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Show " " " , " " , , , "I I " " The GRAPHIC GRAPHICBy By LEWIS BROW NB 0 McClure Newspaper Syndicate r ra a ' II , ? ' . , . RFA ? ' r : , 1 1S S A Ati ti 4 i "A A "AP " V P ri , , , . . . , . 1 1W W . 3 3y y y a aMu.u.i 'r.4 r.4 r4 ' . . . t tq Mu.u.i Muu.i Muui Mu.u.i'r.4 . . % q/ q qa / a " " ' _ 4 I . . . . . : , , n l " I l lMcd t 4t ' , Mcd , t.c tc # . . fjKl . J JN 4 4H 4R N H I R II . - The Great ProphetsS ProphetsCNNACHDRIB'S Prophets Prophcts ProphetstENNACIIERIB'S tENNACIIERIB'S tENNACIIERIBS CNNACHDRIB'S CNNACHDRIBS NNACll mn's mns ' ' Invasion orJudah ofJudah of or S SNNACll Judah might mlht mllit , . ; ; never ne'rCr nerCr ' hive b'1ve b1ve have ' oe oc oecurred occurred occurrcd 8 curred Ind h'1d h1d bail ' one onc man had hnd hisI hisay hisRay his hisway I \ way \\ay ay Ray . . That min m'1n m1n man ' was a prophet prophetI prophetnamed prophetnamed prophetnamed I named Isaiah , and his tmport'lnce tmportlnce importance importancecannot tmport'lncecannot Iroporfincecannot ' cannot be exaggerated cnggerated " { Isaiah be belonged belonged belonged longed to the thc nrl aristocracy itocracy < , and nnd his hischief hischief hischief chief Influence was WdS " with "lth lth the hln king kingand kingand " " and the princes In Jerusalem Jerul1Jem ' $ Des Desperately Desperately per perately l.tely ltely . he ha had pleaded with the theI theking theking I king in to turn a n deaf dear car C'lf Clf ' to the theblandishments theblandishments theblandishments blandishments of ; Egypt rgypt and m'lhe mlhe make m'lheno makeno mikeno ' no move to throw oft of off [ the ASVJ Asvyrian Asvyrianyoke AsvynanyoLe AsvynanyoLeAnd lfin lfinyoke yoke yokeAnd , And though Isaiah ' filled f'ltled fltled f'iiled fiiled ' In the theend theend theend end , still sUII his work tt \ v\as v as \ 'lS lS as ' not all In Inv'lln inv'iln Invain v'lln vlln v'iln viln ' ' , for he did dhl manage m'lnage mlnage ' to stave off offthe offthe offthe the rebellion for Cor many manv years e'lrs elrs ' And Andn Andwhen Andnhcn when n ben at nt last Judih Jud'lh Judlh Judah ' did ld raise the thefl'lg thefl'ig theflag fl'lg fllg fl'ig flig ' ' or of revolt and was thoroughly thoroughlychastl thoroughlychastised thoroughlychastised chastl chastised < ; e for It , Isaiah's Isaiahs Isahh's Isahhs Isai'ih's Isaiihs ' ' ' Inl1l1ence Influence Inl1l1encebecame Influencebecame Inllncncebecame became greater than ever . . A wave waveof waveof waveof of reform swept sept s\\ s \ ept through the tin\ tin tiny tinlan tinyland tinvland \ ' lan land , and everyone every one in Tudah frpm frpmthe frpmthe frpmthe the Ling king to the Ion lowest cst serf tried tricll to toturn toturn toturn turn over a n new leaf . . . The temple templeItelf templeItself templeItself Itelf Itself . , was renovated reno\atpd reno atpd renoiatcd \ , for fOf It hnd had be become become become come denied defilel1 defiled by lilol Idol worshipersThe \ worshipers orshlpers worshipersThe orshlpersThe The reformation , went . ent even fur further further further ther and many m'lny mlny ' social abuses wue wcie wuecorrected wciecorrected weiecorrected corrected The