The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1889-10-04
ALL UNITED UNDER DAVID
LESSON l. FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATIoNAL SERIES, OCT. 6.
Text of tho Lesson, II Sam. v, 1-12-Com-
nit Verses 1-3-Go1den Text, Psalms
cxzxiii, documentary by the Rev. d.
M. Stearps

| init Verses 1-3-Golden Text, Psalms
cxzxiii, documentary by the Rev. d.
| NJ. Stearns
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per-
| mission OF III. S. Hoffman, publisher, Philadel-
| phia.
l. "Then came all ~ tribes of Israel to
David unto Hebron After the death of
Saul and his sons, as recorded in the last les
son, the way seemed open for David to take
the throne to which he had been anointed
years before, and for which he had so pa
tiently waited; not taking matters into his
| own hands and ridling himself of his enemy as
he might have done on several occasions, but
calmly waiting Gods own time and way.
2. when Saul was king over us, thou
vast he that leddest out and broughtest il.
Israel" They remembered how David, and
| not Saul, slew Goliath and delivered them
| from the Philistines, ard how David after
wards led forth so successfully the armies of
Israel q Sam. XVIII; but the wonder is that
| they did not think of this sooner.
and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt
feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a
! captain over Israeli Why, then, not carry
out the Lords wishes long ere thiss Let the
questions come home. We know that the
rightful king of all this earth is
Jesus, heir of all things; that He
shall be king over all the earth;
that to Him all kings shall fall down,
and all nations serve Him Heb. i, 2; Zech.
xiv, 0; we know also that Zion cannot be
rebuilt till the fullness of the Gentiles be
come in, and the Lord appear i'll His glory
lRom vi, %; Ps. eli, lG); and we know that
the will of the Lord is that the Gospel of the
kingdom shall be preached in all the world
Tor witness unto all nations, that thus the
end may come Matt. xiv, ID; knowing
these things, why does not every church, and
every individual believer, rise up and do
something to hasten the time when Jesus shall
be king over all the earth, by striving to
their utmost to preach the Gospel to every
creature? You answer
s. "Ihey anointed David king over Israeln
So the Lord had decreed, and so it finally
came to pass, for every purpose of the Lord
shall be performed David does not upbraid
them because of their delay, nor complain Of
their past treatment, but meekly makes a
league with them before the Lord. He sees
God, and not men, and is still.
4. David was thirty years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned forty
years" Then all his rejection, humiliation
and sr,ff'eri'sgs came to him as a young man;
so it was also with Jesus our Saviour and
coming King. Young men and women arc
apt to think it hard to have to sul.er and be
humiliased; let them remember David and
Jesus, and that it is written, sit is good fora
man that he bear the yoke in his YOUTH"
5. SIN Hebron x seven years and
six months; and in Jerusalem = Il
thirty-three years" 1t is very profitable in
Biblestudy to associate places with the events
which occurred there. Hebron, city of
Judah, some twenty miles south of Jerusalem,
will ever be delightful place to the Bible
student, not only because Of David's two
anointings and his seven years reign, buta
because of its earlier associations with Abra-
ham, Isaac and Jacob, Joshua and Caleb;
there lies, still sacredly guarded, the dust of
the patraEchs and from the cave of Mach
pelah shall yet come forth their glorified bod
les. Jerusalem, of all cities that have ever been
or ever will be, stands first; there our Lord
was cruciiied. there Eis precious blood flowed
forth, in Pilates hail, in Gethseinane and on
Calvary, there He was buried and there He
rose from the dead; from thence He asceuded
to the right hand of God, and thither He
shall return i'll power and glory to rebuild
Zion, make Jerusalem His throne, and co,i-
sequently the capital OF the whole ea.tl
DPS. eli, l6; Jer. iii, II, lS)
g. ''And the king and his men Went to Je-
riisalenl with the !ebusites." The old name
of Jerusalem was Jebus; it was Il great
stronghold, and we read that neither the
children of Judah nor Benjamin could drive
ont the inhabitants, but they were allowed
tn dwell there with Israel d Chron. XII, 4,
>; Josh. xv, 6*$; Judges i, 2l.) This was a
standing disgrace TO Israel during ali their
history since Joshua led them into the land
up to this time, and now, when David de-
ternines to wipe out this disgrace, lie is tole;
by these defers of God and His people that
tie blind and the lame are able to nod the
fort against him.
20 Nevertheless, David took the strong
hold of Zion; Il 4 so David dwelt in
the fort and called it the City of David" He
who in the name of the God of Israel slew
Goliath went forth in the same great name
against these enemies of God and proved tie
faithfulness of Him who had said ssIEerc shall
no man be able to stand before thee" tDeut
vii, 24.) The Jebusites had never before had to
contend with one who SO relied upon the God
OF Israel, and therefore they knew not His
power and treated Him and His professed
people with contempt. There are in our
churches of today, and i'll the hearts of many
who are called Christians both preachers and
hearers strong corners which are held by tile
enemy, and which ought to be possessed by
emy has so long been permitted to hold I'M
disputed possession that he laughs at any
attempt to dislodge him. aud so believers and
churches are overcome instead OF being over.
comers.
10. And David went on and grew great,
and the Lord God of hosts was with Him.
Going and growing are the two words in the
margin; thus should every believer daily ad-
vance, growing in grace and in the knowl-
edge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
Ill Pet. iii, lS,, our motto being still upward,
still upward, still upward!' remembering
that every winding about makes an enlarg
ing, and there is always One in the midst
tllzek XII, y, or this of Paul: "This one
thing do, forgetting those things which are
behind, and reaching forth unto those things
which are before, | press toward the mark
for the prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus" Phil. iii, l3, AZ Thus shall
our daily life bea going and growing; but
we shall never get to it till, like David, we
realize that The Lord God of hosts is with
us" and firmly believing this, seek with the
whole heart a more intimate acquaintance
with Him, and thus cultivate more implicit
reliance upon Him.
IL. And Hiram king of Tyre sent messen-
gers to David, and cedar trees, and curpen
tiers, and masons; and they built David an
house." Here is Gentle king and his peo-
pie, coming cheerfully to the king of Israel
to do him honor; thus shall it be, as the
prophets everywhere tell us, when the king
dom shall have been restored to Israel.
IL. ''Dayid perceived that the Lord had
established him king over Israel, and that He
had exalted his kingdom for His people