The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-19
Sunday Sehool Column
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I son for Teachers and Pupils
BY CHAs. X. MEYERS
oMcsrs Of the Crawford County Sunday
school Association.
President Rev c. T.. LaReau, Denison
y.-President . John Vennink, Manila
Secretary. .Chas. X. Meyers, Denison
Treasurer -. Sears McIenry. Denison
Department Secretaries.
Home. ~. Mrs Il. w. Pierce, Denison
House Visitation. Mrs Nichols. Arion
Primary -. J. Miss Susie Craft, Denison
Missionary, Mrs. j. p. Glassburner, Arion
Organized Glasses .............
Prof. W. c. VanNess, Denison
Temperance, Mrs. w. I. Huckstep, Deloit
Mrs A. Fl. Harper, Dow City
Teachers Training .................
H. w. Logsdon, Dow City
Executive Committee-Frank Wool
ston, Boyer: Seth Calderwood, West
Side; F. l.. Hoffman, Denison; f. L. Van
Slyke, Manila: N. F. Stillson, Arion: c..
H. Stark, Charter YAK.
p Chron. "a, i-13.
We are still continuing to study as
to the history of the Jewish people in
the years $50 years before the birth
of Christ. In the last lesson we be-
came informed as to the king at Je-
rusalem whose record was bad in the
main, and whose son on succeeding
him, continued to do evil in Gods
sight. The wicked kings name was
Manasseh and that of his son Anon.
The latter was killed by his servants
in his own house.
King Josiah who came to the throne
at the age of eight years, was destined
to make record which will stand in
Jewish history with that of David and
Solomon. He was the last great king
of the kingdom of Judah and his his
tory takes much space in 2 Chron.
"a and in Kings % and "a. These
should be read in full, by any who
wish to teach this lesson to others.
It is indeed refreshing to read about
Josiah. From the early years of his
kingship, he showed the utmost de-
sire to serve the true God and to wipe
out all evidences of idol worship. His
record of tearing down places of heath.
en- worship, destroying the idols, cut
ting down the groves where the worst
features of heathenism were prac-
ticed, is simply grand. He made no
compromise with evil, but tried to
make clean sweep of all.
One of the endeavors of the king
was to again repair the great temple
at Jerusalem. This led to the finding
of the books of Moses, among the
things which had been faithfully pre-
served by those who still loved God
through the days of former wicked
kings. This ''book of law" was TAX
en- to the king and read to him. He
believed what it said as to the duty OF
the Jews to worship the true God. and
was in terror over the words telling
the punishments which should come
when the people fell away from the
worship of Jehovah. The record says
he trent his clothes" in sign of grief
and sent to ask holy woman as to
what the future had in store for him
and his people. He was told that pun
ishment would come, but that he
would have peace.
Josiah then aroused himself to fur
Their good deeds. He had the bible,
then in his possession, read before
the people and entered into pubic
covenant with God to serve Him, the
people endorsing what the king had
done. He proclaimed great Pass
over feast and to this rallied some of
the Jews not in his kingdom who
wanted to serve God as did their faith
ers in the old days. The record in 2
Kings 1925 says that no king before
or after Josiah did SO much to turn
the people towards God as did he.
There are many things for us to
learn from this history of Josiah. A
few of these are as follows: The en-
couragement to gain for the cause OF
God by the enthusiastic help of the
young. 1t is the young folks who make
up the life and push of the church and
Sunday schools. 2. The great apostle
Paul said of himself: Il was not dis
obedient to the heavenly vision" That
Is, when he was told the way to serve
God, by the enthusiastic assistance of
trouble with many of US is that al
though we are informed as to what
our duty is, we do not do it. Josiah
believed God when he heard the law