Thc new order was b bno } no means perfect , but at least It Itwas itwas Itwas was an nn Impro Improvement Improtement ' ement over \ whit h'1t h1t ' b'lll blll had b'lllpreceded hadpreceded bitpreceded ' ! preceded ItNot itNot It ItNot Not aionp nlonp alone Isaiah IS'lhh ISlhh Is'ih1i Isih1i ' ' was resronslble responsible resronslblefor responsiblefor responsiblefor for this change , , but ut also anolher another anolherprophc4 anotherprophet anotherprophet prophc4 prophet , ? Micah illcab Micab , , who was "as as vas " not an anaristocrat anaristocrat anaristocrat aristocrat but one of the plain toll folk folkIle folkHe { lle Ile came from SIaresheth Inreshetb Maresheth Gath G'lth Glth Oath ' , , a avIIl1ge avillage avillage vIIl1ge village In the \ western estern foothills foothll1s , and andhe andhe anilhe he went up and anl1 down own the countr county countryside } ) sule side arousing arous1lJg tlie the peasants peas.mts peasmts . to a asense asense asense sense of their wrongs An And thus thus.with thuswith , . w1th with Isaiah Isahh Isal'ih Isalih ' preaching pre'lchln prelchln pre'iehing preiehing ' ' ! in n tlie the c'lplt'll clpltll capital c'lplt'llunl1 capitaland capitalund ' ' unl1 and \ fliicah 1\IIcah 1 IIcah Micab in the villages tillages ' JIIage ' ) , , tlie tile the whole wholekingdom wliolekingdom kingdom w \ v\as v as \ as prcpaicd prcpalell prepated for the thewave tliewave wave \ \ ave of reformBut reformBut reform reformBut But the results of tlie the su sudden den re reform reform reform form were soon undone again Iif Iifteen I If Ifteen Ifteen teen ) years cars passed p'l'3"ed pl3ed pissed ' ' " , and nnd tlien then all nn the theold theold theold old idolatry l Idolatry olatr came back bacl Vile VUe things thingswere thingswere thingswere were done one to please the PhoeDlc1an Phoenician PhoeDlc1angod Phoeniciangod Phoeniciangod god , Thammu/ Thammu Th'lmmu.t Thlmmu.t Thlmmut Thammuc Thammuand ' . / ; , , an and babies \ nere were ere sac sacrIflced sacrifleed sacnflced rIflced rifleed to the bloo bloody y god , Molocl Moloch MolochAnd MolochAnd ! An And all nll the relormers reformers and the proph prophets prophets prophets ets of Jehovah were slaughtered or ordrIven ordriven ordriven drIven to cover . For rOf ror almost half a century a n Spirit Spiritof spiritof spiritof of heathenIsm.as heathenism \ was \.as .as . rampant In InJUd'lh inJudah InJudah JUd'lh JUdlh Judah ' , and nnd then tlJen another nnother " wave "ave ave of ofreform ofreform ofreform reform s\\ s swept sept \ \ ept the country A new newhlng newking newking hlng king , Josiah , sat on the throne , , n a nyoung ayoung ayoung young man who from childhood cblldllOO had hadprobably hadprobably probably been bcen under the Influence Influenceof Influenceof of secret friends fnends of the leformers reformers leformersThe reformersThe leformersThe The prophets cautiously emer emerged emergedfrohi emergedfrom ed edfrom from frohi their hldln hiding places phces and began beganto beganto beganto to preach prench once more in 1D tlie the ocn ocnZeph'lnlah openZephaniah open openZephanlah ] ) Zephanlah Zeph'lnlah Zephlnlah Zephaniah ' , , a cousin of or tlie