Chapter III: The Beginnings of Love (2)

The two great faults to be avoided in the dining-room of our House Beautiful are dreariness and overcrowding. The French _salle-à-manger_ is really an ideal to work towards. Unfortunately, few of us can consecrate the parlour to meals alone; this living-room has to serve many purposes. We should have it as spacious, thou, and airy as possible. Round tables have gone out of fashion, unfortunately; yet the claw-leg pedestal table is the most convenient, and consequently the most decorative, of its kind. It economises space, and is easily beautified. I have in memory a dining-room I should like to see reproduced in many a home. Just an ordinary square chamber, with two straight windows looking out on a lawn; a round table, its centre encircled with flowers; a plain sideboard, guiltless of plate-glass, but enlivened by old silver wine coolers, napkin rings, and goblets; a wide brass-bound fireplace with hobs; a high mantelpiece, surrounded with a brazen grating; a screen, and a few fine chairs. The beauty of it--and it was very beautiful--consisted in fitness for the end for which it was designed. The walls were covered with a light-tinted background for pictures (not with ornamental garden stuff in perspective). Its heavy, rich curtains hung by visible rings from a real pole; its coal-scoop was of copper, not papier-maché tinware; its cupboards full of glass that might be wanted, and silver often called for; its napery and napkins fine and fair; its thick carpet guiltless of grating greens and crude crimsons; its windows made to open, and its iron-flanged door made to shut. There was no meaningless or characterless ornamental work about this old room; no inappropriate decoration spoiled its well-designed and well-constructed _tout ensemble_.

As I have sketched an ideal parlour, so would I limn a bedroom I have seen. It was a queer-shaped room, with rather high windows set over some panelling in a little, crooked, dome-shaped alcove, a tiny dressing-room opened off it. The paper was yellow; the paint all white. A bed with plain brass spindles and rails stood away from draught and light, headed with creamy chintz sprinkled with Scotch rosebuds and lined with gold. The curtains of shiny chintz hung from half-inch brass rods only to the window-sill. A wide box couch under them formed a restful seat. Crossways stood a dressing-table, its toilet glass flanked with brass candle-holders, and its jewel drawers fitted with old beaten drop handles; it, as well as the wardrobe, was enamelled white. A frame screen of the same purity, its yellow silk curtains dependent by tiny rings from tiny rods, stood before the dressing-room door, and effectually shut away all washing apparatus. The floor of this room was polished all over (kept in order by weekly applications of beeswax and turpentine). On it lay white Kurd and Scinde rugs. The mantelpiece was wooden, and the chimney corner decorated with shelves painted like wainscotting and doors. These little shelves supplied vantage-grounds for lots of blue-and-white china, and though the colour-scheme may sound monotonous, infinite variety was introduced by the etceteras of the toilette. Of course, blue or terra-cotta, carried out as faithfully, would give an equally satisfactory symphony of tint. However we may decorate our bedrooms, we must not forget that space and head-room are the two requisites for health therein. Simplicity, careful keeping, and radiant cleanliness should be the keynotes of every bedroom in the House Beautiful.

In approaching the drawing-room, I feel I am treading on difficult ground--in fact, an impossible one. Abundantly diverse in everything are some of the reception-rooms I should call beautiful. Wide-mouth pickle jars swathed in art muslin are positively wrong. So are painted rolling-pins or banjos. As to cardboard plaques representing china, and paper frills cut out to look like lace--away with them! A plain brown jug full of real daisies is far more beautiful than a glass bottle covered with varnished pictures and filled with paper or silk imitations. One bit of quaint crackle or Venetian ware on our chimney-piece is restful to the eye; highly coloured shams are distressful. "Although we may tolerate insipid prettiness in perishable confectionery, we ought not to do so in objects which become associated with our daily life." Power of design and power of imitation are the two widely divergent qualities of mind required to produce a beautiful drawing-room. Ostentation of money should be avoided here.

In concluding this paper, I should like to remind my readers that all yearnings after the beautiful are legitimate and right. God has placed a love for the lovely in every human heart. He Himself--in all reverence be it spoken--has led the way. When designing furniture for the Tabernacle built for glory and for beauty in the far-away desert, He made it in the most artistic, most serviceable, and most simple of forms. Look at the description of those golden candlesticks, with their golden almond-shaped knops and elegant branches. Think of the curtains of scarlet and blue and purple, and fine twined linen. Think of the snuffers and spoons and ouches, and bolts and rings and staves, all of pure gold. Truth and grace were evermore wedded together in these patterns of the heavenly things. "Go, and do thou likewise."

