St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-15
SABBATH SCHOOL,
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
JUNE il.
Lesson Text: "The Creator Remem-
bered,'' -EccIes. xiii, IL, 3, H.
Golden Text: Eccles. xii, l.
Commentary.

bered,'' -EccIes. xiii, IL, ,, -
Golden Text: Eccles. xii, L
Commentary.
/. "Remember now thy Creator in the days
Of thy youth. While the evil days come not.
| nor the years draw nigh. when thou shalt
say. have no pleasure in Them In the
last two verses of the previous chapter the
young man is warned that there is a judg-
! meIt TO come. III the light Of which all pres
Cit things should be tested. and now he is
| cntreated to thiiib nf his Creator in the days
| of his youth and strength and to consider
Him who is the giver Of every good and per
feet gift. Let Samuel David, Joash and
Josiah he studied rs examples
9. while the sun, or the light, or the
ma0n. or the stdrs be not darkened. nor the
/ clouds ret'trh after the rain. This is suS-
| Eestiye OF days Of iudCmcAt "a in Isa. xiii.
| 10 Nath. XIV. 90 Rev. viii. II: DER. xiii.
| Ii. for those who persisttntiy refuse the
| mercy OF God. But the content seems rather
| to iniicate the time of old age. when the
| SENSES become duh. and with no light from
| HcaVch III the a0ul the condition of such a
! one IS dark and gloomy indeed Listen to
| old Barzila when invited By King David to
make his home with the king in Jerusalem
Il am this day four score years old, and can
I discern between good and evil? Can thy
servant taste what l eat or what [ drink?
Can hear any more the voice OF singing
met and singing women? Wherefore, then,
should thy SERVANT be yet burden unto my
lord the king il sam. Xix, So? Barzillai
was Doubtless q good man. yet he simply de-
s'ribes the ordinary failures OF the body in
Old age.
8. I'm the day when the keepers of the
house shall tremhle and the strong men shall
bow themselves. and the grinders cease be-
*I,.x-l f2tt- fhrSa ~ lnnL
81 the windows be daraeued." This is su@
ueSt:,S o. trF saiinrC Of hanus an" .rn:s :eet
and legs. teeth aid etes. The earthly house
begins TO decay. failure is evident in every
part. and if there IS no light shining from
above the sun it is Ii dreary picture. But
listen TO Caleb. the friend and companion of
Joshua. each OF whom wholly followed the
Lord 10. | am this day four score and five
wears old. As yet I 1tu as strong this day as
/ was in the day that Moses sent ne, As my
strength was then even is my strength
now for war. both to go out and to come in
{Josh. xiv. 10. IL.
H. And the doors shall be shut in the streets
when the sound of the grinding is low, and
he shall rise up at the voice Of the bird. and
al the daughters of music shall be brought
low" Suggestive OF lips closing in upon
tOOthless gums. Inability to sleep and failure
o. the voice. Comment seems unnecessary
rather consider the possibilities OF an Old age
it is written that at the age of 100 his eye was
not dim nor his natural force ahated. At that
age he walked up the mountain alone and
went ont to be with God. and 400 years later
we find him alive and well (Deut xxxiv., 7:
Math. xvii. g..
5. also when they shall be afraid of that
which is high. and fears shall be in the way,
and the almond tree shall flourish. and the
gfassRopper shall be burden, and desire
shall fail. because man goeth to his long
home and the mOurner= go about the streets.
This is probably suggestive Of the easily terri
fled Old person to whom everything is a bur
den and nothing is salts! wing. The aImondtree
may suggest the white head Of old age. and
the grave IS spoken Of as the long home.
Under the sun is still the key. Tor rejoicing
believer anticipates no long home in the
grave. hut with Christ in paradise, lab
sent from the body present with the Lord
duke xiii. 43 II Cor. V. s..
t. ''Dr ever the silver cord be loosed. OF
the golden nowi be broken. or the pitcher be
broken 1T the fountain. or the wheel broken
at the cisgef1l. Possibly the reference here
may be to the spinal cord and whole nervous
system. the brain. the heart, with its veins
and arteries. However much or little the
writer may have known about thes" things.
tn Hoy s'r::,it WHO "lu;e through him WAS
''Der:ocI in knowledge" dob x1xyi.. A..
:. Then snaI the dust return to the earth
God wEo gave it" God said to Adam,
dust thou art. and unto dust shalt thou re-
turn And the psainlist wrote concerning
vain man. His breath go@th forth he re.
turneth to his earth: in that very day his
thoughts perish Gen. ill.,. 10: Ps cXlvi. A..
Through Jesus, the last Adam. the second
man. VIZ learn Of victory over death and OF
the TACT thar many shall never die. 1--WE
snail not all sleep but We shall all be changed
in moment. III the tWinkling Of an eye, at
the last trump. for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible
and we snail he changed Il Cor. Nv. As. AZ,
81. SCI See also Tness w.. 1918. And in
contrast to this whole dreary picture of frail |
Ola age. with no light from heaven. listen to
this contrast. Though our outward man |
persia, Yet the inward man Is renewed dayb |
day BY receiving Him who became man |
and sin of"rin: for us we may be sure of !
an endless life and eternal youth.
3. Let us hear the conclusion of the !
whole matter. Fear God and keep His COM
for this is the whole duty OF |
man. But inasmuch as no mere man since |
Adam fell ever kept the commandments of |
God there is little comfort here whatsoever |
snail keep the whole law and yet offend in |
one point. he IS guilty of all tJas. ii. 1O). !
And it is written that the law was given to
condemn man and prove to man his helpless
ness. that he might be led TO receive Him
who is the fullilment Of the law and the end
Of the law for righteousness to every one
that beleveth (Rom. ill.,. 10. 90; Y. 4 ; Gal.
H.. II ill.,. Il. 22). The Lord Jesus Christ is
the only man who has ever done the whole
duty OF man. He was made sin for us that
We might he made the Righteousness of God
in Him III Cor v. III. Receiving Him. He
becomes our life and righteousness John j.,
70: l John v. -. Col Ill, ! Cor. j., 30).
md His love constraining US We live hence
orth unto Him. rejoicing in hope of the
;.!0-y e ca ~ Co.. Y, il, L l:,-p. v, !,
J.
=. For God shall bring every work into
Judgment. with every secret thing. whether
t be good or whether it he evil. If we are
d Christ. We can rejoice that the Judgment
or our SINS is past. and they Shall be remem-
ered no more John V. "a Rom viii. |:
SD xiii. 90. Every believer will, however,
ppear before the judgment seat OF Christ
hat all his works as Christian may be tried
II Cor. v. 10; Rom. xiv. 10 l.: I Cor iii. H.
s. Luke xix. 1885, and POSITION in the