Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-07-20
THE TABERNACLE BUILT.
LESSON ", THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 22.

Cor. tx, documentary by Rev. ID. NJ
StoarDs.
CONDENSED from Lesson Helper Quarterly, by
permission of II s. Hoffman Philadelphia pub
Usher
Moses had returned from his seventh visit
10 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 be came down from the mount
the skin of his face shone, but he visit it not
(xxxiv, 2S-}O.
" 20. "All the congregation departed"
Moses had received 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 sanctuary in which
God might dwell among them XIV,
81. A 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 come 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 grievous thing to be thus called
upon to contribute toward this building; it
was ian Offering unto the Lord" Tvs 5, 81,
22 "a, 30, and they brought it willingly
Tvs. 5, 81, % 29, because their hearts were
stirred up Tvs. 81, 30, and they brought in
such abundance that there was soon suffi-
cient for all the work, and too much so that
the people had to be restrained from bring
Ing txxxvi 40. There was no enter
tainment or fair sacred concert by which
to raise the money or bring in the material;
1t was all willing offering unto the Lord.
q. And they came both men and women"
Thank God for the women, willing hearted,
wise hearted, and with hearts stirred up VS.
%, 26I who are found everywhere minis
terlng 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 It's 293 missionaries at
the beginning of this year So were married
women and 96 unmarried women Surely Ps
xviii, II is being fulfilled The Lord giveth
the word; the women that publish the tldings
are great host" r.. W He who permit
ted many women to follow Him and minister
unto Him, who hlndered not tie women of
Samaria from running to tell the glad
tidings, who commissioned woman to bear
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 god. 1t is seldom that such
metal finds ITS way into an Offering unto the
Lord In these days, pennies or nIckels are
apt to predomlnate perhaps fair sprlnkling
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 theiI best and give
abundantly both to time and money but
why are not more hearts thus stirred!
"A. If one had not gold, there was silver
and brass and wood needed, and if brass or
wood was all that person was able to bring
It was as acceptable as gold, for if there be
first willing mind, it is accepted according
TO that "A man hath, and not according to
that he hath not" Ill Cor. viii. l2l Out
of the silver was made the hundred sockets
for the boards of the tabernacle and the pill
lars Of the veil, aso the hooks and chapters
and fIletS for the pillars out of the brass
was made the sockets of he court. the sock
PTS OF the court gate, the sockets of the door.
and al the pluS of the tabernacle and court.
also the crate of the bralen altar and all its
vessels, and the covering of the altar
(XXXVlil, 2ITjD. The wood WAS ;Sed for the
pillars ana boards and bars and also for the
framework OF the two affairs, the table, and
the ark. The gold was used to make the lid
of the ark and cherubim, also the golden can
dlestci; and it was used to cover the ark.
the table, the altar of incense and the forty
eight boards of the tabernacle it was also
beaten into thin plates and cut into wires and
worked into the High Priests ephod, as well
as to form the settings of the precious stones
and the cro"u upon his forehead
20 u 9TH men did spin with their
hands, and for this also they had to be
wise hearted and stirred up The work was
tor the house OF the Lord, and they must
have wrought zealouSlv and "hcerfullv II
is just grand to let Him have our hands to
work with them, and our feet to run for
Him ond to say IN all THINGS. .'Je,us. do
this Tor 'rheen When our eyes ,l.iif-at to ba-
hold His glory AID our eers tu hear His
word, 50 that we Lave eyes a.! "ar, tor Him
above all others, tlen shall we ..,Iow the ioy
Of His service
II The onyx and o,ncr prc,,ois stones
were for the shoulder stones auH rcast pIate
Of the High Priests dress, o'i wilcn were en-
craven tho names Of tne twelve trees on
the shoulder stones accu", ns t. l.r.t. and
on the breast plate accoro.:g b., l.r. Tribes
xviii, 10, @u, They ;ri ii. Il tho
Garden Of L len in the litst (,-l Il IL. EI.
xviii ID, and the New Jr!us.i.a u, tne
future G2ev. XXI, 10, 20, b,sup. .. 10
cious lessons concerning our Lora 90. ,ent
work on our behalf
-. full account OF the holy accounting
oil and sweet License, which was com ounded
Of these spices, and the like Of winch no
one was to make for his own use upon pain
Of death, is found in xxx, PISS
20 Every man and woman whose heart
made them willing" Man looketh on the
outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on
the heart and, therefore, We are TO serve Him
win perfect heart and willing mind for
tie searcheth all hearts and understandeth
Ill the lmaSlnatons of the thoughts of the
neart, u Sam. XVI, II; | Chron. xviii, o. A
very oiu out appropriate prayer runs thus:
WASH, Lord, and purify my heart
ANA make 1t clean in every 1art.
Aud when It's clean, Lord keep il too
FOR that Is more than can DO
Tor oil