The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-07-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson IV.-Third Quarter, For
July %, 1911.
The INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

1.1s-Menaory Verses, t,-2-GoIdsn
Text, Feel. xii, documentary Pre-.
pared by Rev. D. M. Stearns.
This Is an unusually good lesson for
the boys. inasmuch as 1t Is the story
Of boy king who began to reign when
he was only eight years old and he
did right in the sight Of the Lord. turn
ing neither to the right hand nor to
the left. Reference should be made
to that other boy. King Joash. who
began to reign when he was only
seven years old and reigned forty
years In Jerusalem. He also did right
in the sight Of the Lord as long as
Jehoiada the priest instructed him,
but in his later years he caused Je-
hoiada's son to be stoned to death be-
cause he brought him a rebuke from
the Lord I'll Kings xii: II Chron. XIV.
Josiah reigned thirty one years In Je-
rusalem; but. although he was good
king and wrought great reforms and
kept the greatest passover since the
days Of Samuel III Chron. xxxv, 49,.
yet the last part Of his reign was
elouded by wilfulness. which cost him
his life and caused jeremiah the
prophet to lament for him, for Jere-
miah prophesied during the last eight
cen years Of his reign der. !. l. y.
That even very young person can
serve the Lord we learn also from the
story Of Samuel. who as child minis
tered unto the Lord Il Sam. II. IS. q,
20: iii. II. The prophet jeremiah said
when called to his Office. "Ah. Lord
God. behold. | cannot speak. for l am
a child" but the Lord strengthened
him and assured him der. 1. so. Tim
othy from child knew the Scrip
lures. and our Blessed Lord said at
the age Of twelve. II must be about
my Fathers business luke II. 49).
The life Of the Lord Jesus was alb
solutely perfect all through. The life OF
Samuel was about as nearly perfect
as ordinary mortais. by the grace OF
God. get to 1t, and with him l as
sociate Joseph and Daniel. But when
redeemed by the great sacrifice OF
Christ we must take no other pattern
than His life who left us an example
that we should follow His steps Il Pet.
II. 21. The only way Is to continual.
ly consider Him" and run with pa
thence. looking unto Jesus" Heb. XII,
49,. One Of the most remarkable
things about Josiah was that he was
mentioned by name 300 years before
he was born by an unnamed prophet
who predicted that he would do GER
tain things. which he did exactly as
predicted II Kings Kill. I. 2, and II
Kings xiii. Ito. Josiah was one OF
seven men In the Bible story who were
mentioned by name before they were
born. Let those who are interested
search them out.
A very interesting incident to me
concerning the other boy king. Joash,
Is the way the money was obtained to
repair the house Of the Lord. ! refer
to the chest. with the hole In the lid,
placed by the altar to receive the OF.
ferings Of the people. and II worked
splendidly. and money was gathered
in abundance Whether Josiah gath.
cred his money for repairs In the same
way or not II is not said. but the same
thing IL written In each case concern
ing the workmen-viz. that no reckon.
ing was kept with them because they
dealt faithfully III Kings XII. 9-l5;
xii. Y.
Note that Josiah in doing right In
the sight Of the Lord turned neither
to the right hand nor to the left Verse
p. Remember the oft repeated phrases
in Leviticus. unto the Lord and be
fore the Lord" and the command
to Abraham. walk before me and be
thou sincere" (Gen. xviii. I. mnrgin).
When he was sixteen years old he be-
gan to seek the God OF David. his ia
Their. and when he was twenty he be-
gan to purge Judah and Jerusalem
from idols verse 81. so that he must
have sought the Lord according to Jer.
XIX. 49, From verse 2 II would seem
that he personally superintended the
breaking down OF the idol affairs. and
therefore the work would be done thor
OuE0Iy. NeTSe % TeleTS u tHS
ton Of the man of God In Kings xiii.
2, which we have already mentioned.
Verses 8 and speak of his carrying
his cleansing into four of the other
tribes and Of his return to Jerusalem.
1t would seem as II he really did what
he could to cleanse the land from idol.
airy and turn the people back to God.
1t was the last call from God for Just
twenty-five years after his death the
last batch Of captives were carried to
Babylon. he being succeeded by four
bad kings. who reigned twenty-five
years.
In the eighteenth year Of his reign,
when he was twenty-six years old. he
began to repair the house of the Lord
his God verse 81. Four times In
verses 8 to 10 the house is mentioned.
The tabernacle. for about 500 years.
and then the temple were the heart Of
the national life. and at the beginning
and close Of the life on earth of the
Lord Jesus He cleansed the temple. As
was their treatment of the temple. so