The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-01
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson Third Quarter, FOR
Sept. 3, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text Of the Lesson, Comprehensive
Quarterly Review--ooIdsn Text Pc.
,cstsiv, 14-commentary Prepared by
Rev. .. M. stearns.
LESSON L--Isaiah's prophecy con-
corning Sennacherib Qsa. xxxvii, Ia
Ss,. Golden Text, Ps. XVI, 1. "God 10
our refuge and strength. very pres
emit help In trouble Sennacherib is In
the line Of Cain and Pharaoh and all
enemies of God and His people to be
contaminated In the disappearing anti
christ Of the last days. back of whom
and through whom Is always seen the
devil. The devotion OF Hexekiah to
the living and true God was too much
for the great adversary, and so he
stirred up the king OF Assyria against
Hezekiah. But see how two men who
knew God prevailed in prayer.
LESSON 1.-THE suffering servant of
Jehovah elsa. Lii. 8, TO Lii, 12D. Golden
Text, Isa I'LL, 8. 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, 8, which gives us
the heart OF all Scripture. If with His
stripes we have been healed. then az
His redeemed ones standing against
the world, the flesh and the devil, we
must be content to suffer with Him
and count it great privilege (Phil. 1,
90; Pet iv, 1S; v, /, 10D. We shall |
be satisfied when He ia (llii, III.
LESSON IIL-Manasseh's wickedness
and penitence I'll Chron. xxxtii, 1-20). |
Golden. Text, lisa. 4. 16. IL. Cease to |
do evil, learn to do well" OF all the |
wicked kings Of the ten tribes none
exceeded Ahab in wickedness, but |
Manasseh In judah seems 70 have ex-
ceeded him. By comparing III Kings |
Xxi with our lesson chapter we see |
how fearful the record IT, It looks as
If he did the very worst that he could
do. The conversion Of such a wicked |
man should greatly encourage parents
who have ungodIy children, for God is
full Of mercy.
LESSON IV.-JosiRh's devotion to God
III Chron. Iii, 4, 1-18l. Golden Text,
Eccles- xii. /, Remember now thy
Creator In the days of thy youth"
This boy king probably knew only of
bis 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
be was twenty he purged the land
from idolatry and did that which the
man Of God said 500 years before that
he would do Il Kings xiii. 2: II Kings
xiii. 16l. When he was twenty-six
he began to repair the house Of the
Lord bis God.
LESSON V.-The finding of the book
OF the law Gil Chron. xxxiv. 1888.
Golden Text, Ps. cxix, IL, '@Thy word
have | hid in my heart that / might
not sin against Thee" AS be went
on in his good work, God gave him
more light by causing the book OF the
law to be found This was a fulfill
ment Of the word, "Then shall we
know IL we follow ON to know the
Lord" CHos. vi, 81. If we act up to the
light we have, God win in some way
send us more. The Lord knew that
Josiah would inquire into this and be
obedient and humble himself before
God
LESSON vL-Jeremiah tried and &C,
quilted DER. XVI. 7-10). Golden Text.
Ps xvii, /, ''The Lord is nay light and
my salvation, whom shall fearT' 1t
seems strange that priests and prophets
OF the Lord should want to kill man
because he spoke the words OF the
Lord, simply because the message did
not suit them, but there were In those
days. and there are today, professed
messengers of the Lord whom he
never sent. prophets OF the deceit of
their own heart speaking lies In His
name DER. xiii, Ia, 10, q. %, 26.
LESSON VII.-Jehoiakim burns the
prophets book (Jer. xxxvi, 20-32).
Golden Text, lisa. Il, g. '@The word Of
our God shall stand forever" 1t was
not the prophets book, but the Lords
book. which the king cut up and burned
In the fire, but the book was written
again Immediately In larger edition,
and the Lord attended to Jehoiadm.
There are many now who seem to
have no fear OF God while processing
to be His messengers and who ruth
Iessly set aside large portions OF Scrip
ture, calling them myths and fables.
The Lord will see to them, and Ps
cxix, SO. stands.
LESSON vTII.--Jeremiah cast into
prison tJer. xxxyii, 4-21I. Golden
Text, Matt. v, III. Blessed are We
when man shall revile you and perse-
cute you and shall say all manner Of
evil against. yen falsely for My sake
He is still hated and prosecuted for
the truths sake even as many were
before sHim, and are now and win be
till the kingdom comes (John Nv, 1S.
21; xvi. 1-3). The father of lies cannot
stand the truth and will not IL he
c0n help it. but he cannot lay finger
on any, child OF God without permits
sion and then only as far as permitted
LESSON IX.--Judah carried captive to
Babylon Ger xxxix. 1-1O) Golden
Text. Mum. xxxii, %. "Be sure your
sin will ind you out" Notwithstand-
ing all the peaceful words of the false
prophets. the word of the Lord by
Jeremiah was literally fulfilled in due
time This age Of so called progress.
which is the progress Of all things to
be controlled by one devil possessed
man. the antichrist. will end by the
overthrow OF all things that can be