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GODS CHASTENINGS.
LESSON II, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 9.

Text of the Lesson, JOB v, 17-HI-Mem-
DRY Verses, 1T-10-Golden Text, Heb.
xii, documentary by the Rev. ID. NJ.
Stearns.
Three Of Jobs frends-Eliphaz, Bildad
md Zophar-having heard of the Affections
Of Job, made an appointment to come and
mourn with him and comfort him. When
they saw him they knew him not because
he was SO changed. They wept and rent
their clothes, and sat with him upon the
ground seven days and seven nights with
out speaking word, for they saw that his
grief was very great chapter ii, 11-10,
Then Job spoke and cursed his day, after
which Eliphaz was the first of the three to
speak, and this lesson is part of his speech.
Job had borne meekly and without com
plant the loss of children and cattle and
even his bodily affliction Chapters /, 90; ii,
l0), but these friends, with their false accu-
sations and insinuations, stirred all the old
man that was in him. These three CON
demned Job without cause, and yet their
words have much in them that is helpful.
H. Behold, happy is the man whom God
correcteth; therefore despise not thou the
Christening OF the Almighty" This is
sound wisdom and very profitable If put in
practice. Blessed Is the man that endureth
trial. Count it all JOY when ye fall into
divers trials Whom the Lord loveth He
chasteneth. If ye endure Christening, God
dealeth with you as with sons (Jas. i, H. 9;
Heb. xii, 6, y.
IS. For lie maketh sore and bindeth
up; He woundeth, and His hands make
whole" Or, as it is written elsewhere. II
kill and | make alive; | wound and heal;
neither is there any that can deliver out of
my hand' Deut. xxi, 39). But though
lie cause grief, yet will He have compass
sion according to the multitude of his mer-
cies, for lie doth not afflict willingly, nor
grieve the children of men Clam. iii, 81,
33).
10. "IIe shall deliver thee in six troubles;
yea in seven there shall no evil touch
thee" Not even satan can touch be-
lever without permission, for he had to OBJ
tain permission to touch job, and If God
allows us to 90 to the furnace he knows
how to deliver SO that Daniels friends
were right when they said, Our God,
whom we serve, is able to deliver us from
the burning fiery furnace, and He will de-
liver us out of thine hand O king dan.
iii, 10. In the promise, There shall no
evil befall thee tPs xci 10), we must not
promised us (John xvi. 33), and possibly
Imprisonment and death (Rev. ii, 10; Math.
" 2s), but in the resurrection it shall be
seen that we have not been hurt, nor a hair
of our heads persisted.
60 in famine He shall redeem thee
from death and in war from the power of
the sword" The upright shall not be
ashamed in the evil time, and in the days
of famine they shall be satisfied Ops.
Xxxvii, Is, 49,. He who fed Elijah by the
brook and in the widows house during
the three years famine, who fed Israel for
forty years with bread from heaven, who
fed over 5000 with the lads few loaves and
fishes, is the same yesterday, today and for
ever. And as to the sword, think of David's
deliverance from the sword of Goliath and
| his victory over him.
81. Thou shalt he hid from the scourge
of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid
| of destruction when it cOmeth." The
| tongue is often as IL sharp sword ops ",
81; lvii, A., but He will keep us secretly in
II pavilion from the strife of tongues Cps.
XXI, 20J Inasmuch as the angel of the
Lord encampeth round about us, the
tongue that would touch us must first
touch Him. Not even Il dog can move his
tongue against us without permission
| zen. ri, y.
%. at destruction and famine thou
shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid
of the beasts of the earth" One would
almost think the speaker was describing
| the millennial times, when the wolf and
| the lamb shall feed together, and they
shall not hurt nor destroy in all Gods holy
mountain lisa. Ky, 25). But with such
records as that of David over the lion and
| the bear, Daniel over the lions and Paul
over the poisonous reptile Il sam xvii, 81;
! Dan. vi, %; Acts xviii, 4, -, we see what
may be even now as foreshadowings Of
coming glory. Let us have faith in
God"
o. For thou shalt be in league with the
stones Of the field, and the beasts of the
field shall be Mt peace with thee" David
| comes to mind again with his stones gath
cred from the brook one of which, slung in
the name Of the Lord of Hosts, sank into
the giants forehead Il Sam. xvii, 40. And
the 700 left handed men who could sling
stones at a hair and not miss (Judg. XX,
ICY show how God can give control over
stones in that sense, As to the beasts,
read lisa. XII, 90, and for another wonderful
story of the past see | Kings xiii, -.
"A. And thou shalt know that thy tab
ernacle shall be in peace, and thou shalt
| Nioiu my HdDiidllOn anu sndlL uOt Blu, VI
II. v, shalt miss nothing" The work
of righteousness shall be peace, and the
effect of righteousness quietness and as
surance forever. And my people shall
dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in
sure dwellings, and quiet resting places
lisa. xxi, II, 49,. We may even dwell in
Jehovah Himself, for it is written, Lord
thou hast been our dwelling place in all
| generations" ops Xc u,
20. Thou shalt know also that thy seed
shall he great and thine offspring as the
grass of the earth" The promise to Abran
was that his seed should be It's the stars OF
heaven and as the sand upon the seashore
Gen xxi, 10. When Rebekah left her
home to become the bride Of Isaac they
prayed that she might become the mother
of thousands of millions Gen. xiv, CO..
Jesus has said, There is no man that hath
left house or brethen or sisters or father
or mother or wife or children or lands
for my sake and the gospels but he shall
receive an hundredfold now III this time,
houses and brethren and sisters and
1Tt hnr -, ii al Inn. rttl