The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-05-28
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON rOa SUNDAY. nAr 80,
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Dream, ! Daniel IN,
ae-se-Goldsn Taxi: Heb ~, III
commentAry.

the Interpretation thereof before the kinr.w
Daniel okered 70 show the king both the
dream and the Interpretation II he would
| give him time. Then Daniel and his com.
secret was revealed unto Daniel In night
vision tverses ieiM: after which Daniel
stands before the king, and giving al the
i credh to the God of heaven, he tells the
dream and is now about to give the inter-
4 probation verses 2s.Ssl. Consider Joseph
IN similar way elorifying God tScn. III,
/ IL 10. And as 10 dreams see Gen. xx.,
/ 3sxxxi., -; xxxviL, Z. ?, XII, 5. Kings 10,
3; Dan w, :, Wis 1; Math. /, 20; o., II,
~. 1.-THE God of heaven hath given thee
kingdom, power fnd strength and glory"
| Not BY His own might had He obtained III
| but God had given II 10 him. One 81 ths
/ greatest facts 81 this book il that The Most
High ruletn IN the kingdom ot mon. and
1 giveth y 10 whomsoever He win chapter
/ ". III, - IN. There Is nothing good
/ which We possess which God has not given 10
Us tJas. 4. III; and His gifts are bestowed
upon US that thereby We may glority Him.
We are expected TO glorify the God IN whose
hands our breath u and whose are all our
| ways lchapter v. e5l.
s.. 1And hath made the Ruler over them
| all. Thou art this head Of gold.n We are
reminded Of the original dominion given to
| Adam Gen. L, 2sl whereby he was to mag
nhy OVus Out ~ ne tnlteu, 70 al MS cntl-
| dren have failed. and shall fail till He come.
the King who shall reign in Righteousness,
the last Adam who shah suhdue all things
unto Himself and DO King over all the earth
lisa. xxi, J; Cor. ~, 10. IS; zech. xiv,
! y; Rev. xi., l5l
~. And after thess shall arise another.
and another, which shall bear rule over I'll
the earth" One great popularity Of the
Kingdoms designated BY the metals OF this
4 image is that they were to havo dominion
| over the known world. Their authority
| was to be world wide. The two world
1 powers to succeed the Babylonian were,
without possibility 81 mistake, the Medo-
Persian. and then the Greciap. This tho
Spirit plainly states in chapters VI, 2S viii,
% "a.
40. "And the fourth kingdom shall be
strong as iron, forasmuch as Iron breaketh
IN pieces and subdueth all. IL Is equally
clear that the next world wide dominion
after the Grecian was the Roman luke H.,
| II, under whose principles OF government
ali nations may be said to continue. There
has been no world wide dominion by any
empire since the Roman, nor will there DO
till the stone kingdom OF the Lord Jesus d
established on earth.
Al, ~. And WHEREAS thou sawest the
feet and toes part OF potter's clay and part
OF iron. the kingdom shall be divided: partly
strong and partly broken There viii DO
power mixed up with that which Is wholly
81 man; power In the hands OF the people
having no internal stability, though some
thing e left of the strength ofsthe iron.
uFegelles.l
43. aAnd whereas thou sawest iron mixed
with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves
with the seed OF men, This seems to refer
10 Gen. vi, 2, where the marriages OF the
seed Of the cody Seth with the daughters Of
ungodly Cain are described hi similar
WORKS. The reference, therefore, seems 70
10 - fta. - TAI. .f..ns1
Roman empire with the pagan nations,
deterioration being the result. Charlemagne
and Napoleon made an effort TO reunite the
parts into one great empire, but. In vain.
Christ alone shah effect that Fausset.l
A. And in the days OF thess kings shall
q. .ss od q heaven e. y sRgdo@ s Witch
signify the final state Of the Roman empire,
represented BY the ten toes. They cannoe
mean the four successionai monafchies AZ
they do not coexist as the holders Of power.
II the fourth had been meant the singular.
! not the plural, would be used. The falling
Of the stone on the image must mean de.
stroying judgment on the fourth Gentle
power. not gradual evangelization Of IL by
grace. and the destroying Judgment cannot
be dealt by Christians, for they are taught
to submit 70 the powers that be. 30 TINT 1t
must be dealt BY Christ Himself at His
coming again. tTregellss.)
IS. "The great God hath made known to
the king what shall come to pass hereafter;
and the dream Is certain and the interpreta-
ton sure That Christ shall break In pieces
the kingdoms OF this world when he returns
In power and glory Is Enthusiastically clear
rom such passages as Ps. H. =, 9; cxlix,
5-9; Rev. H., 20, ~; III, 1918; XIX, ll+15..
His kingdom will end and supersede ali the
others and shall not like the Babylonian,
Medo-Persian and Grecian pass to others
but it shall stand forever. That the king.
dom which was at band when he came In
His humiliation was not then set up. but
postponed till His return, Is evident from
Luke XIX, II. ~. The establishment OF His
Kingdom is sure because IL Is the work Of tho
Lord OF Hosts, who hath sworn, saying,
surely rs ] have thought. 20 shall IL come to
pass; and as have purposed. 20 shall II
stand asar xiv, "a
AZ. Then the king Nebuchadnexzar fell
upon his lace and worshiped Daniel.p That
daniel would not tolerate this we conclude
from the conduct Of Paul and Barnabas
when in certain place the people would
have sacrificed unto them facts xiv. l5).
And also from the conduct OF the angel when
John fell at his feet to worship him uaev.
xiii, 8, 81.
~. ..rhe king answered unto Daniel and
eaid.n This seems TO imply that Daniel pro
tested against the kings worshiping him, and
hence the king honors Daniels God, saying,
"of truth il Is that your God Is God Of
BOusS uAiu AOr0 VI klnHtt htiu = NSNea.St -
secrets seeing thou couldst reveal this 30
cret, Thus the king glori6ed God In Daniel
tGal. l.. "a. To reject all praise Of self, and
seek not honor from man, but earnestly de-
sire that God in all things may be giori1ed.
this Is the only true Christian life I'll Cor.
", Is; John ", A.; Pet. w., II.
-. Then the king made Daniel great
man, and gave him many great gifts, and
made him rular.n This Is all In an earthly
and apparent sense. Daniel was already
great in the sight Of God and had received
| great gifts from Hun. chapter l., II; LAkei.
ID. But Daniel no doubt recognized the
hand Of God In this earthly promotion and
would glortfy God there as well as In more
Lowry position.
40. "Daniel sat In the gate Of the king"
He did not forget his faithful friends. but OBJ
tanned positions of honor for them also, but
Daniel was over all. Very suggestive e this
remarkable story Of a Jew thus exalted By Q
Gentiie world power Lesson HELPER.
Causes OF Jersey Lunacy.