The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-04-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Prepared especially for The Republi-
can by DR.. U. S. Wright.
SUNDAY, April. Q

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The Lord preseryeth all them that
love Him.-Ps. 1920.
THE NEED FOR REFORM
Wickedness always has its Achilles
heel. Some one has said, "A success
full liar needs to be omniscent." But
he is not, and some day there is the
fatal slip that bares the entire life to
the trust Of truth. And the queen OF
the lesson lost her throne because she
left God, baby and preacher out of
her reckoning. The lesson is back in
the South Kingdom. Asa had been
! succeeded by his son, Jehosaphat. who
became an ally of Ahab and fought
yaliantly in the coalition against
| Syria. The alliance was sealed by the
marriage of his son, Jehoram. to Ath-
allah, the daughter of Ahab and Jeze-
bel. Jehoram was king in Jerusalem
eight reckless years and was followed
by Ahaziah, who lost his life at the
hands of John, the militant reformer
of the Northern Kingdom. During
lheSe years the influence Of Athaliah
had been as paramount and as PERM
cious as her mother, Jezebel's, and
the religious life of Judah sank ac-
corulngiy' When her grandson would
nave taken the throne her Official pc
S''-ol as queen mother would have
ehueu' possibly the Baal propaganda
as wen, SO through the hired troops
Oh the palace guard she seized the
ie'i'S Oh power and murdered, as she
supposed every possible claimant to
'ne AIhsdom, becoming the only
4I'e" SHa1 judah ever mad. But
VINE" woman meets woman then
comes the tug OF wits and cruelty
goes down before goodness. Auntie
,oeAe' me baby JoasA behind the
great PHe OF mattresses in the store
room "!.e-e ne slept while the bloody
'""i" IouH" ms brothers and the
queen was assured that the job was
D'''g' Dul ~ was Aer Job not theirs
..''' was "ll9Ae4 by toe om.ss- ION,
1.'o's" ID TOOK SIX years 10 remove
,..'' ogptea7os or cnhcAo9o. And it
mas taken us TWO centuries OF stru--
'l ".." lDe Empress Of Industry
g".-a DlF.aeha' the ruthless murder
=. % inc enid, and IN many states
--.e .'d iao9f laws are yet farce.
oo. 1Ae ehd is surely coming.
~ bL'riNNiNG or REFORM
Iioa NETS were prominent in Judah
u'--" inc days OF Isaiah, the outstand-
ing inquire was that of the priest.
@ti'UHa 'he temple, the royal shrine,
..+.'e was Dult up great organiza-
,-oN mat proudly boosted Of a descent
-A@. ahJedated the kings and a
L-'I''caI following that reached into
every part Of the state. That Jehoi
a1' mad married a princess of the
10y al me Is evidence Of the standing
VI Ohe once. lie was Judah's grand
o'd man, Tor he was about ninety
"heh ne saw the usurpation. But
ms soul was young and into it came
lhe great passion to give the child
ms rights The court partly contro-
iieu everything, the temple of Baal
on MI Zion became the place of wor-
SNIP ana the priests of Baal grew
sleek and content under the foster
ing patronage. Nevertheless the eyes
thaV looked out from under the grey
Drows and silver hair famed with
youthful fire and Jehovah's ears were
| stormed by the plea for few more
years IN which the God of David
might be made again the God of the
people and the son of David their
KING And 1t Is here that every re-
form begins, IN some heart that sees
wrong and swears that it shall be
rlghted'
lHE PROGRESS OF REFORM