Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20
TIE TABERNACLE BUILT.
LESSON ". THIRD QUARTER. INTER.
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY ~.

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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 be came down from the mount
the skin of his face shone, but he visit it not
Cxxxiv, $3.50.
V 90. "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 Gxv,
g.. 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 and 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 n a grievous thing to be thus called
upon to contribute toward this building: it
was ian offering unto the Lord" Tvs 8, 81,
~, "a, 30, and they brought it willingly
Tvs. 5, 81, 90, 90, because their hearts were
stirred up Tvs. 81, 26, and they brought in
such abundance that there was soon suffi-
Gent 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 or sacred concert by which
to raise the money or bring in the material !;
it was all a willing offering unto the Lord
p And they came both men and women I"
Thank God for the women, willing hearted,
wise hearted, and with hearts stirred up VS.
25, 20, 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 90 unmarried women. Surely Ps
xviii, II is being fulfilled 1.-THE Lord giveth
the word; the women that publish the tidings
are great hostn (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 woman to bear
the hist 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 predominant, 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 stirredl
"a If one had not gold, there was silver
and brass and wood needed, and If brass or
wood was all that a person was able to bring
it was as acceptable as gold, for if there be
first willing mind, it is accepted according
to that man hath, and not according to
that he hath not" I'll Cor. viii III 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 chapters
and fillets for the pillars; out of the brass
was made the sockets of the court, the sock.
cts of the court gate, the sockets Of the door,
and all the pins of the tabernacle and court,
also the CRATE Of the brazen altar and all its
vessels, and the covering of the altar
txxxviii, 27-31). The wood was used for the
pillars and boards and bars and also for the
framework of the two affairs, the table and
ha a "a col rxraS 4
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 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 crown upon his forehead
Is, 26 "Ths women did spin with their
hands," and for this also they had to be
wise hearted and stirred up. The work was
for the house Of the Lord, and they must
have wrought zealously and cheerfully II
is just grand to let Him have our hands to
work with them, and our feet to run for
Him, and to say In all things, "Jesus, do
this for Thee" When our eyes delight to be-
hold His glory and our ears to hear His
word, so that we have eyes and ears for Him
above all others, then shall we know the 10y
of His service.
q. The onyx and other precious stones
were for the shoulder stones and breast plats
Of the High Priests dress, on which were en-
craven the names Of the twelve tribes: or
the shoulder stones according to birth, ant
on the breast plate according to the tribe,
xviii, 10, 2p They tell us of tn,
Garden of Eden In the past Gen ii, -; Ez
xviii, ID, and the New Jerusalem of tn,
future REV. xxi, 10, 20), besides many pre-
cious lessons concerning our Lords present
work on our behalf
IS A full account Of the holy amounting
oil and sweet incense, which was compounded
of these spices, and the like of which NJ
one was to make for his own use upon paiI
Of death, Is found in XXX, PISS
60 Every man and woman whose hear
made them willing" Man looketh on tn,
outward appearance, but the Lord looketh OIL
the heart, and, therefore, we are to serve Hin
with perfect heart and a willing mind, TO
He searcheth all hearts and understandetl
all the imaginations of the thoughts OF tn
heart. Il Sam xvi II: Chron xviii o. 4