The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOR SUNDAY. JAN. 90.
"The Spirit OF The Lord. zech lilo. iv.
Golden Text: zech. iv. o. Com
mentary.

"dheneu out OF MS sleeN." The mortal boiy
can stand but little ot joy or sorrow without,
refreshing sleep. Even ON the mount os
transf9uration and In the garden OF Gsth.
semane, the most joyful aud the most sor :
rowfu events OF Scripture, we sec how men
asleer. As To an angels toucn see I Kinos
XII" ., Z. Acts xii, Z. Dan. r., 10. and re.
member that they minister unto you IL ytni
are an htir OF salvation tdeb L.. l4. A
spiritual Sieep or inability 10 grasp or evan
Iecome Interested very much in tbs things
OF Tod Is greatly to be deplored but is very
common even among Christians Cares and
riches and pleasures of this lite choke the
word tLuke witt, ih Following men i'm
stead OF THE MAN, or jep-nling upon orij.
nances instead OF upon Htu, ten To- spirit-
ual sleep Il Cor ILL.,, /; S,.. S0. But SOC
kom., xiii, II; Eph. ", Is. and ,et us ask
God 10y His Spirit to AWAKEN US at any cost
- And said unto me, What seest thous
And said, ] have lopkad, ani. beholj. "A
candlesticS all OF gold.' The prophet would
think of the golden ctndestick of the tabpr-
nacie and those OF the temple. They gave
light IN the holy place and were daily
trimmed and repenished with oil Israel
had been chosen and brought out OF Exypt
TO be light for God among the nations
Their sin AMI captivity hal obscursd th,
iigbt, which was God, IN tder mi ist The
prophet Is now being taught that God will
yet make Israel light notwithstan tinr her
"
she be cleansed aud clothed as In tue pre-
vious sion, but II shall be said to her;
ARISE, shine, Tor thy light u come, aud tha
glory Of the Lori is risen upon thee" a." ''rne
Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light
and thy Tod thy giory' usi. lx.. |, ~. 20
.. Ana two olive trees by II, one upon
the right side OF the bowl amt the ether upo,
the lett side thereof Bv reading verse ~
with verses ana ) II would seem that the
prophet saw n lampstand bearing seven
lamps, great central bowl having either
one or seven pipes leading to each lamp;
then on the other side an olive tree with a
golden pipe from each tree u the CENTRAL
bowl-i IN other words, "A sel,-supplyIng lamp
stand apart trom any help of man
4. 80 | answered and spakc To the
angel that talked with me, saying, What
are these, my Lordy' This question is re-.
peated in verses II and T. ami answered in
verse H. and as those verses are not includ.
ed In the lesson this Is the place To consider
them. As without the oil there could los
no light and without the trees no OIL we SEQ
the importance OF this question aud answer.
What then Is meant bv the two auointoI
unosy The only C.ass OF people auointed IN
scripture are priests and kings ia prophet
once. Jesus Is the great Priest. KIM. He
was tyI Iehed IN these offices by Aaron ani
Moses, Tut at the time ot tho lesson by
Joshua oi the previous chapter and ,rub.
light in this world for Him, you must know
Him not only as your priest, having put
away your sins ant living to make ihterces.
sion Tor you, but also your personal king or
lord or proprietor. YOU being ready 10 do
whatever He may appoint.
>. Then the angel that talked with me
answered. and said unto me, kuowest thou
not what these bel And | said, No. my
Lord Sec also verse Il. Confession Of
ignorance, comhlnet with Willingness to be
taught, II good attitude OF soul, an where
this is found God will send te ,ch ,r-,n
angel II need be--to show Us that which Is
noted in the Scripture OF Truth dan. r.,
I'll. See the story oi Cornelius and Peter
ami the angel in Acts X.
q. This is the word OF the Lord unit
Zeruhbabel, saying Not by might nor by
power, but 10y My Spirit, saith the Lord OF
Hosts" Not the wisdom nor the might of
iifi. Du, Gynl, he ! .'s', y. Co. csp. r"1om-
plish sny work Tor Col. We are not Ia
| glory IN wisdom or riches or might. but
only in the Lord lJer ix.. .. 2N. Jesu,
| said, without Me We can do nothing
! John Xv,, 81. And even the men VINO haC
been nearest 20 Him had TO wait for th'
decent OF the Spirit, that they might bc
| endured with power for service Luke xiv.
! AZ; ActsI., 81.
| :. "Who art thou q great mountainl
| Before Ierubbabcl thou shalt become Il
u
| great difficulty and is 80 netmes used I,
represent a kingdom lJer. H., -, 2j,. TIL
Kingdom OF satan shall yet ue thrown
| down. All the kingdom, ot this world
shall yet become the King IONS ot our LORI
and OF His Christ REV. Sl., l5l. The tru
| Zerubbabel dispenser OF confusion shi
| yet be manifest IN Jesus of Nazareth "a
| mead OF the church, Messiah of lsreal, Kin
OF Kings and Lord of Lords, and from be
| ginning to end the work shall be seen 70 b
| all of grace.
s. Moreover, the Word of the Lord cam
unto me saying" while all else may pas
away the Word OF our God shall stan
forever, and he that doeth the viii OF Go
| abideth forever lisa, xl ., 5; | john H., II
Forever, o Lord, Thy word is settled
Heaven (Ps. cxiX., So
9. "rhe hands OF Ierubbabel have lai
the foundation OF this house; his hands sha
also finish it, This was literally true
that building. See Ez. vi. Ia. 1t shall
true OF Jesus and all that tho Father ha
given Him to do H. finished the work o
atonement John xvii, a. He will tinls
| the building OF His body, the church; III
will put away the iniquity of Israel an
bring in everlasting righteousness for her
| and He will I'LL the whole earth with HI
| glory He will subdue all things unto Hin
self and give back 20 the Father n perfec
earth without sin or stain IEph. l., 80, ~
| Dan TX, ~ lsa, K, " lIOT' XIV, @pl. TO
your own personal comfort eat, III Tim. T.
L.; Phil l., O.
| 10. "For who hath despised the day o
small thingsY IL is not the seen but th
unseen that moves the believer, who, lik
Moses, endures as seeing Him VINO is inyis
ible Heb. xi., %; II Cor. iv, II, lSl. He, b
the grace of Cos, is able 10 say with Asia
"Lord. IL is nothing with Thee TO help
whether with many or with them that hay
no power" III Chron. xiv, ~, and wit
Jonathan, "rhere Is no restraint To th
Lord 10 save by many or by few" Il Sam
xiv, o. The Lord chooses the weak thing
of the world, and things which are not, I
bring 10 naught things wnich are, for II
will have no flesh TO glory in His presenc
| Il Cor. j., %, 2sl.
Then see the comfort in the last claus
of this verse Of our lesson and put with
III Chron. xvi, o, ami take it home TO your
self, and be strong in the Lord and in IN
power of His might tEph vi, 10. b
strong and work. for the Lord is wit
you tlIag. H., A.-Lesson Helper.
"Boy Wanted Inside"