_And the King sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem._ GOOD AIMS AND BAD METHODS The verses I have selected record and illustrate good alms and bad methods. I. Good aims. Josiah’s aims, as here presented, Were confessedly high, noble, and good. 1. To reduce his... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the King went up into the house of the Lord._ SPIRITUAL IDOLATRY Why should there be such a gathering as this? why should all the mighty, all the good, and all the wise, all the great with all the small, make such a point of going into the house of the Lord on this occasion? Why should they m... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Josiah took away the horses that the Kings of Judah had given to the sun._ THE IMAGINATION IN SIN Josiah sought to purify Israel from the idolatry that had been established by his predecessors, and in the course of this reformation occurs the incident recorded in the text. He “took away the h... [ Continue Reading ]
_Surely there was not holden such a Passover._ SINCERITY OF REPENTANCE There is something very striking and melancholy in these words. The children of Israel celebrated their last Passover, all being together, and in such a manner as had not been known since the earlier and better days of their pos... [ Continue Reading ]
_And like unto him there was no king before him._ JOSIAH’S REFORMATION This and the previous chapter show us the influence of a godly sovereign. This prince at the age of twenty-six begins to repair the house of God. This leads to the discovery of the long-lost book of the law. At once Josiah obey... [ Continue Reading ]