Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...and happy king over a prosperous and increasing people. But by-and-bye, after many years, for Asa was perfect in his heart towards the Lord for many years of his long reign; but whether it were, as, alas! too often happens, that a life of ease and prosperity brought forth in Asa the results of partial backsliding, we know not; but, as years went on, another war was declared, and this time it Wcis the King of Israel who came up against the King of Judah. What did Asa do? Did he go, as formerly, and cry unto the Lord, and put his battle into His hands? No, he did not. He had left his first love; he had become, in a measure, untrue to the Lord God of Israel. He forgot where his strength lay; his spiritual perceptions had become dim; he had lost his realisation of God's ability to help and deliver him out of the hands of his enemies, and so he fell back upon worldly policy. He went down to Assyria and courted Ben-hadad, the King of Assyria, and said, 'Come and help me, that my enemies may depart, for I am sore pressed.' Ah! what a picture of backsliders. On another occasion, when Jehoshaphat made an ungodly alliance, a prophet met him and. said, "Shouldest thou help the ungodly and love them that hate the Lord?" No man ever did this without being sorely whipped, as poor Asa was. He succeeded, indeed, in the battle, and won the victory. It was a lawful end, but he accomplished it by unlawful means. He won the victory, and, I dare say, he was congatulating himself and stroking his beard in self-complacency, when, lo! the prophet corner to deliver Uod"s message to him, and he says: --"Because thou hast relied on the King of Syria, and not relied on tbe Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the King of Syria escaped out of...
