The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-04-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON EoR SUNDAY. APRIL o
.AfYiictious sanctiHed." job ", 1898
Golden Text: Heb. xii.. o.
Commentary.

Three OF jobs frieuds-Elipha Bilda1
and Zophsr---Asving heard OF toe siiliction,
OF job, made an appointment to come AMI
mourn with him and comfort him. when
| they saw him they knew him not because he
was so changed. They wept, aud rent their
clothes, and sat with him upon the ground
seven days and seven nights without speak
ing a word, for they saw that his grief was
very great chapter H., lib. Tneu Job
spoke and cursed his day, after which Eli
| phaz was the first OF the three to sIeak au
| this lesson Is part OF his speech. Job bad
| borne meekly and without complaint the
loss OF children and cattle and even his
| bodily affection chapters l., %; H., 1O, but
those trends, with their false accusations
and insinuations, stirred all the old man
that was In him. These three coudemnsi
Job without cause, aod yet their words havs
much in them that is helpfu'.
IL. "Behold, happy Is the man whom Go
ccrrecteth; therefore despiss 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
trial. Count u all JOY whsn We fall into
divers trials. Whom the Lord loveth He
chssteneth. TX We endure Christening, God
dealeth with you as with sons JAS l., IL, .;
Heb xii, a. u.
IS. "For He mqketh sore and bndeth ur
He woundeth, and His a IDS make whole"
Or. ms IL Ia written elsewhere, III kill and [
make alive; l wound and | heal: neither is
tDeut. xsxii., 3N. But though lie cause
grief, yet W u He havo compassion accord.
ing % the multitude of His mercies for He
doth not ettl CO willingly. nor grieve tho
Children OF men liam. iii.. 81, 80.
~. 'he shan deliver thee IN six troubles:
yee. - ssven there shall no evil touch thee
Not even satan can touch a believer without
permission, for he hal to obtain permission
to touch Job, and IL Col allows US to GO To
the furnace lie knows how TO deliver So
that DanieFs 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. q
king Dap. ill.,, Ia. In the promise, "rbero
shall hoevil bcfall thee FPS xci, TO- we must
not think 20 escape trouble for lust that Is
J promised us tJohn xvi. ~. an1 possibly
1 imprisonment and death (ltev. H., 10; Math.
| T., -o', but IN tho resurrection u snail bs
seen that we have not been hurt, nor hair
OF our heads perished.
20. "In famine He shall redeem thee from
| death, and In war from the power of ths
sword" The upright shall not bs ashamed
In the evil time, aud in the dnys OF famine
| they shall loo satisfied lPs xxxvii, Is. 10,
He who fed Elijah by the brooS ami In tns
widows house curing the three years fam
| the, who fed Israel for forty years with
bread from heaven, who fed over 5000 WITH
the lads Few lolve, and fishes, IL tue same
yesterday, to-day and forever And rs 10
heswori ot Goliath and his victory over
| him.
| 81. "Ihou shalt he hid from the sc>urge
| OF the tongue, neither shalt thou b. afraid
| OF destruction when II comstn.' The tongue
Is often ns a snarp sword lPs. w.. u; lvii,
| ", but He will keep Us secretly in "A pavilion
from the strife of tongues (P. XXI, ~
lnasTuch as the angel Of IN" Lord cnca M.
eth round about us, tue tongus that woul
touch us must first touch Him. Not evena
dog can move his tongue against Us without
permission lEx. xi. -.
2!. "At destruction and famine thou shalt
laugh, neither shalt thou be afrsil OF the
beasts OF tho earth" Que wouli almost
think the speaker was describing the inilleu-
| nial timer, when the wolf aud the lamb ,h."
feed together. and they shall not hur NJ
! DESTROY in all Gods holy mountain ~ -
ixv.. 25l. But with sucb recJrls Is. IN, =. D.,
David over the lion ani the bear, DInisl
over the lions and Paul over the poisSnous
reptile Il Sam. xvii, 81: Dan. vi, 2?; Acts
xviii. ., 81, we see what may bs even now
as foreshadownss OF coming glcry. Let Us
'have faith in tod
%. "For thou shalt be in league with the
stones Of the field. and the beasts OF the field
shall be at peace with thee David come,
to mind again with his stones yathere from
the brook, one OF which, slung IN the name
OF the Lord OF Hosts, sank into tn cinuti +,
forehead Il Sam. XVII, 90. And the &c left
handed men who could sing stones at "A hair
and not miss tJuig. Xxx ~ show how God
can give control over stones in that sense .
As TO the beasts, reat Isa. xi.. J-g, and tor
another wonderful story ot tue past Zee /
| Kings xiii, 2S.
-. And thou shalt know that thy taber.
nacie shall be IN peace, ami thou shalt visit
thy habltation aud shall not sin" or.
| *. v, shalt miss nothing "fhs work OF
| righteousness shall be peacs aud the ell ect
OF righteousness quletness and assuranc,
forever. And Ny people shall dwell in a
| peaceable habitaton, and IN sure dwellings :,
and IN quiet resting places lisa. xxi, Il,
| IS. We may even dwell in Jehovah him :
SELF for IL Is written, Lord Thou hast been
our dwelling place IN all generations (Ps.
xc., ~.
-. Thou shalt know also that thy seed
shall be great AMI thine offspring as the
grass Of the earth" The promise T. Aoram
was that bis seed should be a. the stars oI
heaven and as the sand unou the seashors
| Gen. xxi, n. 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, 90,
Jesus has said, There Is no man that hath
! left house or brethren or sisters or father or
mother or wife or children or lands for Nv
sake and thesSospeps but he snall receive an
| hundredfold ~ ~ in this time, houses and
brethren and sisters and mothers aud chill
dren and lands with prosecutions. and in ths
world to come eternel life' MARX l., 20;
xxx. 3O.
20 Thou shalt c,me to thy grave in
full age, like ss a shock OF corn comsth in in
His seasou." IL turned out 50 in JOBS case.
for he lived after this affection l40 years aud
saw four generations. so Jon died. being
old aud full OF days job xiii, 10, l7. With
the believer in jesus length OF years in
mortal body is not the greatest blessing ex-
cept in 80 far as God is glorifled thereby.
2I 40 this we have searched it; SO it is;
hear IL aud know thou IL for thy good" We
might with job have somewhat 70 say TO
Eliphsz, but We are trying % forget the
man and set something out OF the message,
and therefore we notice that IL is good To
search out u good matter, but especially
good TO search tho Scriptures, for therein IL
the best OF all matter.-ieSSon Helper.
ALCOHOL AND THE HEART
The nerve iihers are especially detsr.oratei
by alcohol, aud show by the disturbed action
on the brain the severe efforts they nave