JUDAH'S UNSTEADY COURSE
International Sunday School
Lauon for Juna 1. 1947
GOLDEN TEXT: ''In quietness
and Jh confidence shall be your
strength." ? Isaiah 30: 15.
L*??on Text: II Kings 19: 5-7;
32-37: 20: 12-17
In our lesson for last week, we
learned that Sargon, the Assy
rian king, captured the North
ern Kingdom and incorporated
the Ten Tribes into his empire in
721 C. He lived only four
years thereafter and his son, Sen
nacherib, ascended to the throne.
For more than a quarter of a
century the Kingdom of Judah
had been menaced by the Assy
rians. Ahaz had done homage to
the Assyrian king and his son,
Hezekiah, who succeeded him,
became almost a vassal of the
great Assyrian Empire. Thus,
Hezekiah, ?t the age of only
twenty-five, inherited, not only a
throne, but all the difficult pro
blems connected with trying to
protect a small nation fom the
imperialistic plans of larger and
more powerful surrounding coun
tries."
There is a strange parallel in
the position in which Hezekiah
found himself and the position of
some of the smaller nations of
the world today. Expediency,
rather than wisdom, dictated that
Judah enter into an alliance with
a stronger power to protect it
self against the growing en
croachment a neighboring
?>wer. Although the prophet
aiah warned vigorously against
it, Hezekiah joined in a rebellion
against the Assyrian overlord
ship in an attempt to throw off
the annual tribute.
Sennacherib immediately sent
his troops westward, and after
conquering Phoenecian towns, in
vaded Judah and blockaded
Jerusalem, but did not take it.
Seeing such a state of affairs as
? probable, Hezekiah had prepared
for it by having a conduit for
water built, and plans made with
in the city to withstand a long
seige. After some time, Sen
nacherib withdrew without secur
ing the chief prize of his enter
prise. Judah, however, suffered
greatly as a result of her alliance
with Egypt and Babylonia and
Isaiah was not slow in remind
ing the king and the people of
their losses.
While Hezekiah was certainly
not without fault, he has been
placed at the very top among
the kings of Judah after the fall
of the monarchy. II Kings 18:5,
declares of him, there was "after
him, none like him among the
kings of Judah, nor any that
were before him." In the; first
month of his reign, he reversed
the policy of his father Ahaz and
"opened the doors of the house of
the Lord." To his credit, he set
out to restore the Mosaic forms
of worship, removing every pos
sible likeness to God from the
places of worship. Even the bra
zen serpent, made by Moses,
which the people had come to
worship, was broken to pieces.
He sent letters of invitation to
all the tribes, north and south,
to attend the official restoration
ol the historic liturgy of the He
brews.
The boldness of his reforma
tion was practically nullified by
?he fact that the whole move
ment tended to make worship
an affair of the state rather than
an affair of the heart. Ceremoni
al religion, carried even to its
hideous extreme of human sacri
fice, has never saved anyone.
Zeal for God and his righteous
ness, not zeal for ritual, will
give strength to meet the pro
blems and perils of the day.
It is to Hezekiah's credit that
he kept the prophet Isaiah close
to him as his counsellor, al
though he did not always heed
the warnings of the man of God.
Not only was Isaiah a man who
had surrendered his life to God's
call, he was a real statesman,
with the courage to speak his
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convictions at all times and in
all places, braving the wrath of
kings, princes, priests and fal ae
prophets.
Having the utmost faith in
God, Isaiah Relieved that while
God would not save a sinning
people for their own sakes, in
spite of their sins, for grounds
sufficient to him, God could and
would overrule the evil designs
of Jerusalem's enemies in order
to further his purpose of bring
ing a Saviour to all the peoples
of all the earth. (Isa. 40: 18-31).
Although living seven hundred
years before the birth of Christ,
Isaiah gave a picture of Jesus
which constitutes the heart of the
Old Testament.
All the weakness of Judah was
of<?et by the faith of this on-.'
man. When king and p#ople fac
ed what seemed to be a choice
between slavery and massacre,
they turned to the man who had
told of a God who was the true
refuge and strength of his people.
Now Jerusalem learned from him
that, in quietness and confidence
in the power of God, they could
find the way out of the deadly
predicament into which they had
been led by reliance on the
power of man.
Potatoes Grown
In Canada Glut
Southern Marts
Washington, ? Sure, the agricul
ture department agreed with a
congressional critic today, Cana
dian potatoes are being sold in
the South ? where the depart
ment has destroyed some 11,500
bushels of home-grown spuds.
The explanation offered at the
department: Nobody would buy
the small, low grade potatoes,
and they were destroyed for
lack of a market.
Rep. August H. Andersen (R.,
Minn.) in a house speech accused
the department of "wanton de
struction" and said:
I "While department of agricul
ture agents pour kerosene on
huge piles of new potatoes in
[Alabama, North Carolina, Vir
ginia and other southern states,
potatoes come in from Canada to
supply those markets, and at
higher prices for consumers al
ready staggering under the cost
of living."
