The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-15
Sunday School Notes

q, Sunday School Notes
This Is the season Of the year Tor
Sunday school picnics. On Tuesday OF
this week the Baptist school goes
forth for a big event in the schoo1
history under the leadership OF the
strong pastor and the most efficient
\ superintendent. On August 49, the
Methodist church. Sunday school will
have q great picnic in Coon Grove
While such gatherings are much WORK
10 the leaders, they serve to rally the
Children and make them proud OF
their school.
II The county officers are looking for
ward to series of district conven'
3tions this fall. Workers conferences
are the need of the day and urged by
all the best Sunday school workers.
With the beginning of the school
wear in the common schools there is
need for a looking up of the pupils
in the Sabbath schools. The RECORD
books should be gone over, the old
members looked after, and new ones
located.
August 19-"Finding the Book of the
Law Chron. "a, 1888.
AS in our lesson of last Sunday,
Josiah, king over Judah with capital
at Jerusalem, is the great person. We
will all remember that he was one OF
the good kings" and how he start
ed out as reformer, broke down the
heather temples and idols, and then
gave orders that the temple be re-
paired. During this time he had been
without the manuscript roll OF the
bible His knowledge as to Gods
will came from the traditions OF the
priests and scribes as handed down
from generation to generation ny
word OF mouth. He is to be admired
for living up to his best light. In
the lesson of today we shall see that
he kept right on living up to the
best light.
I The rebuilding of the temple went
ION with an extensive campaign of re-
,newal. One day something import
ant. happened Hilkiah, a priest,
made a find. It was nothing less than
as far as then set forth. Great event
the Book OF Law" was found.
Shortly the roll was taken to the
king and read to him. Now the king
was not like many people, taking no
interest In what God has to say to
men. When he heard and understood
the promises and the warnings OF God
to his people, he took an inventory
sof how matters stood. He saw how
far from the standard his people had
gone and believed to be true what
the bible said would happen.
With the spirit of the great Paul,
King Josiah was not disobedient to
the vison given him as to Gods will
He saw that God had said that des'
truction and punishment would fol
low sins such as the Jews had been
committing and believed it every
word. 1t was very real to him. He
gave signs Of great grief and con
Germ and the record says rent his
clothes" He called a council of his
4 leaders to know what was to- be done
He directed them to make inquiry OF
t God or some one who might know
as to whether the things told of would
be Immediately required of his PEG
!. pie. 1t would appear that at this
K time a woman named Huldah was
the special mouthpiece of the will Of
God and to her they went Huldah
gave the prophecy that in due time
the wrath of God would be visited or
the Jews for their sins, but that this
punishment would not take place in
the lifetime of King Josiah. Now
why? Because the king had tender
heart toward God, humbled himself
I before Him, and showed true grief
over the sins Of his people.
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fully received by the king. He called
all the Inhabitants of Jerusalem and
whereabouts and they went to the
temple and there heard more Of the
law read, and then made a, promise
or covenant to keep the laws with
all their hearts. The king then made
q clean sweep of all heather worship
and made plans to have national
observance Of the Passover. This was
done In a very extensive manner
The temple ceremonials Of the olden
3 days were all carried out, and there
WAS great national rejoicing. : 70.
ssf 1t is a. curious; fact that often. in
eo-called heather lands there will be
found 3 king or ruler who seems
above the rest in trying to be fair,
upright, and such as he. take up with
joy the things which the bible says
are right. Josiah, without the writ
ten law, turned his heart to right
things and with joy received more
light and then acted on it. 1t often
happens in our day that men and wo-
men who are very wicked on hear
ing the gospel set forth believe it
with all their heart and soul, and act
there on. This is contrast with
Others, who have heard it for years
with Indifference, and still remain in
the same position toward it.
Josiah sets us all a fine example.
When he knew the will of God he was
moved. He did not doubt that what
God said, He would literally per-
form; be that in blessing or in pun
tshment. This is the way we ought to
treat the Promises and warnings of