Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-13
Sunday School Lesson
By DR.. Marion McH. Hull

throughout the length and breadth of the land.
He invited them to return to Jehovah, the
TO be desolsted because they had forsaken
Him, and urged them to yield to Him and
serve Him, that He might be gracious and
nerciful to them. 1t was great invitation; il
required great holiness on his part; Tut he
, could do il because he was offering them the
good offices of great and gracious God.
The posts passed through the city from
south To north; but the people laughed them
to scorn and Knocked them. l almost hear
them say sneerinsy, The idea of such thing
! Why, we are satisfied! why should want
to give up what we have for the bloody sacri-
fices of the templei That young upstart had
better mind his own business, and leave us
alone. Business will suffer, and a backward
step will be taken by doing any such thing!
Ihere were certain men, however, who real
lied the truth Of their condition. They were
satisfied that they had gone out of the way.
So they humbled themselves and accepted the
Invitation. that's the trouble with too many
not willing to humble themselves, to get
down from their pride of place or person or
position to keep the passover.
A GREAT REVIVAL.
put the hand' OF the Lord was with Judah
and with those of the northern tribes who nad
humbled themselves to keep the passover
Ihey didn't have time to keep 1t in the first
month as directed. but by special arrangement
possiole-in the second month. 1t was the
great feast of Israel, for it represented the
great deliverance which God had wrought for
them when He led them out of their Egyptian
BONDAGE. 1t was by the blood of the paschal
lamb that their lives had been spared for the
angel of Jehovah only passed over the doors Of
those who had believed and obeyed and sprnkled
the blood upon the Hntes and the door posts.
1t had been neglected by Ahaz, but now a great
assembly gathered to celebrate their deliver
ance and keep the feast, for the hand Of God
Judah.
1t was also the feast of the unleavened
bread, for leaven is always a type of sin in
the Bible Matt. 1888 is exception), and
as they put away leaven from their bread,
God then put away sin from their lives.
Necessarily therefore, they rose up and put
away the affairs for incense which Ahaz had
erected, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
which was already red with the blood OF the
sacrificial animals. The priests even were
up under their noses; and many sanctified
GREAT REJOICING
The feast was one of great rejoicing. and
that God had turned their hearts to Him.
that their sins had been forgiven that in
stead OF turning away from them and leaving
them to the cruelty Of their enemies God
had graciously turned towards them and was
extending His mercy to them.
Is IT any wonder they proposed to extend
the feast week longer? Is 1t any wonder
that there was great Joy in Jerusalemi For
since the time Of Solomon the son of David
King Of Israel there not the like in Jeru-
salem"
And all Of this-the great preparation the
great offering, the great invitation. which re-
suited In such great revival and great re-
Joicing-all of this was because one young man
listened TO his mother and his preacher and
did his duty by turning to, believing and
obeying his God. young man Ahaz, just
twenty years old, brought Israel very low be-
cause he persisted in having his own way:
another young man, his son, just TWENTY-FIVE
years old, brought great Joy into countless
lives because he yielded himself and all that
he had to God A stubborn will or a yielded
VIII, which is yours? The answer will be
shown by your attitude toward Jesus Christ;
for our passover is sacrificed for u.s. even
Jesus. VIII you laugh TO scorn and mock the
messengers with the great invitation to Yield
yourself to Him. or will you humble yourself
and worship Him.