The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON FOR SUNDAY, FEB. "a.
Tho New Covenant" Jeremiah xxx,
27-37. Golden Text; jeremiah
xxi. %. Commentary.

Ef. |bcnVlu. tne days come, snith this
Lort, that will SOW the house oil Israel and
the house Of Judah, with the seed of man
and with the seed Of beast" Jeremiah
prophesicd during the last forty years of
Judoh's history ere the two tribes were car.
ried captive; curing the last eighteen years
OF Josiuh's reign AMI thu TWENTY-FIVE yonrs
OF the four kings following. He was simplv
Gods messenger speaking Gods message.
Chapter l., q g. H. chapters XXX and xxi.
have been called "a book within a book"
like Rom. TX. XII, and any kind OF a careful
reading shows its peculiar reference 70
laraers future. Compare this verse with
chapter XXX, 1T, and IN ako Israel and Juiah
TO mean only Israel and Judah the ten tribes
and the two OF all Israel. The Spirits own
commentary upon this verso Is found In
Eek. xxXvi., ell
ss. "And 1t shall como TO pass, that like
ms have watched over tham to pluc,, up 40
will l witch over them to build nnd To
plant, saith tho Lord No one can question
the pucaing up and scattering. and no more
should any one question the gathering and
rebuilding. Put verse 10 with this and sny
how anything can be more clearly or EN-.
phaticallv stated with a 'rhus smith tho
Lord, and His "will' AMI 'shall. !"
%. "ln those days they shall say no more.
The fathers have eaten a sour grape aud tho
childrens teeth are set on edge" They
considere; themselves ms suffering for their
fathers sins aud therefore used this proverb.
-.
~. But every ono shall die for his own
in.Quity; every man that eateth the sour
grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.n Com.
pare Dcut. xiv, 10; Gal. vi, 81. Per-
sonnl responsibility IS taught everywhere in
scripture. Every one OF US shall give nc
count of himself TO Gol.' Rom. xiv. I2l
81. "BuhOld the DAYS come. smith the Lord
that will make a new covenant with tho
house OF Israel aud with tho house OF Ju.
dah.' Remember that lie is speaking not
of the church, nor of the days la which wa
live. but of literal judah and Israel in the
days OF the restoration, yet future, but now
very near.
30. Not according to the covenant that 1
made with their fathers, which My covenant
they brake lie refers now 90 the Horeb
covenant OF Deut. v, =. .. to make them "a
kingdom OF priests and a peculiar people
above all peop'e, upon conditions of their
obedience Tex. xix ., o. This was differ
eut from the covenant " ith Abraham, Isnno
and Jacob, which was uucon iitiounl and
shall yet bc tulilel to the letter; IA covenant
made with an oath, and therefore eternal
and unchnnscablo tMic. vii, 2Ol
33. AFTER those days saith the Lord I
will put My law in their inward parts and
write 1t in thor hearts, and will be their
God, and they shall be My people, "Thoso
days probably relcr 20 the days OF tribula-
/ tiun which Will prccade lsrncrs national con-
version ichapter XXX, :; Dan. xii, |, Math.
xiv, 2n, for 1t is Immediately after the
/ tribulaton OF those days that He shnll come
| in power ami glory for Israels deliverance
| (Math xiv, 29-3l; Luke xxi, G5-2s. Oh
| serve how the WORK is entirely tla Lords
| from first TO iast | will put. | will write.
will be: aud compare Jcr. xiv, q, e. Eek.
/ xNxvi., 2i-3O.
/ "a. "Thcv shall all know Me, from tho
least Of them unto the greatest OF them, soith
the Lord; for 1 will forgive their iniquty,
| and will remember their sins no more"
! This verse is often quoted as IL IL referred 10
al people ON tito wuOle EARTH and would Ds
result OF the Gospel as now preached:
whereas IL refers clearly to Israel aud Judah
the twelve tribes, which shall he all right
sous, and the central nation upon ea't' ia
| mh!onn'ol dny u !. TX, III lNyi., s. yhQ
s"I sss %ass aSs snG%a .SSs H. tS Sf ay sSS b. L'
| with His glory IN ", 2l, ls1. XII, o;
Hebii., l4l. But I-----sIe new earth all the
world shall not ! righteous, for even in
millennial days many shall yield only
feigned obedience tPs. Xvi, . margn).
%, "Thus saith the Lord, which givsth
! the sun for light by dny. The Lord of
| Hosts is His name.n However grcata prcn.-
! ise may be- it Is OF no weight unless tho
promiser is able to fulfill It, The Lord OF
Hosts is tho creator OF all things and "Heis
/ able"
49, "If those orlinancos depart from be-
/ fore Ne, saith the Lord, then tho seed of
/ Israel also shall Ccuse frOm Icing natioi
| before Me forever" Read the parallel pr
sage in chapter xxxiii., 1926. Israel Is
/ now and has not been for over 1900 years
| nation in the eyes of other nations; but Is
/ rael has never ceased to bo nation before
God, for "rhe Lord seeth not as man seeth."
and soon she will be nation before all ma
/ tious, admired, honored nnl sought unto,
because OF Jehovah, her King.
81. ''Thus saith the Lord, II heaven above
| eau loo measured, | will also cast
Off all the seed Of Israel for all that they
have done, saith the Lord" IL is often said
when we speak OF Israei's future glory, But
consider all that they nave done they have
forfeited everything" Yes, truly, they hayo
forfeited all that was conditioned upon their
obedience, but the unconditional promises OF
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob God will keep and
fulall for His own great names sake lisa.
Kill, %; Ezek. xxXvi, ~, ~, Note care
fully that when Jerusalem shall be rebuilt
in the restoration IL shall never be thrown
down again tverscs 3S.40; Ps. cii., 16). II
you would soc and en- Joy those days OF Is
rael's glory you must now be redeemed by
Israers King. Then being redeemed, re-
member that you are redeemed not simply
TO go TO heaven when you die, but to live
here long as the Lord secs
fit, TO do your part In making Christ
known In all tho world, that so
tine church. His body, may be gathered out
OF the nations, btluS lbnOIdub Oh tno Ihyb-
tory that "Blindness IN part Is happened
unto Israel until the fulness OF the Gentiles
be come in,n and that then all Israel shall be
saved (Rom. xi., p, 2G, tho church has be-
como concoited and vainly imagines that her
mission is 10 convert the whole world. Let
no preacher, pastor or missionary think that
he IL commissioned % convert all his
reach but rather 20 loo "A faithful W.
the power ot tho Spirit, that lie may 4, Al
means save some' Il Cor. tx, 22; Rom. XII,
Ia. And let every preacher lay 10 heart
what the writer received through DIR. A. Il.
Pierson, that our parish is not our field, but
a portion of the field which is the world,
from which we are 20 gather and instruct
force with which We may do our part In
working tho field so as 20 gather out tho
church and hasten the day OF Israel. Los
son Helper.
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pail, nearly 400 wears old, presented