The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-08-24

leading events Of these Bible lessons
should be impressed on the memory
Of all. This should be done In such q
way as: To show what were the
marked characteristics OF each per
son, the relation Of each person to
the course Of the history, the relation
OF each event to the movement OF tho
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.
cipies which each one sets forth
clearly TO shed light upon the path OF
life and progress today.
Rehoboam. First king. II. c. 9S2--
first year OF the kingdom. Bad Ad
vice. Folly. Threw away nve-slxths
Of his kingdom. Event Division Of
the Kingdom.
Asa. Third king. n. @. ss2-twenty.
frst year of Kingdom. Reformer.
Prosperous Kingdom. Event. Great
revival Of religion.
Jehoshaphat Fourth king. y. G.
s2i--sixtysecond year OF kingdom.
Strong character. General. successful.
religious. Events. Intellectual. NOR
nj and religious progress. Suffered
from bad alliance with Jezebel. Moab
lite stone.
Several bad rulers. Jehoram. Aha.
ziah. Athaliah. Introduction OF Basi
worship. Temple desecrnted. Decline
In morals and prosperity.
Joash. Eighth king. u. c. $50
nlnety-seventh year Of kingdom. The
bad king Good 80 long as under
good advisers. Events. Temple re-
stored. and It's worship. Black obo-
iisk.
AhaI. Twelfth king. II. c. 73s-
two hundred and forty-ffth year OF
the kingdom. Events. Assyrians
cone In contact with Palestine. Dial
OF Ahaz. Isaiah prophesying.
Hezekiah. Thirteenth king. n. 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 Sennscherib-wide en-.
tended revival. Life prolonged Is
years In answer TO prayer.
Manasseh. Fourteenth king, II. G.
69t--two hundred and eighty-ninth
year Of the Kingdom. The bad king
suffered captivity-changed life.
Events. Assyrian dominatiou-par-
tial reformation.
Josiah. Sixteenth king. d. c. s3s-
three hundred and forty-ffth year OF
kingdom. Youthful conservation.
cleansing OF temple. widespread revi-
val Events. Finding the book OF tho
law. Bible study. jeremiah.
Jeholakim. Eighteenth king. n. c.
607-three hundred and seventy -slxth
year Of the Kingdom. Weak. wicked.
defiant OF God. Events. Burns tho
book OF Jeremith. Beginning OF the
captivity. Nebuchadnezzar besiegcs
Jerusalem. Daniel carried to Babylon
The second captivity began at tho
close Of his reign when many captives
were carried TO Babylon. with his son.
King Jehoiachin.
Zedekiah. Twentieth and last king.
ID. c. 5s6-3s7. Weak and false 10 his
agreements. Events. jeremiah I'm
prlsoned. AZ the close Of his reign
jerusalem and the temple were de
stroyed by Nebuehadnezzar. and tho
end OF the kingdom Of Judah came In
n. c. $50. after 1877 years OF existence.
There were three deportations BY
Nebuchadnezzar: I. The fourth year
of Jehoiakim. Daniel. etc 2. 10000 at
the close OF his reign. 3. 1900 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 of one side from tho
routes between the other two. This
Is the key 20 the situation.
Note. In this history. what were the
things that urged or attracted the ma
lion to The downward course. What
was the essential element that would
have enabled the nation 10 move up
ward to true success and character.
No nation and no Individual can at
lain the highest good from life with
out supreme conservation to God, q
lofty ideal and holy enthusiasm In
The service OF God aud man. Trace
In the history what God did for the
people TO inspire and move them TO
The upward course. as prophets. writ
len scriptures. revivals. prosperity. re-
wards OF obedience. What obstacles
I'D God put In the way OF the down
ward course OF the nation and puts
hem In the way OF sinners today: NJ
warnings, adversely, losses.
The rise and fall OF Israel Is q
picture OF what IL going on continu-
lily among individuals. The whole
,ourso Of the history Is a magic mir.
'or In which sinners may see them
selves.
On the bank OF the Niagara river.
sign board bears this startling
egend. Past Redemption Point be-
,ause II IL believed in the neigbbor.
iood that nothing can pass that point
md escape destruction. One day y