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RELIGIOUS REFORMS IN
JUDAH
International Sunday School
Lesson for June 8, 1947
Golden Text: "Give me un
derstanding, and I shall keep
thy law.”—Psalm 119: 34. Les
son text: II Kings 22: 10-11:
23: 1-5, 21.
Unfortunately. King Hezekiah,
who sincerely tried to lead his
people in religious reforms, was
succeeded by his son. Manasseh,
who ruled for fifty-five wicked
years. Apparently, Manasseh
concluded that a policy of all
out “Assyrianizing” Judah would
gain his favor with his heathen
master. He proceeded with out
standing thoroughness to rebuild
the heathen temple of worship,
to re-establish polytheism and
idol worship and to set the ex
ample of sacrificing babies to
the bloody god, Moloch. He even
went to the extent of naming his
son after an Egyptian god, Amon
and when Amon was assassinat
ed two years after the death of
Manasseh, the kingship fell upon
his 8-year-old son, Josiah.
Os course, a child of 8 could
not assume the responsibilities of
a king and it is, therefore, pos
sible that the royal prophet Ze
phaniah. had a hand in the
training of the boy king, because
the stern, uncompromising spir
it which characterizes the pro
phet’s reform sermons is reflect
ed in the extreme measures
adopted later by Josiah.
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FRIDAY NIGHT, JUNE 13TH, 1947
AT THE
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Dickeyville
At the age of 18, Josiah be
gan his work of reformation. Be
ginning with the temple at Jeru
salem, Josiah ordered the high
priest, Hilkiah. to start the work
of repairing and restoring the
house of God. It was during this
work of renovation that a work
man found an old scroll. It was
taken to Hilkiah, who took it to
Shaphan, the scribe, to read.
Shaphan recognized it as the
“Book of the Law,” and he and
Hilkiah took it to Josiah, who,
when it heard it read, rent his
clothes, in sign of his sorrow be
cause his people had not kept
the laws of God.
Calling a representative as
sembly of the people to Jerusa
lem—elders and men of Judah,
priests and prophets—and the
people, “both small and great,”
young and old, Josiah had them
listen to the reading aloud of
the book. Josiah then, standing
before the people, covenanted
before Jehovah to keep with all
of his heart God’s command
ments and testimonies and then
he called upon all the assembly
to “stand to it,- that is, to sig
nify by a rising vote their pur
pose of keeping the law. And
the Scriptures declare, “And all
the people stood to the cove
nant.”
Josiah was wise in informing
the people first of God’s com
mandments and getting their
support before he began his
sweeping religious reforms. In
Lucky Borrower
NEW YORK—When Charles
J. F. Porter borrowed $312
from the National City Bank
recently, along with the cash
he was handed his note, paid.
The puzzled man then learned
that the loan included the
billionth dollar loaned by the
bank’s 21-year-old personal
loan department, and writing
off the loan was the bank’s
way of celebrating.
i this, he differed with Hezekiah.
| Hezekiah’s reforms were by
edict and, because of that, did
not have the wholehearted sup
port of the people. This is as
true today. Moral reforms can
not come by legislation, they will
come only by the consent to and
intelligent participation of the
people of any country.
The cleansing of the temple
at Jerusalem from all the cor
rupting practices of heathen
worship was followed by the
complete destruction of all the
heathen shrines. This even in
cluded the ancient temple at
Bethel, which, though it traced
its history back to the days of i
Jacob and his dreams, had be- |
come a center of corrupt wor
ship. All those who had led the
people in their heathen worship
were either killed or expelled
from the kingdom.
Finally, the work of reforma
tion was crowned by a great
celebration of the Passover, the
great religious observance com
memorating Jehovah’s merciful
care for his chosen people. Fol
lowing in the minutest detail
the directions laid down in the
Book of the Law for the celebra
tion, this, was such a notable
event that the writer of the ac
count declares it far exceeded
any observed during the days es
the judges or of any of the kings
either of Israel or Judah.
Josiah reigned for 31 yet rs
and. during his reign, the pe )-
pie were faithful to God. Os him,
II Kings 23:25 declares, “And like
unto him, there was no king be
fore him, that turned to Jeho
vah with all his heart, and wit a
all his soul, and with all his
might.” While the reforms o;
Josiah did not save Judah from
ruin, for the processes of sin
and decay had gone too far,
Josiah died before the destruc
tion of Judah was accomplished.
lan Maclaren points out, “The
Bible has made the conquering
I races of modern times. It was
| the printing of the Bible which
awoke Europe and produced the;
Reformation; it was the reading
of the Bible which put blood
into Puritanism and made Eng
land free. The United States was
founded by men whose minds
were charged with the Bible
spirit; and everything that is
strong in the national character
of the Anglo-Saxon race has
come from Bible teaching.”
