_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 ]