The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-07-27
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson v.-Third Quarter, For
July 80, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

33-Memory Verse, 21-Golden Text.
P.. cxix, 11-commentary. Prepared
by Rev. D. NJ. Stearns.
We are still in the reign of good
King Josiah. and the heart of this ies-
son is hook. the book of the law of
the Lord by Moses. book concerning
which we read in Josh. j. s. This
book of the law shall not depart out
Of thy mouth. but thou shalt mediate
therein day and night. that thou may
est observe to do according to all that
Is written therein. for then thou shalt
make thy way prosperous. and then
thou shalt have good success" 1t is
also written of the blessed man in
Ps. i. 2. His delight is in the law
of the Lord. and in His law doth he
mediate day and night
No one rejoiced more than jeremiah
over the finding of this book, for he
said. '"rhy words were found. and |
did eat them. and Thy word was unto
me the Joy and rejoicing of mine
heart. for am called by Thy name.
Lord God Of hosts" David could say.
81 rejoice at Thy word as one that
fndeth great SPOIL FPS cxix. 1921. If
our hearts are right with God nothing
in all the world will be SO precious to
us as the word Of God. Not only will
our hearts burn within us when the
Spirit opens to Us the Scriptures. but
there will be boiling or bubbling
up US we hear of things touching the
King luke xiv. 30: Ps. xiv. II.
There is but one principal person in
all the book from Genesis to Revela
ton. even the one who said: 10.
come-in the volume of the book it is
written Of me. l delight to do thy
will. 0 my God! Yea. thy law is
| within my heart" Cps. Il, Z. 8. 1t
was for Him that Josiah was king.
sitting upon His throne as His repre-
sentative Il Chron. XXX. %; II Chron.
tx. 8. and the finding Of this book
must have been to Josiah like a spe-
cial message from Jehovah. 1t was
in connection with the repairing Of
the house of the Lord that the book
| was found, and we are reminded OF
Hosea vi. 3. Then shall we know if
we follow on to know the Lord" 10
slab was earnestly doing the best he
knew when by this book the Lord re
vealed Himself more fully. 1t is by
His word that the Lord always re
veals Himself Il Sam. iii. 21, He is
the Living Word, and He reveals Hin
self to us by His written word. in
which we see Him and know Him.
When the king heard the words OF
the book as they were read to him by
Shaphan. the scribe. he rent his clothes.
for he saw therein his sin and the
sin of his people and that great wrath
from the Lord was upon them be
cause they had not Kept the word Of
the Lord to do after all that was
written in the book verse 2b. There
was n prophecies In .Ierusaie lem named
Huldah. and to her they went TO in
quire Of the Lord concerning these
matters Let all believing women he
encouraged by this and by the remem-
brance of Priscilla instructing Arol-
!
direction message was given by the
Lord Jesus to a woman and that the
first proclamation of the gospe! in
| Europe was at woman's prayer
meeting and also by the story of
Philips daughters and by Ps xviii.
II. Rev. YER. to let the Lord use them
as His witnesses as He may lead. The
seeming prohibitions in several places
refer 10 order instead OF confusion.
and to this day In some Of the eastern
churches the women babbie In time
of service and even call their hrls-
bands by name and ask questions
which ought to be asked at home In
stead of disturbing the congregation.
Let all who are taught of the Lord
hold themselves ready to teach others
at every opportunity. for If ever there
was time when true witnesses were
needed 1t is now. when women us well
as men are being so used by the devil
against the truth.
How grand to bear this woman OF
God say. THUS saith the Lord God of
Israel. tell We the man that sent you
to me" Verse 23,. To true serv
ant Of the Lord He is all. and to
please Him is everything: men are
nothing except they glorify God Sec
the Lords commendalion Of Josiah in
verse q. and note his tender heart.
bis humility and true penitenee. and
note In lisa. lvii. Is. that He who
dwells In the high and holy place also
dwells with him who is of humble
and contrite spirit.
Josiah promptly gathered priests
and Leyites and all the people. great
and small. and read in their ears all
the words Of the book of the covenant.
and there they made covenant be
fore the Lord to serve Him as He re-
quired with all their heart and soul
and all the days of Josiah they de-
parted not from following the Lord
the God Of their fathers
In such men as Jeroboam and Ahab
and Manasseh we see how much evil
one man can do and how farreaching
the results. but in such men as Heze-
kiah. Jeh0shaphat and Josiah we see
what God can do through even such
imperfect men If only sincerely obedi
ent to Him. AS this is our last study
OF Josiah, we must not fail to notice
his great passover. the like of which
had not been seen in Israel since the
days of Samuel tchapter XIV. 49,.
That leads on to the passover which
our Lord Jesus SO greatly desired to
keep with His disciples and to its fu-