The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-27
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON Fon SEPTEMBER 90.
Review of tho Lessons for the Past
ouarter-Goldcn Text john is45
Notes.

aud
a.d,ns anu .dv sn tbe ordinary o6ronologv Of over
'.',,, six bnniraj veays The srene of the
ssries Tor The present quarter is laid In the
G.iJornessaa n Siuni AMI Paran and covers
wluernnes,s wun >, s.'stv yssrs '' anu
S1ui's oisSrx In nro,nisinp Israel Cannan
10, ,,,9s,rrfr n ,,rovlde tbeu, with a land
co,ing viii, kijk and honey: IL was to give
sna, e. iarrT where they might be n holy
n.;1,, a ,crn,iar peopje. The giving was
70. t, i.' al m one side God was ready to
~ ny -, lie ,aonle n beautiful county and TO
r. ,hap, n avery way but He required
.n.t thoy shouid render Him faithful obe
s,e.sca Ija tberefore Mt Mount Sinai en-
s.sat into a solemn covenant or agreement
s.;th tha,n In which He pledged them IN the
s'ino., ~ bulorks. that He would fulfil
c..,. ,ror,,se and in which they pledged
U;m Nv the same sign. faithful obedience
M1 Wv Is.
Tho blood of the these animals was n sym.
toi of the death 10 which the covenant
Sra.Ler ,xould Iva expoeed II he broke the
,n, nr tbe conditions Of the covenant. As
t%e neonle couid not keen the law. in due
time the God man. representing God and
man i'm his divine and human nature, dies
o. mn, who through the weakness OF the
aesb ronld not keen the law Rom ", q,
III "a
GnIv forte dovs had oxpired since tho NIB.
1,c nrnrlomatio,, Of the Commandment and
tho givinr of IN, hook of The covenant by
Moses when tho ueoplo broke the second
Observation-Disclosures, in ,vorsbinning the golden
calf and while thev probably thought they
,xarc worshipinp Jehovah by means of an
image renlly broke the first lex, xxi,
ih'aM'
Such conduct brought Gods anger upon
tben, Tbn covenant vns broken By ia
terms Mi the nrople deserved 10 die. and SO p
eral tbonsand of them were nut 10 death 10y
the Irvit.s tEx xxxii. ~ oSl God thrent-
.ened to withdraw entirely from his reop.l.
But through the intercesSion OF his servant
Moses he promised that his angel, the angel
of the covenant. should still 70 among them
Tx xxSii.' :jj,xxxiii', iN.
BILE sign of his presence aud although he had
forbidden that any image should be ma, ,le of
him, he condescenhed to their need TO such
nm e.tent ns tn nropo.e that n tabernacle
should he Luilt Although the heavens could
not c,nin him II Kings viii M he CON
descended to allow them to think that he
would nitcb his tent among them like an
earthly king.
For tho Construction of this tent he re-
ceiyed the free.vill offerings OF their lew
els and their most precious trinkets and pos
eessions. He did net levy any tax upon
than, but accented thoso things thar came as
the exnrossion of their devotion lex xxxy.
p0-oD.
The font was the tabernacle of the divine
King In the holy of holies which was his
audience chamber vas his throne the mercy
scat restino upon the ark of the covenant
which contained the tables OF stone lex. XXX
", lO-z2; xxxvi., 3p. which represented the
righteousness and iudoment which were the
fnnndotion ~ hi.' throna Ps TT IA
Revised Versionl. and which at the same
time was n testimony against the people. In
the holy place were the altar of incense and
the table of sbew- bread. symbols of PRAYER
and of the source of temporal s,lpply
ouss'ei~ .be tabernaole was the court (Ex.
Sfxyn,v-ls) Into which the people might enter
,uitf their fsscrc fees that tStp might be
.offersdd by the priests SuI,on tns altar LEV.
4. son
Irnmadiatelv around tina tahern acie "a ora
encamned the tribe of Levi Including the
priests as the divine Kings body-pi,ard
tNum. l., 1850, and at n greater distance the
other tribes fNum IL In
0'lV xa tha covenant had been bro,,en tho only
terms ON which communion could be restored
between God md his people. and ON which
ne could consent to dwell among them, was
by means of sacrifice. Over the heads OF the
victims the people confessed their sins (com.
mare ey l. and xvi 2D and tho animals
were slain i'm their stead who deser yed to die
as covenant breakers, thus pointing forward
TO the Lamb Of God who should take away
the sins of the world
But these sacrifices were not complete
Although th re was the morning and evening
sacrifice. and such sacrifices as individuals
might offer, there was n consciousness of sin
UIeb. x, ~. The consciences of the peo.
ple were troubled: hence once i'm the year
there was n day of atonement in which all the
sins oil the people, IN 'luulng those OF the nlgl
priest and rulers of the people. were atonei
Tor lev xvi, l-lD. As a symbol of the com.
pletencSs of the pardon n goat was sent into
the wilderness to Azazel lev. xvi, $40, 20
22l, who perhaps represented Satan, thus sig
nifying that the author of sin received tn,
sins of the congregation but could not ge
the foroiven sinner
Happy in the sense OF pardon. they wer,
ready 10 celebrate the most iovous festival OF
the yenr. the feast of tabernacles LEV. Xxx.
3.i-iA, which was memorial of what grea
things God had done for his people. an,
which In later times perhaps became a typ
of him who was the fountain of life (Joh,
vii. 81. 3Gl. and the light OF the world (Johi
viii, ~.
With such n people redeemed and sancti
fed, the symbols OF the Lords presence il
the pillar of cloud by day and OF fire by nj b
could abide. Their King was with them
leading them. when the cIoud was l,f,ad the
journeyed. when il rested they encampe
mum. iy,' l5-2O.
The way was therefore prepared for then
to enter the promised land Spies were sen
to explore it Nun. xiii, l7-23) and bring
report, for they might not seek a revelation
from tod regarding that which they coul
discover by their own investigation
While the spies united In praisng the land