The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-08-04
JOSIAH'S
GOOD REIGN
Sunday School Lesson ier Aog. 6. 1895
Specially Prepared for This Page.

Lesson TEXT chron. 'ii-l8 Mem
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TIME Josiah asoen6ed the throne D.. C.
E9 The critical years 10 bis reign were
me t5, e.snyh. .55 tweit,h ana eighteen sish,een'h
forms ovtos5es tsrog,hon- Iass, ana ,fe
country that had been ,he northern king
dom
sCl.,fI e HA , itfr hl.sN .. ,Es.-Joslan rs. s
David rs A model k.nr. 4. 2.IK.rre a..
1873 3. Q Kings 1873. ls.2. ~. Chron N.i.
Compare Josiah.s slaughter oi the hoa,hen
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.vcnts VITA tre prortoc, Of K.rrs 18.2
90 Note alec 2 Kings HIe-lS Compare
Josiah REFORMS Win those oi Asa y
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/ Comment and suggestive Thought.
" Eight wears old
reign He was under tutors and re-
gents until he reached the age of IS
vears
" .D,5 ,ho, u.hi,b ros r,ob, o
No otb.r Ltro ~ r,d,b hos h,,hor ro.
rown for nl..v and rcr,rtons z,al
. David his father" David was his
ancestor Declined neither
left" 10 did not turn aside from
the straight path into either idolatry
0r untcmrored zeal
va eighth wear of his reicn
rt 10 very v.iso indeo5 ~ ssek cod 3,
vortb Zach dav sBe8t awav from
/ Him gives us one dav more TO repert
of. ana weakons our desire TO repent
and our power 10 turn unto righteous
ness. In the twelfth year" AS soon
as Josiah came of ago be began 10
show that he would ho a true king
ana a great roforn,er rbe worr now
ever could NOT bo dome An dav I'm,
was carried an tbrouabout his reipr
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/ 82.s-t1 This form, ~ v,or,h,r iT,o /
tho rovoronco Maid IN tho boovori,. /
bo5ies had dorh,loss hoor - /
tro,, assvri,
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ou boa,bcr nv rou .s ao,r1,ra y,
rho yiows M tho lew. so 4oeio ,to |
altars that thcy could never aeain bo /
used.
V6 $50 did he rp,o \
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ern eing5or Tbat i,5,e5o,, '',' s.5 ,' l.a,.
overtbrown century beforo and nos. /
OF its people deported The few who
were left in the land we're evidently
encouraged by Josiah 10 look to him |
as their king Read OF one incident in
Kings 1891 2 and 2 Kings 2315-20. /
with their mattocks" (See Rev.
VerJ
VI when returned IN
Jerusalem" King Josiah porsonalIv
supervised the matter. made iournev
through tho land and saw that AN was
done as be had ordered.
VS. when he had pureed the
land AS above described. And the
house" The temple also was cere-
monially purified "shaphan." This
man Is called in tho other record. the
kings scribe.
vs. "Thev" The three officers
above named. "Hnkiah. the high
priest" A godly man and ancestor OK
Ezra ezra 7:1D. They delivered
the money etc. lt seems quite prob
able that money for the work had
been collected as in Joash's time o.
Kings l2) by Levite collectors. who
went among the northern tribes and
by the free-wiil offerings of those who
came TO worship at The temple THE /
Levites that kept the doors The
Tribe OF Lew FURNISHED lhe priests and
all the workers anout me temple
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y lO. lhey. me oIieefs VINO
naa received lns money rom priests
ana LeFllea. ful Ut lh the hand.
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'ei Oai pVN'o' an" SUM- .'iasous
were enlpio' ~ NV 'H' @o'N y H'0" 's
oesoriosl 'n Z AlHsa as repairing lne
olo"oNos 4.' iH.'0''eN 'na' '"e
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