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SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
SEPTEMBER 20.
Lesson Text: "Daniel's Abstinence"
Daniel l., S-2O-Golden Text
Daniel l., S-Commen-
tary.

Once morewe have the choice of g temper.
ance or missionary lesson, and, as usual,
choose without hesitation the missionary
lesson, firmly believing that to give the gos-
| pel to every creature as speedily as possible
Is the great desire OF our Lord, and when
majority Of believers get as full of the Spirit
as the dr1nkard gets full OF strong drink
everything will to them seem very trlaing
when compared with the Importance OF the
Saviour's last command. Daniel and his
friends at Babylon were men OF one aim aud
| purpose.
l. "And there shall come forth rod out
| OF the stem Of Jesse. and branch shall grow
out OF his roots" How very interesting It
is that whether it be a temperance or mis-
sionary lesson we come to the everlasting
people for it-Israel. Gods glory Elsa. XVII,
| 13), and the one to be exalted Is the Prince
of Peace who shall sit on Davld's throne
and establish the kingdom forever elsa. *.
6, Y. The Righteous Branch is to be raised
up unto David and will be prosperous King,
| executing judgment and justice In the earth
In the days when Judah shall be saved and
| Israel shall dwell safely (Jer. xiii, 5, g..
q "And the Spirit OF the Lord shall rest
| upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and under
| standing, the Spirit OF counsel and might,
| the Spirit of knowledge and fthe fear OF the
| Lord" The Spirit without measure, In all
His fuliness, the sevenfold Spirit, or, as in
Rev. l., 4 Ill.,, l, the seven Spirits Of God,
| including wisdom to devise and power to
carry out successfully every plan for the
welfare OF the kingdom and the good OF the
| whole earth. The gospel story tells how
Jesus was born by the Spirit a. His baptism
the Spirit came as dove and abode upon
Him; He was led. wrought miracles, was
cruci1ed. rose again in the Spirits power.
He has sent the same Spirit to flll every be-
lever, that In Els power we may manifest
the life Of Christ and be His witnesses unto
the ends of the earth (Acts l., 81.
8. "And shall make Him of quick UNDER
standing in the fear of the Lord, and He
shall not Judge. after the sight OF His eyes,
neither reprove after the hearing Of His
ears" The expression, 1.-THE fear Of the
Lord" Is one of the most notable In the
Bible, and yet comparatively but little con-
sidered. In this and the last verse we see it
to be one OF the characteristics of the Spirit,
and that He will make US quick to under
stand II. May It not include such con-
seriousness Of the presence OF the Lord as
will enable one to live as in His sight, sub
mitttng everything, even the smallest details
of daily life, to His judgment, with desire
above all things for His guidance and ap-
proval?"
4. sBut with righteousness shall He Judge
the poor and reprove with equity for the
meek OF the earth, and He shall smlte the
the breath of His lips shall He slay the
wicked" The whole story OF "the suffer-
ings Of Christ and the glory that shall fol-
low" q Pet. l., 11) is often summarized In
single passage. This verse speaks Of His
coming in glory to Judge the nations and de-
stroy the wicked. Compare the sharp sword
of Rev. xix, Is, with which He shall smite
the nations. and see also verse 81. As to the
poor and the meek, see Ps. lxxlL, lila, and
Ps. x1xvi1., II.
s. And righteousness shall be the girdle
OF His loins AID faithfulness the girdle ofHis
reins." His name is 'the Lord Our Righte-
business" (Jer. xiii, g., and whether He
judges the poor or makes war 1t Is all in
Righteousness (Rev. XIX, 11). Righteous and
faithful, just and true Is He In all His
thoughts and ways.
6. "The wolf also shall dwell with the
lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with
the KID and the calf and the young lion and
the failing together, and little child shall
lead them" The same truth Is stated in
chapter lxv.. 25, and leads US to look for the
time when "the creation itself also shall be
delivered from the bondage of corruption
into the glorious liberty Of the children OF
God (Rom. viii, 21). There Is no need to
spiritualize this verse and make 1t mean that
people who act like wild beasts shall become
gentle as playful kid and harmless as a
calf, although that application of 1t may
lawfully be made. BUT as to its interpreta-
tion let no one separate it from its context,
which Is clearly the restoration OF Israel
(verses II, 12), and the time OF the kingdom
SO long ago foretold, and though so long de-
layed yet sure to come when the Nobleman
shall return from the far country duke xix,
12; Acts ILL.,, 2I.
Z. "And the COW and the bear shall feed.
Their young ones shall lie down together.
and the lion shall eat straw like the OK"
As In the garden of Eden, 80 shall 1t be in
some measure during the thousand years and
perfectly in the new EARTH The Bible Is a
In its inhabitants. Thus 1t begins and thus
1t ends, while the thousands of Intervening
years between the fall and the restoration
are filled up with the record OF such as walk
with God during the waiting time and make
Him known to others. or Of those who rebel
against Him and must share doom Of His
enemies. The Bible Is given to US that we
may know God and make Him known to
Others. He works By His Spirit through His
word.
8. "And the sucking child shall play on the
hole Of the asp, and the weaned child shall
put his hand on the cockatrice's den." The
author of all poison being bound in the pit,
his evil influence shall not be felt those
thousand years. The yenomous things shall
be the playthings OF children, and "the
streets Of the city shall be full OF boys and
girls playing In the streets thereof" Czech.
WILL, 81.
9. "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all
my holy mountain, for the earth shall be
full of the knowledge Of the Lord, as the
waters cover the sea-" As thoroughly as
water covers whatever 1t can reach, 80
thoroughly shall the knowledge Of the glory
OF the Lord cover the whole earth. Compare
Mum. XIV, 81, and Hab. IL, IA, and see the
prayer Of David In Ps. Xxi, 18, 10. First
shall all Israel be saved at the coming OF the
Lord in His glory. when they look on Him
whom they have pierced (Jer. XXI, 33. 81
lisa. H., II Zsch. Kill, 10 Kill, y, andthen
shall nations be blessed through them Qsa.
xvii, 6; k, 81. The sooner the gospel IS
preached to every creature will the church
be completed and caught to meet the Lord
in the air, which must take place before He
can come to the earth to reign. Before He
cur, but before He comes to the air for His
church we know OF nothing that must neces.
sarily occur except the evangelization OF the
world sufficiently to complete His church.
Therefore lot US with all possible speed give
the Hospelto every creature. Helper.
Popularity Of the Telephone.
There are now In operation In the United
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employing in daily service over 10000 tele-
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