Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-04-01
THE GOOD MANS WAY
LESSON I, SECOND QUARTER, INTER
NA1 IONA SERIES, APR

Text OF tho Lesson, Ps. |, l-6-Memory
Verses, i-8-Goiden Text, Ps. l. 1.
Commentary nv IN, Rev H. M
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l. blessed Is the man that valketh not
In the counsel of the ungodly. nor standetb
in the way of sinners, nor stitch in the
seat Of the scornful" The whole book of
Psalms is divided into five books, the end
ings of which are easily seen xii, 10. Xxi
| 10 lxxxix, So cyi. 4S: elk, g. The an
cient Rabbins saw in the five books of
Psalms the image of the five books of the
law 1t has been said that the Law is the
Lords tivefold word to the congregation
and the Psalter is the congregations five
fold word to the Lord Psalm is the pref
ace to the whole book or the text of the
sermon The subject is the happiness of the
righteous and the destruction of sinners
The word translated blessed" or more
literally, 30 the blessings" is used over
forty times in the Old Testament, twenty
five OF which are in the Psalms. The irst
ls in Deut xxxii % and the last in Dan.
xii IL 1t IL Il different word from another
which is translated blessed" signifying
to bend the knee to- or worship and used
over $40 times. In this negative descrip
ton of the happy man observe the three
times three of the down grade of the
wicked which he avoids walketh. stand
eth stitch the counsel. the way. the seat
the ungodly sinners the scoruful The
counsel would he to let religion alone
The way IL that of the theater the nam
bier. the drunkard The seat is that of
confirmed impiety BY resisting the first
we get victory over ali The following are
very helpful texts IN reference to counsel
/ A.
S margin
g But his delight il in the law of the
Lord and in his law doth ne mediate day
and night This is the positive descrlp
ton of the happy man and the secret of his
blessedness In the word of God he finds
Got Himself and God becomes his delight
The entrance of the word has enhybtened
him CAUSED him to see his sinfulness and
plead guilty led him to the blood that
maketh atonement for the soul and now
ne Is the happy man whose transvression
Is forgiven whose sin * covered and tn
whom ,niuuitv 10 NOT i,nnuted ,ps rx;v
40 xxxn. | Rom iii ~ "a Lev Wi ~
HAVING az "a Moor man -ona noss..sinn
noth,nv hut Gin found tho Riches of tho
ORD Yea durahla richas .rd ri,,btaous
ness prov vim IL 10, b,s ha.rt tyoa. ont
to others VINO arr. 49, nonr as he once wns
a nd n CARRYING tn thpp tho yyprd of tho
Lord which made him rich and s.eipy the
or,ps vr.ca tn theu, b,, ,..rn. to daIi,,bt
greatly in the ord ~. vii los. Iyiii a
II ln
g And no shall mo like a tree n,.,pted
nv the rivers of water thai hr,nyeth forth
nj. firm, in nj. SAMSON IN. i.,t also sh,u
no, w,ther aut wh.t.oavar no dn.th shai
nrosuerr He LEARNS to saw win Thon,n.
4 kemnis II have M rest hnt in a noot
with the ROOF and INNS a,tin, tha ,.orJ
dav and nlght his root. 90 down d..n hv
the nviny ware, and no learn. ,o say ~
tod An my snr,p,,. .ra m rb.a, fps
ixxxvii :, And tbonyh no may ha ont
warmly onnra...d ,,nd ,,fi,c,ad ,va, to,aI,
accused and ,mnrison.d ITO Iovonh or
actu,I,v ha.ten lika Dan, ,nd SiIn. rat ha
nrosn.rs and can max. his inv in tho ord
To Inc hoard and felt u;an yxxiv . %
Arts wi 81, the fruit of RI. Snir;t Iowa
lov neace etc il only rinanad naIloyad
and brought ont more beautifully nv the
fruits of aftiict,ou In Ter xvii : 8 there
"a - very similar descrintion of ona whose
,rust Is in Tn. ord and whose hone tha
lord ia The secret is that the AImigbtv
God is the ALI sufficient home of the SOM.
or in other words in .Iesns dweIIeth nil
the fuIlness of the Godhead bodily and we
are filed full in Him Gen xvii. / II Cor
vi Il 10 Col ii q 10Y
a 1.-THE unvodlv are not 40. but are like
the chaff which the wind driveth awavr
4 nd vet Christ died for rho unoodlv Ron,
v "a and ia not willing that INV rbould
perish I'll Pet. iii. g. entreatinp those whose
sins are as deem dyed as scar,4t and crim.on
to come to Him and he made winter than
SNOW lisa IS But if they will NOT tnrn
10 Him nersistinp in disobedience and re
bellion then when He gathers His ybe.,
INFO the garner He will burn nm the cbafr
w,tb uponencbable fire (Nath ii -, Ue
vii. sav nnto some "Den.rt from mo ve
cursed into everlasting fire nrenared for
the devil and his angels These shall 90
away into everlasting punishment bnt the
r1vhteous into life eternal" (Nath WV a
4t Cbaff il inst like wheat in form but
il ia al, form and no Substance I.et ne
take heed
4 ..Tberefore he unyodlv shall nor stand
in the indictment nor summers IN RI. con
yregation of the riubteous Tbns e.rIy
in Scripture do we find reference to the
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