The Holt County sentinel., 1917-08-10
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LESSON
LESSON FOR AUGUST IL
JosiAH's GOOD REIGN.

iH' T'lVn vi J0Sinn ~ IN Striklng
and pleasing contrast with that OF
many Of his predecessors, especially
that Of his father, Anon, and grand.
father. MnnaSs,h.
| !. Time OF Beginning ". ~. lie as.
ccndcd the throne when only eight
years Of hge. At this tender age he
evidently had u sense OF the import Of
the service Of Gods house. This
sense must have been strong To On.
allie him TO withstand the corrupt In.
fucncvs of his surroundings. The pre-.
valling ldulatry influenced this boy.
but Influenced him In the opposite way
In which boys are usually. Influenced.
II aroused his hatred for II. This
serves IT, demonstrate the fact that
circumstances do not necessarily de.
tcrnlnc the direction n life inay go.
Each individual hus the ability to dc.
tcrininr the course of his life: and
moreover. his responsibility ~ to do.
" II u most perilous thing to be
thrust into such prominent position
while So young. However. sometimes
such responsibility has n SOLDERING 81.
feet. calling forth ones latent powers.
Tint his aspiration for God and the
right was genuine II proven by the
fact that h" persisted therein for thlr.
ty.onc years.
N. The Character Of His Reion
". ~. III" did that which was right
In III" sight or the Lord. aud walked
In III" ways of David his father. and
declined neither H. the right hand nor
in til" left" lie not only maintained
outward order and drc"rum NJ to III.
worship IL God. but doubtless nj heart
desired Ia please God.
~. Josiah's Reformation In the
kingdom wv. 30. lie first 40, out 10
root ou, idolatry from the land. This
was n pro,llsious tnsk. requiring great
courage nnd skin. lie did this with n
strong hand. without pity he swept
out from III. land these denominations.
In the execution II this tnsk he
I. Broke down the nltars Of Baniim
w. ~. This form ~ idolniry was first
brought in,o III. land by J.z.bcl when
II. married Ahnb. III. limoges seem
H. hnv" been such NJ would appeal to
the sensual nature ~ men: therefore
II was hu, natural that the grosSrsi
llr"nil"ns practices should he nsso.
cIut.d with this worship.
=. II. brnk" In pieces the groves.
arrived Images, nnd molten Images tv.
", lie even made dust If them aud
sirrw"d II upon The graves 1T Those
who hnd been offering unto them.
=. "" burned ~" BONES 1T tho
priests On their ullurs ". -. lie not
only showed IN pity Ter them. hut h.
manifested u decided ilrrcrncss Ia the
execution 1T his task.
! I, lie extended this destruction tn
certain districts IN the northern King.
dom. II was not until all this was
! 'luu" TINT he returned IL Jerusalem
| wv. q, -, Ills reformation thus h".
gun NJ home, hut was extended to the
widest extent ~ his kingdom.
~, Josiah Repaired the Temple
wv. SID, Having rid the land OF lis
! ldnlntry, h" set himself ~ the repair.
INK of III" tempt" which had been 81
long neglected. This neglect. coupled
with gross abuses ~ times, mad. II
to be- sadly In need of attention.
I. His deputies ". -. This work
he intrustcd u Il committee of three
Shnphan, the royal secretary ui
Kings 80 ~; Mussslqh, mayor Of
Jerusalem: aud Joah. the recorder. the
historian Of the nation. In the matter
~ Kidding the city aud country Of
ld0lairy Josiah took the lead In per-
son. but now the work had gone far
enough forward that he could work by
deputy. lie chose his deputies from
among "laymen" instead Of the priests.
.. Method Of procedure wv. OLD,
I'D Collection Of money ", W. II
would seem that for some time colloc-
tlon of money for temple repairs had
been going on, Perhaps II was hcgun
In connection with the destruction OF
idolatry some six years before. The
agents In this work were the Leyites.
They collected IL from all over the
kingdom, even giving the remnant Of
Israel an opportunity for fellowship
In this matter. This shows us that
religious interests Of the people should
be sustained by all the people adherlng
thereto.
tb) Money placed into the treasury
". %.
Hllklah, the high priest, was the
treasurer. From this treasury the
ovcrseers drew the money and paid II |
to the workmen who repaired the TEN.
pie.
(c) The overseers ". l2). Among
hA la, |
sicians. The duty Of these overseers
was to exercise supervision over the
carpenters, builders, and other arti.
sans, and the helpers Of all classes.
The musicians. by skillful music, In.
cited the workman to diligence md
activity, thus tightening the burdens
Of their toll. Music In the soul while
suoeLln1 haars N uors, ,ritol salaAia.. |