the kingand hlng king , , 'lnd lnd and ' J Jeiemlah Jeiemiah el emlah , a young man of or u a upriestly apriestly upriestly priestly family , V.CIQ VCIQ were \ . CI C especii11y especii11yprominent E ' e&peclallvprominent epeclallvprominent & pechlI . } prominent a as agltatorb nglt'lto1) ngltlto1 agitators ' { ) for a ne new newwave ne\ywave ne ywave \ , " wave of reform A tenlfying terrifying ter1if Ing chap chapter chapter chapter ter In oriental history hlstorv had just been beenwritten beenwritten beenwritten written , and It sen serf served ed to hasten h'lsten hlsten ' the thecomJn thecoming thecoming comJn coming of tlie the reform Hordes llordes of ofravenous ofravenous ofravenous ravenous Scythians Se3thl'ins Se3thlins Sc thl'lns thllns ' ' had suddenly suddeniy suddeniypouted suddenlypomed I Ipomed pomed pouted forth out of the dark dnrl . forests forestsI forestsof forestsof forestsof I of Europe rurope ; . . . The They : } had plun plan plungedacross ; ed erl edacross erlacross across the Caucasus C'lucasus Clucasus ' mountains mountainsthrou mountainsthrough mountainsthrough throu through b Asia Minor I1I10r , do\ do down don \ ' . n nlon along the thebor theborders tlieborders bor borders ers of or Palestine PnlLstlne Pnlcstine , , leaving leatiug IN1\ IN1 IN1In \ In a wide widetrail \ widetrail Ide Idetrail trail of blooil blooll blood and ashes behind behindthem behindthem behindthem them . Tl1every They Tl1e\ Tl1e Thet \ very nearly ne'1rJy ne1rJy ' , ot Teru leru lerusilem TeruS'llem Tcrusalcm S'llem Sllem silem ' ! In n their claws cl'l\"S cl'l cll "S S ' \ " , and nnd ecn eten ecnthough etenthough eventhough , though the citv clty cit : } e"c'1pe ec1pe escaped " ' , , the tnh'1b tnh1b inhab tnh'1btants inhabitants inhabitants ' tants itants ! \ were \ ere left Idt lift weak we'll well ' . \ with \ lth terror . . Tll That t gave gne gate : the prophets their theirgre'lt theirgreat theirgreat gre'lt grelt great ' chance . . . Up and do donn down ' n the tlJe lamJ land lamJthey landthey lanilthey they " went ent , , calling cnillng on the people to tohee toheed toheed hee heed the dread \ warning \ urnln The a\\ a afut awful awfulDay awfulDay \ \ fut futDay Day of Jehovah's Jehovahs Jehov'lh's Jehovlhs ' ' Judgmentas Judgment \ v\as v as \\as was \ at athJnlI athand athand hJnlI hand . , they declat ueclaicd declaied ed And there was wasbut \ wasbut . as asbut but one means of escape ' repent repentance repentante repentance ance ante ! Return 'Return ' , 0 back b'lcb blcb beck ' . slld1D slliling sliding chll slid chlldren sliddren1 cliildreni dren dren1 1 " they cried crJed to the tiemblint tlemhUn tteuiblinh tteuiblinhpeople ; ; people . 'Return Return ' unto Jehovah or orbe orbe orbe be destroyed estroyed ! 