The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-07-14
THE SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL.
Lesson in the International Series
for July II, 19O4--"Asa's
Good Reign"
Prepared by the Highway and By
way" Preacher.)
copyright, 1904. by j. NJ. Edson.1
LESSON TEXT.

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LESSON TEXT.
q Chron. H:1-12; Memory Verses, 2-5)
1. SO Abijah slept with his fathers, and they
buried him In the city of David; and Asa
his son reigned in his stead In his days
the land was quiet ten years
2 And Asa did that which was good and
right in the eyes of the Lord his God;
3. For he took away the affairs of the
strange gods. and the high places, and
brake down the images. and cut down the
groves;
4. And commanded Judah to seek the
Lord God of their fathers. and to do the
aw and the commandment.
8. Also he took away out Of all the cities
Of judah the high places and the images;
ana the kingdom was quiet before him.
.. And he built fenced cities In JUDAH:
for the land had rest, and he had no war
In those years, because the Lord had given
him rest
T. Therefore ne said unto Judah, Let US
build these cities. and make about them
walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while
he land Is yet bdore us; because we have
sought the Lord our God, We have sought
Him. and He hath given us rest on every
side so they built and prospered.
g. And Asa had an army of men that
bare targets and spears. out of judah three
hundred thousand; and out OF Benjamin,
that bare shields and drew bows, two hun
dred and fourscore thousands all these
were mighty men of yalor.
y. And there came out against them
Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of q
thousand thousand, and three hundred
chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
lO. Then Asa went out against him, and
they set the battle in array in the valley Of
Zephathah at Mareshah.
ii. And Asa cried unto the Lord his God.
and said, Lord. 1t Is nothing with Thee to
help. whether with many, or with them
that have no power; help us. o Lord, our
God; for we rest on Thee, and In Thy name
We go against this multitude o Lord,
Thou art our God; let no man prevail
against Thee.
H. So the Lord smote the Ethiopans be-
fore Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethi-
opians He'd.
THE LESSON includes 2 chron, chap
ters IA. 10 and Is, and Kings l5:9-24.
| GOLDEN TEXT.-'Help US, o Lord our
Cod Tor We rest on Thee. - Chron. 14:11.
| TlME.-Be ginning OF Asa's reign, 955 b.
c. to 9l4 Il. G.. The battle with Zerah was
probably In Asa's fourteenth year.
PLACE.-Jerusalem where Asa reigned.
Ihe place where Zerah, the invader, was
defeated was 25 miles southwest of Jerusa-
| EN-.
PERsoNs-Asa. the king; zerah, the
Ethiopian invader.
Events in Judah During Asa's Reign.
rbop Hzariah encourages the king
Asa puts away idolotrv cbro, ,s--,.
Asa's unholy league with syria--2 Chron.
16:l-6
] Prophet Hananis Rebuke and end of
Asa's reign.--2 Chron, I6:7-li
Events in Israel During Asa's Reign.
Death OF Jereboam and rsiyn q, NJ. son
Nadab dwo yearsJ-i Kings H;ao and
10, H., -. Jereooam died in second year OF
paasbaes oonsn,r
! der of all of Jereboam's homsa ei aII KIM. u,
1921 to 1876.
Death OF Baasha and two years reign Of
Assassination Of 'Iss nish n':ors; anS .r
house by Zimri in ,wentya anu a.. Saasha :
asa reign and seven days reign of Zimri.
| omrI sbosen L;ra
zimri and Tibni.-i Kings is.fG,ss "'' '''a's
Death of omri and beginning of Ahab's
.eish III S"r'y-eishth year of Asa's reign.
scripture with Scripture.
asa u'o' good and right in the
eye' oi .he LORD Here Is the test OF
n aonuuc.. HOW does 1t appear to
ou ~ IN harmony with. His
~. i meet his approval?-
"T
, a"S 'ne altars. ...b broke
49, su.,- ,.e ~, images ana cut down the
SaI esis OF the reigns Of
''n anu nehopoam (see Kings,
~. auu ~; 11'@4! confronted Asa.
80 s out the deepest convic-
..on anu s'rohsest VIII would have
e' oaieu attehipt such reformation.
eioan neart ana right purpose
So "e,o,c sp'ri' ana nrm will.-Phil.
TO, Eph' DIV Desperate diseases
st"e ne'oio remedies. The only
'""s " ao with sih' whether national
u'o'uuai' ID 70 put 1t away
oo'' vic
commanded judah to seek the
Lord. rms is the way of all real
oiessihg ana prosperity. There is
ciose ana striking connection between
this verse ana the statement In verse
o: 80 they built and prospered"
mere Is cause ana enect.-Prov. 14:34;
fsaims 3a:l2, There are many prom.
lses TO the seeker after God.-Matt.
1913; Matt 6:33; Heb. l1:G.
ITO do the law."-But there was
more 10 Asa's reform than froth and
fireworks, The test OF its genuine.
ness was In the doing. Seeking the
Lord issued In doing for the Lord.
So the test of our religion is in
the doing Matt. 7:2l; John 14:15.
There came out against them