Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

Delight In Gods House.
The ldssons for sunday, May 9. may be
found In Psalms "a; lila
INTRODUCTORY
psalm OF Gods house What better time
than this 10 sing itf The sanctuary Is not
esteemed by the world as IL deserves 10 be.
There are all too many empty pews; there
Is not the reverence for the sacred place
that ought 20 be observed Whose fault IL
III Not wholly the worlds. Are Christians
caring for Gods house as they should
frequenting II. loving Il. reverencing itf ia
IL pleasant and amiable TO the people OF
Godf Only those who can say by their ac-
lions, III was glad when they said unto me,
Let us go into the house OF the Lord can
effectively give the invitation, sCome thou
with MS. 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 at lisa. 8: and
Ps As. In the inscription: "a song of loves y
-Tabernacle. Literally, habitation.
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 --Crieth
out The climax Ct the verse, to shout. AS
OF note OF despair, u death cry.-The
living God Hebrew; God, the living.
Swallow. suggestively. from the verb to
whirl For herself Emphatic as IL ia
contrast with his own hunted soul -
Thine affairs! An exclamation, seemingly,
In the original So reno cred In the Douay.
1t Is. as It were. the agonized cry spoken of
in ". 2
Blessed are they We understand this
to refer to that which has just been spoken
OF In v. & David longs 20 be as the little
birds that live In Gods house. Still
praising, 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 frmness,
establishment of. set my feet on a rock
and established my goings" (Ps 40: 81
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 stops" Literally: The
highways u. G.. of Cod are In their heart
Baca. A tree called the weeping balsam,
like our weeping willow. perhaps, sugges-
tive of gloom "A we'll Suggestive of
the opposite, 1. G.. JOY and refreshing The
word means place of springs The rain,
L g. the spring-rain. from the verb to
pour.--Filleth or covereth, veileth. as of
floods celebrating the ordinary little land
marks. The Revision reads IL, covereth
with blessing, as II from barak; but the
same word means pool, as is evidently the
case at Isa. z; 8, and Nah. 2: 8. We pre-
fer the King James here.
From strength TO strength. Not the same
WORD as IN Y. .. Here IL means force.
power. often applied TO an army Douay
puts IL from virtue to virtue. like grace to
grace, or glory to glory. In Zion. Placed
last In the verse In the Hebrew and should
be In the translation, l. e.. before God In
Zion.
Prayer. The word for microscopy petit
tion. -selah. Kirkpatrick in the Cam
bridge Bible considers this a mere musical
annexation. but eriainly suggestive also
OF climax In the sen Ciment
o God, our shield. Wrongly punctuated
as we take II. The Hebrew Is, our shield
behold. q 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
1 had rather be n door-keeper. The
Douay gives us the literal rendition here
have chosen to be an AFFECT The word
door-keeper refers to mental who waits ut
the door. ready TO spring forward at his
masters bidding
The Lord God Is a sun and shield. 1t is
proba bly, this passage that influenced the
King James rendering at vs. II: how
ever, the Scripture here be considered Mes
sianic, there is no difficulty, Christ also Is
Lord and God. FPS 2: 2. CT. Acts IS: 30. }
Grace. Favor from God.-Glory,
mantle, ted favor
Trusted. Other meanings OF this inter-
esting word are. TO be openg to confde,
hence, to be secur-.
WHAT TEE LIE: SON TEACHES
My flesh crleth out Thank God we can
do this much. Tho 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 II led him out OF darkness into
- Al.
OF salvation weakness appealing to
strength. First David's soul Is weak with
longing, then when strength is wholly
gone. and he faints in his conscious i'm
potency the cry goes up. IL Is the cry OF
need and that cry is always heard. "When
l said, my foot slippeth!-thy mercy, o
Lord, held me up" So spake Peter. his
foot slipping in the waters, @Lord, save
or / perish!n So cried the publican,
aLord, be merciful to me. sinner!r
Friend, II is your only hope, and IL is
within his power right now. When the
flesh cries out In weakness the Spirit an
swer5 In strength.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house
David seems 20 US here TO have come upon
the deserted affairs in the wilderness. He
looks In upon the neglected sanctuary and
10. the little birds have made their nests
about the holy place. "Thine affairs! Thine
altars!n he cries, 40 Lord OF hosts, my king
and my God.n And then. speaking more
calm,y, he says: sHow blessed are these
that dwell make their abode) in thy house.
They shall be all the time praising thee!"
No wonder he adds with fervency, allow
happy the man whose strength is I'm thee!r
and then. as IL TO make It more plain, ain
the heart Of such Gods highways are.n To
dwell with God and have God dwell with US.
walk with US. wtat blessedness can COM
pare with It? Enoch dwelt there. He
walked with God, he still walks with God,
Is IL not Moody who says IT. abe took a
long walk one day and he has not Come
back yet We shall find him with his God.
Therein also flleth the pools. The pict-
ure l. a beautiful one. Here is a plain OF
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 or pDols perhaps
some of these mere depressions where mois-
ure ought 10 be but Ia not And now como
the showers or the insweeping waters of the
ocean. Look you, where, are the poolsi
Filled, covered obliterated> In the grea
sea of waters. So comes Gcd's spirit a
times to his church There are pools OF re-
freshing here and there. enough for appeal
Now the floods descend. 70, the interven-
ing ardness Is wiped out, and with tho
noise of many waters. What was Ponte-
cost but the Spirit filling the pools as witt
an ocean OF blessing?
Next Lesson; "a Song OF Praise" Ps
1903: lee.
Subjects of Thought.