The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-12-06
THE SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL
Lesson In the International Series
for December 4, eo4-"Hezekiah
Rsopens the Temple"

xor Oecemper a, lSO4-dezekfah
Rsopens the Temple"
prepared by the "Highway and By
way" Preacher.)
Copyright. Isot by J. NJ Edson)
LESSON TEXT Chron. S:1s-Si: men,
CRY verses. $50. Read the entire chapter.
For the complete story Of HeIekiah's
allel account In Kings. is-2s.
GOLDEN TEXT.-''Them that honor Ne
Will honor."-l. Sam. 7:3o
TIME.-At the beginning Of Hexekiah's
reign. about 72s b. c. The prophet Isaiah
was instrumental In bringing about the
great reforms
PLACE.-Jerusalem-
Introductory Note.
The last king of Judah about whom We
have studied was Joash. who began his
to-years' reign In the seventh year of Jehu
Of Israel. His son. Amaziah. reigned %
years: Azariah. So years; lothian. Is years.
and then Ahaz. the father of Hezekiah. for
is years II was during the reign OF Heze-
ktah that the Northern kingdom of Is
rael was utterly destroyed by Assyria-
Although Ahaz walked in the ways OF
the kings of Israel" his son. Hezekiah,
seems to have had godly mother. who
brought him up &c fear and serve God
When he became king at the age OF Is.
he at once began his religious reforms.
and God says OF him: He did that which
was right In the sight OF the Lord. accord
ing to all that David his father had done"
He reopened the temple and Summoned
the priests and Levites and ordered them
to sanctify themselves and then to
cleanse the temple and restore its ht-
tings and furnishings. Our lesson takes
up the story at the point where this work
has been accomplished.
The Lesson Outline.
THEME;-A Great Revival.
l. The Preparations.-vs. Is. IS.
% Filthiness Put Away. is.
CD The Lords Vessels Restored.-v. II
IL Meeting in the Lords House.-vs. a-n-
Cd Power Of a Good Example.-v. %.
ca The sacrihces.-vs. n-A.
CD Praise and worship.-vs. $50.
"a Offerings to the Lord.-v. 81
Comparing Scripture with Scripture.
1. Preparation for the Great Revival.
ID Fflthiness Put Away, v. 1S.-The in
dividual or the church that wants
rssfsal has got to do some house-clean-
ing. Prayeriessness. the closed Bible.
neglect Of religious obligations and
church services. worldlinsss and In
dulsence Of self, cause the. rubbish to
gather In the individual life. Church
suppers and bazars. Sunday night lee
lures, high-priced, unconverted choir
singers, church debts, gossip anil triv-
olous talk after meeting, are some OF
the many things that are as rubbish in
| q church, and must be cleaned out be-
| fore the revival can come.
Cd The Lords Vessels Restored. v.
| 1s.-n there IL anything being withheld
from God which belongs to Him, II
must be restored before He can give the
blessing-Mai. $40. These vessels had
been dedicated to the Lords service and
Afterwards taken and put to unhoiy uses.
We do something very similar to this
when We consecrate ourselves to the
Lords service and then go and give our
selves, our time. our energies. our abil-
fties and money to the world, the flesh
and the devil" There II need that we
restore unto the Lord that which be
longs to Him, ere we can expect that the
revival blessing will come to US or to the
Lords church.
Il II. Meeting in the Lords House.
I'd Power Of q Good Example. V. 20
Il Hesekiah IL the model for all leader
who would bring about a revival and
all the Lords house. He rose early
intsnse desire.-Ps. 8. 3; s3:1: 1905
He gathered the rulers-Energstic and
systematic methods. Tim. Az. Wen
up to the house Of the Lord-Dennite
ness Of purpose. Ps 27:4. Il IL doubtful
Iif any Christian fully realizes the pow
er Of q good example. There 10 no on
who does not influence some other lif'
for good or Ill. What q responsibility
! rests upon the Christian.
ca The Sacrifices. VS.. 21-24-The sin
Of the people must be atoned for. Th'
start must be made with the shedding o
blood. All. how many attempted re
vivals fail Just here. Noted speakers
!, big halls, fine singers. and depende
, upon for success, and the Lamb Of Co
which taketh away the sin of the world
I | Ia forced to take a back seat Begi
with the blood. II will cleanse fror
! all sin Il John 1:7-9), and thus pre-
pare for service. Heb. s:22. God an
i His people must be united before re
D vival blessing can come. and the bloc
t Of Christ is the only thing that ca
4 bring God and man together.
CD Praise and Worship. VS.. $3.50.
I takes Q clsansed heart to give cles
Q voice. II is only q cleansed heart ths
{ can be q devout heart But how tn
J. soul can sing and worship when it hs
been reconciled to God. Ps. 51:12, L
What o power there il in the shout {
n praise to God. It brought Jericho
walls tumbling down II scattered I'll
hosts Of Midian before Gideon and b
= faithful band. David urges as over an
: over again to shout and sing praise
! unto the Lord. There Is power in Il
. shout and song Of praise. believe v
are becoming altogether too formal ar
q cold In our worship. The amen corn
J. 10 being deserted and the worshiper
q afraid to hear his own voice In meetin
d Too many are content to sit with clos'
lips. The Lord wants US to open theI
90 Offering to the Lord. v. 81.
We have cleaned away the rubbish.
We have restored that which belonl
to the Lord, II We have been cleans
from all sin in Jesus blood. thea '
are ready to bring offerings to the Lo
which He can accspt.-Ps. 24:s-<; Ma
SIS. ~
The Golden Text.
Then that honor Me I viii honor
Divine reciprocity. A recognition of