Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-07-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson V-Third Quarter. For
July 80. 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

4 We are still In the reign of GOO,
: King Josiah. and the heart OF This Ia,
son Is book. the book of the INV al
, the Lord by Moses. u book cuncernins
which we read In Josh /. X. -rbi,
, DOCK or the law shall not depart ON,
or thy mouth. but thou shalt m.ditnt,
therein day and night. that thou NAV
est observe TO do according TO all that
Is written therein. for then thou shalt
make thy way prosperous. ana then
thou shalt have good success" IL Is
also written Of the blessed man I'm
rs. l. 2. His delight Is In the law
or the Lord. and In His law doth he
mediate day and night"
No one rejoiced more than Jeremiah
over the finding of this book. for he
said. Thy words were found. and
did eat them. and Thy word was unto
me the joy and rejoicing of mine
heart. for | am called by Thy name
Lord God Of hosts" David could saw
u rejoice at Thy word as one rbnt
nndeth great spoil" FPS cxix. I,rI IL
our hearts are right with God nothing
IN all the world will be SO precious TO
US as the word OF God. Not only will
our hearts burn within us when the
Spirit opens TO us the Scriptures. but
there will be boiling or bubbling
up as we hear OF things touching the
King luke xiv. 81: is. xiv. H.
Ihere Is but one principal person In
all the book from Genesis to ReveIa
ton. even the one who said: 10.
come-in the volume or the book il IL
written OF me, 1 delight to do thy
Will. my God! Yea. thy inv il
within my heart" FPS. xI. Z. 81. II
was for Him that Josiah was kim.
sitting upon His throne as His repre
sentative Il Chron. XIX. %: II Chron
TX, 81. and the finding of this book
must have been TO Josiah like Il spe-
cial message from jehovah. IL wns
In connection with the repairing of |
the house or the Lord that the book
was found, and we are reminded OF |
Hosea vi. 3. Then shall we know II |
we follow on 10 know the Lord" 10
slab was earnestly doing the best he
knew when by this book the Lord re-
vealed Himself more fully. II is u,
HIS word that the Lord always re-
veals Himself q Sam. iii. 2I He 10
the Living Word. ana He revenis Him
self to us by His written word. In
which we SEQ Him and know Him
When the king heard the words OF
the book as they were read to him nv
Shaphan. the scribe. he rent his clothes.
Tor be saw therein his sin and the
sin or his people and that great wrath
from the Lord was upon them be-
cause they had not Sept the word OF
the Lord 10 do after all that was
written In the book ,verSe 2Il. There
was n prophecies in Jerusa lem named
Huldah. and TO her they went 10 in.
quire OF the Lord concerning these
matters. Let all believing wcInen be
encouraged by this and by the remem-
Orance OF Priscilla instructing Apol
los ana by the fact that the first res
direction message was given by the
Lord Jesus To woman and that the
1rSt proclamation of the GOSPEL In
europe was at a woman's PRAYER
meeting and also by the story OF
Philip's daughters and by rs xviii
II, Rev. Yer. to LET the Lord use them
Is Ills Witnesses as He may lead. The
seeming prohibitions I'm several places
efer 10 order instead OF confusion.
lnd TO this day I'm some of the eastern
hurcnes the women babbie In time
" service and even call their hus-
'anus by name and ask questions
which ought to be asked at home in
tead OF disturbing the congregation
let all who are taught of the Lord
old themselves ready to teach Others
t every opportunity. for IL ever there
vas a time when true witnesses were
QadQ6 ff 10
s men are being so used by the devil
gainst the truth.
How grand to hear this woman OF
iod say. Thus saith the Lord God of
srael. tell We the man that sent Won
D me" (verse 23I 10 n true serv
MT or the Lord He is all, and to
lease Him Is everything; men are
othlng except they glorify God. See
ne Lords commentator OF Josiah in
erse ~. and note his tender heart.
is humility and true penitence, and
ote In lisa. Ivii. Is. that He who
wells In the high and holy place also
wells with him who Is of a humble
nd contrite spirit
Josiah promptly gathered priests
nd Levites and all the people. great
nd small. and read In their ears all
le words OF the book of the covenant.
10 tnere they made covenant be-
IRE the Lord to serve Him as He re-
Iired with all their heart and soul.
10 all the days Of Josiah they de-
arted not from following the Lord.
Ie God Of their fathers.
In such men as Jeroboam and Ahab
Id Manasseh we see how much evil