The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-06-28
Sunday School Column.
Side Lights on Next Sundays Les.
son for Teachers and Pupils
o@csrs OF the Crawford County Sunday
School Association,
BY CHAs. K. MEYERS

School Association.
President. Rev. J. J. DePree. Denison
v.-Pres. Herman Logsdon, Dow City
Secretary -. .Chas. K. Meyers. Denison
Department. Secretaries.
| House Visitation .................
...........M Mrs w. B. Evans, Arion
Home. ...:: Mrs: E: w Pierce. Denison
Primary. Mrs. r. P. Pimpton, Denison
A''S' Mrs. j. B. Giiassbuirnier. Arion
o'sa.. Prof ". G. vanNess, :D1en1ison
Temperance, Rev C. E. LaReau, Denison
100 Mrs. a. H. Harper. DOW City
Executive Committee-F. L. Hoffman,
| Denison; F. L. VanSlyke, Manila; N. F.
stillson, Arion; G: II; Stark; Charter
| Oak; John Vennick, West Side; Frank
Woolston Boyer.
July 2.-Isaiah's Prophecy Concern
ing Sennacherib. lisa. 81 21-36.
Our lesson this week will tell of the
wonderful way in which Jehovah
showed to the people living near the
shores of the Mediterranean Sea in
days 700 years before Christ was born,
that He was the true God and the pro-
tector of the Jews about Jerusalem.
The events of the lesson are recorded
not alone in two books of the bible,
but in history having no desire to
establish the truth of the sacred rec
ord.
In the times we are considering,
there were two great earthly powers
| in that part of the world, namely
Egypt and Assyria. The greatness of
the former is shown by the building
of the pyramids and other authentic
records which are now in existence.
Assyria had it's capital at Ninevah and
| it's domain lay in what is now known
as Armenia. The city was on the great
river Tigris which flows into the Gulf
of Persia. The ruler of Assyria at
the date of our lesson was Sen
nacherib. one of the mightiest men of
the times in the years five and six
hundred years before the birth OF
Christ. In his desire 70 control the
then known world, this ruler came
with a mighty host. sweeping every
thing before him, and in time ap-
peared before the walls of Jerusalem.
The good King Hezekiah was then
king at Jerusalem, and there was
with him the prophet Isaiah, who was
his friend and adviser. The oncom-
ing of the Assyrian hosts was noted
long in advance, and the king made all
the preparations he could, to maintain
a siege of the city if necessary. In
due time the conquerer came near,
capturing the cities before him and
he had no doubt in his own mind that
soon the boosted stronghold of the
Jews would be his. However, he tried
sault to gain it's surrender. He sent
a messenger who could speak the
Hebrew language to induce the COM
mon people to be willing to desert
their rulers, and thus secure promised
prosperity from the conquerer. This
is found in Isaiah, 36th chapter. The
argument was that Sannacherib had
overcome many nations who had
prayed earnestly to their Gods, or God,
but all had been unavailing, and what
was this boasted God of the Hebrews
that He should be greater than those
protecting the heather nations round
about? When the people would not
desert their king, Hezekiah, the AS
syrian monarch presented this same
argument to the king himself.
Hezekiah did not fail to see the
force of what was told him. He saw
that from human point of view
Jerusalem could not expect anything
but destruction. In this situation he
did what every person believing in
the true God should do, went to that
God in earnest prayer. In the 37th
chapter and Is to 20 verses OF Isaiah
will be found the kings prayer. He
said of a truth the Assyrians have
idlu waste oil HaJlOlS DeiOIe CHeHi, anu
no~ our only help is in Thee. He ends
by pleading, 20 Lord or God, save us
from his hand, that all the kingdoms
of the earth may know that thou art
the Lord even thou only" The i'm
mediate answer came in words of
Isaiah found in the verses quoted in
the lesson. 1t is foretold that the
Jews should be provided for and that
Sennacherib and his host would fly
homeward without so much as strik-
ing a single blow at the city.
All will see that the Assyrian king
joined issue with the almighty God,
as to His power to save and protect
His people, The true God was put
on level with those represented by
wood and stone. OF course there