The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-12
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON xI, THIRD QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. 10.

strength 20 battle. Them that rose up
against me hast thou subdued under me. "
The whole of this chapter is repeated In
the book Of Psalms as number IS, the Holy
Spirit thus calling special attention TO this
portion of His writings through David.
In chapter xiii, l-3, it Is written that
whatever the sweet psalmist OF Israel spake
II was the Spirit of the Lord speaking by
him. IL is we'll for us when we recognize
the whole Bible as written by the Spirit Of
God for our benefit. Verse Of this chap
ter says that David spake these words unto
the Lord when delivered from Saul and all
his enemies In this first verse of our les
son and throughout the psalm he ac-
knowledges that God had done everything
for him.
Al. "Thou hast also given me the necks
of mine enemies, that l might destroy
them that hate me-" There are many
things In the Psalms which the church can
not appropriate or apply to herself. 1t Is
not for us to have the necks of our enc
mics or destroy those that hate us. These
things are peculiar to Israel and TO the
King of Israel the Son OF David, when he
shall come In His glory to destroy Israel's
enemies and establish the kingdom. Our
mission as members of the body of Christ
Is to suffer meskly even for well doing;
TO be cast out, hated and killed for His
sake, and yet to take il all patiently.
AZ. "They looked, but there was none to
save, even, unto the Lord, but He answer
| ed them not" As 1t is written in Mic i'll,
4, "Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but
| He will not hear them, as they have be-
| hayed themselves i'll in their doings." And
| In Prov. 4, 20, Then shall they call upon
| