The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-08-31

and do good; seek peace and pursue it,"
--Psa. 34:14
The principal characters and the
leading events of these Bible lessons
should be impressed on the memory
of all. This should be done in such
way as: To show what we're 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 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-
first year Of kingdom. Reformer
Prosperous kingdom. Event Great
revival of religion.
Jehoshaphat. Fourth king, B. G..
921-sixty-second year of kingdom
Strong character. General, successful,
religious. Events. Intellectual, NOR
al and religious progress. Suffered
from bad alliance with Jezebel. Moab
lite stone.
Several bad rulers. Jehoram, Aha
ziah, Athaliah. Introduction of Baal
worship. Temple desecrated. Decline
In morals and prosperity.
Joash. Eighth king B. G. S86-
ninety-seventh year of kingdom. The
bad king. Good 80 long as under
good advisers. Events. Temple re-
stored, and its worship. Black obe-
lisk.
Ahaz. Twelfth king, B. G. 73S-
two hundred and forty-flfth year Of
the kingdom. Events. Assyrians
come in contact with Palestine. Dial
OF Ahaz. Isaiah prophesying.
Hezekiah. Thirteenth king, b. G.
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 10
years in answer to prayer.
Manasseh. Fourteenth king, B. G..
694-two hundred and eighty-ninth
year of the kingdom. The bad king
suffered aptivity-changed life
Events. Assyrian domination-par
tial reformation.
Josiah. Sixteenth king, B. G. 63S-
three hundred and forty-flfth year Of
kingdom. Youthful conservation,
cleansing Of temple, widespread revi-
val. Events. Finding the book OF the
law. Bible study, jeremiah.
Jehoiakim. Eighteenth king, B. G.
607-three hundred and seventy-sixth
year of the kingdom. Weak, wicked
defiant Of God. Events. Burns the
book OF Jeremith. 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. G. 596-387. Weak and false to his
agreements. Events. jeremiah i'm
prisoned. At the close OF his reign
Jerusalem and the temple we're de-
stroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the
end OF the kingdom of Judah came in
d. c. $50. 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. 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 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 ma
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 conservation to God, a
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, adversely. 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 a magic mir
ror In which sinners may see them
selves.
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