Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-04-19
SUNDAY SCHOOL,
lesson N.-Second Quarter, For
April q, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text OF tho Lesson, 70 Kings xii, Ais
Memory Verse, f1-colden Tex., !
Chron. xxx. documentary Pro-
pared bv Rev. D. M. Sse,-ns.


pared bv Rev. D. M. Ssearns.
Tod".' we combine the story OF Joash
kim of Judah. In last weeks lass,
anu In this one. He began TO reicr
IN his seventh year and rcigned forty
years. doing right in tue sigh, of the
Lord, while Jehoiada. the priast. in.
structed him oversees l-3l. bur he did
not destroy idoiatry ia the land
Our last good king in Judah was Je-
hoShaphat. who was succeeded by his
son JehOr1nl. his tirSt1orn. who mar.
rcd a daughter of Ahab and did evil
IN the sight OF the Lord and put II
death his six brothers. He reicued
only eight years and died fearful
death. as the prophet Elijah sen, him
word that he would. II is written of
him that he departed without being
desired I'll Chron. xxi.
Jehoahaz COR Ahaziam. his Youngest
son. succeeded him. all his older broth
ers having been Slain by the Syrians
he rclSncd only one year. and his
mother Athaiiah. was his counselor
10 do wickedly III Chron. xxi. III. He
was slain by Jehu, and when his
mother knew that he was dead she
at once proceeded to destroy all the
seed royal of the house Of Judah. but
JehoSheba Tor JehoshabeatlD. the wife
OF Jehoiada. the priest, and sister OF
Ahaziah. rescued the infant Joash ana
hid him and his nurse In the house IF
the Lord six years while Athaiiah
reigned over the land III Kings ri. l-3.
III Chron. xxi, 1912.
Last weeks lesson told us how. I'm
his seventh year, Jehoiada, the priest.
arranged TO have him brought forth.
anointed, crowned and proclaimed king.
and made covenant between the Lord
ana the king and the people that thcy
should be the Lords people xxi, -. IL.
They broke down the house of Raal
and his affairs and images, slew the
priest Of Baal, and also the wicked
queen mother Athaliah SO the people
rejoiccd and the city was quiet xxi. !
1920.
We must not confuse our good King
JoasE of Judah with another Joasb.
king of Israel, who began to reign
over the ten tribes in the thirty-sev-
enth year of the king Of Judah's reign
and who departed not from the sins OF
jeroooam. the son of Nabat. who made
Israel TO sin Oil Kings xiii, 1913. We
nave key TO the heart of today's les
son in the expression, 1.-The house OF
the Lord" which occurs I'm our lesson
verses just twelve times. IL we in
clude verse 16.
InaSmuch as the king spent the first |
SIX years of his life in some part of |
he house Of the Lord under the care |
)r the priest Of the Lord 1t is the
most suggestive phrase in our lesson,
md the more so when we remember
hat the kings who reigned at Jeru-
salem were said to sit on the throne
If the Lord as king Il ChrOn. xxx. %
We cannot think Of Israel as n nation
without tabernacle or temple as n
iwelling place for Jehovah in their
midst One of the first commands TO
Noses after the dellverance from
Egypt and the giving of the law at
SiEai was. Let them make me a
that I may dwell among
hem (EX. XIV. s.. When Cyrus, king
'tPersla, made proclamation through
ut all his kingdom that the Jews
night return from Babylon he said
hat it was TO build the house of the
ord God of Israel In Jerusalem EZRA
Id. Ezekiel Xl to Xviii tells Of
he temple that is to be when they
hall be gathered from all nations new
+ to be pulled up or scattered any
nore
when Israel was numbered IL was k.
he law that every one, rich and poor.
hould give half shekel as atonement
honey as ransom for his soul, and
his money was to be used in the
ervice Of the Lord Qlx. xxx, 1I-1G,.
his is probably part OF the money
eferred to in verse 4 with which they
iere to repair the house of the Lord,
Or the Sons of Athaliah, that wicked
'oman, had broken up the house of
iod and had bestowed the dedicated
Kings upon Baalam
Joash instructed the priests and the
evltes to so out unto the cities of
udah and gather Of all Israel money
repair the house of the Lord from
ear TO year, but this collecting bust
ess did not work any better than il
oes today, and after more than TWEEN =
years the work was not done (verses
s; III Chron. xiv, 40.
Then JehOiada. the priest, took
hest, with hole in the lid, and set
beside the altar on the right side as
ne cometh into the house of the Lord.
nd they made proclamation through Z
ldah and Jerusalem to bring In the
fering that Moses had commanded.
nj thus 'ic.r Gsthered money Ia
Guidance. and the workmen wrought.
nd the work was perfected by them
nd they set the house of God in his
ate and strengthened It Oversees 0-14:
Chron. xiv. S-13).