Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-05-04

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Lesson for Nay .. 1884.
Especially Arranged from s. 8 ouartcr,y.l
GOLDEN TEXT blessed arc they that dwell
In Thy hoOsc.-Pk 81:l a
CENTRAL TRUTH. blessings without number
are found In the house of God
= AurHoR-Probably David or some of tho
Korahites In his time
DArE-Thc exact period OF his life il un.
known He rcigned BE- iooo-iolS
PLACE IN HisToRY.-ist and "a samuel
some place 10 nj Absaloms rebellion q sam. IL
ls). Book 3. of which this psalm II one was
formed into collection I'm the time OF Hezckiah
q Kings $500. BIC. 7oo-.sS
HELPS OVER HARD Places .Amiably: -
lovely. "Tabcrnaclcs:" the holy tent used for
worship; tho church: plural. because IL had Sow
! eral parts-hosts OF men. angels. stars, NIL tho
/ powers OF the world 2 "Soul .--carth.-hcsn:'
the whole person 3 Swallow n ncst:" not a.
restless like these birds, can find homo In
Gods house. (Scc below.) L. Dwell" not an
occasional visitor. but steady attendant
"Selah:" an interlude for musical Instruments
D I'm whose heart are the ways" in whose af-
foctions are the ways TO Zion These verses
| tSI) describe the pilgrimage TO Jerusalem ut
one OF the annual fcasts- Good mems hearts
are Gods highways-for good thoughts and
feelings, for Gods influences upon other people.
O. VALLEY OF Baca:" valley OF weeping or sor-
row. "A WELLS fountain of Joy. THE pools:"
the dry places fitted To receive water shall DO
hlled with rain. better 1.-THE rain covers 10
Win oicasinSS, Neruurc Gfd fruits. " GOD
our shield" our defender against temptation
and danger. H. God Is n SUM" the light OF
the world: the source OF all comfort and power
Grace; the favor OF God Glory Is the OUT
ward manifestation OF His grace; true honor.
mo good thing viii He withhold" but how Is
this true, when God oftentimes withholds
riches and honors and health, walk men never
so uprightlyi These He will give, as fur as thoy
are truly good for each ones but the good things
of God are chiefly peace of conscience Joy in
the Holy Ghost in this life, fruition OF Gods
| presence In the next. and these good things
God never gives TO tho wicked, and never with
holds from the godly.-Sir Richard Baker.
! God loves 10 give oil blessings temporal and
! spiritual To His children He wants them to be
holy and happy. He Is not envious OF their
happiness and prosperity. but longs TO giyo
them every good thing. From them that walk
uprightly;" this is the essential condition OF re-
ceiving tho above blessings: no others can claim
these promises. All things are yours II you arc
Christs.
LESSON NOTES.
Delight in Gods House"-Why does
( the writer express such earnest longing
for the house of God? Because there,
more and better than elsewhere, he
1 could meet with God and worship Him
in the beauty of holiness. Now we
often hear people say that there is no
need of going to church, because we
can worship God anywhere. Is this
true? IL is partly true and partly false
IL is true that we can worship and pray
to God anywhere. But it is false to say
that we need not go to church. Why is
this false? Because in Gods house we can
get some blessing that we cannot pos
sibly get anywhere else. God SAYS:
"Forsake not the assembling of your
selves together" (Heb. 10: 25). Jesus set
US the example of going often to the
synagogue duke 4: l6).
Why should we be glad to 90 to
church? Because God has promised to
meet His children when they gather
there. There are special promises given
to united prayer (sec Matt. 1910, 20).
There, as the Psalmist did, we can meet
God Tread Ps. 63:2; 26:s; 27:4). Besides,
In church we can together sing Gods
praise. The Psalms arc full of exhorta-
tons TO praise God Cps. 116:17:19; read
also Ps. 92:1-3). But more than this.
In Gods house we hear the Word of
God preached. Here the unconverted
can hear of Gods wonderful mercy, as
shown in the GLORIOUS Gospel of the
blessed God" q Tim. l:11). Here he is
reminded that God through Christ is
willing to reconcile the world unto Him.
self e Cor. 500.
In what spirit should we go To church,
We should go TO Gods house very rev.
erently (Ps. o3:5). Many come from
trifling and foolish talk, and then il
takes half of the time of service to col
lect their thoughts. Many come so late
as TO lose half of the good they might
get. Therefore we should cone to Gods
house reverently, remembering what
"a crniner thnra g.,
expect TO meet. All lettering around
the doors'is bad. Better go directly in,
and, sitting down, collect your thoughts
and prepare your heart by silent praye
for the services to follow
How should we act in church, so as to,
get blessing? We can answer this by
asking another question. What do we
come To church for? To hear Gods
Word, TO sing Gods praise, to offer to
God Thanksgiving and prayer There
fore, nothing that at all interferes
with these solemn duties should be in
dulged in. Worldly thoughts, business
plans, thoughts of our pleasures, whis-
pering, laughing, attending to
any trifiing things, should all be put
away. We cannot think of or do these
things and get spiritual blessing ut
the same time. keep thy foot when
thou goest TO the house of God, and be
more ready to hear than TO give the
sacrifice OF fools" (Eccl. 5:i). Remem-
Der; THE sacrifice OF the wicked is
/ abomination; how much more when he
bringeth it with wicked mind" prov.
! 2l:20. (a) When Gods word is read or
/ preached, we should listen carefully
and apply the truths TO ourselves.
/ Never pass "a sermon on to your neighbor.
/ We must take heed how we hear
! Uuke sIs). We must be hearers and
! doors OF the Word (Jas. i.22-25). We
should receive the Word with faith, lest
1t should not profit us QIeb. 4:2). As
we hear, we should prayerfully look 20
God TO open our eyes 90 see IL clearly
/ Fps ll0: ISL o. In singing, we should
realize the meaning of tho words we
sing, and make them the expression of
our own hearts. (c) In prayer, the
head should be bowed and the eyes
closed. With our minds we should fol.
low and join in the words Of him who
leads i'm prayer.
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