The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-07-29
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson v.-Third Quarter, For
July 80, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text Of the Lesson, u Chron. xxxiv, ~
as-Msmory Verse, 21-ooIdsn Text.
p. exix, 11-commsntary Prepared
by Rev. D. N. stsarns.
We are still in the reign Of good
King Josiah. and the heart OF this les
son Is book. the book Of the law OF
the Lord by Moses, book concerning
which we read In Josh. !. 8. This
book of the law shall not depart out
Of thy mouth. but thou shalt mediate
therein day and night, that thou may
est observe to do according to all that
II written therein. for then thou shalt
make thy way prosperous. and then
thou shalt have good success" It is
also written of the blessed man In
Ps. 1, 2, His delight In in the law
Of 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 I
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 say,
II rejoice at Thy word as one that
Hndeth great spoil" FPS cxix. 1922. II
our hearts are right with God nothing
in all the world will be 80 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 a boiling or bubbling
up as we hear Of things touching the
King duke xiv. 80; Ps. XIV. y.
There is but one principal person in
all the book from Genesis to Revela-
ton, even the one who said: 10.
come-in the volume Of the book It Ia
written of me. delight to do thy
will, o my Godl Yea. thy law IL
within my heart" (Ps. II. Z, 81. 1t
was for Him that Josiah was king.
sitting upon His throne as His repre-
sentative q Chron. xxx, %; II Chron.
TX, 81. and the finding Of this book
must have been to Josiah like spe-
cial message from Jehovah. It was
in. connection with the repairing of
was found, and we are reminded Of
Hosea vi, 3. Then shall we know II
we follow on to know the Lord" Jo-
slab was earnestly doing the best he
knew when by this book the Lord re-
vealed Himself more fully. It is by
His word that the Lord always re-
veals Himself Il Sam. iii, 21). He In
the Living Word. and He reveals 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 by
Shaphan, the scribe. he rent his clothes,
for he saw therein his sin and the
sin Of his people and that great wrath
from the Lord was upon them be-
cause they had not kept the word OF
the Lord TO do after all that was
written In the book verse 21). There
was prophecies In Jerusalem named
Huldah. and to her they went to in
Quire Of the Lord concerning these
matters. Let all believing women be
encouraged by this and by the remem-
brance Of Priscilla instructing Apol.
los and by the fact that the first res
direction message was given by the
Lord Jesus to a woman and that the
first proclamation Of the gospel in
Europe was at woman's prayer
meeting and also by the story Of
Philips daughters and by Ps. xviii.
II, Rev. YER. to let the Lord use them
as His witnesses as He may lead. The
seeming prohibitions in several places
refer to order instead Of confusion.
and to this day In some Of the eastern
churches the women babble In time
of service and even call their bus
bands by name and ask questions
which ought to he asked at home In.
stead Of disturbing the congregation.
Let all who are taught Of the Lord
hold themselves ready to teach others
at every opportunity. for II ever there
was a time when true witnesses were
needed It Is now, when women as well
az men are being so used by the devil
against the truth.
How grand to hear this woman Of
God say, THUS saith the Lord God Of
4bTdel, Lch 70 tuc uun tudt ocut yOu
to me" (verse 23). To q true serv.
ant Of the Lord He Is all. and to
please Him Is everything; men are
nothing except they glorify God. See
the Lords commentator Of Josiah In
verse n, and note his tender heart,
his humility and true penitence. and
note in lisa. lvii. Is, that He who
dwells in the high and holy place also
dwells with him who IL Of humble
and contrite spirit.
Josiah promptly gathered priests
and Levites and all the people. great
and small. and read In their ears all
the words Of the book of the covenant.
and there they made a covenant be-
fore the Lord to serve Him as He re-
Quired with all their heart and soul,
and all the days Of Josiah they de-
parted not from following the Lord.
the God Of their fathers.
In such men as Jeroboam and Ahab
and Manasseh we see how much evil
one man can do and how farreaching
the results, but In such men as Heze-
kiah, Jehoshaph at and Josiah we see