The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-07-19
THE TABERNACLE BUILT.
IESsON ", THIRD QUARTER. INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 22.

IEssON ", THIRD QUARTER. INTER.
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 22.
Tho Text Of the Lesson Is to he Found
in Ex. XIV, 2o-20-Golden Text. II
Cor. ix, 7-Commentary by Rev. d. NJ.
Stearss.
[Condensed from Lesson Helper Quarterly. By
permission of H. 8. HOFFMAN, Philadelphia. pub
lisher.]
Moses had returned from his seventh visit
to God in the mount; for the second time
had he spent forty days and nights there,
and did neither eat bread nor drink water,
and when he came down from the mount
the skin Of his face shone, but he wist it not
tHnv, % 80.
V. 20 "An the congregation departed"
Moses had received a command to take from
all the willing hearted among the children of
Israel an Offering unto the Lord of the ma
terials named in verses to 10. that with
them he might build a sanctuary in which
God might dwell among them hv,
3. full account of this tabernacle, with
all its vessels and the garments Of the
priests, is found in chapters XIV to xxx, and
repeated in chapters xxxvi to XXX. The
building ard its significance will coma BE-
fore us in our next lessen; today we have the
willing hearted people and their offerings.
81 And they came, and they
brought the Lords Offering" They did not
forget to return, they did not object to that
sort of preaching, neither did they seem to
consider It a grievous thing to be thus called
upon to contribute toward this building; it
was ''an offering unto the Lord" Tvs 8, 81,
22, "a, 29, and they brought it willingly
Tvs. s, 81, %, 29), because their hearts were
stirred up Tvs 81, 26, and they brought In
such abundance that there was soon SUM
cient for all the work, and too much, 80 that
the people had to be restrained ON bring
ing txxxvi, -. There was no enter
tainment or fair or sacred concert by which
to raise the money or bring in the material !;
it was all willing Offering unto tho Lord.
%. "And they came, both men and women n
Thank God for the women, willing hearted,
wise hearted, and with hearts stirred up fv4
25, 26) who are found everywhere minis
tering unto Him, not only in Dorcas societies
and in district visiting, in prayer meetings
and as Bible readers, but as actual mission
aries at home and abroad. In the China Island
mission alone, out of its 293 missionaries at
the beginning of this year, IS were married
women and 96 unmarried women. Surely Ps
xviii, IL is being fulfilled 1.-THE Lord giveth
the word; the women that publish the tidings
are great host" r. W He who permit
ted many women to follow Him and minister
| unto Him, who hindered not the women of
Samarla from running to tell the glad
| tidings, who commissioned a woman to bear
the first resurrection message from Himself,
has nowhere that can find forbidden women
either to minister unto Him, or to lovingly
testify of Him either in private or in public.
Every man an offering of gold unto the
Lord" Their hearts must have been wonder
| fully stirred when every man brought an
| offering Of gold. 1t is seldom that such
metal finds its way into an Offering unto the
Lord in these days; pennies or nickels are
apt to predominate, perhaps fair sprinkling
of dimes with few larger silver pieces, but
the gold is not abundant. There are those
whose hearts are really set upon the Lords
work, and who give their best and give
| abundantly both as to time and money but
why are not more hearts thus stirreds
| "a. If one had not gold, there was silver
and brass and wood needed, and If brass OF
| wood was all that person was able to bring
it was as acceptable as gold, "for II there be
first willing mind, it is accepted according
to that a man hath, and not according to
that he hath not" Oh Cor viii, H. Out
of the silver was made the hundred sockets
for the boards of the tabernacle and the pill
lars of the veil, also the hooks and chapiters
and fillets for the pillars; out of the bras
was made the sockets of the court, the sock
cts of the court gate, tho sockets of the door
and all the pins of the tabernacle and court
also the CRATE Of the brazen altar and all it
vessels, and the covering of the ALTA
| txxxviii, 27-31. The wood was used for tn,
pillars and boards and bars aud also for tn,
i framework of the two altars, the table, ant
the ark. The gold was used to make the liz
Of the ark and cherubim, also the golden can
dlestick; and it was used to cover the ark
the table, the altar of incense and the forty
eight boards of the tabernacle; it was alst
beaten into thin plates and cut into wires an,
worked into the High Priests ephod, as vel
as to form the settings Of the precious stone
and the crown upon his forehead.
25, 26. "The women did spin with thei
hands," and for this also they had to b.
wise hearted and stirred up. The work wa
for the house of the Lord, and they mus
have wrought zealously and cheerfully. l
is just grand to let Him have our hands tx
work with them, and our feet to run fo
Him, and to say in all things, "Jesus, dc
this for Thee" When our eyes delight to be
hold His glory and our ears to hear Hi.
word, SO that we have eyes and ears for Hin
above all others, then shall we know the 10
of His service
81. The onyx and other precious stone
vert for the shoulder stones and breast plat
of the High Priests dress, ON which were en-
craven the names of the twelve tribes: o.
the shoulder stones according to birth, an
on the breast plate according to the tribe
(xxviii, 10, Ply. They tell us of tn
Garden of Eden in the past Gen ii, 12: E.
xviii, 13, and the New Jerusalem of tn
future Rev. xxi, 10, 20), besides many prs
cious lessons concerning our Lords presen
work on our behalf.
%. A full account of the holy anointin
oil and sweet incense, which was compounde
of these spices, and the like of which n
one was to make for his own use upon pal
of death, is found in Xxx, 22-3S.
90. Every man and woman whose hear
made them willing" Man looketh ON tn
outward appearance, but the Lord looketh O
the heart, and, therefore, we are to serve Hir
with a perfect heart and willing mind, fo
He searcheth all hearts and understandet
all the imaginations of the thoughts of th
heart, q Sam. xvi, II; Chron. xviii, o.
very old but appropriate prayer runs thus:
Wash, Lord, and purify my heart,
And make 1t clean In every part;
And when it's clean, Lord, keep It too,
For that is more than can do.
"For all manner of work." A heart rigf
with God is ready for any or every wor
that He may appoint, seeking not our ow
will nor our own glory, but to be emptied
self and filled with the spirit for His hone
and His glory.
The one thing that will mako us willin
workers for God is more intimate acquain
ance with our Lord Jesus Christ; for Il
more clearly we see His great love to US Il
more we shall love HIM and want 20 oory
| Hin, in auv caDacitv