The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-08-31
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson x.-Third Quarter, Fol
Sept. 3, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text Of tho Lesson, Comprehensive
Quarterly Review-GoIden Text, Ps-
xxxiv, 14-Commentary Prepared by
Rev. D. M. Stearns.
LESSON l.-lsaiah's prophecy con,
corning Sennacherib lisa. XXxvii. IL
3s,. Golden Text. Ps. XVI. /. 'God is
our refuge and strength. very pres
emf help in trouble" Sennacherib is in
the line of Cain and Pharaoh and all
enemies of God and His people to be
consummated in the disappearing anti
christ of the last days. back of whom
and through whom is always seen the
devil The devotion of Hezekiah to
the living and true God was too much
for the great adversary. and so he
stirred up the king of Assyria against
Hczckiah But see how 'wr men who
knew God prevailed in pri,
Lesson 1.-THE suffering servant of
Jehovah lisa. Iii. 3. to lii. 12, Golden
Text. Isa lii, 6. The Lord hath laid
on Him the iniquity of us all" We
find this record right in the midst Of
the last part of Isaiah. the middle
chapter of the middle section. and the
middle verse is lii, ;. which gives us
the heart of all Scripture If with His
stripes we have been healed. then as
His redeemed ones standing against
the world. the flesh and the devil we
must be content to suffer with Him
and count it a great privilege Phil. i.
%, | Pet. ". ID; V. |. 1Oi. We shall
i,e satisfied when He is Uii, H.
LESSON IIl.-Manasseh'S wickedncss
and penitence I'll ChrOn. XxNiii. 1-2G',
Golden Text. lisa. i. is. II. cease to
10 evil. learn to do we'll" OF all the
| wicked kings of the ten tribes none
exceeded Ahab in wickelness. but
ManaSSeh in Judah seems to have ex-
| ceeded him. by comparing II Kings
xxi with our lesson chapter we see
how fearful the record is 1t looks lis
| if he did the very worst that he could
do. The conversion of such wicked
man should greatly encourage parents
who have ungodly children. for God is
full of mercy.
| LESSON IV.-.Josiah's devotion TO God
| NI Chron. iii. 4. 1-13,. Golden Text.
Eccles xii. /. Remember now thy
Creator in the days of thy youth. "
This boy king probably knew only Of
| his fathers zeal for God and may
have been thus inspired with similar
| zeal. When he was only sixteen he
began to seek God earnestly, and when
he was twenty be p,lrged the land
from idolatry and did that which the
man Of God said 300 years before that
he would do Il Kings xiii. 2; II Kings
xiii. 10. When he was twenty six
he began to repair the house of the
Lord his God.
LESSON V.-The finding Of the book
of the law III Chron xxxiv. l4-33,
Golden Text. Ps. cxix. II, THY word
have | hid in my heart that | might
not sin against Thee" As he wen,
on in his good work. God gave him
more light by causing the book of the
law to be found. This was Il fulfill
ment of the word Then shall we
know if we follow on to know the
Lord" (Hos. vi. B.. If we act up to the
light we have. God will in some way
send MS more The Lord knew thai
Josiah would inquire into this and be
obedient and humble himself before
God
Lesson Vl.-Jeremiah tried and az
quilted Ger XVI, 7-l9,. Golden Text
Ps. xvii. l. 1.-The Lord is my light ant
my salvation. whom shall | fear:" L
seems strange that priests and prophets
of the Lord should want to kill MAI
because he spoke the words of thu
Lord, simply because the message die
not suit them. but there were in those
days. and there are today. professeC
messengers Of the Lord whom Ht
never sent. prophets of the deceit o
their own heart speaking lies in Hi:
name (ler xiii. IA. 16, 81. %. 2;;i.
Lesson VIl-.Iehoiakim burns tn,
) prophets book der. xxxvi. 2o-:so,
Golden Text Isa ri. 8 The word o.
our God shall stand forever" 1t wa,
not the prophets book. but the Lord:
book. which the king cut up and burne,
in the fire. but the book was writtel
, again Immediately in Il larger edition
and the Lord attended to .Jehoiakn
There are many now who seem Il
have no fear of God while professin.
; to be His messengers and who ruth
| lessly set aside large portions of Scrip
ture. calling them myths and fables
, cxix. 50. stands
/. LESSON VIII.-Jeremiah cast int
prison Ger xxxvii. 4-21 Colder
Text. Matt. v. H. blessed are v
when man shall revile you and perse
!. cute you and shall say all manner o
evil against you falsely for My sake
: He is still hated aud prosecuted TO
the truths sake. even rs many wer
/, before Him, and are now and will b
till the kingdom comes (John XIV. Is
! p: xvi. 1-3' The father of lies canno
stand the truth and will not if h
can help it. but he cannot lay t1nge
t on any child of God without permis
: sion and then only as far as permitted
e LESSON IX.-Judah carried captive t
J, Babylon Uer xxx. l-1M Code,
Text Num- xxxii. %. BE sure you
sin will find you OUT Notwithstand
> ing all the peaceful words of the falls
prophets. the word of the Lord b
jeremiah was literally fulfilled in du
time. This age Of so called progress
which is the progress of all things +
be controlled by one devil possesse,
+ man. the antichrist. will end by tn
1 overthrow of all things that can b
e shaken. and then shall come the kina
dom of peace and righteousness.