SCRIPTURE LESSONS FOR SCHOOL AND HOME

INTERNATIONAL SERIES

With Illustrative Anecdotes and References.

NOVEMBER 20TH.--Manasseh's Sin and Repentance.

_To read--2 Chron. xxxiii. 9-16. Golden Text--1 St. John i. 9._

Manasseh, son of good King Hezekiah, yet for many years very wicked. Must have been taught to do right by his father; good seed sown, but choked by tares of sin and worldliness; a long time before bore good fruit--not till tares pulled out.

I. =Manasseh's Sin= (9-11). Only a boy of twelve when began reign. Many would flatter and spoil. Just an age to need good advice and guidance. But many to lead him wrong, as other kings had been led before him (xxiv. 17, 18). So he chose wrong.

_Idolatry._ Undid all Hezekiah's work by building up again altars for Baal (ver. 3); even set up idol in house of God itself (ver. 7), besides seeking counsel from witches, etc. (ver. 6), instead of God. Sinned worse than heathen, for he knew right, which they did not.

_Punishment._ God tried remonstrances, probably by prophets, but in vain. His heart and his people's hardened against God by sin; so God sent captains of King of Assyria, who took him prisoner, and carried him bound in chains to Babylon, capital of Assyria.

II. =Manasseh's Repentance= (12-16). _The captive._ The King, far from home, in strange land; what does he think about? His _father_--how little he has copied his example; his _home_--how he has forfeited it; his _life_--how wicked it has been; his _companions_--how they have led him astray; his _God_--he has sinned too deeply--can he possibly be forgiven?

_The repentance._ What does he do? He humbles himself--first step in true repentance, he confesses his sin as David did (Ps. xxxii. 5); he asks forgiveness; he promises amendment. Was such prayer ever in vain? (Golden Text).

_The restoration._ Sent back to his throne; became prosperous; fortified the cities. Best of all, put away idols, repaired Temple, offered sacrifices; did all in his power to undo effects of his former sin. Commanded the people to serve God.

=Lesson.= How to repent. Ask for true sorrow. Confess to God all sin. Seek grace to change life.

Repentance.

A man of the world, who had spent the greater part of his
life in dissipation, was converted to God. He gave up all his
property, and went to live with a well-known clergyman in
Cornwall. There he devoted himself entirely to the service of
Christ. One day he met a miner whom he had long been trying to
bring to repentance. He persuaded him to enter the church; and
there, kneeling side by side, they prayed for a long time, not
ceasing till the miner felt a sense of the greatness of his sin
and of the pardoning love of God. Many other souls was he the
means of bringing back to God. There was joy in heaven over that
repentant sinner as there was over Manasseh.

NOVEMBER 27TH.--A Temperance Lesson.

_To read--Prov. iv. 10-19. Golden Text--Ver. 10._

This book, written by Solomon, contains a selection of his numerous "proverbs" or wise sayings. The early chapters are especially intended for the young, and are in praise of "wisdom," the practical carrying out of knowledge.

I. =The Blessing of Wisdom= (10-13). _Long life_ often promised as the result of a godly life, _e.g._ to those who honour parents (fifth commandment); also to those who obey God (Deut. xxx. 20).

_Right paths_, _i.e._ right dealing with men, _e.g._ Abraham paying for burying-place (Gen. xxiii. 13); David in all his life (2 Sam. xxii. 21).

_No stumbling._ Life like a narrow path. A man burdened by sin walks, as it were, with shackles on legs. A Christian is held up by God's arms (Deut. xxxiii. 27); kept from stumbling to his ruin.

_Eternal life._ Wisdom (i. 20) personified as Christ, the Divine Word, in Whom is all knowledge (Col. ii. 3). To know Him is everlasting life (St. John xvii. 3).

II. =The Folly of Wickedness= (14-17). _Sin to be avoided._ Remind of Eve: of Lot choosing to live in wicked Sodom. The disastrous results: Eve turned out of Paradise--Lot losing home and wife.

_Sin grows._ Evil takes such hold that some prefer it to good--day and night plan evil, _e.g._ thieves, drunkards, etc., and take pleasure in leading others wrong.

III. =Results.= _The just._ A Christian's course like the light, increasing from early dawn till full light of noon. Perfection, not all at once. Good seed brings forth fruit "with patience," _i.e._ gradually (St. Luke viii. 15). Christ increased in wisdom as He grew taller and older (St. Luke ii. 52). So we must "grow in grace and knowledge." The more a Christian knows of God, the more clearly does God's light show itself in him.

