Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-17
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
by DR.. Marion Hull.

In the process of the repair of the
temple Hilktah. the nign priest. discov-
cred the book OF the law. which had
been given by Moses. II was probably
the temple copy which now had been
lost for a number OF years. There can
be very little doubt that il was the
book OF Deuteronomy. and possibly
there may have been in that scroll.
also. the rest of he pentatuch. The
destructive critics ~f the Bible have
tried TO make us believe that this Book
of the Covenant. which they accede to
be the book OF Deuteronomy. was
fake document. not written by Moses
at all. but by soma one just before the
time Of Josiah and placed there for the
purpose Of arousing TO greater zeal the
deCadent people Such a position is
really absurd for to maintain il one
would have 10 neglect the internal evil
dences OF its Mosaic authorship. as we'll
as many other evidences throughout the
Bible itself. TO say nothing OF the ma
tional traditions.
When Hilkiah and his associates rea-
lized their find they took il to the king
and read II to him. The particular por-
jiOn that gripped him was the covenant
in Deut. % and IS. in which the bless
ings and curses were promised upon GER
tain conditions.
As he heard the curses of God pro-
nounced on the nation should II forget
Him and turn away to idols, and as he
realized how far from God his people
had gone, Josiah could not help but
feel the terrible consequences Of their
acts and their threatened doom. How
truly and fully this has come to pass
upon this remarkable people may be
inferred from one passage alone CDeut
2s:57l And thou shalt become an as
Punishment, a proverb and a by-word.
among all nations whittier the Lord
shall lead thee"
THE lost BOOK.
How did IL happen 10 be lost. Does il not
sem strange that the temple copy OF the Book
~ the Law should have been lost for years,
been removed in the process 81 repair OF the
structures
II wasn't by the carelessness Of use that
kish and his predecessors been faithful to the
vo-t Of Cod the story Of the nation might
have becn different.
fcT possibly the book may have been lost in
ycur hone Not by careless Of IL. but 10y
rrE-uf- Can ron lay your hands right away
your Bible woulI yOu be embarrassed il
ven asked where il is: Maybe You know
were IL j.. but il + duSt-cOve1ed1 Or pos
~thly- you read IL OCCASIONALLY. but in a very
feSuItory mEnner. Maybe ron read IL only 20
rrftfcise IL. some do In any OF these
casrs it is a lost box: AMI Il j. lost because
MAN FOUND.
The fiEiius Of th" box vFS the smallest
rsrt % th" discovery fOr while a found
Ere bS~k. the hot eourI man. When Josiah
heSri the WORKS % the book he rent his clothes
in token - his great anguish Of spirit. and
sought Goi's viii in the matter. II was rather
-icnifr~nt that the committee that he appointn
vent 70 : woman rathc- than n Ierpminb or
Zs-ariah Nahum and IIabakkuk. These mon
wc-r U-U7hetS - Col snd might have told him
Gods Will: but Tuidah. the wife Of Shellam
-Ful the aunt % Jeremiah. had been living 50
close q Col al these wears that They knew
ShS would te able "a tell what Gods mini and
will were The Sscrrt ~ the Lord is with
thsm that fesr Him. and they knew that she
had feared Him AMI would know Ills secrets
In this they were not mistaken Who the
people to- whom you would go 70 know the mind
OF Godz Is you- lise In touch. and in such
fellowship With God thai your friends world
zone 20 Jon II they wanted 20 know the viii
. % God for time In any matter:
- Huldah's wnrls were full Of sadness and vet
q Eladuess: Sor while she spoke 81 the necsS-
sary dom .: judah because Of her transrres
siOns. she sent a message OF great comfort n
Jostah-tho blow was not TO fall until be had
finished his tszS end slept in peace.
he message stirred Josiah % the depths
Pom then Re did all in hts power To
change BIS wRvS ani q rhsnge the conditions
about him. He called great assembly Of the
urople-laymen end siSterS-priests. LeviteS
men % Israel He rssd before them the law
that had Erpp~d his hesrt 50. and standing
the law % Col h~n~aforth with all his heart
and with all his sSul. ard 20 walk after God
RU his days his WAS the most Important
step In his whole ufe-thst day he surrendered
his life 70 God; ha placed himself where God
could bless him He WIS a changed man from
thst tay fn-wauf-the hook had found thu man
There Young men today who have not
h<~n f1unf yet. They have been well raisrd.
they les familiar with the book
y nav b. huf the man in them has not vet
heen found Alas. in manv tire that Is
found. But en- ives. in not a few
t0siavt tue Rock discovers the man for the
fms On Il -he ouly thing IN al the world
rtat T. h'E ~nnuEh - engage all - his manly
rs<e-S-the Se-Trh for God. And like Josiah he
makes a covenant ~ walk after Cod, 20 keen
his commandments and hts testimonies. and His
statutes with al hfs heart anf with All his
sc-I-and life. on, life becomes all new. al
rClnw With God and with the eternal verities,
Every fav is fulI ~ the j0v Of thu search after
that which is ami Rig AMI eternal. and
cory nigh. full - $50 say 81 anticipa ton for
the cool things 90 she dav n ~one.
A NATION DISCOVERED.
The King discovered the nation His bless
trz not - he entUyed alone: hut n us-f
ST % his roval Influence in making the nation
again Many Israeiite Is prsising God
tsiay~ he~ausn Josiah eNerted his Influence n
FfatSup g. was keut-outvzrdly But unfortu-
--teIv IT, nations reform We only skin deem.
peSo-matinn differs from Transformation in
rhst the former Is only outward and the latter
- inward outward. As Dan Crawford says.
The snrl ~ al Improvement Is IN improve
n r-ort ~ the Snul Ton much OF the effort
Nof modern times iS mass reformation What
e rrNded FOR permanency f. Individual trans
formation
--lsts -hN Individual 70 Ies-Is Christ. Ills life
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