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LESSON
(Hy e. o. SELLERS. Acting Director Of
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
Bible Institute Of Chicago.)
Copyright. 1911. Western Newspaper Onion
LESSON FOR JULY is.
HEzEkIAH, THE FAITHFUL KIN,

HEzEkiAH, THE FAITHFUL KING.
LESSON TEXT-II Chron SOL.
GOLDEN TEXT-He that cometh to
God must believe that he Is. and that he
Is rewarder Of them that diligently seek
him.-Heb. 11:6
The reformation under Hezekiah Is
one Of the bright and attractive spots
In the latter history OF the kingdom Of
Israel. 1t was most thorough refor-
nation and God set his seal upon It
In many wonderful way1. Teachers
ought to give their classes compre-
hensive view of all that Hezekiah did,
as recorded In II Chron., chapters
1892.
!. Hexe<iah's Proclamation. wv.
1-8. The proper introduction to this
lesson would be to return to chapter
twenty-nine and note the restoration
of the worship Of Jehovah. How 1t
began in one mans heart, Hezekiah;
how he called the people to be clean
29:15), then called upon a cleansing
of the house Of God and its restoration
wv. 10, 19). How he called them to
renewed sacrifice and worship wv.
20. 2D. The restoration of the sin
offering and Of the burnt-offering. and
the result of these offerings in the Lee
vitical music and in the worship Of the
great congregation GO, 2S). The Sc
Quel Of song always follows and ac-
companies true revival Of religion.
Having consecrated themselves unto
the Lord, Hezekiah sends out this
proclamation. The conservation Of the
people, as referred in chapter %, was
very complete. (See w. 31-36.) Heze-
kiah was a man OF deep discernment
as we'll as Of true piety. He saw the
meaning Of the sacrifice of redemption
and put the passover forward as the
very heart-center Of the worship Of
Jehovah. (See w. l. ~ Whoever un-
derstands the passover, understands
Gods way Of salvation. (See Exodus
12:13-23; Cor. Z. 8; Rom. 3 :25, 20;
John :29) Hezekiah did not conflne
his call to those of Israel alone. but
extended 1t beyond its borders to those
Of Ephraim, thus manifesting the true
missionary spirit. Hezekinh had am
pie Scriptural warrant keeping this
passover out Of Its regular order wv.
8-13). God is not God Of time or
place. Wherever obedience is possible,
whether it be a matter Of time or not,
God approves. Hezekiah. however,
did not act upon his own initiative.
but sought counsel. (See v.2.) The
ho to hn I'll II, LODI -
God Is the man who Is most enger and
anxious to know how God is leading
other men and Will listen most patient.
~ to their counsel. The fact that the
people had not gathered themselves
together at Jerusalem" for q long
time. might have warranted fur
Their delay. Not so with this enthusi-
astic young king. He was not bound
by precedent. but was anxious to
please God.
u. Hexekiah's Exhortation wv. Z.
49,. Hezekiah began his exhortntion
by calling attention to the trespasses
Of their fathers ". ~. At the same
time he reminds them that II God gave
them over to desolntiOn because they
themselves were stiH-hecKed ". o.
anu v'e'ueu not themselves unto .he
Lord 10 enter MS sanctuary, "hich ne
h"o s"hciheu unto '"e"'' 'hey wou,o
come uhder the hercehess OF Hou y
~ra!h' ior they hao turned from the
Loru theS hnd tresphssed against the
Loru Goa OF 'heir ihthers. because
Oh unit tresphss nou hho given mem
up 10 uesoiht'oh. Literally ne M"
maze them AN astohishmeht. inns
astohishmeht ana desoihtioh was wei
known. ms We see ". ~. anyone
with eyes open can see today the DESC
lation OF individuals, OF families, COM
munities ana nations who trespnss
against God. For generation we
nave hnd the DEITY or Christ ana the
inspiration OF MS "ord cal'ed into
question anu that the INDIVIDUAL man
Is the dictator OK ms own conscience
ana ire, ana IL Is because men nave
departed from their faithful allegiance
10 Jesus Chr'st ana iaii 10 obey MS