The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-09
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Bible Reading ....................
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Teachers Training ................
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Executive Committee-Frank Wool
ston, Boyer; Seth Calderwood. West
Side; F. L. Hoffman, Denison; F. L. Van
slyke, Manila; N. F. stilson, Arion: C.
H. Stark, Charter Oak.
Aug. 13.-Jehoiakim Burns the
Prophets Book.-Jer.. So.
The lessons are still in the great
book of jeremiah. He was a prophet
who lived some 600 years before
Christ was born. Those who remem-
Der about the lesson of last Sunday
will k now that it told how some of the
priests set about to put Jeremiah to
death because he spoke words declar-
ing that if the people did not turn
and do right, they would be severely
punished, the city of Jerusalem togeth-
er with the great temple would be
destroyed. His life was spared after
a trial, but it would seem that he was
warned by the authorities not to
speak any before the people.
AS he could not talk in public, he
decided to make known the will Of
God and to warn the people by writ
ing out his thoughts. He made use
of professional scribe or writer of
manuscripts named Baruch. After
the roll or book was written it was
read before number of people, and
at last in the presence Of the king.
The king at that time was Jehoia-
kim, one of the bad kings over Judah.
When the roll was read, with it's
words of condemnation for sin, and
the evil practices of the king and the
people, he did strange and foolish
thing. He took his knife and cut up
the leaves and put them in the fire.
Such was the terror this king had put
in the minds of his people no one
present dare show strong signs of dis
approval, bu. let him go on with his
destruction. Thus did he show his
contempt for the prophet OF God, and
try to wipe out of existence the terri
BILE words which foretold OF punish
ment to come on account of evil do
ings.
This long ago king has had many
imitators in the history OF the world.
He is not the only man who has
thought he could wipe out words con
demning his, conduct by destroying
the book containing them, or by kill
ing the author In the case at hand,
jeremiah called the scribe and they at
once rewrote what had been de-
stroyed. In many other cases the
burning up of all bibles found after
a search has resulted in other edi-
lions OF the precious book springing
I'D. and the death of the translators
been followed by others coming for
ward with new zeal to take their
places.
In our day, men have undertaken to
rid the bible of respect and to make
fun of it's teachings 1t is needless to
name them. Certain churches will
not let their members have the bible
freely, claiming that the uninstructed
mind cannot understand the words OF
Jesus at first hand. Men who have
ridiculed the bible have made ignoble
failures of their task, and churches
that do this are losing active faithful
members in all parts of the world.
Do not let any readers of this col
nal can stop his ears to religious
such foolish things. AS soon think OF