_The wicked._ Are in darkness, and so stumble. Sin blinds their eyes (St. John xii. 35); they confuse right and wrong. Example: Saul, blinded by prejudice against Jesus of Nazareth, thought he did God service when he persecuted the Christians.

=Lessons.= 1. Awake, thou that sleepest, arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light!

2. Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law.

The Toil and Folly of Sin.

There was a man in a certain town who used, till he was caught,
to steal all his firewood. He would get up on cold nights and
prowl around, helping himself from the well-stacked piles. A
calculation was made, and it was found that he had worked harder
and spent more time to get fuel in this way than if he had
earned it honestly by hard work. One day he was caught in the
act of theft, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.
"The way of transgressors is hard."

DECEMBER 4TH.--The Book of the Law Found.

_To read--2 Kings xxii. 8--20. Golden Text--Ps. cxix. 2._

JOSIAH, grandson of Manasseh, like him, began to reign very young (eight years), but, unlike him, began well. Now about eighteen years old. Already been two reformations since his succession (2 Chron. xxxiv. 3--7). Now Temple being repaired.

I. =The Book Found= (8--14). _The place._ Temple found in great disorder. Amon, the last King, in two years had done much evil--idolatry again. Now Temple cleansed under superintendence of Hilkiah, high priest. Rubbish turned over; large "roll of a book" discovered. What can it be? The authentic copy of Law of God, _i.e._ books of Moses, kept near the Ark in the Holy of Holies. What a find!

_The scribes._ Two scribes, readers and keepers of the Law, with Hilkiah when the roll was found. They read it themselves; one of them, Shaphan, takes it to the King; reports the collection made for the repairs, how the work is going on, and the discovery. He reads the book aloud. The King much moved by the words of the Law and God's wrath against sinners (Deut. xxix. 27). Sends to Huldah the prophetess to inquire further of the Lord. He sees how little the words of the book have been obeyed.

=Lesson.= The Word of God is quick and powerful.

II. =God's Message to Josiah= (15--20). As in time of Judges, when Deborah was prophetess (Judges iv. 4), God speaks by a woman; double message.

_To the people._ A terrible punishment, as foretold in the Law, because of their sin. Had forsaken God--turned aside to other gods. Had not repented, therefore His wrath kindled against them.

_To Josiah._ His heart was humble; attended to God's message; he did weep for the people's sin. God has heard him--he shall be spared. The judgment shall not come in his time; his end shall be peace.

=Lessons.= 1. God ever the same. He _must_ punish sin. He _will_ deliver the just.

2. As then, so now, He sends warning by His Book, His ministers, and teachers.

3. Why will ye die? Return unto the Lord.

The Bible a Delight.

One day, when walking through Wales, Mr. Hone, the author,
stopped at a cottage door and found a little girl reading the
Bible. He asked for a glass of water, which was quickly brought
to him. Getting into conversation with the girl, he asked her
how she liked learning her task out of the Bible. "Oh," she
said, "it is not a task to read it; I love it." Seeing his
surprise, she added, "I thought everybody loved the Bible." The
arrow went home. Hone pondered over her remark and began to read
the Bible for himself, and from that time read the sacred book
constantly. Before long, instead of being an opponent of the
Bible, he became one of its strongest defenders, for he, like
the child, had learned to love it.

DECEMBER 11TH.--Trying to Destroy God's Word.

_To read--Jer. xxxvi. 20-32. Golden Text--Isaiah xl. 8._

JOSIAH the last godly King. At his death Jerusalem fell back into corruption. Jeremiah the prophet warns in vain of coming destruction--is hated by nobles--imprisoned by King; bids Baruch write God's words in a roll of a book (ver. 6).

I. =The Roll Read= (ver. 20). Hitherto Jeremiah spoke his prophecies. Why written now? To be read in various places while he was shut up (ver. 5), and kept for our instruction. Great excitement this day in Jerusalem. Large assembly of people heard--princes heard and were afraid (ver. 16); King Jehoiachim is told of it. Courtiers round the King tell him what they recollect of the warnings; he is interested--perhaps alarmed. Sends for the roll, hidden in the council chamber.

II. =The Roll Burned= (21-26). Picture the King sitting in his study; bright wood fire on the hearth in the winter-house. Jehudi sent to fetch roll. Nobles and other courtiers stand around; the roll is read. The King is angry; after hearing three or four columns he stops the reader, cuts the roll into pieces with penknife, flings them on the fire. Some of princes approve; three try to stop him. The parchment crackles, roll is destroyed. Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah ordered to be imprisoned. Is all over? King could destroy roll, but not God's Word.

