The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-12-27

: GOLDEN TExr-with Jehovah there l.
loving kfndness. and With him IL pienteoua
redemption.-Fs- loot. s ti1 u
The lessons Of the past year are the
only ones In the six years course which
are DIVIDED between the Old and the
New Testament; therefore. AT the
close OF this year we will review only
the Inst Two quarters, emphasizing the
fourth which hns just been completed.
Like Moses on Mount Nebo. let us
glance over the whole period Of the
monarchy and note the progress and
development. OF the Jewish people. The
/ nation without q country. scattered
and peeled. chastised and driven from
sea to sea. even slain In large num-
bers; yet possessed Of. . vitalfty witch
has caused them to endure through
the centuries. Their coutrthutiou 70
the civilization Of the world has been
immeasurnbie. There n no walk or
rank In life. In politics. literature. art.
science. business. religion, or any 9th
er realm where they have not made
their Impress and rendered their con-
tributian- Any movement which seeks
to promote their welfare and 10
strengthen the bsads OF sympathy
which preserve race feelings. deserves
the aid Of all patriotic. liberty loving.
God fearing people. for the Jews are
stfll Gods chosen heritage.
The united Kingdom with It's three
kings. Saul. David and Solomon. last
ed from about 100 b. G. to pS3 (Mee-
-cher). a period OF 40 years. Then be-
gins the divided kingdom-Judnh and
Israel side BY side. double expert
ment in the progress Of the kingdom Of
God. This period extended from about
gs2 B. C. to approximately 725. or III
B. c. Judah had territory Of about
800 square miies: Israel $500. Ju-
dah's capital was Jerusalem: In which
was the temple: Ysrnel's capital was
Samaria. while II had two ceuters of
fnise worship. Judah was more shell
-tered-than Israel from, close contact
with heathenism, especially politically
and religiously. Judnh had one dyu-
asty Of rulers: eleven kings and ono
queen, all Of them from tho house Of
David. Israel had nineteen kings, be-
longing to nine different families or
dynasties. Judah had several very
good kinss, and there were marked re.
vivals Of religion Of prosperity and Of
deterioration Of varying degrees.
though resisted from tiine To time and
helped along moral and religious lines
through the work Of Elijah and Elisha
the prophets. The nnai period Of
events OF this past quarter hare refer
ence to Judah alone from the days Of
Hezekiah. b G. To. to the time Of the
destruction Of the city and the temple
being destroyed $50 n. c.. and lastly
We have the period Of the exile from
the FIRST captivity In COS r. c. to the
restoration and the new temple being
erected 5lG B. C. This was a period
Of great discipline and sitting N like
unto wheat or Of purifying fire.
The return from exile and the new
xpirituai nation. dates from about h3S
to the close Of Bible history. say 40u
years before the coming of Christ. A
map should be used. and the scholars
ought to be familiar with the contem-
pornneois secular history. There are
several particular lessons VIC ought to
iearn from this history.
First: Every failure. every moral
wrong. every fnil into idolntry. every
dIminution Of power for good In the
result Of n separation from Coda
departure from the ways Of God and
Righteousness. It also shows us TINT
Gods constant solicitudc that the Jews
should be kept separate from hcnthen-
ism and idoiatry. had In II the best
interests Of his own people and could
only lead to those blessings which he
had prepared for his particular people.
Secondly: The overthrow of Isrnei
is directly attributed to it's complete
abandonment to idointry. beginning
with false worship and dependence
upon men, there was the Introduction
Of idoIatry and n development Of evil
which led to rnpid decline. the In
PRODUCTION Of revolutions and the final
extinguishmcnt nf the kingdom.
As 10 Judah. II finally wnB brought
into cnptivity because that was the
only way that God could purge the mn
ton from the sin Of tdolntry. They
must be taught that there In but one
God. that the word Of God must be
oieyed. and TINT their snfety lay in
the faith which they placed In his
promises. The leaders Of this period
were Zertibbnbel, Ezra and Nehemiah.
heroic men. men OF great consccration
and power; also, Esther. the heroine.
The prophets Of this period are Dan
lei, .1sninh. Hagzni. Zechnrfaf. Malachi.
Notice how each and every one aided
the cause Of righteousness.
There nrc two great heroes of the
return. Ezra and Nehemiah. Take ny
the actions Of each and show how he
proved his hepoism. A good method
Of receiving the past quarter will he
to summarize the tenchIngs which cen
ter about these two grent men. The
t,erfOfi Of the return n the one that