Evening star., 1922-06-03
Sunday School Lesson

people. They had. only an tpdirect
bearing upon the political crisis taat
s n.Gn Via ssSn Il shs
Of Righteousness and Justice and Of
the fdelity to. the law and worship
Of Jehovah; the certainty; Of JudE.
ment and the duty Of immediate re.
pentancs." This review Of Jeremiah 9
Similar TO that Of the modern prop
agandist. who had found that the
pen, press. periodical and printed pub
lications are the most enecttve In
struments in influencing public sen
timent. They appeal centuries after
cred. Gods word gripped the people.
It attracted the attention OF leaders.
who not only accepted the divine
message. but couragAously and eau
tiously informed the king concerning
the warning word which they had
heard. There is no evidence to show
played in seeing to 1t that Gods
servants had been protected against
his wrath.
Johoiakim sent Jehudi to secure the
roll and ordered him to read u to
him and his attendants in the winter
a December day and the charcoal flre
was glowing On the brass hraaier
when he commenced to read from
the roll the messages Of Jeremiah.
The words went home. The SELF sat.
isned- spirit OF the king was ttirred
by the bold condemnation Of his own
probably saw his temper commence
to rise and noticed how his face
flushed with anger as Jehudi read
from the roll the prophets rebuke OF
the robbery. oppression and violence
which had characterized his hope.
1aoa1v pAfOn Tha 0Yriltv King
could not stand Jeremiah's fierce con-
demnation of his life ana his predic-
tions concerning his end and that OF
his immediate family. In his anger
he attempted to destroy the word Of
God BY cutting from the roll with
umns at a time and burning the
parchment upon the charcoal ffre.
Three men-Elnathan, DelaiAh and
GemariAh-won places of honor by
pleading with Jehoiakin. not to burn
the roll, which they believe to be the
their request. II the king had bean
willing: to face the facts. repent of
his sin and seek forgiveness OF
Jehovah in place OF trying to suppress
Gods word by destroying the roll, the
Lord would have forgiven the kings
tion into the paths of righteousness
and enjoyment of peace. The man
who deliberately despises Gods word
rejects the Lord. Jehoiakim in his
efforts to destroy the prophets mes
sages by casting them into the flames
threw himself and his nation into
the nre."
A brahmin. who reverenced the
waters OF the Ganges so sacred, was
filled with rage when he beheld one
drop of its water. nlled with pollution
and filth. upon the lens OF . micro
scope. He did not change the facts
by seizink the microscope and break
ing 1t in pieces upon the floor. When
the Bishop OF London secured all the
copies that he possibly could of
Tyndale's translation Of the Scrip
lures and burned them at st. ,Paui.s
cross he prepared the way for an
enlarged and revised version Of the
Bible. Jehoiakim did no, destroy
Gods word by his act, which he
might have done had he succeeded In
his EFFORTS to destroy the lives of
jeremiah and Baruch, who were hid :
den in safety by their friends. The
roll was destroyed, but both the
prophet and scribe lived to prepare
a revised edition, which in ali prob
ability Is the one from which our
lesson has been drawn
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