The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15

INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT
FOR AUGUST 20.

Commentary on the Days Lesson.
! I. Jehoiakims great sin Tvs. 21-28l. y
"a. King sent So that he might [
hear the roll read and not be obliged J
70 learn its contents through second 4
hand reports. 'sTook it out. etc Thee
| princes had fled the roll among TIN
public records ". 20) for safe Keeping
.Jehudi" An under officer. descend
INT of noble house, the one the
! princes had had sent to Baruch to GET
aim to read the roll to them prince
stood" The king sat On a rug am
he princes stood respectfully about.
% "Winterhouse." Great men had
! distinct houses or apartments, fitted +
for the different seasons Of the year
1 Amos 3: 15). Ninth month" Our
December. The cold, rainy season.
Fire on the hearth Fire in q bra.
/ Eier, pot made Of earthenware, in tho
form Of a pitcher. placed in hollow
IN the middle of the room
%. -Four leaves" Columns r.
| v, margin. The roll WAS OF parcfl-
ment attached TO 8 roller Of wood al
one or both ends Our word volume,
that which is rolled up" points by it's
| derivation to this older form Of book.
| Cut it." He could not tear parchment
| SO he cut it. "Penknife" Scribe's
| knife Used to shape the reed en-
! ploved for writing, and to make eras-
ures in the parchment. HE" refers to
king IT, 22). AS often as Jehudi read
| three or four columns he cut them cut
and burned them. @All these wordss
| ". 81 imply that the whole volume
was read through sTiIl all the roll.
was consumed implies a gradual pr0ss
cess.
"a. "Not afraid" Contrast the hVn-
BILE fear of Josiah at the reading Of the
law e Kings %: III. Josiah rent hisH
garments in grief that the book had
been lost, his son cuts Gods book any
burns it. Throwing the fragments OF
the roll on the fire he puts there. in
symbol. his royal house, his doomed
city. the temple and the people of the
land. His servants" His immediate
personal attendants who did not share
the reverences OF the princes ". 16).
%. Nevertheless. This aggrayateB
the kings sin. "Elnathan' A man Of
first rank and father-in-law of the king
| q Kings "a: s.. s'Delaiah." OF this
prince nothing more is known. Gee
! mariah." A scribe of the temple, q
man Of noble blood From window
/ in his official chamber Baruch read
| aloud the prophecies of jeremiah, and
! Gemariah's son Michaiah, reported this
to him Tvs 1912 MADE interces-
! sion These princes would have aided
the king in following his fathers steps.
We learn the same from the basket Of
| figs (Jer. "a: ~. 1t is the more remark
! able to find Elnathan thus interceding
after the Office he had performed in
| Jer. 26: %
26. king commanded" He was
not satisfied with burning the prophe-
cy, but now desired to kill jeremiah
and his faithful scribe. He hoped to
put an end to such prophecies Lord
hid them" They had at the counsel Of
! the princes hidden themselves ". 49,
Now, though diligent search was
made, the Lord did not permit them to
be found.
II. jeremiah restores the word Of
God Tvs. 27-32). 81. "Word-came."
That word was not burned neither
was jeremiah hidden from the eyes CD
the Lord %. Another roll" The
entire book was rewritten, and this
second manuscript, so far as can be
known now. is the one we have to-day.
Disaster is not necessarily defeat The
destruction of this book was a create.
disaster. No copy existed, and no hui
man memory could produce 1t. But
God re-inspired the prophet, and the
second edition was fuller than the first.
90. Concerning Jehoiakim-say (R.
W. 1t is doubtful whether jeremiah
and the king again met. Note the con-
trast between this morally hardened,
impious king, boiling with wrath
against God and His prophet and the
heroic man of God who does not
shrink but firmly speaks the words Of
Jehovah even in the face of death.
Saying, Why" etc This was no
doubt an actual message which the
king had sent to jeremiah to brighten
him. King of Babylon" Nebuchad-
nezzar, who had been once and collect
ed tribute and gone. He should return
and destroy the land. Nothing but the
repentance of Jehoiakim and his peO-
Pile could prevent it. So None
throne" His son, Jehoiachin, attempt.
ed it for three months, but the land
was occupied by ACKNOWLEDGMENT
army, and Jerusalem was in state OF
siege, and he was taken captive q
Kings 81: SD. No child of Jehoia-
chin succeeded to the throne. Body
cast out" A repetition of the pro-
phecy of Jer. %: 10. OF its fulfilment
nothing is known The phrase, me
slept with his fathers" means that he
died q Kings "a: o.. He was fettered
BY ACKNOWLEDGMENT q Chron. SO: 81
playwright" In the East the thers
mometer often falls suddenly after
shutdown Gen 81: 4O}. Plumptre
thinks it probable that the king, who
was being taken to Babylon in chains
with the other captives. died on the
journey. and that his body was left be-,
hind unburied as the army marched.
81 Il will punish him." He was
slain, his kingdom destroyed and his
son carried in chains to Babylon The
Inhabitants of Jerusalem were not pun
ished for the kings crimes. but for
their own sins. fThey hearkened not"
They might have been saved from the
threatened evil if they had repented,
threatened evil if they had repented.
80 "Added-many like words"
Many more threatenings Of wrath and
vengeance We're added in the second
roll which were not in the first. for,
since they will yet walk contrary to
God. He will heat the furnace seven
Wild Calf
An odd story comes from Great Isl
and, Me. Last fall a calf belonging
to Frank Stevens strayed away. and.