The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-08-11
JOSIAH AND THE
BOOK OF THELAW
sunday School Lesson Tor Aug. Is. 1905


DRY verse. n Read chron. "a. IS. and
Kings p
GOLDEN TENT Will not forget Thy
word Psalm 1876
TIME The eighteenth year Of Josah's
reign. h. G. 62l
PLACE Jerusalem. the temple. the pal
ace
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES Compare
this account OF Huldah with the accounts
OF the other female prophets Of the Olt
Testament. Miriam especially EX 1870.
~ and Deborah Judges 4, 81. Read tho
| account OF Joslah's Bible-readinE q Chron-
/ sf.z9 30. Kings 23.l, -, and compare IL
with Ezras (Neh. s. Read about Josiah's
passover G. Chron 55I-l9. and compare
/ II with Hezekiah's q Chron. d0.l-H, 5ll-zD.
See the account Of Josiah S death, Chron-
! 35.2O-H
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
Wa They" the men whom King Jo-
siah had sent to supervise the repairing
OF the temple Brought out the money.
When the high priest. HilHah, brought
to give 10 the workmen the money
which had been collected and intrusted
to him Book Of the law"
v. 15 "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.
V. is. Carried the book .
brought the king word Shaphan car
ried the book with him as he went to
report 10 the king concerning the work
that was being done on the temple.
V. H. 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 il before the
king" He read here and there por-
tons from the book, sufficient 10 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 rent his clothes store his outer
robe; a customary expression of sor-
row OF ulslIeSS-
V. 20 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. 81. Inquire of the Lord" In
Josiahs time they seem TO have sought
Gods answer of one who had the gift
E of prophecy. For me. for them that
( are left of Israel and in judah" This
D matter concerned not the king alone.
but all his people
: v. %. "Huldah. the prophecies" A
woman then living in Jerusalem, TO
{ whom the git Of prophecy had been
given. >"Keeper of the wardrobe
o one who took charge Of the robes OF
D the priests. or possibly those o, the
!. king. I'm the college" Rev. Yer in
c the second quarter. suburban por-
r ton OF the city.
V. %. Thus saith the Lord" Hull
: dab expresses not merely her personal
e opinion. but what she feels sure is the
message of God Himself to the King.
p V. "a. Il will bring evil even
= all the curses" There comes a point
}. in TIC sinful career of a nation. or OF
5 an individual. beyond which there Is
no possibility OF return, not because
= Gods love has been killed. but be-
Z. cause everything that infinite love can
j. devise has been rejected b. the de-
termined sinner.
!, V. %. Because they have for
t saken Me" This was the root cause
Ia NO a
God
G Y. 27. Thine heart was tender"
= Josiah had deeply lamented the fact
that he and his people had grieved
Z their Heavenly Father; he had also
PRAYED for pardon. and We have al
J. ready seen how he began at once 10
= 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
a Josiah's time. The king. however. was
not content with this assurance OF
!. nersonal rescue. but he sought to have.
. az far as possible. his people saved
a with him.
The Conclusion of Josiah's Reign
= After this Josiah reigned for - years.
they we're years Of peace and prosper
,, lty. The work of national reform
went on. the regular temple services
v under the priests and Levites wers
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
"A way to wage war with Assyria, hlns
se Josiah objected TO their passing
through his land. lie and his army
went out to meet them. and Josiah was
,,ain in tho Valley Of Megiddo. Great
Is lamentations we're made for him by
es All the people, especially by the proph'
b. ,ts and the godly men Of the nation
ut Practical Points.
lie q IA. Full often one who Is faith
cs r,l In "the house OF the Lord finds