The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-19
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON FOR SUNDAY JAN. 30
Joshua the High Priest" zcch. iii., l.lo
Golden Text Hebrews ~, Ia
Commentary

was re. umed. Then he had other mess,ges
| Tor them in the seventh and ninth months
OF the same year tHag. H., I, 10. 20 The
| first message came 10 Xschariah in ths
| eighth month of The sane year tZsch t.. Il.
| ana on the night of ths twentv-iourth dav
| OF the eleventh month he receives a series of
/ seven or eight visions whicn are recorded IN
| chapter L.. :, 20 vi, Is. Our lesson il tn,
fourth ot these visions, the tirst tlres etcn.
! ing That tne hosts o. heaven act on bahnir OF
! Gods people; that Tor every DESTROYER there
isa repairer. and that God, having chosen
! Jerusalem, viii surely perform all HIS p.eas.
! ure concerning her.
| ]. AM he showed mo Joshua, tn, hi-h
| priest standing beiora the ANGEL o. tho
| LORI, ana satan standing as his right h-uI
/ TO resist him" A prophet represents COT
! 10 tue people, while priest re1ra8,nts tns
| people before God. Tuis hi IN priest r,pr,.
( scnts the nation of Israel rs appcnrinv hnfors
! hod Tor blessing, and ths rre1t plysrs nv
- there also To prevent this blessing n na
| pos,lply can. suppose tIat NJ in iividrpl
! or nation ever came to Got without know.
/ ing something o. the rsistaucs %, tha alver.
| sary.
! "And 'hc Lord sail unto satan: Tn,
/ Lord rehuke tupp. q satan: even tps Lord
! Ihat hHth chosen 'rusu 'u r'Iu ic the. ls
not TINS brand pdcEHi out u' tn h-l.'
1 see chanter H., l2, r.. cVNxil.. l5 cot has
| chosen Israel and Jnru Stiem. and tbut ,at.
| u'l u. Anani1, tl'urut thit san. o' Tar
/ sus WIS too q desperately wicked ip ry,s.f
| anything gooJ irou ,ut GoIs "Gu thv
! way, tor ho Is caH.'J vn,,al unf1 Me-
settled ala tuui IN"ts |y., lM. God know.
/ hls instruments uolo"r lie cllgs,s them.
ana Is prepared tu cleanse AM qul'if, .lr
! Ills service ar 1uv cost
| %. wow Jo.uup wa, clothed with urrr
I garments and stool before tn, au... "
| Here rs the ground ui ~ltan's rp.i.tlur,.
| israel could noe uany her UItly garments.
| no more can we We must cry on. WITH
| Isaiah. 'No' Is me. for am "a man or uu.
i tIehh hps, -u. We, D., AMI with Jo,, "i nI.
/ nor NV scat dob NUi., a., for "ttI ourrivut.
c.u,ucs,es ,uur very us-' tLin.- ar, u4
/ hithy rags U.a. Xiv. d. every mouth
must "o stopped dp u'i the waril plead
/ guilty fore Got IEpI.. ii. ll.
/ :. Take away toe ui'ur Garments from
/ HIM, Anl unto niu IiH said, Behold. I
/ have caused thine uqut, to rms, from
/ thee, aud will clpthc tlrn with cnurgo og
! raimcnt.' Iuus he viii vet remove tho Iu.
lquty OF thot lIuI AMI u. that psoI.c lu ono
dtv N'rsn 81, aul they snail %" ail rI,rJs.u.
Usl. u.s., .N fUus Il' NOW iuryives sin,
! anu slye io every trgo psuitHat wIo CON.
iesso, uil AMI uIi'a uJtnur. ''Nau. d.u.ht.r.
/ my SINS are forgiven tnne' tNata *, 2,gJ.
All our riiort- 40 2o1jpn.. are Ike Allm
ana Ewes ng leaf aprons compared with the
B garments oi light which they lost. Hut tIs
. Lord God provide, Garments %. salvation.
/ ana W. have only - urJp our Gs inlt upr5u..
cast aside all our own r.sh,.0u.ua., AMI
gladly accept Gods provision. AMI tucl sing
Isl, iy.. 10.
I .. so tncy sc5 q fair mi.ar u.on bts
head and clothed him with glrm,ni.. an
the angel oi tlo Lord stool by." Ile nttsr
was the Linen heai4re,, wo-n Nv ins priest.
the most conspicuous part dt wuirl was tg,
goiuen plate or crown, up)n which was u'.
