Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-18
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-.Remember now thy Creator in the
days of thy youth. "-Eccfes. 12;l.
King Manasseh of our last lesson
had bad son, Anon, who reigned but
two years. and was murdered by his
conrtiers in his own palace. His son,
Josiah the central figure of todays
study, became king In his eighth year
BY the time he was sixteen his heart
had begun TO seek after and to desire 10
serve the Almighty God. BY the time
he was twenty his religious conVlctlohs
were so deep and fixed, and his anthor7
lily as king so i'm his own hands thal
he dared to begin the work OF reiof
nation The idols and their temples
and groves for idolatrous Worship
were destroyed. The valley of Hin
nom, as already suggested. was desc
Grated and made dumping place for
the offal of Jerusalem.
The temple of the Lord was repaired
and cleansed OF all its idolatrous de-
Elements, and worship and praise
therein to the Almighty was restored.
More than this. the king extended ms
influence for .the destruction OF IDOL
airy into what was once the territory
of the ten tribes. north of his kingdom.
Mistake to Assume That Wild Oats
Must First Be Sown.
What a force there is in our text.
Remember now thy Creator in the
days of thy youth" What great mis-
rake some parents make in assuming
that their children must have an ex
peIifnse IN sowing Wild oats" before
they will be prepared to appreciate
righteousness and become its servants
This thought is reflected upon the
minds of the Young. both male and
female; rarely do they seek TO live by
a higher standard than that expected
Of them by their parents or guardians.
We have known sanity mothers to un-
Intentionally lay snares for the feet of
their children by introducing them to
ways Ct the world in which they them
selves would not walk Their ex
pressed sentiment was, 4 must not put
upon these children the Weight of the
cross. nor expect of them saintship. If
ever they become traly eonseerated
saints Of God they will then know the
trials of the narrow way and have
plenty of Them
Alas such Christian mothers have
failed 10 grasp the situation PROPERLY
They have failed to realize that. at
the present time. there is no real hap
piness in the world except in the mar
row way" The broad road" of self
qualification. pride, lust, sin. selfishness
is indeed a beautiful picture at dis
lance, but the picture is a mirage-it
can never be reached-it is delusion.
The n1fTIinnG nf ibaC.a nh
broad road of selhshness. pride. etc.
are all bent on pleasure. seeking il
with all their might: but how many of
ali the millions on that road have
found pleasure? We hold that they
are merely pleasure hunters and not
pleasure finders; we hold that the only
real pleasure and substantial ioy in
the world is to be found I'm the narrow
way OF self saorifice--in the footsteps
OF the Great Teacher-in taking mn the.
cross. To follow Hmm laying down
life as He laid down His-in Suffering
with Him that We might also reign
With Hmm being dead with Him
That we might also live with Him"
OF those who enter the broad road
rev ever turn to the narrow way. Par
ents, friends, Christians have given
them the misunderstanding that the
broad road is the one of pleasure and
hsppiness When they find it the re-
verse they naturally think that the
marrow way must be much less happi-
lFins' much less desirable.
eerta'n simplicity and Honesty In
the Mind of Every Child.
VI 'ne lew who do find the mar
row way after having walked in the
broad road their plant is. .oh, whv
uid l not earlier find the way of the
LORD, the way of Truth. joy, peace and
happiness"
notwithstanding the depravity with
Whieh al are born. there appears To be
mind Of every child. II is No. -
pie which must be used nv taachars
and helpers in general. IL ,ba ch,,d Re
led in the right way by which he ,,,,,la
most quickly attain relationshi,' -