The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-23
Sunday School Colymn
Side Lights on Next Sundays Los.
son for Teachers and Pupils
omcers Of the Crawford County Sunday
School Association.
BY CHAs. K. MEYERS

N.-IEcSluchIs ' CAAiAAAAns NsAeS1AAAAs>
Secretary :. .Cl,as * Meyers, Denison
Treasurer Sears McHenry, Denison
Department Secretaries.
Home Mrs. L. w. Pierce, Denison
House Visitation. Mrs. Nichols, Arion
Primary. Miss Susie Craft, Denison
Missionary, Mrs J. 3. Glassburner, Arion
Organized Glasses
$685.. Prof. w. C. VanNess, Denison
Temperance, Mrs. w. T. Huckstep, Deloit
Bible Reading
... Mrs. A. II. Harper, Dow City
Teachers Training .................
....H II. w. Logsdon, Dow City
Executive Ccmmittee-Frank Wool
ston, Boyer; Seth Calderwood, West
Side; F. L. Hoffman, Denison; F. L. Van
Slyke, Manila; N. F. Stiuson, Arion: G..
II. Stark, Charter Oak.
August 27.-Judah Carried Captive
to Babylon. Jer. 80.
1t will be needless to tell those who
have kept track of the previous his
tory of the Jews the meaning OF
the title of this lesson. There has
been but one outcome expected from
the course of action which the Jews
at Jerusalem have been pursuing.
Their boat has been in the rapids for
many a year and the pleading and
warning of God through Jeremiah and
previous prophets have been in vain.
There seemed no way to head these
sinful people off from fearful punish
ment.
In the lesson of today, it is told
how the city of Jerusalem, which was
made the capital city of the Jewish
nation way back in the times of David;
which contained the magnificent
temple built by Solomon; one of the
strongest walled fortresses of the east
ern county, which had withstood many
sieges, fell before the Chaldeans COM
ing from Babylon. They despoiled it,
wrecked the temple, carried off the
valuable sacred things of the house of
worship, made captive the king and
people and took them far away to be
slaves. Fearful terrible. awful is this
to contemplate.
The city and its defenders had
fearful scourge before the enemy
broke through the walls. There was
such famine, the children were used
as food and most revolving things done
to keep the inhabitants alive. The
king and some OF his mobiles tried to
make an escape in the night, but were
overtaken, and brought for judgment.
The mobiles were killed at once, the
sons of the king were slain before his
eyes, and then his eyes were put out,
and he carried in chains to Babylon.
A few of the poor people were left
and allowed to till the soils and tend
the vineyards. jeremiah had told the
king many times that all this should
happen to him, but he and his mobiles
would not believe it possible that the
sacred city would fall into the hands
Of the heather enemies.
The golden text of the lesson reads:
BE sure your sin will find you out"
1t might we'll have been: 'The wages
of sin is DEATH" When we look back
and view the history of the Jews,
about every intelligent person will
say the people OF Jerusalem and their
king received their just deserts. They
had no business to 60 off into idola-
|trous worship, deserving the God which
had befriended them and their an
cestors from the time of the deliver
ance from Egypt. The fearful things
to witness, is these sane, intelligent
people themselves defying God. and
expecting to escape punishment. In
our time we have the gospel of Jesus,
and the magnificent evidences of the
supernatural in christianity as shown
in it's uplifting OF the world. With
these in evidence, there is no excuse
for not believing in the bible and fol-
lowing it's teachings.
This Sabbath school lesson thus
calls out for right living before God.
1t says that ones sins will find him
out. 1t warns that while God is one
of love He will not interfere with
life which is bound to land itself in
ruin when the right paths are so easy
to walk in. jeremiah in his day
warned and lamented over the sins
of his friends and neighbors and tried
to help them. In our day the pastors,
teachers, Sabbath school writer's for
the papers unite in urging a turning
from wrong doing, repentance before
God, accepting the words of Jesus. AS
there could be no blame on Jeremiah
for the captivity of Judah, so there
can be none laid at the door of the
faithful ones just mentioned of our
times. 1t is the earnest wish of the
writer that all readers of these les
sons from week to week may catch
the true import of what is being taught
and stand out firm for the christian
religion and TINS class with thOso on