The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-28
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson v.-ThIrd Quarter, For
July 80, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text Of che Lesson, u chFon. xssiv, a.
ss--Memovy Versa. 2t--noidsn Text,
Ps. cxix, 11--commentsry Prepared
by Rev. D. M. stsarns.
We are still In tha reign OF good
King Josiah. and the heart OF this les
son is a book. the book Of the law Of
the Lord by Moses, a book concerning
which we read in Josh. 4 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
Is written therein. for then thou shalt
make thy way prosperous, and then
thou shalt have good success It u
also written Of the blessed man IN
Pc. /. 2, Ills delight IL In the law
Of the Lord, and in His Law doth he
mediate day and night"
No one rejeieed more than Jeremiah
over the finding OF this book, for he
said, 'aThy words were found. and
did eat them, andYThy word was unto
me the Joy and rejoicing Of mine
heart. for am called by Thy name,
Lord God Of hosts.s David could say,
Il rejoice at Thy word as one that
fndeth great spoil" Cps cxix. 1922. II
our hearts are right with God nothing
In all the world win be 30 precious to
us as the word of God. Not only win
our hearts burn within Us when the
Spirit opens to as the Scriptures, but
there win be a boiling or buhbling
up as we hear OF things touching the
King Luke XIV, 80; Ps. XIV. u.
There is but one principal person In
all the book from Genesis to Revela-
ton, even the one who said: "Lo. !
come--in the volume of the book it il
written OF me, delight to do thy
win, o my Godl Yea, thy law Ia
within my heart" Rs. II. 2. 81. II
was for Him that Josiah was king.
sitting upon His throne as His repre-
sentative Il Chron. xxx, %; III Chron.
TX. 81, and the tinding OF this book
must have been to Josiah like a spe-
cial message from Jehovah. 1t was
In connection with the repairing Of
the house OF the Lord that the book
was found, and we are reminded Of
Hosea vi, 8, 'gThen 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. 1t Is by
His word that the Lord always re-
veals Himself Il Sam. iii. 21l. He is
the Living Word, and He reveals Him
self to us by His written word, In
which we see Him and know Him.
When the king heard the words of
the book as they were read to him by
Shaphan, the scribe, be rent his clothes,
for he saw therein bis 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 lyerss 21l. There
was a prophecies in Jerusalem named
Huldah, and TO her they went 10 I'm
,Quire OF the Lord concerning these
matters. Let all believing women be
encouraged by this aud 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 q womRn's prayer
meeting and also by the story Of
Philips daughters and by Ps. xviii.
III. Rev. Yer, to let the Lord use them
as Bis witnesses as He may lead The
seeming prohibitions I'm 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 hus-
bands by name and ask questions
which ought to be 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 q time when true witnesses were
needed 1t is now. when women as well
as men are being so used by the devil
against the truth.
How grand to hear this woman OF
God say. 'AThus saith the Lord God Of
Israel. tell ye the man that sent you
to me" (verse 231. TO a true sery-
ant Of the Lord He Is all, and to
please Him is everything: men are
nothing except they glorify God. SET
the Lords commendation of Josiah IN
verse q, and note his tender heart
his humility and true penitence. and
note In lisa. ivii. Is, that He who
dwells in the high and holy place also
dwells with him who is Of q humble
and contrite spirit
Josiah promptly gathered priests
and Leviteg and all the people. great
and small. and read In their ears al
the words of the book of the covenant
and there they made covenant be
fore the Lord to serve Him as He re
CURED 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 Ahak
and Manasseh we see how much evi
one man can do and how farreachinf
the results, but In such men as Here
kiah. Jehoshaphat and Josiah we set
what God can do through even sucE
imperfect men II only sincerely obedi
ent to Him. AS this Is our last STUDY
OF Josiah. we must not fail to notice
his great passover, the like OF which
had not been seen in Israel since TIT
days OF Samuel lchapter xxxv. 49,
That leads on to the passover which
our Lord Jesus 40 greatly desired I,