO GLADDEN. AZ
.henrts X . . i,
WoRsHIPPED.-(ver es, oo). All this was
outward and formal, something to be seen ana
frequent in the jewish system and tat that
tlme,5 because OF the condition OF the penple,
It was very helpful and necessary. but there