III. =The Roll Re-written= (26-32). King's efforts all in vain. Man fights in vain against God. King despises the prophecy. Another roll written; more severe judgments. God laughs him to scorn. This is his punishment:--The King shall have no heir to succeed him. He shall have a dishonoured death--no burial. The whole nation shall be severely punished. King of Babylon shall take the people captive.

=Lessons.= 1. God's Word shall not return void.

2. The folly of trying to resist God.

3. The certainty of coming judgment for sin.

God's Word True.

A man and his wife became possessed of a Bible, which they had
never read before. The man began to read it, and, one night, as
he sat by the fire with the open book, he said, "Wife, if this
book is right, we are wrong." He continued reading, and a few
days afterwards he said, "Wife, if this book is right, we are
lost!" More eager than ever to see what the Word of the Lord
was, he continued to study the book, until one night he joyfully
exclaimed, "Wife, if this book is true, we are saved!" This is
the glory of God's Word; it tells of sin and punishment, but it
tells also of salvation. King Jehoiachim, hearing God's Word,
tried to destroy it and was lost; but King Josiah, hearing it,
turned to God and was saved.

Short Arrows

Notes of Christian Life & Work.

Two County Medallists.

We have pleasure in presenting our readers with the portraits of two recent Silver Medallists in connection with our Roll of Honour for Sunday-school Teachers. Miss Susan Hammond is the veteran of the county of Essex, having completed fifty-four years' service at the Wesleyan Sunday-school, Bradfield; whilst to Mr. William Fletcher belongs the honour of being the doyen of the Sunday-school Teachers of Lincolnshire, he having to his credit the magnificent record of seventy years' service at the Scamblesby Sunday-school.

MISS HAMMOND.

(_The Essex County Medallist._)]

The Real Winners.

A hurried and unceremonious burial is often all that can be given to the dead after a great battle. They are the harvest of war; but the dead, though in comparison to the living victors they may be said to be at least unhonoured, have often been the real winners of the battle. It was over their dead bodies or over the way they made that the survivors rushed to victory. So it is that when we allow self to die we accomplish most Christian work and win the fight of faith.

MR. WILLIAM FLETCHER.

(_Who holds the Lincolnshire Record for Seventy Years' Sunday-school Service._)]

For Prizes or Presents.

There are already many indications that the Christmas festival is slowly but surely drawing near, and not the least significant is the deluge of new stories suitable for presents and prizes which has already commenced. To many a boy and girl Christmas would lose half its charms if it did not bring with it a new story from old favourites, such as Gordon Stables, Emma Marshall, or G. A. Henty, and the young people will not be disappointed this year. Messrs. Nisbet have just issued Dr. Stables's latest story, which he has entitled "Off to Klondyke." Its very title is suggestive of exciting experiences at the fascinating goldfields of the Yukon, and many boys--both young and old--will follow with breathless interest the numerous wonderful adventures which are related therein. From the same publishers comes an equally interesting story of an English boy's adventures in the great French War under the expressive title "Face to Face with Napoleon." There is plenty of romantic incident in this story, and as the author, Mr. O. V. Caine, has carefully verified the historical portions of the work, it will serve the double purpose of entertaining and instructing. Our old friend, Mrs. Emma Marshall, is to the fore with an excellent story for girls, entitled "Under the Laburnum Tree" (Nisbet and Co.), which will be eagerly welcomed in many a home and school.--The last volume before us is entitled "Yule Logs," and is edited for Messrs. Longmans by Mr. G. A. Henty. Unlike the books previously mentioned, this does not contain a single long story, but is made up of a series of short stories by such well-known writers as Henry Frith, Manville Fenn, John Bloundelle-Burton, and, of course, the editor himself. The stories deal with extraordinary adventures on land and sea, in both ancient and modern times, and are of such variety as to satisfy the most exacting reader.

"Mousie."

