The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-08-04
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VI, THIRD QUARTER, 'NIEH-
NATIONAL SERIES. AUG. 8.
Text Of the Lesson. III enron A''
i-i3-Memory Verses, l-3-s"'"e"
Text, Feel. xii, - Commentary
pr.o.r~d Inv Rev. ID. M. stearns.

In the cOn1ict Oh tle dboo
I'm the Scriptures between Coo ana tne
devil for man and mans dweiiing
Mace we see those who stand win Too
and ior whom God works ana tnose
who stand with the devil against "o".
And SO ii shall go on until the great
conflict OF which we read In REV. AiA'
1921. when the enemy shail DE over
thrown and the leader shut up In the
bottomless pit for thousand years
and the earth shall enjoy reign vi
righteousness and peace.
Josiah was one OF the few VINO uiu
right I'm the sight Of the Lord ana real
ized fulfillment OF III Chron. XVI. D.
tJe was one of seven In the Scriptures
who were named before their birth by
Him who knoweth all things ana de
clareth the end from the beginning
Nearly 300 years before his birth he
was named by God rs one who on GER
tain affairs would burn mems bones
and he did. Compare Kings KILL. :,
and IL Kings xiii. 16. Hezekiah ex-
celled all others in the matter or trust
ing in the Lord" but Josiah eXcelied III
turning to the Lord Qi Kings XVIII,
;: xiii 25) To do right in the sight OF
the Lord without turning to the right
hand or to the left and 10 please linn
In all things is an attainment to when
only one perfectly reached, but by Ills
grace all believers might come much
nearer to it if they desired 1t as mucn
as Elisha desired that which he sought
through Elijah the day that they were
parted by whirlWind.
Josiah began by getting himself right
with God, for in his sixteenth year he
sought the God of David, his rather,
evidently with the whole heartcdness or
Ter xxx. l3. Paul's advice TO Timothy
was to first take heed to himself Il
Tim. iv. 49,, and our Lord taught us
that if we would get the notes out or
other peoples eyes we must hrst get
the beam out of our own eye (Matt VII
3. The first thing for each Individual
is a right relationship to God. and this
can be obtained only by receiving His
Son. the Lord Jesus Christ. and in HIM
the forgiveness of all our sins ana
/ righteousness which makes us accepted
In Him and gives us the standing Oh
children and heirs of God and joint
heirs with Jesus Christ John /, u;
Eph. /. 6. I; Rom. viii, IS 10 This be-
ing established and we assured or IL by
the Spirit through the word, we are
then rs an bassadors of Christ author
lied TO move forward on behalf OF the
interests of His kingdom.
When Josiah was twenty. or in the
twelfth year of his reign, he, being
himself purified, began to purge judah
and Jerusalem from her idols and idol
airy, doubtless remembering and obey
inc the Lords words at the founding
of the nation, Il am the Lord thy God;
=. thou shalt have no other gods be-
fore Me-" When an individual or ma
ton has heard ana seen Jehovah idols
are no longer tolerated (EIos. xiv, -.
In III Kings xiii, la, there Is a more
full account of the cleansing OF the
land. and there we learn that it was
preceded by Josiahs reading to the eld-
ers and to the people all the words of
the book OF the covenant which was
found in the house OF the Lord. 1t Is
the word OF God that sanctifies and
cleanses (John xvii. II; Eph. v. 26; Ps
cxix, IL.
The burning OF the bones Of men up
on the affairs verse - is more fully dc
scribed in III Kings xiii. 1918. and
when compared with the prophecy ut
tered nearly 300 years before, referred
to earlier in this lesson, we cannot but
be remi1.,ied OF such words as lisa. xiv
"a XVI. 10; rs. XXXlii, TO- IL. To know
the purpose Of God, 1.-The eternal pur
pose which He purposed in Chris
Jesus our Lord" (Eph. Ill, ~, and t,
live in tina; purpose is the greatest o.
all honors conferred upon mortals, anC
ii is open 10 al.
The last rart Of our lesson tells o.
Josiah's eff is to repair the temple
and to undo the harm which had beer
done by otrer kings of Judah (vers
IL. for thou n Manasseh endeavored t
undo some e his great wrongdoing hi
son Anon W alkad in his first ways anC
trespassed more and more (chapte
= xxxiiD The tabernacle first, then tn
. temple, WAS the center of Israel q
= n nation, foi thee God dwelt in thei
II midst (EX. AXv, 81, and the neglect o
- Gods dwelling pace meant the neglec
e of God Him, eli Read the first chapte
81 of Haggai Il ld sse what God though
II of their neglo ct 81 His house after thei
II return from Bal. Ion and how He dea
with them bec;e.Sc of It, When on
Il Lord was on ear tie temple buildn
II was in good con !ition but the worshi
10 therein was hypocrisy. and they ha
ia introduced ''us'Hossl into its courts, s
le that at the beg ming and end Of II
x ministry He cleG ased the temple TIL
m majority OF poo 10 either wholly nes
lect God or rcr ~ Him a formal wo
* ship. which - )Ise than none at al
or for He seek Ill lose TO worship Hi
Il who will wo' ship Him i'm spirit and
n truth. BelieN ers are the temples of I'll
RS Holy Spirit. nal siOns in which Fathe
a Son and Spin II 6well (John xiv. II. 2
Cor. VI 10. 20. and IL we would kno
r. the power Of Col In and through us "
es must be wiling 10 be indebted by Il
ne world OPs. cA tx. y.
ty In verse Il OF )ur lesson we note tn
fhe mon did tle work faithf,llv r