Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-10-25
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
international Lesson Oct. 30.
Fourth Quarter.
Lesson IV-PsnIm 32:I-iI.
rIrLE-sIn. rorElvness and pcaeo.


Iessou Iv-PsaIm 32:I-iI.
TIrLE-sin, Forgvncss and Peace.
ToPTC-The Joy OF Pardon.
OUTLINE--l Blcssedness OF the Pnrdonod,
VS.. 4, ., II. Q-Pursulng Pardon, vs. q. 0.
Enjoying Pardon, Va. 1-iO.
GOLDEN TEXT-Therefore, being justified
by faith we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ.-Rom. b:l.
CENTRAL TRUTH-God loves to forgive
those who truly repent of their sins and forsakc
them.
LESSON CONNECTION.
Dav:d's victories over surrounding ma
tions, follows the last lesson. Various
officers OF his kingdom are chosen. An
account is given of David seeking and
finding a lame son of Jonathan to
'show him kindness for Jonathan's
sake" He takes him to his palace and
makes him his permanent guest. Nah
ash, king of the Ammonites, dies. He
had shown kindness to David and
David sends messages of friendship and
coincidence to the son and successor.
The messengers. however, are insulted
and iudignities heaped upon them. A
war follows and the Ammonites secure
his brother win a decisive victory. The
Syrians then become principals in the
war and David himself defeats them.
The following year the war against
the Ammonites ia renewed and Rabbah
besieged, but David "tarried at Jerusa-
lem" 1t was then that he committed
the great crime of lie. adultery. As one
crime brings on another, this entangled
HIM in other crimes, both sneaking and
cowardly, in his endeavor to hide his
first crime. He met with failure, and
then caused the death of Uriah by hav-
ing HIM exposed in battle. The prophet
Nathan was sent to rebute David,
which he did through parable, by
which David was made to condemn
himstlf. He acknowledged his sin, re-
pented and was forgiven. Neverthe-
less punishment was pronounced upon
the king. Evil was to befall his house.
he was to be publicly dishonored, and
the child of Bathsheba, the fruit of his
adultery, was to die. This last judg
ment was at once fulfilled. Another
child, Solomon, was born, also Jedcdiah.
Time-David's crime took place about
B. G. 1895, Nathan's reproof year
later, and the Psalm comprising our
lesson soon followed.
Place-David's palace on Mount Zion.
David His age about 80. He had
been king about 90 years.
David's Repentance-it was earnest
and sincere. He acknowledged his
great double crime of adultery and
murder. and in Psalm 81, with
broken heart entreets God that in His
infinite goodness and mercy He will
grant him forgiveness. He does all that
is possible to repair the great wrong.
The Psalm that comprises the lesson
was written when pardon had been
granted, the dreadful burden of guilt
had been lifted from his soul, and he
r-jOices in the assurance that he has
obtained forgiveness. He confessed his
sin publicly, and no false pride with
held him from making his confession as
putlic as his sin had been notorious.
LESSON SUGGESTION.
In this Psalm we find outlined the
three phases of human life along its
spiritual lines. To one of these three
classes belong all who come before us
for the study of the Word, says Pelou-
bet.
/. A Sinner in Bondage.-Rev. f. S.
Atwood says: Verses 3 and 1 portray
the mental, moral, and even physical
condition of a man opposed to God aud
living without regard to Him. A man
uurecunciled to God may seem to others
to have everything to cheer and comfort
him, but in the darkness of his Secret
thought he feels a wild unrest and a
fear of he knows not what. He cannot
rid himself of the idea of the power and
presence of the God with whom lie is
not in harmony.
2. A Sinner Repentant. Verse 3
pictures the sinner confessing sin and
the Fathers love going out to meet him
as he would return once more to his
fathers house. What encouragement
for those who from the depths of sin
are turning with longing eyes toward
better life.
g. A Sinner Forgiven. From verse
8 the tone of the Psalm is one of triumph.
1t voices the peace, joy, resi-, comfort
and assurance of one whose trust Is ip
the Lord, Such all one has the con
seriousness of forgiveness; of spiritual
needs supplied, of promises verified.
LESSON REFLECTIONS.
Henry Clay Trumbnll says: Mans
sin can be covered, but not by himself.
All sin is against God, and only God can
cover il out Of sight.
Because all sin 10 against Col, it is
for God to say whether or not a sin is
tn ba imputed 10 him who Is guilty of it,
Gods terms OF forgiveness ars well
known ; it is for man to accept them or
refuse to do 50. and take the cOnse-
quepces.
Silence is a sin when outspeakiug is a
duty. And he who tIies To refrain from
speukIng out in acknowledgement OF
his sin. will find that his silence may
ronr louder against hlm tnan his frank
and honest speech would.
There is no comfort 10 the sinner in
holding out against Gnd. The only
hope of comfort to him IL in his com
hitting himself, sinner AS he is, to the
1--we and mercy oi God.
The prodigal son who abides in the
sw Inc field cannot satisfy even his
lowest cravings with the course husks
which are food for his filthy fellows.
But as lee turns homeward even ia his
poverty and rags, the best that his
fathers house can offer him is counted