A poor little lad died a few weeks ago in a narrow and crowded street of Central London after four years of terrible suffering from hip disease. His sweet and uncomplaining nature endeared him in a particular way to the friends who visited him, and one of them has taken a picture of him, as he sat up in bed, surrounded by his flowers and small comforts, not long before his death. "Mousie" got his pet name from the doctors at a big hospital, who were so struck by his gentleness, and by the quiet courage with which he endured his painful operations. He had been originally knocked down by a cab, and his feeble constitution never recovered from the accident. Once, to his great delight, he was well enough to attend a meeting of the Ministering Children's League, of which he was a member. He was supported on a table, and helped to make a cushion for a sick old woman. But he was soon obliged to keep to his room and his couch altogether. Even then "Mousie" was often thinking of others. "Can't I do a toy for some poor child who has none?" he would say, and with the wool that was given him he would make balls for babies. "It is not Jesus who sends me this pain," he once explained to the friend who pens this brief memory of him; "He is far too kind: it was my own fault for getting in the way of the cab." Poor "Mousie"! he was only ten years old, but he had his own solution of the mystery of pain. He loved to hear hymns. Someone sang "There is a Happy Land" to him the night before he died, and a little later those who were watching him were surprised to hear him croon the first verse all through in quite a strong clear, voice. Then he sighed pitifully, "Lord Jesus, do take me!" and said to his mother, "I shan't have a bit of pain _there_, you know!" And after a few unconscious hours "Mousie" knew why God had permitted his pain.

"MOUSIE."]

Always Rejoicing.

When, in 1849, the American author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, was dismissed from being a surveyor, his wife thus writes of the supposed calamity in a letter to her mother: "It has come in the way of an inevitable providence to us (whatever knavery some people may have to answer for who have been the agents in the removal), and I never receive inevitable providences with resignation merely, but with _joy_, as certainly, undoubtedly, the best possible events that can happen for me." Surely this is the right way to regard the changes and so-called chances of this mortal life, if we believe that our Heavenly Father orders the lives of each one of us with individual care.

(1) THOMAS BROWN.
(_Gordon Boys' Home._)

(2) HARRY CASTLEDINE.
(_Orphan Working School._)

(3) CLARA A. LANGDON.
(_Orphan Working School._)

(4) FLORENCE ANDERSON.
(_National Refuges._)

(5) EDWARD M. NYE.
(_Reedham Orphanage._)

(6) CHARLES E. SMITH.
(_Reedham Orphanage._)

THE QUIVER GOOD CONDUCT PRIZE WINNERS, 1898.]

An Interesting Group.

The Quiver Prize has long since become an annual institution in several representative orphanages, and as our object is to encourage honesty, industry, and general good conduct, it is awarded each year to those inmates who have shown greatest progress in these respects during the preceding twelve months. We publish a group of the winners for 1898, who represent respectively the Orphan Working School, the Reedham Orphanage, The Gordon Boys' Home, and the National Refuges.

THE QUIVER FUNDS.

The following is a list of contributions received from September 1st up to and including September 30th, 1898. Subscriptions received after this date will be acknowledged next month:--

For _"The Quiver" Waifs' Fund_: J. J. E., Govan (130th
donation), 5s.; A Glasgow Mother (100th donation), 1s.; M. G.,
Leeds, 1s.; Oxford, 5s.

For _Dr. Barnardo's Homes_: An Irish Girl, 12s. 6d.; N. L. E.,
10s. We are also asked to acknowledge the following donations
sent direct:--J. E. D., 10s.; Inasmuch, 4s.; H. M. H., 5s.

For _The British and Foreign Bible Society_: A Thank-Offering,
1s.

ROLL OF HONOUR FOR SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORKERS.

The =Special Silver Medal= and =Presentation Bible= offered for the longest known Sunday-school service in the county of =Northumberland= (for which applications were invited up to September 30th) have been gained by

MR. THOMAS C. HINTON,
Fame Bank,
Gosforth, Newcastle,

who has distinguished himself by =fifty= years' service in the John Knox Church Sunday-school, Newcastle.

As already announced, the next territorial county for which claims are invited for the Silver Medal is

=LEICESTER=,

and applications, on the special form, must be received on or before October 31st, 1898. We may add that =Sussex= is the following county selected, the date-limit for claims in that case being November 30th, 1898. This county, in its turn, will be followed by =Wiltshire=, for which the date will be one month later--viz. December 31st, 1898.

The names of members recently enrolled will be found in our advertisement pages.

THE QUIVER SANTA CLAUS.

