Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-03-18
2EVIEWOF THEQUARTER
LESSON Kill FIRST QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL cERlES, MARC1 20.

Review of the Lessons of the First Quar-
ter-The Spiritual Judah and Israel
Commentary by the Rev. d. NJ.
Stearns.
1t has been the custom to devote the last
Sunday in each quarter to review of the
quarters lessons, but the plan for 1892 is
to have the review one Sunday earlier, and
devote the last Sunday to missionary or
temperance lesson. The eleven lessons
concern Gods people UsraeD and their
glorious future. While IsraePs history is,
in IA measure, typical of the history of the
church, and was written for our profit
(Rom. XIV, 4; Cor. X, 1, q, yet we must he
careful to remember that in all the Bible
Israel means only Israel, the whole or a
portion of the twelve tribes, and never the
church So Judah, Jerusalem, Zion always
mean just what the words indicate, and
must not be spiritualized, else the Bible
will be meaningless and unintelligible.
LESSON lisa XII Ito. G. r., Ps. Xxi, 8.
The root and stem of Jesse, the root and
offspring of David (2ev. xxi, l6), Davids
Lord and Davd's Son. the God man, is
foretold as filling the whole earth with the
knowledge of the Lord and ruling the
world in righteousness, delivering even the
animal creation from the curse; and all
this in connection with Israel's restoration.
LESSON LISA. XVI, ITO. G.. r., lisa.
XVI, 4. A portion of Israel's hymn book,
written over $500 years before used. An
other song is found in lisa. xii. The close
of the chapter speaks of resurrection and
Judgment. but also of n place of refuge for
the people of God God Himself is the sal
walton and defense of His ueonle He is
1 = II II.
Him, and stay their minds on Him. there
Is perfect peace
| Lesson UI-Isa. xviii. 1-13 G. r..
/ Prov. Xxx. 1. The people for whom so much
had been done turned away from their he
liverer. desnised Him and His word and
gave themselves mn to strong drink and
/ self indulpence Priest and prophet alike
did this heedless of the INDICTMENTS threat
ened God in LONG SUFFERING and love for
His sinful noonle nleads with them and
sneaks Of a dav of Glory for the nanitent
and obedient Lot all drunkards and ali
who live for Measure consider I Cor vi o.
II .nd saa there tho doom tbot auaits
then, If tbev en- continue
Tresov ~ &c, vvvvii 1Ao1. % % r.
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marion Anart from Him here il M lifa
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life being nrovided ut infnite co.t haro
H. tha iuvitotion to MI 80 aooo,'t T.. -,
rather to accent Him for in Hin J.. ia T'
IIo iso,,, Hfa rIohu H. C,oI ~ a. - :;
tbe same cry throunhout the piI,Io
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tbouubts efforts etrivinos olI dro, ~.
come EMMY and hclnless to tho Fotntoir
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and drinl, and live Drinl- aburd.n+I,
and he filled OCaut. Y. l. .Jobn Y 1m
LESSON NII-Jcremiah xxi 21-37 q
r.. .Jer. XXI. "a. The last lesson was or
life and fullness of iov tbrougb an olI suf
ficient Redeemer. Here is Gods wav o
bringing that Life to the whole world A,
Christ is the central person in Gods saliva
ton, so Israel is the central people an(
Jerusalem the central city. salvation i.
of the Jews" (John iv, 22), and the receiv
ing of them back as IA nation shall be tC
the world as Life from the dead (Rom. XII
II, 15). What are we doing for the peopl,
to whom we are so indebtedp
LESSON VIII.-Jeremiah xxxvi, 1881. G
r., Heb. iii, Is. This is the story of the
king who cut up the word of God ant
burned it in the fire. The son of God, tn,
man of sorrows is the word of God (JohI
i, |; Rev. xix, 49,, and He is revealed to III
in the written word which is all abou
Him (John V, 46; Luke xiv, %, 40. OuI
treatment of His word is our treatment o
Himself and He so reckons it cJohn xii