The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-06-23
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Messinh's Reiga-lsaim 1S,a-io--June a0,
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Messinh's Reiga-Psaim 1aia-io-June SO,
iS9a.
Especially Arranged from s s Qunrteriy.l
GOLDEN TEST-An kings shall fall down be-
fore Hin, oil nations shall serve HiuL-Psalm
T2:it
CENTRAL. TnUra-The kingdom CT Jesus
Christ In Righteousness and peace, shall ex-
tend over all the Garth and endure forever
HELPS OVER HARD PLAuEs-i "Give tic
king" nrst Solomon, then Christ "rby
judsments:" wise decisions as from God
"Thy righteousness" may his outward acts he
right as Gods were right "Thy viii
be dosc in earth, as II Is In Heaven" 1.-The
, kings SOM" son CT King David, to whom great
! promises were made "And the poor:" the
test of justice is in the treatment OF the poor
| nnd needy THE mountains the
hills" tho whole country, the great officers md
the lesser 9 "Like rnin upon the Cown
grnss:" which was specially exposed to the
withering heat His influence would be gentle
sss sna ,s',sss'Sa e ssa ,lS,a g Is 81 F R
Red sea. or to the distant scns on the cost to
which Solomou's feet sailed From the river
| Euphrates 10 "Tarshish:" Tartessus- In
Spain. the most western port known. "Sheoa.
| Southern Arabia ''Scba:" part OF Ethiopia
These words express the dfrnly known regions
OF the south And altogether these places de-
scribe, IN ito terms Of Solomon's time, the
the whole world, as literally stated in the next
verse Nearly onct third Of the world end three
fourths Of tho wealth and power are IN tho
| hands OF Christian nations Is "Ho SHALL lives"
rather, they" Ia Handful Of corn" small
beginning Of glorious harvest Most give IL
the meaning OF abundance, as IN Eevtscd Ncr-
sion The idea is that the whole country should
| TO one bright sunny picture OF gadness ana
fertility. the corn-felds bc:Ag seen not only in
the valleys. but rising terrace nbcvc terrace.
along the mountain sides, till they reach thctr
SUBMITS The rustling Of tie corn ee4ds In the
wind is compared TO the rustlin2 OF the ccdars
OF Lcbenon, 50 thick shall the corn stand. 80
| rich shall be the harvest The common version
and the margin OF the revised translate 20 hand
full OF corn" instead Of abundance" express
| ing the thought that from the smallest begin
n.ngs, Us OF Christ and HIS apostles. the fruits
Of the Gospel viii spread over oil tho world In
Christ's Kingdom the abundance OF gTujn repre-
sents TIE fruits OF the Spirit All virtues Shall
abound cnd nourtsh Also that Gods peopc,
the fruit Of the Gospel, shall be greatly In
creased and I'll the earth At least three
fourths OF the sickness and the early deaths a:e
prcvcntabie They Gre caused by sin end ig.
nornnce 'They Of the ci,y:" from the city
men shall flourish, spreading over the country
like herbs and grass la Blessed ctc.:" this
doxology belongs 10 the whole sccoud book, OF
which 10 Is the close
LESSON NOTES.
Is there anywhere on the face Of the
earth any kingdom where things go as
peacefully ns the description of the verses
of this lesson? No, certainly not, for
even in the best of lands we are yet far
from such state Of things as is here
described. We need no. cIcss the ocean
or go to China or Africa to find out
rageous oppression. II exists in Boston,
Chicago, New York, Philadelphia You
only need 80 out into the streets OF any
of our cities on Saturday night to see
how far we arc from the state Of peace
and prosperity TO which the Psalmist
refers. Or, If that be not sufficient. go
into any Of the more crowded parts of
our cities and enter tho tenement
houses where the poor are toiling over
prices and you will be easily convinced
that things here are about as wrong as
they can be- Poverty, vice, crime. star
walton, sickness, death-sll rule and
reign in these abodes Of human misery.
In darkest Africa we can end nothing
more heartrending than we find in our
own beloved land. and not half mile
from our own fresdea Oppression
there is. too, which needs only to be
known to make our blood bon and call
for swfft vengeance. Workingwomen
defrauded Of their harthearned pfttancet
; children overworied and un derfed, ig.
norant, knowing nothing Of tho sweets
of home life, but bred to grinding toll
almost from the cradle Drink, drink,
drink everywhere, and that under the
laws that protect the Infamous traffic
} and deal ont death to the poor and ig>
norant II all the poor-honest poor.
; mean-were 10 be brought into Doc
huge building what . sight that would
be, putting to utter shame all the boast
ings about our modern civilization.
Is this state OF things TO endure for
/. everP. mol For we have the promise oi
i God that It will one day be brought 70
an end We sawsomething Of this Il
. our lesson few Sundays ago, but IL /,
we'll to dwell on II often. so as 10 assure
ourselves Of the blessed truth that the
day is coming when Ill these evils will
be righted It gives our poor hearts
some easement to think that such Is tc
be the case This very Psalm speaks Of
a time (oh. blessed timely when the
poorand the oppressed shall have tho,
justice which has 20 long been denied
to them
How shall all this be brought sbouts
viii it be by tho preaching Of angels
sent from Heaven for that purposes, No
Will IL be by any new revelation from
Heaven more potent than that which
we now possess? No. VIII It be By the
working Of the church along those lines
along which she has been working 70,
two thousand yearss mol VIII Il b<
by the giving Of ven cents for, foreign
: missions and ten cents for home mis,
sions by church members who spend ter
times that amount every day on need
less luxuries? Mol Wall 1heo hoxu