_Manasseh was twelve years old._ MANASSEH; OR, THE MATERIAL AND THE MORAL IN HUMAN LIFE There are two great mistakes prevalent amongst men, one is an over-estimation of the secular, the other a depreciation of the spiritual. Man is one, and all his duties and interests are concurrent and harmoniou... [ Continue Reading ]
_And bound him with fetters._ DIVINE DISCIPLINE The proper way for a sinner to be brought to God is for God to speak to him, and for him to hear. Manasseh would not come that way, so God fetched him back by a rougher road. I. The Lord often allows temporal trials to take men captive. 1. Business... [ Continue Reading ]
_And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God._ MANASSEH’S WICKEDNESS AND PENITENCE I. Manssseh’s career in crime. II. His return to and acceptance of God. III. The gracious results of his penitence. Improvement. 1. The lamentable wickedness and duplicity of the human heart. 2.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God._ MANASSEH’S WICKEDNESS AND PENITENCE I. Manssseh’s career in crime. II. His return to and acceptance of God. III. The gracious results of his penitence. Improvement. 1. The lamentable wickedness and duplicity of the human heart. 2.... [ Continue Reading ]
_But Amon transgressed more and more._ CONSOLIDATION IN THE FORCES OF EVIL It is wonderful what evil can be done with a profession of religion. Amen was sacrificing unto all the carved images; he was so religious as to be irreligious; he reached the point of exaggeration, and that point is blasphem... [ Continue Reading ]
_Josiah his son king in his stead._ FAR-REACHING HEREDITY Josiah was the son of Amon--which is equal to saying that the greatest sinner of his day was the progenitor of one of the finest saints that ever prayed. If that is not a miracle, what is meant by the term miracle? Read the account and say i... [ Continue Reading ]