The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-01

the course of the history, the relation of each event to the movement of the history, the bearing of each person and event on the progress of the world toward the divine Goal, the com ing of the kingdom of God. the prin- | ciples which each one sets forth clearly to shed light upon the path of life and progress today.
 Rehoboam. First king, B. c. 9S2- first year of the kingdom. Bad Ad- vice. Folly. Threw away fiVe-sixths of his kingdom. Event. Division of the kingdom.
 Asa. Third king, B. c. 962-twenty l first year of kingdom. Reformer Prosperous kingdom. Event. Great revival of religion.
 Jehoshaphat. Fourth king, B. c. 921-sixty-second year of kingdom | Strong character. General. successful, religious. Events. Intellectual, mor- al and religious progress. Suffered from bad alliance with Jezebel. Moab 1 ite stone.
 Several bad rulers. Jehoram, Aha ziah, Athaliah. Introduction of Baal worship. Temple desecrated. Decline in morals and prosperity.
 Joash. Eighth king, B. c. SS6- ninety-seventh year of kingdom. The bad king. Good so long as under good advisers. Events. Temple re- stored, and it's worship. Black obe- fisk
 Ahaz. Twelfth king, B. c. 738- two hundred and forty-fifth year of the kingdom. Events Assyrians come in contact with Palestine. Dial of Ahaz. Isaiah prophesying
 Hezekiah. Thirteenth king, B. c. 723-two hundred and sixtieth year of the kingdom. Good, religious, active reformer Taylor cylinder Events. Fall of Samaria-end of Israel. De struction of Sennacherib-wide ex- tended revival Life prolonged Is years in answer to prayer.
 Manasseh. Fourteenth king, B. c. 694-two hundred and eighty-ninth year of the kingdom. The bad king suffered captivity-changed life. Events. Assyrian domination-par- tial reformation.
 Josiah. Sixteenth king, B. c. 63S- three hundred and forty-fifth year of kingdom. Youthful consecration, cleansing of temple, widespread revi- val Events. Finding the book of the law. Bible study. Jeremiah. Jehoiakim Eighteenth king, B. c. 607-three hundred and seYenty-sixth year of the kingdom. Weak. wicked. defiant of God. Events. Burns the book of Jsremith. Beginning of the captivity. Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem. Daniel carried to Babylon The second captivity began at the close of his reign when many captives were carried to Babylon, with his son, King Jehoiachin.
 Zedekiah. Twentieth and last king, B. c. 596-387 Weak and false to his agreements Events Jeremiah i'm prisoned. At the close of his reign Jerusalem and the temple were de- stroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the end of the kingdom of Judah came in B. c. 586. after 397 years of existence
 There were three deportations by Nebuchadnezzar: l. The fourth year of Jehoiakim, Daniel, etc 2. 10000 at the close of his reign. 8. 4,600 in the three deportations of the final cam paign.
 Geography. Study the map for the three kingdoms involved Egypt, Pal estine, Assyria, the great routes of travel, and the situation of Palestine between the two world powers; Jeru- salem being off one side from the routes between the other two. This is the key to the situation.
 Note, in this history, what were the things that urged or attracted the na- tion to the downward course What was the essential element that would have enabled the nation to move up- ward to true success and character No nation and no individual can at tain the highest good from life with out supreme consecration to God, lofty ideal and holy enthusiasm in the service of God and man Trace in the history what God did for the people to inspire and move them to the upward course, as prophets, writ ten scriptures, revivals, prosperity, re- wards of obedience. What obstacles did God put in the way of the down. ward course of the nation and puts them in the way of sinners today; as warnings. diversity, losses.
 The rise and fall of Israel is a picture of what is. going on continu- ally among individuals. The whole course of the history is magic mir TOT in which sinners may see them. selves.
 On the bank of the Niagara river. on piece of land extending into the river, where the rapids begin to swell and swirl most desperately prepara- tory to their final plunge, Is a sign board which bears a most startling legend, Past Redemption Point be. cause it is believed in the neighbor- hood that nothing can pass that point and escape destruction. One day a vessel was being lowed across the river when the hawser broke and she drifted helplessly down stream, in full view of the mortified thousands on the shore. Just as she reached Past Re demption point breeze sprang up. all sails were set and she escaped The wind of Gods mercy blew upon the Hebrew ship of state, but no sails | were set, and she was engulfed.