The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-05-04
Delight in Gods House.

psalm OF Gods house. what Detter tlme
than this to sing IL? The sanctuary Is not
esteemed by the world as 1t deserves to be-
| There are all too many empty pews; there
! Is not the reverence for the sacred place
| that ought To be observed. Whose fault Is
| IL? Not wholly the worlds Are Christians
| caring for Gods house as they should
| frequenting Ii. loving IL, reverencing itY Is
| IL pleasant and amiable to the people OF
| Godr Only those who can say by their ac-
| tions. III was glad whom they said unto me,
| Let US go into the house of the Lord can
| effectively give the in aviation. "Come thou
| with US. and we will do thee good, for the
| Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel"
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
Amiable or pleasant Douay: lovely.
| Used OF human affection ut lsa. o; and
| Ps IS. In the inscription: IA song or loves"
| Tabernacle. Literally, habitaton.
| where God lives.-Lord of hosts. Prob
| ably referring to the assembly OF the angels
on high. The word hosts signifies assembly.
Longeth. strong word, meaning In Its
| first Specification to turn pale. -Falnteth.
| Still stronger, to fail or expire.
| out. The climax II the verse, to shout, as
| OF n note OF despair, death cry."lhe
living God Hebrew: God. the living.
Swallow. SUCCESSFULLY, from the verb to
| whirL For herself. Emphatic, as II In
| contrast with his own hunted SOUL
Thine affairs! An exclamation, seemingly,
| in the original So reno cred in the Douay.
| 1t Is, as it We're. the agonizci cry spoken or
| in V. .
Blessed are they. We understand this
to refer to that which has just been spoken
| OF in v. 3. David longs TO be as the little
| birds that live in Gods house.-Still
| praising, l. O., they will keep on praising
| have opportunity TO praise God all the
| time.
| Blessed Is the man. Accent the word
! man, in contrast with the birds of the air.
| Strength The word means firmness,
establishment OF. set my feet On rock
and established my goings" (Ps 40: g.
| In whose heart are the ways OF them. An
obscure passage. The curious rendition OF
| the Douay Is: ain his heart he hath dis
| posed to ascend by steps" Literally: The
| highways q. G., of God are In their heart
Baca. tree called the weeping balsam,
| like our weeping willow, perhaps. sugges-
| tive of gloom A we'll Suggestive OF
the opposite, t. C.. JOY and refreshing The
| word means place OF springs. The rain,
! J. o., the sprng-rain. from the verb, To
! pour.--Filleth or covereth, veileth. ~ OF
| floods oblterating the ordinary little land
marks Tho Revision reads it, covereth
with blessing, Us II from barak; but tho
| same word means pool, rs is evidently the
case at Isa. Z: 3. and Nah 2: s. We pre-
| fer the King James here.
| From strength to strength. Not the same
word as in v. 5. HIRE 1t means force.
power often applied t. an army. Douay
| puts IL from virtue to virtue. like grace to
grace, or glory to glory. In Zion. Placed
last i'm the verse In the Hebrew and should
| be In the translation, l. e.. before God in
| Zion.
| Prayer The word for microscopy petit
| ton. -Selah. Kirkpatrick in the Cam
bridge Bible considers this a mere musical
| annexation, but certainly suggestive also
| of climax In the sentiment.
o God, our shield. Wrongly punctuated
as we take it, The Hebrew is, our shield
| behold, . God. An appeal to God to be-
hold the shield itself. the object of the
| verb. 1t is the same as what Immediately
follows: Look upon the face OF thine
| anointed
| / had rather be a door keeper The
| Douay gives US the literal rendition here. I
have chosen to be an abject The word
! door keeper refers to "a mental who waits ut
| the door, ready to spring forward at his
| masters bidding.
The Lord God is a sun and shield. 1t is
! probably this passage that influenced the
| King James rendering at V. 0. If, how
ever, the Scripture here be considered Mes
| sianic, there is no difficulty, Christ also -
Lord and God. ops. .: Z, CT Acts -: 3d.
Trusted. Othe: meanings OF this inter-
esting word are. to be open. TO confide,
| hence, to be secure.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
My flesh crieth out Tina ik God we can
do this much. The flesh can cry out 1t
| cannot OF itself discover God. or reach
| God; but IL can cry out for the living God.
Blind Bartimeus did as much in his blind
ness: and il led him out OF darkness into
| light Rehold the simplicity OF the plan
| of salvation weakness appealing to
strength. First David's soul is weak with
| longing, then when strength is wholly
gone, and no fants I'm his conscious i'm
potency the cry goes up. 1t is the cry OF
need and that cry is always heard. "When
| said, my foot slippeth.-thy mercy. o
| Lord, held me up" So spake Peter, his
foot slipping in the waters. "Lord, save
or l persist" So cried the publican,
"Lord, be merciful to me. "A sinner!"
! Friend. it is your only hope, and it Is
! within his power right now When the
flesh cries out In weakness the Spirit an
/ swers in strength.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house.
! David seems to US here to have come upon
! the deserted affairs in the wilderness He
looks In upon he neglected sanctuary and
! 10. the little birds have made their nests
: about the holy place. "Thine affairs! Thine
affairs ~ he cries, 40 Lord of hosts, my king
and my God" And then, speaking more
| calm v he says: allow blessed are these
that dwell make their abcde) in thy house.
They shall be all the time praislng thee"
| No wonder he adds wi h fervency, Glow
happy the man whose strength Is in thee!"
and then. as III TO make il more plain. ain
the heart OF such Gods highways are" To
dwell with God and have God dwell with us.
! walk with us. w at blessedness can COM
pare with it? Enoch dwelt there. He
walked with God, he still walks with God,
Is il not Moody who says 1t? "he took a
long walk one day, and he has not Come
| back yeti We shall find him with his God.
Therein also tilleth the pools. The pict-
! ure Is n beautiful one. Here is plain or
perchance the beach. The floods have been
withheld for so long a time that only here
and there can the waters be seen, gathered
in little separate profits pools; perhaps
some OF these mere depressions where mois-
ure ought TO be but is not And now come
the showers or the insweeping waters OF the
ocean Look you, where are the pools?
Filled, covered, obllterated in the great
sea OF waters. so comes Gods spirit at
times to his church There are pools of re-
freshing here and there enough for appeal.
Now the floods descend. go, the interview
ing ardness Is wiped out, and with the
noise of many waters. What was Pente-
cost but the Spirit filling the pools as W.T. /
an ocean of Blessing?
Next Lesson; "a Song OF Praise" Ps.
1903: 1-22.
Subjects of Thought.
POOR man with a single handful of