The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-10-10

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Co. o. shall send thee, ane
al lever | command thee thoe
Iii ,peak. jeremiah !: 7, HI
'hai' oT~fah was the son OF Hi
- he priest who lived At An
E.&-, .. IN the land of Benjamin
am roy.I of Jerusalem Conse'
Ius. .,J IT, 70 God from birth ne re,
cl@.s about 627 Be, MS call and
~, MISSION tier /: I-Io;;, ! ae
ec,ope. 'sI,i' Of the prophet fe!l upon
p @.I-rEaediug ear Ger. s: 10. IL
'i'g hat his fainting heart was
vbelned IN sorrow tier. 5: 10.
.-tEaGegs, he stood courage
, c,Ui for the Truth as in the be-
o ,,;r;,a of the reign OF Jenolakn
49, his uEweIcome reproof led
~ ~, l;z grraIgnnent before the
~ nv whom he was promptly
acmrritted der. Is: l-24.l =,
tier Jerenliah's roll CT a BOOK
,,,irn Il, warnings was read by n:
yrrioc in the Temple, cut 70 plec'
e and burnt by the king, out was
rewritten with added woes tjere-
Nth y6y. The prophet was also
cruelty imprisoned on the charge
Of treason by the authorities IN
der King Zedekiah and he was q
prf-2ner in the court Of the guard
uLen Jerusalem was taken tJere'
1.ah 81 and 38.t
COMMISSION OF THE
PROPHET
Cali to speak the truth came to
apparently at his pater-
nal abode IN prEestly town. ne
divine appointment was explicit
Il ordained thee a prophet unto
the nations. At first Jeremiah
shrank Ike Moses from the task
He felt his utter incompetence as
an orator. He regarded himself
- simply q enid without the ex'
pcr.ence or abiHty requisite N q
grOuhet. But the divine adm0nI'
ton vas instantaneous and eflec'
tive. Let not jeremiah call HIM
self a child or hide behind MS al
IegeG inability TO speak. God ann
self would assume the reSponSlDl'
.4ty OF sending him where ne was
70 20 and comma nding him e&'
actly what to say. Then came
the divine assurance calming the
troubled spirit Of the prophet II
the lace Of opposition and prom,
sing MIN delIyeTance out Of tbs
difficulties ne must face N dolng
MS duty. The divine amounting
now qualified jeremiah Cor the
ministry. As Isiah's lips were
touched with the i've coal from
the altar so the mouth OF Jeremiah
vas touched by the hand Of Jeho'
vah with the declaration: / haze
put my words in thy mouth. " Fl
na.ly, divine authority was given
the prophet in tulfilment OF his
mission. While his work funda-
mentally was spiritual it never
.heless concerned vitality his own
AMI other nations. Thus ne was
: kind of vicc-gercnt or overseer
whose ministry was to be first de-
slcuctivc end then constructive.
Four verbs expressed the frs
phase, pluck up-break down
iegtroy-overthrow." Two verbs
cover the second phase: Build
plant"
CHARGE OF THE PRIESTS
Command to speak: the truth
anne to jeremiah from the Lord,
Jehoiakim, the wicked son and
successor Of the good king Josiah
and Judah, had just come to the
.hr0ne it was about about the year
$40 BIC. His accession furnish
I'd the occasion and the opportun-
ty for a message from God to tho
people. In brief, it was a warn
ng prediction that if Judah per-
sisted in its wickedness, then the
Temple must come to ruin like
,lden Shiloh and Jerusalem itself
1e blasted with a curse in the eyes
If all nations. Faithfully did the
LEICESTER, NC, M