The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-02
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON FOR SUNDAY, MARCH q
Keeping the Sabbath" Neh. xiii, l5.
~. Golden Text; Exodus x1..3
Commentary.

1his chanter gives an account o. the die
clp,ine OF Nehemiah in separating from L.
rael the mike multitude, and in cleausn,
Israel from all strangers with whom thew
had become entangled by marriage tverses
y. Jh. lt tells also OF the disciplne i'm ref
erence 10 sabbath desecration, which is our
special lesson for the day: but ,fore taking
this up consider the dangers o.. being en-
tangled Sud hindered by a mixed multitude
When Israel left Egypt COMPANY of that
Kind went with them. and caused IN I'm much
trouble lex. xii. 3S; Mum. *, ~. Much
trouble IN the church to-day arises from thu
people who are halt AMI halt-ths worldly
church members who are neither one thin,
uor the other
. III any think that the restoration I'm Ter
Esruotabel and the reformation OF Ezra and
Nehemiah fulfilled tho prophecies conccrn-
i1g restoration, let then compare LEA. xiv.
IL. with Neh. X, 80 b. IL any thing tn,t
We are now in the m llenniil ags, or that iii,
caurch with her present zeal viii bring that
age, let them be honest enough TO believe
what is written, aud they will surely sae
that the Lord himself must come Tor Isrca.'s
restoration ard to introduc, the millenniaI
ag,e tPs. Gil, ~, Acts ill.,, i0-2i.
10. IN tuosc Gays saw in judah some
lreadlng wine presses on the Sabbath"
Then he enumerates their otEer dee,Is of
sabbath breaking and saws that he testified
against them. The Sabbath was institutel
IN Eden before tver sin entered this world
aud when God wrote with His finger ths
len Commandments on two tabets OF stons
lie said, "Itemember the Sabbath dav."
lhnt man should give unto God one.seventh
ol MS time Is a law from the beginning an
OF perpetual Obligation
10. There dwelt men OF Tyre also VIII,
sold on the sabbath unto the children of
Judah, and in Jerusalem God gives III.
laws t. dis children because they are His
children. He gave no laws 20 Israel until
lie hat redeemed them from Eyypt \,
man can be saved 10y the deeds OF The law.
nut on'y 10y the grace OF God. but heinz
saved through Jesus Christ, who is the end
ol the law Tor Righteousness tor every one
tiat believeth, u i tnen. and only then
that the right, business Of the law can he fu!.
hlled IN us who walk not after the flesh but
hiter the spirit utom. ill.,, -, - Z, !.
vlii, ~. Those VINO know not 4, od know no
Sabbath, but the people of judah should
nave shown the men OF Tyre that they kept
holy the sabbath because OF their Goa
There can Us no trade with no buyers. and
unless the people OF jerusalem had bought
the men Of Eyre hat not sod
Il. Then cont 'nied with the MOBILES o,
Judah and SAID unto them, What evil thing
Is thls that ye 30 ani protane tho SahUntl
day Ia verse II We rha | that Ii, content.
ed with them because they had forslkeu IN,
house OF God. The hOus' Of tod was f,r,p,s
center, and the laws ot God their. e,pecial
delight, 1t they We're lsraelites inieel hut
they were prone to forsake His huus, ami
despis, His word Ill Chron. Sxxvi. 40. AMI
for this they went To Babylon. Now tnat
they have returned from captivity and left
their Idols their hearts still wander from
Tod anu His laws. Aud Sc u was louy after
IN the days oi Mahcni, whsu th,y rohhei
God III tithts and offerings aui saii that IL
was vain 10 serve Go MAI. nj, :, ~
J.. "Did not our fathers tuu,s lst Va
bring more wrath upon l,raet 10y profanin.
the sabbath" Although judgment ha
oVertakcn their fathers, yet they continue,
IN the same SIM Tor not until the Ethiopian
can change hi, skin and the leopard hls
spots can those do gool who are accustl lmei
10 do evil tJer. Kilt, ~ An empty m,n
will get an ierStaudiny whcn a Wild ass.
colt Is born man" Dob. X, Il. X. ",
""rein' Nothing YaSe Inau waat ns