A spokesman said the agricul
ture department has bought
about 86,500 bushels of southern
grown potatoes this year at
prices ranging from 90 cents for
low grade potatoes to $3.80 per
hundred pounds, under a price
support act of congress.
Of this quantity, 11,500 bushels
were said to have been low grade
potatoes, costing the government
between 90 and $1.09. It was
these latter spuds which have
been destroyed.
Canadian potatoes were said to
be selling in the South at from
$4.50 to $5 per hundred pounds.
Hobart, seat of Kiowa county
in Oklahoma, is known locaMy
as "The City of Iris."
APPALACHIAN
HI SCHOOL NEWS
For the first time the senior
class of Appalachian high has
published a printed yearbook. It
is now off the press and is in the
hands of the students. It is an
eighty-page book containing both
photographic and printed materi
al of practically all the classes,
athletic groups and extracur
ricular clubs in the school. The
name Laurel was chosen by
means of a contest among the
students with the winner to re
ceive a free copy of the book. J.
W. Cuddy, president of the senior
class, was the person submitting
the winning name.
Friday morning, May 23, was
"Senior Chapel" day at Appala
chian. The program this year
was the presentation of "The
Laurel," to the student body.
This is the school's first attempt
at a printed yearbook and much
interest has been shown in the
project.
The program consisted of talks
by the members of the staff con
cerning the work of preparing
and financing the book, and the
reading of the dedication. Those
taking part were Annie Mae
Carroll, V. J. Honeycutt, Johnny
Councill, Betty Lou Clawson,
Sallie Penick, Ada Belle Moretz,
Mary Sue Greene, J. W. Cuddy,
and Edsel Hodges. All members
of the staff were on the stage
and were presented their copies
of the annual, as well as Mr.
Wey, the dedicatee.
On Tuesday evening, May 27,
members of the senior class pre
sented a three-act comedy en
titled "Sixteen in August" by
Dorothy Bennet and Link Han
nah. This was a Samuel French
play and was produced by
special arrangement. The theme
of the play was the age-old
struggle between the older and
younger generations and was
filled with rich humor. The cast
included Annie Mae Carroll, Bill
Aldridge, Sonny Williams, Ada
Belle Moretz, Betty Lou Clawson,
Mary Sue Greene, Sallie Penick,
Virginia Moretz, Erma Norris,
Mary Moss, Claudeen Garland,
and Bill Winkler. Scriptholder
was Mary Sue Clawson and Ray
Stansberry had charge of sound
effects. Furniture for the setting
was furnished by Craven Furni
ture Company.
Appalachian high finals began
on Sunday evening. May 25,
with the delivery of the bac
calaureate sermon by Rev. James
McKeown of St. Luke's Epis
copal Church. Forty-seven sen
iors. their parents and friends
heard Mr. McKeown's inspiring
message, which was on the sub
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gel, "Let No One Despise Thy
Youth". The speaker pointed out
|the desirable qualities of youth
and stressed the importance of
choosing a worthy goal and then
pursuing it earnestly.
Mr. "IYoutman oX the Lutheran
[Church presided and Mrs. Wor
man of the Adventist Church al
so assisted in the service. Special
music was furnished by the
school choir under the direction
of Mr. O. M. Hartsell.
The Junior Red Cross council
has packed and mailed to the
Atlanta office of the Junior Red
Cross several garments of cloth
ing made durir.^ this school year
by high school stuaents. The
clothing sent to Atlanta will be
shipped to children in Europe.
The high school girls have made
83 woolen skirts, 42 baby dresses,
and 9 boys' shirts; they also made
3 woolen afghans which are to
be sent to hospitals.
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members of the council have
made holiday favors which were
sent to two veterans' hospitals in
our state. They packed and mail
ed 50 Christmas boxes to child
ren overseas. In our own high
school, the council has improved
the first aid room by adding a
medicine cabinet, two single beds,
and has provided for council
supervision of the room during
school hours.
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Additional Education
In Army is Offered
Hi School Graduates
Ngt all high school graduates
can afford to go to college, but
additional education, plus tech
nical training, is available to
qualified young men in the Uni
ted States army, Sgt. Francis M.
Darcy, of the Lenoir sub-station
of the* army recruiting service,
declared here today.
The army can give an able high
school graduate training that will
be usefur not only in the army
but also in civil life. Higher ed
ucation subjects are taught in
classes and through correspon
dence courses, and training is
provided in the many lines of
scientific and industrial endea
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Army technical schools use
training techniques developed!
during the war which teach stu
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engineering, mechanical and elec
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The army has made training
interesting by using new "train
ing aids'": demonstration boards,
charts of every description, train
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