The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-09-02
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson x.-Third Quarter, Fol
Sept. 8, 1911. ..
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LESSON L-Isaiah's prophecy con
corning Sennacherib lisa. xxxvii, IL
3S,. Golden Text Ps. Xvi, l, God II
our refuge and strength. very pres
emit help in trouble" Sennacherib is In
the line of Cain and Pharaoh and all
enemies Of God and His people to be
consummated In the disappearing anti
christ of the last days. back of whom
and through whom Is always seen thu
devil. The devotion of Hezekiah ts
the living and true God was too much
for the great adversary, and so he
stirred up the king of Assyria against
Hezekiah. But see how two men who
knew God prevailed in prayer.
LESSON 1.-THE suffering servant OF
Jehovah lisa. Iii, 3, to iii, 12). Golden
Text. lisa. lii, 6. THE Lord hath laid
on Him the iniquity Of us all" We
find this record right In the midst OF
the last part Of Isaiah. the middle
chapter of the middle section. and the
middle verse is lii, 5, which gives us
the heart Of all Scripture. If with His
stripes we have been healed, then as
His redeemed ones standing against
the world. the flesh and the devil, we
must be content to suffer with Him
and count it great privilege Phil. 1,
20; ! Pet. Nv, IS; v, /. 10). We shall
be satisfied when He Is Qiii, III.
LESSON IH.-Manasseh's wickedness
Golden Text. lisa. 1. 18, II. "Cease to
do evil. learn to do WELL" OF all the
wicked kings Of the ten tribes none
exceeded Ahab, in wickedness, but
Manasseh in judah seems to have ex.
ceeded him. By comparing II Kings
xxi with our lesson chapter we see
how fearful the record is. 1t looks as
If he did the very worst that he could
do. The conversion of such wicked
man should greatly encourage parents
who have ungodly children. for God Is
full Of mercy.
LESSON IV.-Josiah's devotion to God
QI Chron. lii. 4, 1-13). Golden Text,
Eccles. xii. 1, Remember now thy
Creator in the days of thy youth"
This boy king probably knew only OF
his fathers zeal for God. and may
have been thus inspired with similar
zeal. When he was only sixteen he
began to seek God earnestly, and when
he was twenty he purged the land
from idolatry and did that which the
man Of God said 800 years before that
he would do Il Kings xiii. 2; II Kings
xiii, 49,. When he was twenty-six
he began to repair the house Of the
Lord his God.
LESSON V.-The finding of the book
of the law III Chron. XIV. 1889.
Golden Text, Ps. cxix, II, "Thy word
have | hid in my heart that l might
not sin against Thee" As he went
on in bis good work, God gave him
more light by causing the book of the
law to be found. This was a fulfill.
ment of the word, Then shall we
know If we follow on to know the
Lord" CLOS. vi, 81. If we act up to the
light we have, God will In some way
send US more. The Lord knew that
Josiah would inquire into this and be
obedient and humble himself before
God.
LESSON VI.-Jeremiah tried and &C.
kal
Ps. xvii, 1. "The Lord is my light and
my salvation, whom shall fearY' 1t
seems strange that priests and prophets
Of the Lord should want to kill man
because he spoke the words Of the
Lord, simply because the message did
not suit them. but there were In those
days, and there are today, professed
messengers Of the Lord whom He
never sent, prophets Of the deceit of
their own heart speaking lies in His
name Ger xiii, IA. 10, 81. 25, 28.
LESSON VII.-Jehoiakim burns the
prophets book der. xxxvi, 20-S2).
Golden Text. lisa. xl. 8. THE word of
our God shall stand forever" 1t was
not the prophets book, but the Lords
book, which the king cut up and burned
In the fire. but the book was written
again Immediately in a larger edition.
and the Lord attended to Jehoiakim.
There are many now who seem to
have no fear of God while processing
to be His messengers and who ruth
lessly set aside large portions of Scrip
ture, calling them myths and fables.
The Lord will see to them. and Ps.
cxix. 80. stands. .
LESSON VIII.-Jeremiah cast into
prison Jer. xxxvii, 4-21). Golden
Text. Matt. v, II. blessed are re
when man shall revile you and perse-
cute you and shall say all manner Of
evil against you falsely for My sake"
He is still hated and prosecuted for
the truths sake, even as many were
before Him. and are now and will be
till the kingdom comes John xv. IS
81; xvi. 49,. The father Of lies cannot
stand the truth and will not II he
can help 1t, but he cannot lay a finger
on any child Of God without permits
sion and then only as far as permitted.
LESSON IX.-Judah carried captive to
Babylon der. xxx. 1-1O. Golden