The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-08-12

l. Ihe Bible Lost and Found.-Ns
14-lS. AS men go on faithfully in the
course OF the duty they know, God is
sure to show the way to more duty
and broader living 1t was so with
Josiah. As, half blindly, with a very
imperfect understanding Of the true
religion, he was purifying the temple
from idolatry, there was discovered a
book which would interpret the temple
to him, and guide him in the worship
Of Jehovah
IA. "And when they" Josiah's com
missioners (V. 81, sent to supervise
the repairing Of the temple. Brought
out the money" the levy for the pur-
pose, collected from the people. and
probably stored in some chamber OF
the temple. "HillSiah the priest" The
high priest (V. 81. Perhaps he had
placed the money in some secure hid
ing-place known only to himself
Found Or. ", "the") book lin the
form Of rolD of the law of the
LORD given by Noses" Given by
Moses IS literally, "by the hand Of
Moses" THE Rabbinical tradition is,
thar the book was found beneath a
heap Of stones, under which it had
been hidden when Ahaz burnt the
other copies Of the law. 1t may be,
however. that 1t had lain hid in the
ark Itself which Manasseh had thrown
aside into some Of the many cells (see
. Chron. 35:3), or chambers, round
the temple. 7-Geikie Deut. 31:26 com.
mands the deposit of the book of the
law beside the ark OF the covenant.
Is, And Hilkiah. answered" Per
haps Shaphan. seeing the high priest
deeply interested IN the manuscript
had asked him what It was; but this
use Of answered" when no question
has been asked is common in He.
brew. And said to Shaphan the
scribe" The head OF the kings com
mission, and the kings secretary. who
would naturally make known the dis.
covery 10 the king.
16. And shaphan carried the book
etc.
H. They have gathered together
the money" Rather. as In the r. ",
"they have emptied out the money
from the collection chests In which it
had previously been gathered
IS And Shaphan read It before the
king r. ", read therein" portions
here and there; it was too long to read
at a sitting.
II. The Power of the Bible.-vs
1928, and to the end OF the chapter.
To Josiah the Bible was "a SAVIOR Of
life unto life: to Jeholakim (see next
lessonl. "a SAVIOR OF death unto death.
The Bible Arouses Conscience. .-19.
when the king had heard the words
OF the law" From what is said in 2
Kings 22:19 we can see that the por-
tons which affected the king were
such passages a. Deut 2S."-Cam.
bridge Bible. He rent his clothes.
The common Oriental token Of great
grief
The Bible Awakens Desire for More
Knowledge OF Higher Things. 20.
And the king commanded Hilkiah,
etc. Hilkiah, the high priest, the dis
coverer OF the book Of the law. and
Shaphan. the kings secretary Of state
and personal representative, would be
most suitable members of this com
mission of inquiry. "Ahikam the son
OF Shaphan" was the protector Of Jer-
emiah. and his son became in later
years governor OF Judah under the
Babylonian rule (Jer 1924: 40:5l. OF
"Abdon" (called in ? Kings 22:i2
Achbor the son OF Micaiahe9. and Of
'Asaiah a servant (. e.. an officer
close TO the sovereign "of the kings, .
nothing is xnown.
~. Go, inquire OF the Lord" The
phrase means, interpreted by the Gus
tom Of the time, inquire through some
prophet. For them that are left in
Israel the remnant Of the Northern
Kingdom, preserved from exile. The
intention is to show that the king re-
garded the Ten Tribes as being under
his care. no less than the Two (see 2
Chron 34.6). Cook. For great is
the wrath OF the LORD" Josiah rec
ognized the picture in Deuteronomy
of the iniquitous nation as true of his
own kingdom, and therefore realized
that Gods curse, there foretold, rested
upon it The discovery filed him with
a dismay that called for immediate
action Because our fathers have not
kant the word
o. And they went to HUI
dah. OF Huldah we know only
what is here told us Miriam, Debo.
rah, and Huldah are the three great
women prophets of the Old Testament
Her husband, Shallum. was the
keeper OF the wardrobe" "either the
royal wardrobe or that OF the priests
in the temple. In either case he was
a person of consideration. ."-ElIicott
"She dwelt in Jerusalem in the col
lege." r. ", "in the second quarter" :"
Hebrew, Mishneh
The Bible Discloses the Fate OF the
'And she answered
them r. ", "She said unto them. :"
Thus saith the LORD" Of whom the
prophets were only the weak human
God Of Israel" God Of
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