The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-11-29

Ooc0uU DER - 41v.
fspecialiy arranged from s. s. GU artcr'y.l
Irssox TEXT Kings > ;5ih3
Golden TExr The Lord ~ IN His hol,
emplc: let nll the earth keep silence before
Him Iiab. 2:V
cryrnAr. TRrn The temple was type
y The Christian church, and OF tho SOU
dedicated God.
PAuAlI.rL AccouSrs-Thc story Of tho
.empe is recorded IN Kings, chaps. TO &
md Chron. chaps. 2to5.
T,ur-Thc temple was begun ON the "a OF
III. about the first OF May, u. G. 1912, and
completed after seven and q hair years, IN
November. Is. o. 1905. The dedication was
n the previous month, M tho Fcns. OF Tab
ernacles, about the first OF October, $50
years after the Exodus Il Kings q 4, 81, IS
s:2).
PlAcE-Thc temple was built upon Moun
Moriah, the eastern hill Of Jerusalem
y Chron. 3:n. David bought itof Araunah
p SAM ~ 10 aj). Hero Abraham also
brought Isaac for sacrifice Gen. % ~.
MArERiArs-Thc temple was built OF
white limestone. chiefly from quarriea
under the city The beams and walls were
OF cedar, fir and red sandal.wood (amug
trees ovcriaid with gold, and adorned with
carvings Of palm trees. cherubim and flow
ers. and garnished with precious stones.
The weight Of gold was about i've hundred
tons, 81 silver one thousand tons, OF brass
eleven hundred tons, and Of iron six thou
sand tons.
COURTS The temple faced tho east and
was situated in court within court q
Chron. $3.50, each surrounded with wall
The eastern side Of TIE outer court was
colonnade called Solomon's porch. The area
was then probably 900 feet by 600 feet, con-
tanning about twelve acres. Tho present
area contains thirty-ive acres Tho dedi-
cation was one Of the grandest ceremonies
ever performed. The leaders and the peo-
pie from all Israel were present Il Kings
81, 3. Solomon's prayer was especially
remarkable. The procession Is described
in Kings s:l-9, and 2 Chron 5:4-l3 Ac-
companicd by the 1000 singers and musi-
cans David had organized, arraycd in white
linen, and chanting some OF those splendid
odes, the 47th 9th, 9sth and forth Psalms.
the Leyiies brought the old tabernacle, the
trazcn altar, the table OF show bread, the
candlestick and the brazcn serpent from
Gideon, and the ark from Zion, and put
them in their places In the temple.
HELrs OVER HARD PLACES "a. Bcfon the
altar: on a br azcn platform five feet high
and seven feet and q half square q Chron.
G:l3l. &c. Not faded one ~ al his good PROM
re. sec Dcut. 1919 TO- 2s:l-14; Josh. ia.
60. That all the sdrns may k,iow: the Israeli
ties religion was not for themselves alone
They were TO be a missionary nation TO all
the world. 81. At this point God filled tho
temple anew with cloud OF splendid glory
u Cnron. 5:l4; I'D, as token that He ac-
cepted the temple 10 be His house. 63. Tp0
and fuvnfy thousand oren: these were not
only sacrifices. but were TO feed the vast
mum bcrs OF the people during the feast,
which lasted eight days longer, or fifteen
Or sixteen days In all Il Kings :C5t6;
chron. 1910
CoMMESrs-In this lesson we may profit
ably talk about temple blessed with Gods
presence To-day, the temple Of which We
shall speak Is the human heart. What was
II that Solomon prayed for In connection
with the dedication OF the temple! (a) He
prayed for pardon Tvs. 30 and 3G). III ever
the people slnned, and then, rcpenting,
turned TO God with confession upon their
f2s, he asked that they might be pardoned.
~ ,eed, It was essential that II God pres
s'was TO bring any blessing. Il should
nR pardon with IL, Tor he came to dwell
long sinners, and the first thing sinners
ID Is Rardon 30, IL we ask God to como
dwell( y or hearts, the first thing that
yewill doSs 70 pardon our past offenscs.
'Vhis hcalways does on the same conditions;
W. confession and conversion Il. e., .
turning about. % But the King also
prayed Tor guidance for Israel Tvs. 81 and
~. They needed TO have tho way OF jus
tlce and truth made clear for them In all I
difiicult places So, too, we need TO have
our pathway marked out for US with great
c1earness. AT times we are In doubt ~ 10
what is right and what wrong. IL God be
with US, we need only ask Him, and He will
surely guide us aright. The Holy Spirit in
Us Will teach us the way we should walk. II
we only pay careful heed to His gentle
voice The reason so many young Chris
ians 50 astray Is because they do not ask
W wisdom or, II they ask, they do not
,s'en carefully for m answer; or, in they
near tne answer, they refus> 10 obey it
solomon dedicated the whole temple to
w. Nopart was withheld. Is there not
lere lesson for usl ~Prcsent your
voulcs q g.. all you are) q liz ing sacrifice,
Wy, acceptable unto God, which Is YOUR rca-
sVnaoic service" II we are for God at ali.
uen we must be all for God "Yc can not
Nrse God and mammon.-' Here many
make Q mistake. They let ssTobiah'' have
! part 81 the tempo 10 dwell in lNch. 1917.
Y n the temple 1--WE ourselvcs) belong 10
uOd' Iobah aud all that belongs 20 him
must pc cast out, for God will not dwell in
W. hearts along with any one else. He
.onc' or not at all-thatis the rule. -Rcy.
r. Schauffier.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
\ \ The temple is a type Of the individual
Saristian a Cor. 3: 1910. a. Rich and
usuy Preparations have been made by ,
~ ~ We arc heirs Of all the ages. ts)
'ne ioundation is Jesus Christ The Rock
na' nevercan be moved 81 Thctruc Chris
'An character when complete is beautiful
'ua costly "a The Christian is made for !
~ worship ~ God, by the incense OF
prayer. BY sacrifice, by tho commandmen
\ praise, % His soul is the Holy Of
vles' n which God dwclls and mani. Z
es's Himself.
!, : me temple Is the type or the church.
Y in The foundations; ca in the prepare
ons made for II, all the world is made trib. I
,aIy 70 IT'S work; % in the silcn, process I
~ building: az In its beauty and grand. !
n Is whole; ~ in its many harmoni G
= parts; 90 in its affairs OF worship; "a o
'ne chambers around II, showing its sccu. 1,
! anu business side; 50 In its object, the q
orship 81 God; (D in the manifestation Of !,
~ abiding presence.