1 l ' So did ld the prophets prophetscry prophetscry prophetscry cry with dcsper desperate desperite 1te < sincerity . And the people did dll1 return . , . Led Ledby Ledby Ledby by the teirifled tei tel rifled youn young kln Ling king , they theyforeswore theyforeswore theyforeswore foreswore utterly ihclr theIr [ past last wick wickedness \ wickedness leI . edncss edness . . An ancient code of laws lawswas lawswas lawswas was discovered in the Temple at atJerusalem atJerusalem atJerusalem Jerusalem , a n scroll said saill to have havebeen havebeen havebeen been " written "ritten ritten ttrltten by Moses himself hlmseJ ( . In InIt InIt InIt It \ were ere set down in harrowing barrowlng de- de detail de- de detall de detail - - tail tall the curses that would fall faIl upon uponJudah uponJudah uponJudah Judah if tr Jehovah Jebovah Jehovahs s ] law I\W I W IWas \ \ v\as v as \\as was \ not notscrupulously notscrupulously notscrupulously scrupulously o obeyed e ed And AntJ when whenJosmh whenJosiah whenJosiah Josmh Josiah , the youn young younti , ; Ling king , . heard hL'trll hLtrll ' thoi tho those thosecurses > ecurves e ewr fear ( fear.Hastily fearHastily c'ir cir ' . . wr curses < ; cs , he rent his clothes In H.Jstily HJstily Hastily . he summoned all aU nil tlie the free freemen freemen freemen men of or JU Judah 'lh lh ' to the Temple 'lemple lemple Zemple ' In InJerus'llem InJerusalem inJerusalem Jerus'llem Jerusllem Jerusalem ' , and there he arose nnd and nndre'ld andread andread re'ld reld read ' to them the " whole "hole hole book And Andthere Andthere Andthere there and then the people vowed to tocle'lnse tocleanse tocleanse cle'lnse clelnse cleanse ' themselves tbemsclres of ot sin anj nlHl and reded rededIc'1 rededIcate rededIcate Ic'1 Ic1 Icate ' to themsch themschcb themsehcb ( , ) : to J Jehovah eho.111 Jeliotiali eho\ eho \ .111 111 . tl1elr their tl1elrLord theirLord theirLord Lord . ANew A New OverlordBUT OverlordB OverlordUT Overlord OverlordUT > UT soon thuc1ii"nnother there thuc tlicre % Mayanuthcr \\1ii"nnother 1ii"nnother 1iinnother uianother \ ui ' " another reaction reac- reac reaction rcac-J rcac J - - - BUT B tiou tion , brou brought ht on largely luqelv lamely luq elv by the theDCW thenew thenew DCW new evils that came to JU Judjh Judah Jh froul froui froulthe frouithe fromthe the outblde outbtde outside . Atcer AHer Alter more than tban a cen ten I Itury tury fury of triumph , AI Atu r rcrumble nLtcrumble Atucrumble nLt crumble . , J11I1 and : nnuE E . Egypt YPt . a\va1ted a va1ted awaited t.11ava1ted Egyptawaited \ chance t.11\ t.11 \ ' to tonatch snatch ! natch for Itself . . An InTldlng lnra : dtigsent sent northw3rd northward In dtig 1tdtig l ' " 1t . tlie the KinR 1\lnl 1 lnl King \ : ot of o ( JudahWlI Judahrsa Jiidah Judah theyeut the wr 1to + . ' WlI rsa : atJudah ! fr ' to be free frea at 1 . " - + ht ! t of o , aU ? and - < ! he refuse refused d to1 aUare are , . sarreadeiBravely to 1Jrr sarreadei & dtt Bravely nr1vely he lie "ent ent neat " eDtont Ollt oat . to K tJ " tie ( ' < , but his hi , hay handful hnndrul f i A Arained ! itrained of f rained traIned ciSlthe t tr troop op opy , proo proved proted ved co no ao R the aothe dIsciPlIned disdained ? karmy and s : tyil k ke IIJ ! e army vhicb vhicbs \ yyhlcbE hleb vhicbLgypt LgyPt pt had bad blrt4 hst h . i't it ' 'f f ' Invasion . . , " tireJosiah Erri"Josiah ErriJosiah In the'cry the \'cry 'cry cry very \ ' Terr first tire . ! Josiah Josiahwas wna was lll1 killed ' d and1.t endrouted tsj and end 1.t 1t ij'route ijroute . 