The children's festival--as the Christmas season is rightly called--is already within the horizon of preparation. A few weeks more, and our young people will be enjoying the delights of Yule-tide, not the least of which is the perennial Christmas Stocking. Most of us remember the eager--almost feverish--anticipation with which we tied up our little stocking at the head of our small bed, in the full faith that the mysterious but kindly visitant of Christmas Eve would cram into it all sorts of lovely things; and how when morning dawned, our first thought was to reach it down to our pillow and explore its wonderful recesses. But there are thousands of little children to whom these raptures are unknown. They do not appear to have been put upon Santa Claus's visiting list; and it seems hard that this venerable gentleman should pass them over. These poor and friendless little ones, to be found in every town and in many of our villages, want a kind-hearted neighbour who will mention their names and addresses to that genial but omniscient saint, and then, presto! there's joy for a forlorn little chap or maiden "on Christmas Day in the morning." We therefore earnestly invite all fathers and mothers, and uncles and aunts, and all who love to see the children glad on the Saviour's birthday, to co-operate with us in providing Christmas stockings for those forlorn youngsters, into whose life scarcely a ray of brightness ever enters. Not much is needed to give them this boon by way of the Christmas stocking. A few wholesome goodies and a simple toy will amply suffice to supply them with a fund of innocent excitement and enjoyment. A sum of one shilling will furnish a stocking and pay the postage, when combined in a large contract. We have the happiness to announce that the proprietors of THE QUIVER have kindly consented to head our subscription list with a sum sufficient to provide the contents of

=FIVE HUNDRED CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS FOR POOR
AND FRIENDLESS CHILDREN.=

This is a good start, but this number will be quite inadequate to the innumerable demands which are sure to be made upon us. We therefore earnestly ask for further contributions from all child-lovers who would sorely regret to see any tiny mite left disappointed on Christmas Day.

We shall also be glad to receive recommendations from our readers (as before in the case of our Christmas Hamper Fund) of suitable cases for the supply of stockings. The special forms for this purpose will be supplied in our Extra Christmas Number, and if filled up in accordance with the directions there given will be dealt with in the order in which they reach the Editor, as far as the funds will permit. All contributions to the Christmas Stocking Fund should be sent to the Editor of THE QUIVER, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C., and all amounts of one shilling and upwards will be thankfully acknowledged in our pages.

Special Presentation Plate.

A separate large-size reproduction, printed in colours, of Mr. W. Holman Hunt's great picture, "The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple," is presented with this part; and, should there be any difficulty in obtaining it, our readers are requested to communicate at once with the publishers, giving the name and address of the bookseller or other agent from whom they purchased the number.

"THE QUIVER" BIBLE CLASS.

(BASED ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCRIPTURE LESSONS.)

QUESTIONS.

1. What action of Manasseh, king of Judah, shows how terribly the people had sunk into idolatry?

2. In what way did Manasseh seek to protect his country from invasion?

3. What is remarkable in the latter part of Manasseh's life?

4. Quote a proverb which warns us of the danger of evil companions.

5. In what way does the wise man express the beauty of a holy life?

6. In whose reign do we find the king sending to a woman for advice?

7. What great discovery was made while the Temple was being repaired in the reign of Josiah?

8. What proof have we that at one time the Jews were fire-worshippers?

9. In whose reign did God carry out the judgment which He pronounced against the altar at Bethel which Jeroboam had made?

10. Of what gross act of contempt against God was Jehoiakim, king of Judah, guilty?

11. What acts of cruelty are recorded against King Jehoiakim?

12. In what way did God punish Jehoiakim for his iniquity?

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PAGE 1147.

133. A tax of half a shekel of silver for every male of twenty years old and upward (Exod. xxx. 12-14).

134. Joash, king of Judah, in order to obtain money for the restoration of the Temple (2 Chron. xxiv. 6-9).

135. 2 Chron. xxiv. 8.

136. Isaiah is generally considered to have been the grandson of King Joash, and thus has sometimes been called the royal prophet (Isa. i. 1).

137. The altar seen by Isaiah in his vision was the altar of burnt offering, on which the fire which came down from heaven was perpetually burning (Isa. vi. 6; Lev. vi. 13; 2 Chron. vii. 1).

138. The effect of the teaching of the Gospel is to bring peace on earth (Isa. xi. 6-10).

139. Isa. xi. 9.

140. In the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chron. xxx. 2; Numbers ix. 10, 11).

141. Because the Temple was not cleansed until the sixteenth day of the first month (2 Chron. xxix. 3, 16-18).

142. It was the first Passover after the separation of Israel and Judah at which any of the children of Israel were present (2 Chron. xxx. 1).

143. By Sennacherib, whose army was destroyed by God in one night (2 Kings xviii. 17 and xix. 34, 35).

144. In the reign of Hezekiah (2 Kings xviii. 4).

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