The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-31

leading events of these Bible lessons
should be impressed on the memory
Of all. This should be done in such
way as: To show what were tho
marked characteristics of each per.
son. the relation OF each person to
the course Of the history. the relation
OF each event to the movement OF the
history, the bearing of each person
and event on the progress of the
world toward the divine Goal, the com.
Ing Of the kingdom Of God. the prin.
ciples which each one sets forth
clearly to shed light upon the path Of
life and progress today.
Rehoboam. First king, B. c. 9S2-
first year of the kingdom. Bad Ad.
vice. Folly. Threw away hve.sixths
Of his Kingdom. Event. Division Of
the kingdom.
Asa. Third king. II. G. 962--twenty.
first year Of kingdom. Reformer.
Prosperous kingdom. Event. Great
revival OF religion.
Jchoshaphat Fourth king. Il. G.
92l-sixty-second year Of kingdom.
Strong character. General, successful.
religious. Events. Intellectual. NOR.
nj and religious progress. Suffered
from bad alliance with Jezebel. Moab.
lite stone.
Several bad rulers. Jehoram. Aha.
ziah. Athaliah. Introduction Of Baal
worship. Temple desecrated. Decline
in morals and prosperity.
JOash. Eighth king. II. G. $50
ninety-seventh year of kingdom. The
bad king. Good SO long as under
good advisers. Events. Temple re-
stored. and It's worship. Black obe-
lisk.
Ahaz. Twelfth king, u. G. 73S-
two hundred and forty-ffth year of
the kingdom. Events. Assyrians
come In contact with Palestine. Dial
Of Ahaz. Isaiah prophesying.
Hezekiah. Thirteenth king. B. c.
723-two hundred and sixtieth year of
the kingdom. Good. religious, active
reformer Taylor cylinder. Events.
Fall OF Samaria--end Of Israel. De.
struction Of Sennacherib-wide ex
tended revival. Life prolonged It
years In answer to prayer.
Manasseh. Fourteenth king, b. c.
694-two hundred and eighty.ninth
year of the kingdom. The bad king
suffered captivity--changed life.
Events. Assyrian domination-par.
tial reformation.
Josiah. Sixteenth king. n. c. 63s--
three hundred and forty.flfth year of
kingdom. Youthful conservation,
cleansing Of temple, widespread revi.
val. Events. Finding the book OF tho
law. Bible study. jeremiah.
Jehoiakim. Eighteenth king, Il. c.
607-three hundred and seventy.sixth
year Of the kingdom. Weak, wicked
r defiant Of God. Events. Burns the
}. book Of Jeremth. Beginning Of the
( captivity. Nebuchadnezzar besieges
] Jerusalem. Daniel carried to Babylon.
The second captivity began at the
4 close of his reign when many captives
] were carried to Babylon, with his son,
Y King Jehoiachin.
D Zedekiah. Twentieth and last king,
! d. C. 596-3S7. Weak and false to his
8 agreements. Events. jeremiah i'm
prisoned. At the close OF his reign
I Jerusalem and the temple were de-
stroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. and the
. end Of the kingdom OF Judah came in
d. c. 5S6. after 397 years OF existence.
There were three deportations by
Nebuchadnezzar: I. The fourth year
Of Jehoiakim. Daniel, etc 2. 10000 at
the close of his reign. 3. 1900 in the
three deportations Of the final cam.
,, paign.
Geography. Study tho map for the
three kingdoms involved. Egypt, Pal.
estine. Assyria. the great routes OF
travel. and the situation of Palestine
. between the two world powers; Jeru.
, salem being of one side from the
|, routes between the other two. This
is the key to the situation.
q Note. in this history. what were the
4 things that urged or attracted the ma
ton to the downward course. What
q was the essential element that would
Q have enabled the nation to move up
. ward to true success and character
Y No nation and no individual can at
d tain the highest good from life with
a out supreme conservation to God, a
d lofty ideal and a holy enthusiasm In
I the service Of God and man. Trace
in the history what God did for the
n people to inspire and move them to
8 the upward course. as prophets, writ
q ten scriptures. revivals. prosperity. re-
@ wards Of obedience. What obstacles
4 did God put In the way of the down.
!. ward course Of the nation and puts
!. them In the way of sinners today; as
|. warnings. adversely. losses.
y The rise and fall OF Israel Is a
}. picture Of what is going on continu'
}, ally among individuals. The whole
y course OF the history Is a magic mir
z ror in which sinners may see them
4 selves.
On the bank OF the Niagara river,
sign board bears this startling
legend. Past Redemption Point be-
cause 1t Is believed in the neighbor