The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-06-22
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM
REFLECTION.
A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive
Lesson and Where 1t May he found-A
Learned and Concise Reviow Of tho
Same.
Messiah's Reign.
The lesson for Sunday, June 20, may be
found I'm Ps. ~; LIZ.

The lesson for Sunday, June 20, may be
found In Ps ~; LIZ.
INTRODUCTORY.
In our study Bible We have marked this
HMission Psalm.n 1t Is this particularly
because it is Messianic. All Scriptures
that speak OF Christ are necessarily mis-
sionary. for Christ means missions. world
wide evangelism. A fitting theme this
for thought. and IA right spur to endeavor
In these days of special giving, doing and
praying for the work abroad. .. TO have
Heavens spirit for missionsl We may
well pray for the leaders and princes OF
Israel to-day, the young we'll as the
Old in the kingdom OF service. "Give the
king thy Judgments, o God, and thy right
eousness unto the kings SON."
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
The kng. Primary reference to Solo
mon. The first word In the Hebrew text OF
this chapter being 90 eoomon. The psalm.
however, Is manifestly Messianlc In its gem
eral import Judgments, or decisions.
estimates, Douay, judgment Right
eousne s. From the roJ &, 10 be straight -
The kings son. Hebrew: A son of a king
("l'm the child OF n King.")
lie shall judge. A new word Literally,
He shall rufc. Ri shteousness: judg-
ment The same words occurring In the
verse preceding The meaning seems to be
that with Gods righteousness and judg-
ment given the people will fare as they
should; and not otherwise
The mountains shall bring peace More
accurately and graphically shall lift up
peace by Righteousness, or, in right
eousness. the meaning being. rs it seems,
that all nature shall conspire to promote
the reign OF peace and truth.
Judge the poor In the sense of vindi-
cate. Break in pieces. Figurative for
humble. See Douay. From
the verb to grasp
Az hn An =
pres sion; literally. with the sun and before
the noon. A kind Of backward look. The
Douay is more accurate here. -Through-
out all generations The forward look,
Come down or descend, used OF Moses
descending from the mount, GEN. 10: 24)
-Mown grass First meaning, fleece
End SO rendered by Jerome.
So long as tbs moon endureth Hebrew:
until no moonSgra phic poetic speech.
lie shall have dominion. Or he shall
subdue Literally, descend. Same word
rendered he shall come down al W 6.-Sea
TO sea- Taking Solomon's kingdom as q
lesser image OF Christ's world wide do
mnion. Probably from Red Sea TO Med
iterranean, giving tho dimensions Of the
holy land, at its longest, in one direction
from the river (Euphratesl to the ends OF
the earth western border), being the other
direction. See Elk. 90: 81.
They that dwell In the wilderness. One
word in the Hebrew: nomads, from the
verb 10 be dry or parched -Shalt bring
before him. The order Of the words In the
original is suggestive: Before his face
shall bow.the desert-dwellers. Enemies
An active word from to hate. Lick the
dust. An expressive Hebrew idiom, de-
noting abjectness.
Tarshish. A maritime port, Kings 20: As
(Tharshish), supposed 10 be in Spain Tar
tessus). 1t came to be used as general
term expressive OF deep-sea commerce. -
Sheba. In Arabia. Rendered Arabians in
Douay. Piuralized TO Sabeaus at Joel B: s.
(Revison: Men OF Sheba. y Seba. Under
stood to refer to the Philippians. Sabe is
Ethiopian for man.
He shall live. A strong expression: the
term sometimes applied TO God, as the
everlasting One.-Prayer also shall be
made for him continually. One OF the real
difficulties OF the lesson. The proposition
upon which the meaning turns, es
properly behind or about We may render
it for in the sense OF for the sake OF, l. O.,
in the name of--one OF the prerequisites OF
prayer.
An handful OF corn. One of the spoiled
texts OF many preachers repertory. The
Revision Is doubtless correct In its rendi-
ton: There shall be an abundance OF corn
in the earth The Douay translation:
There shal be n armament, is traceable to
the fact that the root OF this word is to
spread out There is evidently no contrast
between the first and second parts OF the
verse
His name shall lie continued. Hebrew
shall sprout; 1. c.. have life in itself.---
All nations shall call him blessed, or,
happy. A different word from blessed in
the same verse above. This is the word
used at Pa 1: 1. 10, the happinesses of
the man,
Blessed. Not the same ms the word just
used ut the end OF the preceding verse.
This is the blessed of worship-who only
doeth wondrous things !. O., God alone.
The literal meaning of only Is alone, In
separation.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
He shall judge the poor. Not In wrath,
but I'm mercy. So f. comes to pass that the
POOR have the gospel preached unto them.
and wherever the good news Is carried IL Is
the needy and helpless that first learn It's
blesscdness. Alas for the poor when the
world judges for them! Athens, Rome gave
judgment, and how cruel and heartless 1t
was to the homeless, the friendless the
halt and blind. Christ appears, and at
last the poor man has "A friend. "This poor
widowpn he says. No, they had scarcely
noticed her, even the followers of Moses.
o. ye poor Of earth, do We know the Friend
of the poor?
He shall come down like rain upon the
mown grass 1t is Christ's everyday ad-
vent. We speak much OF the second
coming of the Lord; think once OF this
daily coming. How meekIy. how tenderly,
how patiently he visits! Even so he came
of old to Palestine, and there was no out
cry on the streets, simply the hungry and
thirsty OF earth refreshed And afl the
time he makes himself thus manifest, his
loving kindness fresh every morning, his
mercy enduring forever. Are we like him.
When the word comes from the sacred desk
does it come down like rain on the mown
grass? Are not the "showers that water
the earthn meant TO he "showers OF bless
iDg?n
In the top OF the mountain. Let us see
what we can save from the wreckage into
which our favorite text Is thrown Such
good times some Of us have had in speak
ing OF that handful OF corn whose ultimate
fruit was to shake like Lebanon Adieu 10
il now; IL is gone forever in the revised
reading But just as the shepherd OF Amos
IS represented ~ taking "out OF the mouth
of the lion two legs and piece OF an ear. 4,
so may we rescue bit of the old lesson
out of the. forsoCth, cruel teeth of the
critic. On lions hill there is always
fruiiage Here is Gods best acre. Faiths
eye can always descry in the top OF the
mountain the corn waving abundantly.
Handful or harmful. IL is sown and reaped
I'm Gods holy will.
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