The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-20
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR SEPTEMBER "a.

11-22-GoIden Text, Psa. cxxi., 5-The
Summaries.
Lesson l. Topic: Gods protection Of
His people. Place: Jerusalem and the
Assyrian camp. Hezeklah was King
Of Judah and Sennacherib Of Assyria.
At this time Assyria was a great and
powerful country, and at the height of
its power. 1t was mighty nation of
warriors. Nothing could stand before
the Assyrian host They swept over
the country leaving desolation and
death behind them. Their king sent
abusive letters to Hezekiah to alright
him. Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah
prayed and God destroyed their enc
mics.
ii. Topic: Study of an Old Tesla
ment prayer. Place: Jerusalem. Great
suffering and sickness came upon Hez-
ekiah, King Of Judah The prophet
Isaiah saw that death was the inevit-
able result of such sickness only as
God interposed. Then 1t was that
Hezekiah asked for added years. and
received promise of fifteen years more.
III. Topic: The suffering, atoning
Saviour. Place: Jerusalem, the pro-
phet Isaiah's home This is the deep
est and loftiest of the Old Testament
prophecies. and points clearly and def
nitely to the atonement. The life and
mission of Christ Is related in few
words embracing humiliation, suffer
ing, atonement and exaltation. The
main thought is that the Servant is to
be the instrument in establishing the
true religion, by removing the burden
of guilt and bringing many to right
eousness.
". Topic: The gospels gracious call.
Place: Jerusalem. Regardless of the
mean opinions of men and their lack
of faith in the Saviour magnificent
kingdom was founded. and TO it invita-
ton and joyous welcome Is extended.
Jehovah's thoughts transcend those of
man as much as the heaven is higher
than the earth. The thoughts and
ways of Jehovah are His purposes OF
redemption.
V. Topic: Chapters in a sinful life.
Place: The kingdom of Judah. particu-
larly the capital, Jerusalem. The
faithful HeZekiah closed his life. leav-
ing his son Manasseh to reign in Judah.
BY him the good work of reform was
worse than undone: the people went
into the lowest depths of wickedness.
In his mature years Manasseh was
made to feel the rod of afIliction which
led him to repentance. Then he sought
to repair some of the evils.
VI. Topic: Vital factors in n success
full life. Place: Jerusalem and Judah.
Manasseh's effort to reform his king
dom did not produce much fruit. His
son Anon disregarded this effort on
the part OF his father, and led people
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was slain by his servants in his own
house. Then his youthful son Josiah
came to the throne. He made earnest
work of destroying idol worship and
of repairing the house Of the Lord.
VII. Topic: Purpose and mission of
the Bible Place: Jerusalem. With
the neglect of the temple the people
had been without the book of the law
In repairing the temple this book was
found and brought before the king.
He was greatly moved because of the
fearful disobedlence of the people, and
the awful curse Of God which was
pronounced upon the very sins Judah
had committed. He at once sought to
know what the Lord would say unto
them. The promise to him was that
the curse should not come upon the
people uuTlnp his lie.
VIII. Topic: Trying to destroy Gods
word. Place: Jerusalem. At the death
of Josiah his son, Jehoahaz reigned
three months in Judah. He was taken
by Necho to Egypt, and his brother
Jehoiakim was made king. He reigned
eleven years and did evil in the sight
of the Lord. In the fourth year of his
reign he burned the Book of the Law.
The Lord directed the prophet Jcre-
miah to write another. In this We're
more warnings to the people. The
king was slain, his kingdom destroyed
and his son carried in chains into
Babylon.
TX. Topic: Persecution of the right
eous. Place: Jerusalem. The kingdom
of Judah was fast Fastening to it's
end. The judgments of God We're
about to fall upon the people. Jere-
miah. the prophet, was almost alone In
standing for the right, and his life was
in constant danger. His was a mission
requiring courage. faith, strength. will.
X. Topic: Decline and fall of the
kingdom. Place: Jerusalem. Zedekiah
was the twentieth and last King of
Judah. He took no warnings from the
judgments of God which had fallen
upon the people before his reign. He
desplsed the warnings of the prophet
jeremiah, and mocked the messengers
of God. Then the city was taken by
the Babylonians. The house of God
was burned, the wall about the city
broken down, the palaces were burned
and the vessels from the temple were
carried to Babylon. The sons of Zede-
kiah were slain before his eyes, and
then his own eyes We're put out, and
he was carried captive to Babylon.
XI. Topic: Vision of the glorious
gospel. Place: Babylon. Ezekiel was
among the captives carried to Babylon
in the second siege against Jerusalem.
But God gave him visions of the fu-
ture and how He would bless His peo-
pie. Ezekiel prophesied for twenty
two years, His prophecies were a
great encouragement.
XII. Topic: The study of a godly
young man. Place: Babylon. Here
we learn of the beginning OF the cap
tivlty of judah. Babylon was at this
time in the zenith OF its power, ruling
all Western Asia and extending its au-
thority to the river of Egypt, Daniel
was among the captives of the first
siege against Jerusalem. He was then
nbOut twelve VparS old He lived