Is the Bible a “Lost Book” in)
America today? The Bible is a
"Lost Book” when interest in
its teachings has died out among
the people. The time is ripe for
a rediscovery of the Bible by
Christians everywhere as the
great and only rule of faith and
practice.
FAMILIAR PATTERN
A proud and happy young man
hurrying down the street to his
business met neighbor Brown.
"Congratulate me, Brown,” he
cried, “we have a new baby girl
in our house.”
“I’m glatj to hear it,” said
Brown. “And she is very beauti
ful.”
“Indeed she is,” replied the
young father.
"And she is very intelligent,”
added Brown.
“See here, Brown,” asked the
now suspicious young father,
“how do you know so much about
our baby?”
“I have six of my own,” was
the calm reply.
A vacation is not going away
from your work; it’s getting it
out of your mind.
BUDDY POPPY SALE
A GREAT SUCCESS
J. C. Lewis, chairman for the
Buddy Poppy sale drive for the |
V. F. W. in Chattooga County,)
reported a complete sell-out in
the two days, Friday and Sat
urday of last week.
An incomplete report from
Summerville showed $96 received
with complete returns expected
to be available early this week.
I The 3,000 poppies which were
l sold in Summerville, Trion, Ly
j erly and Menlo were sold com
; pletely out before the end of the
1 second day of sales. In Trion, the
i supply was exhausted by noon
) Friday, and the Girl Scouts were
! given a small supply acquired
from the Summerville area,
which lasted a very short time.
Reaction by the citizens of this
■ county to the Buddy Poppy sale,
| according to Mr. Lewis, was very
) gratifying, and a much larger
j quota could have been met, he
I said.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: SUMMERVILLE, GA.
DALE
CARNEGIE
AIDS IN SPEECH DEFECT
The other day I visited an out
standing authority on stuttering,
Dr. James Sonnett Greene, who
treats stuttering in his hospital.
A whole hospital is given over
to this affliction. Seven floors.
He has 50 paid workers, and ap
proximately the same number of
volunteer workers; and all they
do, from morning until night, is
to help people correct speech de
fects. Dr. Greene and his staff
treat 3,000 people a year; so you
will get an idea of how ambitious
this hospital is.
If Vou cannot afford to pay,
you can receive treatment with
out cost. If you wish private in
struction, you will have to pay
for it.
It is located in New York.
One day, when the ink was
still wet on his medical diploma,
a young man about 20 years old
came into Dr. Greene’s office
land said he wanted to be cured
of stuttering. He was despond
lent, said he had suffered untold
(agony in school. The other stu
dents had mocked him and made
fun of him. He was now looking
for a job, but no one wanted to
employ a stutterer.
Dr. Greene told him frankly
that he didn’t know anything
about stuttering, but that he’d
find out, and he invited the
young man to come back in a
few days. The doctor read ev
erything he could find on the
subject—but there wasn’t much.
He could not learn what caused
stuttering; nor any cure for it.
He waited for the young man
to come back, but he did not re
turn. Then Dr. Greene wrote him
a letter at the address given. A
few days later a woman in black
came in—the young man’s moth
er. The young man had com
mitted suicide.
Dr. Greene was shocked. There
must be many other afflicted as
this young man had been. He
decided to see what he could do
about it. After a great deal of
study, and consultations with
other men, he had learned lit
tle. He went to Europe to study
He was now completely absorbed
in his work, and when he return
ed he opened a clinic. It was in
corporated in 1917 as the “Na
tional Hospital for Speech Dis
orders,” and is today the only
one of its kind in the U. S.
The stutterers are brought to
gether in a classroom and taught
by an instructor who takes on a
slow even-paced monotone. The
students are encouraged to go to
sleep in class whenever they feel
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Pat McKin, of near Summer
ville, struck by a southbound
passenger train near the depot
in Summerville Friday morning,
is in the Summerville Hospital
recovering from lacerations and
bruises.
McKin was reported not seri
ously injured, and- recovering
nicely in the hospital.
The accident occurred approx
imately 500 yards north of the
Summerville depot when McKin
was sideswiped by the south
bound train as he was walking
inclined. This helps them over
come their speech defects, says
Dr. Greene.
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