The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
ToBER O.

OSTOBEIs q.
Lesson Text: "The Trib
Under David. 2 SaDes onteu
Golden Text: Ps w.. LA
-Commes cxxxiii,1
David unto Hel<all the tribes Of Israel to
Saul and his sAvron." After the death Of
son, the wa2Sns, as recorded I'm the last les
tho thronSy seemed open for David to take
years b/U TO which he had beeen anointcd
tientlysfore, and for which he had so pa
owpey waited; not teking matters into his
aSr hands and Kidding himself OF his enemy
~ he might have done on several occasions,
but calmly waiting Gods own time and way;
and now that the time for his accession to tho
throne has come, he will not even go up into
any of the cities of Judah without inquiring
OF the Lord, SO careful Is he in this p,atter to
chosen him. Tho Lord having told him to
go up to Hebron, he went thither with his
men and ali their families. and there the men
of Judah anointed David King over the house
to be King only of Judah for seven years and
six months, one of Sauts sols reigning fer
two years oyer tho rest of Israel tchap. ii..10
lpisqSt there was long war between the house
OF Sa4 aud the house OF David; but David
waxedS StronSer and stronger, and the house Of
Saul waxed weaker and weaker CHAP ill.,, u.
Now, at length the Lords time has come for
David tobe King Of all Israel so all the tribes
come to him to Hebron, saying: "Benold, we
are thy bone and thy flesh"
2. when Saul was King over us, thou
vast he that leddest out and broughtest in
Israel" They remembered how David, and
not Saul, slew Goliath and delivered them
! from the Philistines, and how David after
ward led forth SO successfully the armies of
Israel Il Sam. xviii; but tho wonder is that
they did not think Of this sooner. Why did
ney not Da Sd King SSr of all adw sra as
years and six months to pass unimprovved
when they knew that these things concerning
David were undisputed?
"And the Lord said to thee thou shalt
feed my people Israel. and thou shalt be
| captain over Israel" Why, then, not car
| ry out the Lords wishes long ere this? Let
| the questions come home
3. "They anonted David King over Is
| rael." So the Lord had decreed and so it
| finally came to pass, for every purpose Of the
Lord shall be performed.
4. David was thirty years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned forty years"
| Then all his rejection, humiliation and suf-
| ferings came to him a young man; so it
| was also with Jesus our Saviour and coming
King. Young men and women are apt to
think it hard to have to suffer and be humil
! lated; let them remember David and Jesus,
and that it is writtcn cit is good for a man
that he bear the yoke in his youth" and
again: Take Ny yoke upon you and learn
OF me-, TOR am meek ana Iowly In neart
liam. ill.,. %; Matt. XII, 29)
s. "ln Hebron " seven years and six
months: and in Jerusalem +" = thirty three
years" 1t is very profitable i'm Bible study
| to associate places with the events which
occurred there. Hebron, a city of Judah,
some twenty miles south of Jerusalem, will
ever bs a delightful place to the Bible
student not only because of David's two
anointings and his seven years reign, but
also because OF its earlier associations with
| Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Joshua and
| Caleb; there lies, still sacredly guarded, the
dust of the Patriarchs, and from the cave
of Machpelsh shall yet come forth their
| glorified bodies Jerusalem, of all cities that
have ever been or ever will be, stands first;
there our Lord was crucified. there His
precious blood flowed forth, in Pilates hall,
in Gethssnane and on Calvary, there He
was buried and there He rose from the dead;
from thence He assembled to the right hand
| of God and thither He shall return in
power and glory to rebuild Zion, make
| Jerusalem His throne, and consequently the
capital of the whole earth ops. cii., 16; Jer.
6. And the King and his men went to
| Jerusalem with the Jebusites." The old
pa pane ps- of @ Jerusalem was Jebus; it was great
children of Judah nor Benjamin Gould drive
to dwell there with Israel Il Chron. xi., 4, 5;
Josh. Nv., SO; Judges j., 21) This was a
standing disgrace to Israel during all their
history since Joshua led them into the land
up to this time; and now. when David de-
termines to wipe out this disgrace, he is told
by these defiers Of God and His people that
the blind and the lame are able to hold the
fort against him.
70. Nevertheless, David took the strong
fort and called it the City Of David" He
who in the name of tho God of Israel slew
| Goliath went forth in the same great name
| against these enemies of God and proved
tho faithfulncss of Him who said: There
shall no man be able to stand before Thee"
| Deut. vii, ~
10. And David went on and grew great,
and the Lord God of Hosts was with Him.''
| Thus shall our daily life be a going and grow
| ing; but we shall never get to it till, like
| David we realize that THE Lord God of
Hosts is with u.s." and firmly believing this,
seek with the whole heart a more intimate
acquaintance with Him, and thus cultivate a
more implicit reliance upon Him.
sebsers q pa ana esda tEss and
an house" Here is Gentle King and his
people coming cheerfully to the King of
Israel to do him honor; thus shall it be- as
the prophets everywhere tell us, when the
kingdom shall have been restored to Israel.
12. David perceived that the Lord had
! established him King over Israel, and that
| He had exalted His kingdom for His people
IsraeIs sake" Notice in this verse two
things: First, that the Lord had done it all;
it was not Davids patience or wisdom or
might, but the Lord alone that did it all;
and, second that it was done for His people
Isracl's sake. When we tell Christians of to-
| day of the great things that God is going to
| do for Israers sake, we are apt to he consid-
cred decidedly Jewish in our vicws hut Jew
| ish we will be- nevertheless, for our Saviour
is a jew and King of tlfo Jews and Scripture
! does not authorize us to expect the So called
conversion Of this world until Jesus comes to
His long promised Throne Of David Lesson
Helper.