1.troutCI routCI routed , ! ) The Egyptian Igyptbns L : ' gyptlans , sYr 1I ! ' .ward ward . wnrd ward xward as far rar as the EnphS 1r x ' : Enp Eaph . , rt.fI1UerlDg Eaphquerlag rt.f\ rt.f \ " " . qucring I1UerlDg querlag all " before uiea them them . . Eaptlast Elast But nut the trIumphor triumphof triumph of or lmt4t E : Eapt ! last r rIre long m In the w e"s es e"sP e " t : a , lII1t & , lII1tplre P pire plre Ire arose aro ie < : e to tal.p talp tale t&L tL & . . ts tsi tsand " 31lb 31lbI I , and the : EgypUlm IgYPU'Ins IgYPUIns LgypU'w LgypUw ' ' ? were dr ( to Irtrato drto the he Nile . . . So 5o thereate tbereaftr thereifta ! } ! had drlttJlto to recognize i a Dell aew c ' drlttJl aewNebuchndrezzar DabslO'll.Jehol1klm Nebuchadrezzar Nebuchndrezzar Nebuchn rezzar ot or of DabslO'll DabslOll Dibjio Babi1 " . ' , } i'Jeholaklm iJeholaklm ' .Jehol1klm Jehol1klm Jeholakim . foolhardyreignin . , the foolhardy ba bareigning rel reignin reigning nln , ; In Judthwithhold Judah Juhh Judth ( , (003 003 SOOJ ( : I'll Ill ! ' ty'withhold tywithhold ! ' "lthhoJ lthhoJ withhold " the annoal annaaJ annual trite ' tr1b ' , trltt.t trlttt . , , , r ithen rthen then trouble began bean ; airer am aiieY ychailrezzar s > S ch'ulrezz3r chulrezz3r chadrezzar ch'ulrezz3r'ns ' \ was \\'ns 'ns ns \ ' too bOS11t busy bespitrncnt at atmeat et etmcnt mcnt meat to atten attend to the theEtL ntLt Gll ( as asbut hut but lie he did ltl order t the e gore gory gorythe ( orena'the orenathe . ' Itloose bloose the neighboring pruTlncu rurlncu pruriacei It b [ ( loose upon Tudlah Judlah Turllah bands of 6c-ers 6c ers ( t t- ! : " tors - - ers ors fdomhes rdomltes I'domttes Idomttes ' Ammonlles Ammonfes Ammonltn.uimaritans Ammonltnuimaritans , . Ll u Llm'1rlt'lns umintins m'1rlt'lns m1rltlns mint-ins mint ins ' ' - And Arid tbcce tbe'e tbee tbe'eharried tbc ' ( tt ttharried 0.13harried 013harried . harried the countryside conatryslde u IDJlJo mjli.chadrczznr mjlichadrczznr ii , * . P.1'Jlaunch ch:1Itrczwr ch1Itrczwr chadrezznr : hlm himself < ; clt cltU \U U Raslaunch \ wn Ras P.1'J P.1J P1J ra ralaunch . ' launch nn an attackAt attack atUtk attackAt At least one man In ii JeU Joi.1 Joi1 JeUthe Joi.1the JoiJtthe . the folly of the reiolt re\olt re olt resolt \ , tie tieJeremiah lt ( Jeremiah From the t.tt ttt tegt tegtt . tit ( ? t { , hnd had been IJetn becn OPPO opposed ied < : to I Ina Inafor lasa'z lasaz . ' : .tor tor . ' for he Ind h'1c1 h1c1 hid ' realized reallzed how boiV hoe pet pa petn pawas po-was po was " - n was 3S lltllo IItOc little Judah Judab asalasteiu asalasteiuBut nt:1ln nt1ln a ; : alntt Mf MfBut Eit/i'But Eit i'But iBut / : ; ' But he hid h'1d h1d ' not Dot been h tit he + di difirst ati 'first first ' first scroll of or sernioru scrroo13 sermons ! .en en Yet Yetto . Tento .ento to shreds shre 1s < by the king kin ; tJcs l Uo ao aoJeremiah ! iJeremiah Jeremiah was put In la the t.A1 tA1 dvfi dvfiBoth ( A . , Both Botb . Ling b.lng blng king and nnd people peeple 11Judah hJudah li 11 h IJudah Judah were nere h\'sterlcall/ h 'sterlcall sterlcall h'sterlcallnnt1 hysterical hvsterlcal \ ' wkland ' irlll wkl / [ } connil nnt1 and they would Dot not notsurrtAftlioiioh surraa't surraat surraa'tthough surn " , ' thoub though . |