Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-20
Sunday School Lesson

| rate and dreadful cures that were pre-
dlcted in Deuteronomy. Is. to fall
upon the disobedient that filled the
king with CONSERVATION. In his de-
sire 70 understand the message Of the
word OF GOD. Josiah sent for Huldah.
inc prophecies. to interpret the burn
| Ing words that appalled, him. Her
message did not supercede the book
Her Interpretation confirmed those OF
the royal penitent. whose heart had
been touched by the warnings of the
nations imminent danger Huldah
predicted disaster to Judah for her
looiatry. She affirmed that Jerusalem
ano us Inhabitants were doomed, ac-
cording to the words of Moses, be-
| cause OF their incorrigibIe and great
wickedness, but Josiah was assured
| OF peaceful end before the final
Judgment came upon the land. be-
eause 81 MS penitence. humility and
/ were fulfilled
The reading Of the word of the law
| resulted In great national reforma-
tlon. Spurred on by the threatened
Danger, the king summoned the peo-,
pie to Jerusalem. When the recently.
discovered book was read to them
they united with the prophets, priests
ana political leaders to meet the re-
quirements of the law. The worship
OF Jehovah was re-established in the
temple at Jerusalem. The complete
destruction Of all forms of idolatry'
and illegitimate Jehovah worship was
followed by their offering sacrifices
1or their sin. They then observed
the greatest passover ever held under
Green. in his History of the Eng.
tisn feople, traces the results that
followed the reading of the Bible by
the people of Great Britain after the
translation of the King James YER
| sion. The marvellous influence OF
TINS translation for the last 300 years
mas made its production one of the
greatest events in modern times. IT
mas nodded the speech. inspired the
.tn fashioned the theology.
ligious life Of the Engiish-speaking
world. 1t is the most catholic work
OF our literature. Friend and foe OF
every type of religious conviction
nave directly or indirectly Influenced
its translation. "Reformer and hu-
manist, Roman Catholic and Protest
ant, Prelatist and Puritan. Calvinist
and Armenian, Trinitarians and Uni
tartan: Orthodox and Liberal-all met
mere, II nowhere else. and lost their
phony."
We owe directly or indirectly, every
REFORM and advancement that is the
cherished possession of our civiliza-
! ton to the reading of the Bible. Civil
ana religious liberty both came into
being as the result of the study of
the sacred Scriptures. Devotion to-
the teachings of the Bible brought
our fathers to Plymouth Their ex-
pectatfon that new light would break
forth from Gods word has been real
lied. Our revolution against Great
Britain can be traced to the reading
OF the Bible. The sermon preached In
1857 by humble pastor upon the
theme Democracy Is Christ's Gov
eminent was republished as a po-
nf
luton. Rev. James Mayhem found in
MS study Of the Scriptures and pre-
scented to James Otis the germ from
which sprans the union of the states
Thomas Jefferson found in the polity
or the obscure Baptist Church that.
he attended with his sister near his
virginia home his conception for our
form of government. Three thousand
years previous to the landing of the
nrst settler at jamestown our system
was foreshadowed in the government
OF the Jewish people. Our domestic
civil and educational institutions are
the result Of our Bible reading
Webster has well said of America
that 'if We abide by the principles
taught in the Bible our country will
go on prospecting and to prosper. but
II we neglect its instructions and au-
thority no man can tell how sudden
catastrophe may overwhelm US and
bury all our glory in profound OBJ
scurity- We are called upon today.
as was Judah when they discovered
the lost copy of the law, to be doors
| of the word and not hearers only.