The Tupelo journal., 1911-09-01

and do good; seek peace. and pnrsue It."
Pisa. 34:l4.
The principal characters and the
leading events Of these Bible lessons
should be impressed on the memory
| Of all. This should be done In such 9
way a.: To show what were the
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 n sets forth
clearly to shed light upon the path OF
life and progress today.
R%ehoboam. First king, B. c. 9S2-
first year Of the kingdom. Bad Ad-
vice. Folly. Threw away five-sixths
Of his kingdom. Event. Division OF
the kingdom.
Asa. Third king, B. C. 962-twenty-
first year OF kingdom. Reformer.
Prosperous kingdom. Event. Great
revival of religion.
Je%hoshaphat. Fourth king, b G.
921-sixty-second year of kingdom.
Strong character. General, successful.
religious. Events. Intellectual, NOR
al 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, B. G. 886-
nin~ety-seventh year Of kingdom. The
bad king. Good SO long as under
good advisers. Events. Temple re-
stored, and Its worship. Black ODE
lisk.
Ahaz. Twelfth king, B. c. 1873
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 OK
tended revival. Life prolonged Id
years in answer to prayer.
Manasseh. Fourteenth king, B. G.
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. B. c. 638-
three hundred and forty-ffth year OF
kingdom. Youthful conservation
cleansing OF temple. widespread revi
val. Events. Finding the book Of the
law. Bible study, Jeremiah.
Jehoiakim. Eighteenth king, B. c
607-three hundred and seventy-sixtt
year Of the kingdom. Weak, wicked
! defiant Of God. Events. Burns the
book of Jeremith. Beginning OF th<
captivity. Nebuchadnezzar besiegei
Jerusalem. Daniel carried to Babylon
The second captivity began at ths
close Of his reign when many captives
were carried to Babylon. with his SON
King J~ehoiachin.
Zedekiah. Twentieth and last king
B. C. 596-3S7. Weak and false to his
agreements, Events. jeremiah i'm
prisoned. At the close Of his rsigr
Jerusalem and the temple were de
stroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. and thu
end Of the kingdom Of Judah came IL
B. C. $3.50. after 3s7 years Of existence
There were three deportations b.
Nebuchadnezzar: l. The fourth yea
Of Jehoiakim, Daniel, etc 2. 10000 a
the close Of his reign. 8. $500 in thu
three deportations Of the final cam
psign.
Geography. Study the map for tn
three kingdoms involved. Egypt. Pal
! sstine. Assyria. the great routes 0
travel, and the situation Of Palestine
between the two world powers; Jeru
[ salem being OF m side from tn
routes between the other two. Thi
! Il the key to the situation.
Note, In this history, what were tn
t things that urged or attracted the M
I. ton to the downward course. VIVA
! was the essential element that woul'
:, have enabled the nation to W
ward to true ucces and character
No nation and no individual can al
. tain the highest good from life with
! out supreme conservation to God.
t lofty ideal and q holy enthusiasm |
!, the service Of God and man. Trac
! in the history what God did for tn
/; people to inspire and move them t
tho upward course, as prophets, writ
1 ten scriptures, r~evivals. prosperity. n
wards Of obedience. What obstacle
4 did God put In the way Of the down
a ward course Of the nation and put
/ them in tho way Of sinners today; .
warnings. adversely. losses.
( Tho rise and fall Of Israel IL
; picture Of what II going on continr
ally among individuals. The Who'll
b course Of the history is a1magic mil
y ror In which sinners may see them
I selves.
So.