The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 2.
Text of the Lesson, ii Chron. xxxif,
O-23-Memory Verses, ID, 2ia-GOlden
Text, III Chron. xxxit, S-COmmenta
Prepared by Rev. ID. VI. stearns.

Prepared by Rev. ID. VI. stearns.
copyright, 1905. by American Press Association.
One of our last lessons IN the Old
Testament six months ago was the sto-
nv of HeZekiah's reformation in judah,
his cleansing Of the temple and his
great passover for all Israel A spe-
cial zeal for God and His honor Is al
ways provoking to the adversary, and
in some way he will surely show it.
The great conflict between God and the |
devil. Christ and antichrist, light and !
darkness, which will continue till the |
second coming Of Christ to send the
last great antichrist to the lake of
fire (Rev. xix, 10, 20; III Thess. H. s., is
at times very manifest, as in the case
Of Pharaoh and Israel, Goliath and Da-
vid. HerOd and the babes Of Bethle-
hem. etc, but today's record Of Sen
nacherib's blasphemy is one of the
worst in Scripture. The conflict Is
first seen in Cain and Abel, and from
that on ii RACES with more or less Sc
verify and will until the final outbreak
at the end of the thousand years (Rev.
Xxx. 7-1O, after which the devil shall
90 to the lake of fire forever and the
, earth shall rest.
Note the last two verses of chapter
XXI, and you have the key to Sen
nacherib's work. for, although seem
/ ingly it was Sennacheribs thought and
purpose (xXXii, 1-3), there was pow
,tct,, tha L. NJ
Assyria as his tool. There Is very
clear reference to these unseen adver-
saries in Dan. X, II, 13, 20; Eph. vi, II,
and. while we have every reason to
praise God that the leader Of the pow
ers of darkness can only go as far as
God permits him Job l, 10; xxXviii, IL;
Jer. V. %, vet we do well to recognize
the fact that there is such an enemy
and always 90 fully armed according
to Eph. vi, 1920.
Uezekiah did not make light of the
difficulties, yet, being strong in the
Lord. he encouraged the people, as in
verses and 8. Let us rest ourselves
on his words, as his people did, for
they are written for us. When the adj
versary roars and some visible enemy
threatens let us remember more with
lis than with him. - With us is the
Lord. our God. to help us and to fight
our battles" Compare Rom. viii, 81.
God for us, who against us? Verses
9 TO 10 of our lesson give a summary
and sample of the blasphemy of this
antichrist.
1t was hard for HeZekiah and his
} people to hear the living God so re-
preached but the people held their
peace and answered not word, for
the king had so instructed them III
Kings xviii, SO; lisa. xxxvi, 2D. They
were helpless to do anything but pray
: and lean upon the Lord and commit
their cause TO Him, and this they did.
I When our God is reproached there Is
= a time TO do as David with Goliath
: and also O time to act according 10 rs
5 xxxviii 13. In the present case they
4 answered not the wicked words and
, as TO the blasphemous letter, Hezekial
9 received it and read it and spread II
. before the Lord and prayed Oh Kings
e xix, IA.
4 A wiser and better thing he could
:. not have done. See in Phil. iv, y, I
: our authority TO do likewise and le
!. us be obedent, for He will always SEE
to His peoples enemies fol-. His grea
names sake. Consider the prayer o.
Hezekiah Gil Kings xix, 1910 and not'
!, that il was not merely for the safet!
q of Israel. but that all the Kingdoms
!, the earth might know that the God o
Israel was the only living and tru
, God. Compare Josh. ", 24; | King
. viii. 43. 60. and remember that whel
:, this is our aim we may expect to Sc
= great and mighty things for His name
:, sake.
II Uezelxiah had companion with hir
% in prayer. even the prophet lsaia
l. Verse 20). and it is well when two ca
be agreed to wait on the Lord togethe
u Matt. xviii, 19). Now see the glorlou
. answer. "The Lord sent an angel whic
81 cut off all the mighty men OF Valor
u Verse Oh. only one angel, and tina
"a night $4,000 died QI Kings xix, ~
le Behold our mighty God! The time wi
IN come when one angel shall BIND ID
IN devil and shut him up and set a se'
a. unon him Rev. Xxx, 49,, and as the n
n deemed OF the Lord we always hav
one or more of these ministerlng al
gels who excel in strength and dellgf
TO do His will OHeb. /. IA; Ps. Gill; q
2D ms our constant companions.
90 Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah (verS
70 o2). The Lord Himself did it witho'
- any help from the king or the prophe
- Halleluiah. what n Saviour! Nou'
- that He saved him from all other en-
H. mics and guarded them on every slu
and so Hezekiah was magnited IN u
- sight Of all nations, for those who no
-. or the Lord He will honor Il Sam.
'ly 3M. 1t is not without some great pu
~ nose that the Spirit has written III
'a' story of the king and the prophet, the
-, " PRAYER and the mighty deiveran
9' three times In the Scriptures-ln hlni
no' and in Chronicles and in Isaiah. /
90 would at least have us notice ana Ia
EST 70 heart the hatred and boastful bla
~. pbemy of the enemy, the power of pra
JUS or the ease with which our God c;
eSS rr;, opopntoc md that Isl