The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-10

G. ga. the isth year OF Josiah. till the
destruction OF Jerusalem. II. c. b6S.
Jchoiakim reigned II years, II. {. 0S'
k97. -,
Jcrcmiah's book was written u. G. Gt
The Fast day, ninth month OF II. c. 6os !
Jehoiat,im burns the book soon after the |
fast.
PLACE.-Jcrusalem The Temple courts
| and the kings palace.
Nebuchadncxzar bcsleging Jerusalem
| lat year.
Daniel carried away captive.
| Jeremiah under disfavor. j
| Jehoiakim an unwise king.
For twenty years Jeremiah had
been trying. by oral teachings. to per-
suade the nation tn repent and turn
to God, but the people and their rul'
ers had been deaf to his warnings.
As a last resort, In tho fourth year
of Jehoiakim, tho Lord commanded
the prophet to write down the SUD
stance of his exhortations. and thus
to focus them In one mighty blow
upon tho consclcnces Of king and peo
ple. Moreover, for some reason Jere'
miah was shut up. restrained" from
public utterancc, being probably Tor
hidden by the authorities to preach;
so that for the time the written word
was tho only way by which Jeremiah
could reach the ears Of the people.
The chosen amanuensis was Bar
uch. the son of Neriah, a scribe. The
book was not like ours, but was
roll of parchment, consisting OF sew
eral skins sewed together. tho edges
cu even. and the whole rolled Oh
wooden rods fastened Mt each end &c
that the parchment could be rolled
from ono to the other. The writing
was arranged in columns. each like
the page of a book. 1t must have
taken naruch some months to nave
written down such prophecies as
Jeremiah wished to have read. and
which constituted a considerable part
of the present book Of jeremiah.
Jeremiah sent Baruch to the tenn
p,e to read the book to the assem-
bled crowds II was wintry DAY
Baruch went up into the chamber o.
a friendly noble, over new gatewa!
opening both ways into the inner ant
outer courts. There. from the win
dow or balcony Of the chamber. o.
from the platform or pillar on whicl
] the kings had stood on solemn occa
sions, he recited the long alienation
IN OF lament and invective to the vas
ia congregation. Reading In this wa
n was almost the only way by whic
"a the people could become acQuainte
of with the word of God. Few coul
read. And copies Of the law cost
10 small fortune.
Id Tho king sent Jehudi. one OF hi
Mt officers. to fetch the roll so that j
Mt hoiakim might learn it's contents
he first hand and not from hearsay Tn
he king sat in the winter house.
as II seems probable that after Jehu'
nd had read three or four columes. tn
70. king snatched the roll from his hant
'ir and, taking the knife used for shar
10. ening the scribe's pens. cut up II
roll himself, and cast 1t into the hr
~ Some think that only the first portic
as was read. when all the roll was<co
Ia. sumed In tho fire. But Professor Be
In nett says that the Hebrew impli'
that at the end of every three or fo'
&C columns the king put out his hand Il
he the roll. cut away the portion rea
on threw Il on the fire. and handed Il
- remainder back to Jehudi. repeatii
1t the process.
an The king commanded the arrest
'6) Baruch the scribe and jeremiah. h
rm the Lord hid them. by means OF son
INT unknown providence and guidanc
ers or, as usual, by the use Of means
DID spired by God. Shutting the ey
OF does not ward of the lightnini
fe. stroke. Fools, that think that
're wringing the neck OF the crowi
ing cock they can preven: the coming
.,.l the morning.
all When the word Of the Lord cal
ep. the book was destroyed. but its c.
!" tents and its truths lived. "Ts
20 thee another roll, and write
ON. H." Jeremiah knew what he had d
inc inc before, and God gave him furtl
l'. revelations. Professor Brown thir
lna that Baruch's second roll contaiI
ote the first seventeen chapters OF
OF Jeremiah. "Thou shalt say to Jeht
kim that the prophecies should
ucn tainly come true"
~ Attempts to destroy the Bible III
,,.h been made. When men are fOrDioe
~. -. to read II. and everything is done
~ prevent its circulation. The IRON
sa o,S piece Of WycliRe's Bible represe
un, ~. the fire OF true Christianity agai
~" which its enemies. Satan and inh'
ity. are blowing with all their mil
"a trying to put It out; but the m
""' they put themselves out OF bret
the more brightly the fre burns.
a. Ingersolrs prophecy. twenty
~. years ago. was that In ten years
,c. Bible will not be read" The fac
~. that vastly moro Bibles are iss
nan nan every year than when that proph
.,r. was uttered. and in more langua
"a. Those destroy ths Bible for q
M tss people. who for any reason give
impression that It is not true. dill
-. ish It's authority. and NIL the mind