Passaic City record., 1893-04-08
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON Fob
APRIL o.
Lesson Texe. sAhiictions Sanctified,s
Job. W, f7-27--Golden TexG
Heb. xiii, 6-Commen-
tary.

Three OF Jobs friends-Elipha Bildad
and Zophar-aaving 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 without speak
ing word, for they saw that his grief was
very great (chapter H., lib. Then Job
spoke and cursed his day, after which Eli
phaz was the first of the three to speak, and
this lesson is part of his speech. job had
borne meekly and without complaint the
loss of children and cattle ssnd even his
bodily affiiction chapters l.. %; IL. 1N. but
these friends, with their false accusations
and insinuations, stirred all the old man
that was in him. These three condemned
Job without cause and yet their words have
much in them that is helpful.
II. behold, happy is the man whom God
correcteth, therefore despise not thou the
Christening of the Almighty" This is sound
wisdom and very profitable il put in prac-
tice. Blessed is the man that endureth
divers trials Whom the Lord loveth He
chasteneth. If We endure Christening, God
dealeth with you as with sons tJas. l., II, 2;
Heb. xii, 6, u.
IS. ssFor He maketh sore and bindeth up;
He woundeth, and His lands make whole"
L
make alive: | wound and I heal; neither Is
there any that can deliver out or My handn
(Deut. xxxii.. a9). But though He cause
grief, vet will He have compassion accord
ing to the multitude of His mercies, for He
doth not aff1ct willingly, nor grieve the
children of men Nam. ill.,. 81, 33.
10. SHE shall deliver thee in six tr oubles:
yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee"
Not even satan car touch a believer without
permission, for he had to obtain permission
to touch JOB, and If God allows us to go 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 deliver us out of thine hand, 0
king" Dan. ill.,, III In the promise, 'sThere
shall no evil befall thee'' (Ps. xci., lN. we must
not think to escape trouble. for just that is
promised us John xvi, 33), and possibly
Imprisonment and death (Rev. H., 10; Math.
K, 2S), but in the resurrection it shall be
seen that we have not been hurt, nor hair
of our heads persisted.
20. s'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 (Ps. xxxvii., IS, 19.
He who fed Elijah by the brook and in the
widows house during the three years fam
inc, who fed Israel for forty years with
the lads few ioaves and fishes, is the same
yesterday, to-day and forever. And as to
the sword, think of David's deliverance from
the sword of Goliath and his victory over
him.
21. 'sThou shalt be hid from the scourge
of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid
of destruction when it cometh.n The tongue
is often as sharp sword tPs w.. 81; lvii.,
A., but He will keep US secretly in pavilion
from the strife OF tongues (Ps. XXI. 90,
Inasmuch as the angel of the Lord encamp-
eth round about us. the tongue that would
touch US must first touch Him. Not even
dog can move his tongue against us without
permission lex. xi., q.
22 ''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 descriha,ig ig the miIlen-
nial times when the wolf and the lamb shall
feed together. and they shall not hurt nor
destroy in all Gods holy mountain lisa.
lxv., 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, 36; Dan. vi. %; Acts
xviii. 4, 81, we see what may be even now
as foreshadowings of coming glcry. Let us
shave faith in God"
%. "For thou shalt be in league with the
stones Of the field, and the beasts of the field
shall be at peace with thee.n David comes
the brook, one of which, slung in the name
of the Lord of Hosts. sank into the giants
forehead Il Sam. xvii, 49,. And the 700 left
handed men who could sling stones at hair
and not miss Judg. Xxx, 16l show how God
can give control over stones in that sense.
As to the beasts, read lisa. XII. 6-9, and for
another wonderful story of the past see
Kings xiii, 2S.
"a. And thou shalt know that thy taber-
nacle shall be in peace. and thou shalt visit
thy habitation and shall not sin," or.
R. ", "shalt miss nothing" "The work OF
Righteousness shall be peace. and the effect
OF Righteousness quietness and assurance
forever. And My people shall dwell in a
peaceable habitatlon, and in sure dwellings,
and in quiet resting places lisa. xxi, II,
1S). We may even dwell in Jehovah Him
self, for it is written, "Lord, Thou hast been
our dwelling place in all generations lPs.
25. "Thcu shalt know also that thy seed
shall be great and thine offspring as the
grass of the earth.h The promise to Abram
was that bis seed should be as the stars OF
heaven and as the sand upon the seashore
(Gen. xii, III. When Rebekah left her
home to become the bride of Isaac they
praved that she might become the mother
of thousands Of millions (Gen. xiv, 6O) ].
Jesus has said, There is no man that hath
left house or brethren or sisters or father or
mOcueT OF Wllo OF CuluIcu OT I5IluS iOE III
sake and the gospels but be shall receive an
hundredfold now in this time, houses and
brethren and sisters and mothers and chill
dren and lands with prosecutions, and in the
world to come eternel life" Mark K, %;
xxx, 30l.
26. ''rhou shalt come to thy grave in a
full age, like as shock OF corn cometh in in
His season. 1t turned out so in Jobs case,
for he lived after this af1iction 140 years and
saw four generations. SO JOB died. being
old and full of days Job xiii, 16, III. With
the believer in Jesus length of years in a
mortal body is not the greatest blessing ex-
cept in so far as God is gloriied thereby.
81. 'Lo this, we have searched it; SO il is;
hear it and know thou it for thy good" We
might with Job have somewhat to say to
Eliphaz, but we are trying to forget the
man and get something out Of the message
and therefore we notice that it is good te
search out good matter, but especially
good to search tho Scriptures, for therein
the best Of all matter. er.-Lessen Helper.