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QUARTERLY REVIEW,
LESSON XIII, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 20.

A Comprehensive Roview of the Lessons
of the Ouarter-G olden Text, Ps. cxix,
Stcarns.
LESSON I.--Home from Babylon (Ez. 1,
LID Golden text (Deut. xxx, 81, 1.-THE
Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and
have compassion upon thee" The gifts
and calling Of God are without repentance
(Rom. xi, 2o); whatsoever II purposes shall
in due time be accomplished, and every
thing shall come to pass exactly as He says
Osa. xiv, "a; Ps. xxxiii, ny. He doeth &C
cording to His will in heaven and on Garth.
and finds willing servants, both among
men and angels dan. iv, 35). The rebuild
ing of the temple is suggestive of the tenn
pie now being built, the church of God
Eph. ii, 1929.
LESSON 1.-THE Temple Begun (Ez. iii,
1-13) Golden text (Ez. iii, ~, "They
praised the Lord, because the foundation
of the house of the Lord was laid" Re
member the key to the book of Ezra is
1.-THE house OF the Lord" phrase used
fifty times in the book. The thoughts
of this lesson cluster around the work,
and the workmen, and the offerings,
and the willing hearts. Jesus delight
ing to do the Fathers will and always
about His Fathers business ops. xl, 8;
John viii, 20) is our pattern in all our
daily life.
LESSON II.-Encouragements alag. il,
10. Golden text ops. cxxvii, y, Except
the Lord build the house they labor in
vain that build it." Read the four books
of IIaggai, Zechariah Ezra and Nehemiah.
Those who are used of God must be strong
and Of good courage-strong to do-and
this will come only by knowledge of God
(Josh. I, 7, 9; Dan. xi, 32), Israel, like the
ten spies, saw the discouragements, but
we must be like Caleb and Joshua, and see
ouly God and make His business the first
concern Of our lives. When we put our
affairs first, all will come to naught.
LESSON IV.-Joshua, the High Priest
Czech iii, 1-l0). Golden text Heb. iv, 1D
I'VE have great High Priest chat is
passed into the heavens, Jesus, the Son of
God" One Of satans ways of discour-
aging people is to point them to their sin
fulness and tell them that God cannot use
such unworthy ones ss they are. 1t is all
too true that we are sinful and unworthy,
but Jesus, our High Priest, is our right
eousness Oh Cor. V, 2D and our loneliness
Geek. xvi, IA, and having accepted Him
lie stands for us against all accusers, and
will use just such as we are as vessels
through which He will accomplish His
pleasure (Phil. ii, 10; Heb. xiii, 20, 2l).
LESSON N.-The Spirit of the Lord Czech
iv, 1-10). Golden text (Zech. ", g., "Not
by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,
saith the Lord of Hosts" No work of God
can be done by human wisdom. Moses had
no say whatever in the design of the tab
ernacle, nor had David OF Solomon in the
temple; the former was TO be made accord
ing to the pattern shown him in the mount.
and the latter was given to David by the
Spirit of the Lord (EX. XIV, 40; / Chron.
xviii, 10).
LESSON VI.-Dedicating the Temple CEz.
vi, l4-2D Golden text (Ps. cxxii, y, II
was glad when they said unto me, Let us
60 into the house of the Lord" Haggai
and Zechariah, the Lords messengers. be-
ing strengthened themselves by the words
and visions of the Lord, so encouraged the
people that the building was finished, and
with great JOY dedicated unto the Lord.
| LESSON VII,-Nehemiah' Prayer (Neh.
j, LID. Golden text Cps. KIN, 10), Lord,
he Thou my helper" Nehemiah, in the
/ kings palace Ut Babylon, hears of the des-
/ olations of the Holy City, the wall broken
/ down and the people in great affection and
reproach, and he Is so affected that he weeps
and mourns and fasts and prays for several
days. Identifying himself with his people.
he confesses their sins and re.niads Jeho-
yah of His promises. The result was that
the Lord inclined the king to let Nehemiah
20 to Jerusalem with authority to rebuild
the walls of the city.
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| iv, 9-2D. Golden text (Neh. w. 81, 1--WE
made our prayer unto our God and set a
watch against them" Both men and
women of all occupations were ready and
! Joined Nehemiah in the work of building
the wall, for the people had a mind to
work (Neh iv, O.. But when anything is
really being done in the Lord ) name the
adversary becomes very active, and the
! opposition ut this time was something
tremendous both as to wiles and persist.
ence. Let us consider well Nehemiah s
strength and be strong in the Lord
LESSON IX.-Rcading the I.awfN viii,
| LIZ. Golden text Ops. cxix, 49,, Open
| thou mine eyes, that l may behold won
drous things out of thy law" The temple
and the walls may be built, but they NAV
be thrown down again. There is lust one
thing on earth that can never pass away.
The Word of our God shall stand forever
/ lisa. xl, s.. We are to read it, and believe
il, and thus understand it, and then do it,
for ale that doeth the will of God abideth
forever" Il John ii, 10.
LESSON X.-Keeping the Sabbath (Neh.
xiii, l5-22) Golden Text (Ex. Xxx, s., RE.
member the Sabbath day to keep it holy.''
Oneseventh of our Zine and one-tenth of
our money should be cheerfully givep
wholly up to God for His service as the
very least we can offer on those two lines
If we are redeemed. then we are all His,
all time, money, talents, everything; but il
| Is best to make Him sure of the seventh
and tenth To begin with. Let us as in.
/ dividuals see that we conscientiously keen
the Lords day on the lines IF lisa. lviii,
-, H. and pray for our rulers that they
may have grace to do as Nehemiah did.
LESSON Nl.-Esther Before the King
! (Est. iv, 1917; V, l-3l. Golden Text prov.
xXxi, ~, Judge righteously, and plead the
cause of the poor and needy" From this
book we learn that God is ON the field
when most invisible; that He is able to de-
liver when deliverance seems impossibl
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