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QUARTERLY REVIEW.
LESSON XII, SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, JUNE 10.

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Rev. ID. NJ. Stearns Considers the Les
sons of the Sundays in the Second
Three Months of the Present Year in
Their Regular Order.
LESSON I.--Topic, "The Way of the
Righteous" Ops. j, l-6)D Golden Text
BLESSED is the man that walketh not in
lhe counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in
the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat
Of the scornful" Ops i, y.
This psalm and the next give n summary
Of all the psalms; they describe the course
of the godly and the ungodly until the
| Judgment when the ungodly shall forever
perish, and the kingdoms of this world
shall have become the kingdom of our
Lord and of His Christ (Rev. XII, l5). Ps. ii.
l2, is suggestive of the story of the prodi.
ial son in Luke XIV, and shows the way Of
reconciliation. Ps. i, ., shows the way OF
! constant fruitfulncss and true prosperity,
while Ps i, >, points to the separate res1lr
rections and judgments Of righteous and
ungodly.
LESSON fI.-Topic, THE king in Zion"
| (I's ii, 1-i2). Golden Text, blessed are
MI they that put their trust in Him" ops.
ii, ~. In verses to 3 we see picture of
all the rage Of all nations and individuals
against God and his Son. Consider the
Babel builders, Pharaoh, Sennacherib, the
Jews and plate, and the coming ANTI
christ. In verses to we see Gods de-
rSion of mans folly and vain purposes
and the consummaton of Gods purpose to
set His king upon His holy hill Of Zion
Zion means the city of Jerusalem and the
throne of David. Verses ITO point to the
resurrection OF Christ from the dead (see
Acts xiii, 3a), which includes in due time
the resurrection of the members of lis
body-thc church--and His return with
them when He shall come in His glory
to judge the nations and to reign over the
whole earth tIech xiv, 5, 0; Rev. ii, %; iii.
81; Thess iii, 13). Verses 10 to 2 are an
eNhortatiOn to repentance while mercy may
be found.
LEssoN II1.-Topic, Gods works and
word Gs. xix, |, 10. Golden Text,
The law of the Lord is perfect, convert
ing the soul" ops. xix, y. In verses
to 6 we have God gloriGcd in creation,
and in all His works. In verses to
II God is glorifed in His word. Verses
- to II give David's prayer to be kept
from sin and to please God in word and
in thought. The three books of this
psalm are Creation, Scripture and Con
science, which, as some one has said prob
ably constituted David's whole library.
Although Creation gives but "A silent testi-
mony it is Il most powerful one; so also is
that Of a quiet but holy life. The Book of
Scripture gives conversion, wisdom, JOY.
light and everlasting righteousness
LEssON IN.-Topic. The Lord my shep-
herd ops. xiii, 10y. Golden Text. THE
Lord is my shepherd; shall not want"
ops. xiii, y. In rs, xxi we have the suffer
ings of Christ and the glory that shall fol-
low, and in l's xiv the fullness of the
whole earth is His. May not this shep-
herd psalm be suggestive of lsraels resto-
ration and blessedness as foretold in lsa
ii, 10, IL; Eek XXXiv, 22-262 Every true
believer may even now, however. anticl-
pate the blessedness of the coming king
dom, and by appropriating every |, me
and my of this psalm to his or her own
heart enjoy day by day the comfort of the
Good Shepherds presence
LESSON N.-Topic. THE Prayer of the
Penitent" ops Ii, l-l3). Golden text, Gre
ate in me Il clean heart. O God, and renew
ii right spirit within me" (Ps. Ii, 10y Some
of the prominent thoughts of this lesson
are that all sin is against God, that sin is
in our nature by birth, that we must have
IL clean heart given to Us, that it can only
come by virtue of the Llood shed for us
and by the benefits of that blood applied
to us. We may lose the Joy of salvation,
but not salvation if once it is ours When
converted or restored we are to tell others
of the glory OF God.
LESSON NI.-Topic, delight in Gods
House" Ops. lXXHiy, Ley. Golden Tent,
blessed are they that dwell in thy house"
Ps. lXXXiv, a. This psalm is divided into
three sections of four verses each. The first
speaks Of the tabernacle as Gods dwelling
place in the midst of Israel, hut 1t was
precious to the writer only because OF the
presence Of the living God. The second
speaks of the people journeyinS to Jeru.
salem from all parts of the land, and max
ing the desert places glad with their songs
as they iouIDcyed XionwHrd. The third
refers to the fullness of blessing found in
God and in His service because of the
grace of His anointed.
LESSON Nll.-Topic, "a Song of Praise"
Q's Gill, l-@2) Golden Text, Bless the
Lord o my soul, and forget not all His
benefits" ops. CHI, p. This psalm has been
called "A Bible in itself, also complete
hymn book containing all the melodies of
heaven and earth, awakened in honor of
the only living and true God Notice IN the
first five verses the sevenfold cause of
praise to God.
LESSON NllI.-Topic, Daniel and His
Companions" DIAN. i, SGD. Golden Text,
not deiile himself with the portion of the
kings meat, nor with the wine which he
drank" dan. i, s. This text gives the
key to Daniels prosperity. With purpose
of heart (Acts ri, 23) he and his companions
stood for God against every appearance Of
evil Believing fully the holiness of their
God, they would be holy too Q.ev. vi, "A,
40. Observe in verses o and II how the
hand of their God was upon them for good,
and lie gave them the favor of man and
! wisdom from heaven.
LESSON l&.-Topic, "Nehuchadnezaar 5
! Dream" dan. ii, a6-40). Golden Text, An
things are naked and opened unto the eyes
! Of Him with whom we have to do" UIeb.
", l3. In this lesson we have an outline
, Of the history of the world from the days of
: Daniel until the establishing of the king.
dom Of God on earth. We see in the con.
fession Of the wise men oversees TO- ~ the
utter inability OF the natural man to see