The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-11
JOSIAH AND THE
BOOK OF THE LAW
Sunday School Lesson Tor AMI. Is. 1905
Specially Prepared for This Paper.
Specially Prepared for This Paper.

Kings %.
GOLDEN TExT.-"I will not forget Thy
-word Psalm 1916.
TIME.-The eighteenth year Of Josiah's
reign, B. G. GIL.
PLACE.-Jerusalem, the temple, the pail
ace.
SCRIPTURE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
this account of Huldah with the accounts
of the other female prophets of the Old
Testament. Miriam Especially Elk. 1920.
2D and Deborah Judges 4, 81. Read the
account of Josiah's Bible-reading e Chron.
1929, 30; 2 Kings 23:1, ., and compare 1t
with Ezra's (Neh. 81. Read about Josiah's
passover e Chron. 35:1-19, and compare
it with Hezekiah's e Chron. 3o:1-27; 31:1-2D.
See the account of Josiah's death, 2 Chron.
35:20-27.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
VIA. They" the men whom KingJo-
siah had sent to supervise the repairing
OF thetemple. "Broughtoutthe money"
When the high priest, Hilkiah, brought
to give to the workmen the money
which had been collected and intrusted
to him. Book of the law"
v. Is. ~"Shaphan the scribe" He
| stood at the head of the committee to
supervise the repairs in the temple.
Il have found" etc. Though opinions
among students differ as to some par
| ticulars about this book, it is by all
admitted to have been of Divine au-
thority, the very work of God.
". l6. Carried the book /.
brought the king word" Shaphan car
| ried the book with him as he went to
report to the king concerning the work
that was being done on the temple.
v. II. Gathered together" Better,
"emptied out" The money had been
previously collected; it has now been
| paid out to the overseers, and by them
to the workmen-
V. IS. TOLD the king, saying" The
| scribe next reported what the high
priest had told him, and showed the
roll. "Shaphan read it before the
king" He read here and there por-
| lions from the book, sufficient to show
| the general import thereof.
v. 10. The young king with great
dismay saw clearly that his people had
long been walking in the way which
leads to ruin, and to express his grief
"he rem his clothes"-tore his outer
robe; a customary expression of sor-
| row or distress.
". 20. 1.-THE king commanded Hill
| kiah," etc. Josiah appointed this
| committee, of the most intelligent men
| among his head officers, to investigate
this Word of the Lord.
V. Fl. Inquire of the. Lord" In
| Josiah's time they seem to have sought
| Gods answer of one who had the gift
| of prophecy. For me for them that
| are left of Israel and in Judah" This
| matter concerned not the king alone,
but all his people.
v. %. "Huldah, the prophecies" A
woman then living in Jerusalem, to
whom the gift of prophecy had been
| given. Keeper of the wardrobe"
| One who took charge of the robes OF
| the priests, or possibly those OF the
| king. I'm the college" Rev. Yer, in
| the second quarter."-a suburban por-
| ton of the city.
V. %. THUS saith the Lord" HUI
| dab expresses not merely her personal
| opinion, but what she feels sure is the
message of God Himself to the King.
V. "a. Il will bring evil . even
| all the curses" There comes a point
| in the sinful career of a nation, or OF
an individual, beyond which there is
no possibility of return, not because
| Gods love has peer killed, but be-
cause everything that infinite love can
| devise has peer rejected by the de-
termined sinner.
Y. 25. Because they have for
| saken Me-" This was the root cause
of all Judah's sins-forsaking the true
God.
V. q. ':Thine heart was tender"
| Josiah had deeply lamented the fact
| that he and his people had grieved
| their Heavenly Father; he had also
prayed for pardon, and we have al
ready seen how he began at once to
| reform his own ways and those OF his
people.
v. %. Gather thee . in peace"
| God promised that the great catastro-
phe of the nation should not come in
Josiah's time. The king, however, was
| not content with this assurance OF
| personal rescue, but he sought to have,
as far as possible, his people saved
| with him,
The Conclusion of Josiah's Reign
After this Josiah reigned for 13 years.
| They were years of peace and prosper
itv. The work of national reform
went on. the regular temple services
under the priests and Levites were
| performed, and a great Passover was
| celebrated. of which it is said: There
was no Passover like that kept in Israel
| from the days of Samuel the prophet"
| Later. when Egyptians were on their
way TO wage war with Assyria. King
Josiah objected to their passing
| through his land. He and his army
went out to meet them, and Josiah was
slain in the Valley of Megiddo. Great
| lamentations were made for him by
| all the people, especially by the proph-
| cts and the godly men of the nation.
Practical Points.
v. a. Full often n who is faith
full in .the house of the Lord" finds
there more than he expected.-Luke 2:
| 81, %.
v. Is. Let us hasten to tell Others
| when we find the treasures God has
prepared for us.-John 1:45, As.
v. IS. Taking the hand of its Au-
thor, let US diligently read the Bible
TO ascertain His w~ill.-Isa. 34:16.
v. q. Gods eye is quick to discern.
His hand mighty to save, one whose