Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-22
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR SEPTEMBER a.

Summaries.
Lesson L. Topic: Gods protection OF
His people. Place: Jerusalem and the
Assyrian camp. Hezekiah was King
of judah and Sennacherib OF Assyria.
At this time Assyria was great ana
powerful country, and at the heignt Oh
its power. 1t was a mighty nation OF
warriors. Nothing could stand before
the Assyrian host. They swept over
the country leaving desolation ana
death behind them. Their King sent
abusive letters to Hezekiah to anrlgnt
him. Hezekiah and the prophet isaiah
prayed and God destroyed their enc
miles,
II. Topic: Study of an Old fiesta.
ment prayer. Place: Jerusalem. Great
suffering and sickness came upon Hez-
ekiah, King of Judah. The prophet
Isaiah saw that death was the newt
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 Hottest of the Old Testament
prophecies, and points clearly and DEN
nitely to the atonement. The life ana
mission of Christ is related In few
words embracing humiliation, surfer
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.
Nv. Topic: The gospels gracious call.
Place: Jerusalem. Regardless OF the
mean opinions Of men and their lack
of faith in the Saviour a magnificent
kingdom was founded, and to 1t invita-
ton and joyous welcome Is extended:
Jehovah's thoughts transcend those Oh
man as much as the heaven is higher
than the earth The thoughts ana
ways of Jehovah are His purposes OF
redemption.
V. Topic: Chapters in 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 affection when
led him to repentance. Then he sought
to repair some of the evils.
VI. Topic: Vital factors in success
full life. Place: Jerusalem and judah.
Manasseh's effort to reform his king
dom did not produce much fruit. HIS
son Anon dlsregarded this eHort Oh
the part of his father, and led people
ON in idolatry for two years, when he
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 ana
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 disobedience Of the people, and
the awful curse Of God which was
pronounced upon the very sins Juda II
had committed. He at once sought 10
know what the Lord would say unto
them. The promise to him was that
the curse should not come upon the
people during his life.
VIII. Topic: Trying to destroy COOS
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 Jere'
miah to write another. In this were
more warnings to the people. Line
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 lts
end. The judgments Of God were
about to fall upon the people. Jere
miah the prophet, was almost alone II
standing for the right, and his life wal
in constant danger. His was mission
requiring courage, faith, strength VIII
X. Topic: Decline and fall OF tn'
kingdom. Place: Jerusalem. AedeKial
was the twentieth and last King O
Judah. He took no warnings from th
judgments Of God which had railel
upon the people before his reign. IL
despised the warnings Of the prophe
Jeremiah, and Knocked the messenger
of God. Then the city was taken o.
the Babylonians. The house or TO-
was burned, the wall about the CIT
broken down, the palaces were burne'
and the vessels from the temple wer
carried to Babylon. The sons of Zedt
kiah were slain before his eyes, an
then his own eyes were put out, an
he was carried captive to Babylon.
III. Topic: Vision Of the gloriou
gospel. Place: Babylon. Ezekiel wa
among the captives carried TO Babylo
in the second siege against Jerusalem
But God gave him visions Of the II
ture and how He would bless His pet
pie. Ezekiel prophesied for twent!
two years. His prophecies were
great encouragement.
XII. Topic: The study of a godl
Young man. Place: Babylon. HeI
we learn of the beginning of the cal
tivity of Judah. Babylon was ut tn
time in the zenith Of its power, ruin
all Western Asia and extending its a.
thority to the river of Egypt. DAM
was among the captives of the fir'
siege against Jerusalem. He was the
about twelve years old. He 1--we
through the seventy years or captlvlt