The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-18
Bible Studu
BY MRS. c. F. MENNINGER
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Topeka State Journal
LESSON XII.
The Prophecies of Jonah, Nahum and
Micah.

The Prophecies of Jonah, Nahum and
Micah.
II Kings IA. Is; II Chron 26, 81.
The key verses are, Jonah, liza.
Nahum, 1:2. Micah, SIS.
I'VE often do more good by our
sympathy than by our labors."
Chapter names and verses for
Jonah.
Chapter I. Jonah punished. verse
II.
Chapter II. Jonah praying. verse l..
chapter III. Jonah preaching,
verse q.
Chapter ". Jonah pouting, verse /.
DIVISION I. Chapters 1 and q
]. Where was Jonah's home?
2. What three commandments were
given to Jonah?
8. For what place did Jonah start,
and from what port?
4. What words from Psalm 139 are
recalled by Jonah's attempt to flee
from God?
5. What did the sailors do when the
storm came?
6. Who suggested the plan for calm
Z. Give two facts about the animal
that swallowed Jonah?
8. What did Jonah do in the belly
of the fish and why?
9. What two things did he say were
about him?
10. What promises did Jonah make
in his prayer?
DIVISION LII. Chapters 8 and a.
IL. What was the message Jonah
preached at Nineveh?
-. What three things did the peo-
pie do when they heard Jonahs mes
sage?
10. What attitude did the king take
toward the words of Jonah?
IA. What effect did the peoples
obedience have?
Is. Why was Jonah angry?
Is. What did Jonah request in
prayer, and then do?
IT. What three things did God pre-
pare as an object lesson for Jonah?
18. What was the lesson He would
teach to Jonah?
10. Give practical thought for
each chapter?
20. State the leading lesson of the
Book in two words.
Jonah. the Prophet of Repentance.
Delivered from the depths profound, the
Abyss of waters, awed and penitent
The recreant prophet bodily gains at last
The city gates, on single errand bent.
Yet forty days and Nineveh o'erthrowp."
He rouses people. mobiles, king. He shames
Them for atrocious sins until one groan
OF agony. one cry to Heaven of hearts
Despairing sounds from greatest unto least
By royal law in palaces or marts,
One badge Of mourning covers man and
Ninevites. your penitential fear
Condemneth us. That greater One" is
here.
DIVISION III. Nahum
Chapter I. Good Tfdings, verse T.
II. Den of Lions, verse IS. III. Thebes
verse 5.
l. What is Nahum's picture of Je-
hovah?
2. Notice the contrast of Gods
dealings in 1913.
3. What will Jehovah do to Nineveh
and the enemies of Gods people?
4. To whom is 1:15 addressed?
D. In what shape is the city of Nine
veh after the siege by her enemies?
o. Name the instruments of ven
cited in chapter 3:2, 3.
Z. What will the end be for Nine
web?
Nahum. the Prophet of Nineveh's Fall.
o Nineveh, thou bloody city. think
Not thou canst fill thy lions lair with
OF ravaged nations, and chide the tolls
OF outraged justice, which no more shall
At cruelty so fast God makes thee drink
The, cup of fury thou hast brewed. which
boils
With Heavens wrath. About thee slowly
The chain thyself has forged. link by link
Make. strong thy loins. Prepare myself for
siege.
Stand guard The outposts fall like figs
first ripe.
The gates swing wide. Fierce warriors
throng thy streets
With, fire and sword. The worthless and
their hege
Are weak as women. Thou art in the gripe
OF one whom man may mock, but never
cheats.
-Chas s Hoyt.
DIVISION IV.-Micah
Chapter names and verses l. Gath
verse TO- II. Bozrath, verse II. Ill
Zion, verse 10. ". Babylon, verse 10.
V Bethlehem. verse 2 VI Omri,
verse 16. VII. Micah verse IS
Chapter I is a lament for punish
ment coming, given with apla V of
words which cannot be reproduced
elsewhere. Doctor Morgan says. it is