Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-05-06
JOY IN GODS HOUSE
LESSON VI. SECOND oJAR1tR. MFR
NATlONA1 5th,1S, May &


Stearns
l. How amiable are thy tabernaclcs
o Lord of Hosts" See David's love Tor
Gods dwelling place. the tabernacle in
which He was pleased to dwell among the
children of Israel The instruction to
Moses was, Let them make me a sanctu
AIRY. that may dwell among them Xxx
XIV, :, 22) Amiable is the same as he
loved or well beloved. and is so Translated
in Deut. xxxiii, II. lisa. V. |. The title
Lord of Hosts" is first found in | sam l.
B. ana is first heard from the lips of Han
nah in the same chapter (verse 10 in a
time of great distress 1t is name full OF
comfort to all who are helpless and alone
See ii four times in the psalm.
2. My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth
for the courts of the Lord my heart aud
my flesh crieth out for the living God 1t
was not the house that he thought so
much of, but the living God who there
dwelt among His people Israel The reason
why he so earnestly desired this-on thing
was that he might behold the beauty Of
Jehovah (Ps xvii y He had holy ap
petite for God Himself
3. YEA the sparrow hath found an
house, and the swallow Il nest for herself
where she may lay her young, even thine
affairs o Lord of HOSTS, my King and my
God There were two affairs, one for sac
riiice and one for incense. signifvlug
Christ's work Of atOnement whereby we
are saved and His work of intercession
whereby we are kept He envies the
birds, worthless and restless who feed
and live about the tabernacle Or posi-
bly, he speaks of the neglect of these affairs
upon which the birds now make their
nests, and his soul signs because of such
sin of Israel
4. blessed are they that dwell in thy
house. They will be still praising Thee
Selah." So in Ps lxv, 1, he speaks of the
blessedness of dwelling in Gods house
and being satisfied with His goodness
Only those who are the redeemed of the
Lord and can truly say rs in the previous
verse, My King and my God" know any
thing Of such blessedness, and only such
can truly praise God Seah is found sew
enty three times in the Psalms and three
times in Hab. iii, and signifies a pause or
rest and is suggestive of meditation Am
| among these blessed?
D. blessed is the man whose strength is
in Thee, in whose heart are the high
ways" tR W Before we can have much
alone is our salvation and our strength and
our song (EX. Xv, >, Ps. cXviii, A. lisa xii.
9, and must learn to say, "My soul wait
thou only upon God" (Ps. xii. |, =. ;. 6. y
Then shall we find in heart and life the
highway of holiness or Wilderness to God
lisa. XXXv. S, lO)
6 Passing through the valley of weep
ing they make it place of springs yea,
the early rain covereth it with blessings"
Or. W. The dreariest paths and dryest
places on earth become places of springs
and blessings by the very presence of those
who can say to God "All my springs are IN
Thee lPs. lNNXvii y. They become IN
deed the life and light of the world becali,e
OF the presence in them of Him who is the
Life and the Light. They are as trees by
the waters, they do not see when heat
cometh, nor cease from yielding fruit tJer
xvii, s. Ps. i, 81
l. They go from strength to strength
every one of them in Zion appeareth before
God The people of Israel journeying TO
Jerusalem three times in the year to keep
the various feaSts, rs God had appoint ed
ZEN. xiii, ~, and their joy on the way
made glad the land (Deut xvi. H. IA, Is.
l6). All true Christians journeying through
this world to the New Jerusalem should
bring JOY and gladness as they journey
because they are children of God and know
that they shall every one be at the mar
riage of the lamb tJohn X, p. 2S. Phil. i.
q; lsa 81, BIZ
20 Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer
give ear, O God of Jacob Selah" If we
cannot gather with the saints in their AS
semblies we can always pray and God
Himself will he our sanctuary even in the
mil ~ of mi I
name of God is full of significance Jeho
yah is our righteousness tier. xiii.
Ps. ri, y. Elohm is our Faithful Creator
Il Pet. iv, 49, Lord God of Hosts reminds
us of all the hosts of heaven who rejoice
to do His bidding on behalf of His re
deemed (Heb. l. ~ While God of Jacob
is suggestive of the fullness of His mercy
for all who come to Him. however crooke
they may be. Pause and mediate OIL
this.
g. Behold God. our shield and look
upon the face of thine amounted > When
Abram was tempted to he afraid OF what
might come to him from the kings from
whose hands he had rescued .ot. Jehovah
said to him, IL am thy shield" Gen XIV u
He is wall of fire around about ali who
trust in him Czech. ii, 81 See also verse II
of our lesson and Ps xxxiv, / Israel IL
His anointed ops. CIV, l5) but Israel's Mes
siah is the true Amounted (Ps ii, 2. Sam
H. TO- 2) for whose sake God grants de
liverance to His people He can only look
upon us with approval for His sake
10. For day in Thy courts is better
than thousand. had rather be door
keeper in the house of my God than to
dwell in the tents of wickedness." Some
one has said that Gods worst is better than