,crOad, "Hoiue,, Unto th, L1rl /" ,sx.
NNvil., 36'3S. In tine ugys OF israel, rose
t2ratun ana salvation Jesus. their Rlu-,
VIII be "a Priest Upon His Throne Ichap.
Ter vi, l3l, priest king after tine orlcr of
helchizedoc. The church will reign with
BIN rs priests anl k.rgs Ter sula are W.
/ even now by faith in Hum REV. v, o. 10; j.,
| q. :. "Aud the angel Of the Lori protested
uuto Joshua, s1y.ug, Inu, satin the Lord ID.
Hosts, II tnuu wilt walls On Nv wlys. aul
II thou wilt keep NV charge salvation
from beginning 10 end d, of the LDr'. iH
alone is the author and tine hui-Itr, ami we
ARE the recipients But bong plucN'i from
the burnin ami c,udusai .,u separated u.lr
GOD, Israel l7 to wal, with Hil ant -uHw
.ortn HIS power and glory. So with tine us-
I hevcr. He is slyyd not simply % c.clus the
wrath o! Gol and reach heaven at death. uuy
to abido here IN a mor,al body amid conflict
and trial as long a. j, please tne Lord. now.
ing iorth the lie OF Jesus in His mogtl 20 iu,u
III Cor. tv., 10, -. Il.s ls no tbs natural
muu Impossible; but Wuut Clr.-t ha, u0u, 40
mortal body lie can surely uo a,ulu, ami
one OF the ,hrlstuns notices o. "Au' D,
| Tut Christ, WAC liya,u ~ me- GA i.. 2J,
s. "Hegr, now, q Josnu1, tine high priest,
Benold ! Will bring tortl ly servant Iue
Branch" While tue word, u, Tn, Book nuys
/ 10 90 wlth tho time when the wor4, wer'
spoken, there rs always a looking forward 90
I tine grand contamination when lg-u, -ul.I
come IN power and glory Tor the complete
overthrow OF al enemies ANA the pcvmuueul
. establishment OF hls Entom on tue rtr...
/ In CONNIE cLiOu with HIs name, lue nraucl.
hope you Will looS up chapter, w., T., lsa.
/ iY., .; Jer. NXul., .; NXXIli., 10, Here ttc h
/ the servant Iully seen ia MarN's Gospel; IN
J Jer. xii, 3, lie is the King Of Matthew. )
Gospel; in Hsch. vi, tie Is the man OF Lu6e's
Gospel, while IN lsl. ly., ., He Is the beauty
anu glory VI johns GO,pe'. Ho Ia aipla and
omega, the altogether lovely one, in whom
dwelleth all the iul.ness OF tins Goiheaa
| hu iilN
o. "f'or behold the stone that | have
| laid before JoshuJ; upon one stone shall bs
I seven eyes He Is the stone Of Israel, de.
/ spiSed 10y tha builders and rejected, and
yet 10 be head cornerstone. lie is the stone
/ cut out without hands who shnll break ia
pieces all Kingdoms and lill the earth with
His glory Gen Xix. -. r.. xviii, .. lsi.
vii. IL; xviii, lG Pet ill., 6-s; Matb
xxi, ~; Dan. H., A. 40. The seven eyes
! suggests omnisrience, as the seven horns aud
| eyes ot Rev. v, Il, suggest both omnipo-
| tence and omnisg!ence, lde engraving Sug-
gests the rghteouSnes, of the law craven by
God upon tables ot stone anl which was
fulfilled IN Him aud saali b, in Israel when
their iniquity snail be taken away.
To- "in that day, saith tins Lord OF
Hosts, snal SO call every man his neigh.
bcr under tne vine and under tho fig tree
In | Kings w., 2j this language describe,
tho peace and prosperity OK the kingdom
l Ider Solomon. Here aud in Mic. iy., l. it
describes the tranquil prosperity aud
millennial basSe ines5 OF the coming king
dom under greater mlu than solomon, OF
the increase OF whose government and peuca
| there shall be no end upon the throne of
David and upon his king dom, % order 1t
and 10 establish it with judgment and with
justice, from hencsforth even forever. Tne
seal OF the Lord of Hosts will perform this
| lisa. tx, 7.-Lessn Helper.
! wOulu 10, u 4 cudlu repeat
\ lie which >til IS good and sweet
Keep In age, as in iny prime,
\ uut, ,uuchecrfdi step with time,
And, grateful. Tor all blessings sent,
| go the common way, content
| 10 make no new experiment.
| ON easy terms with law and fate,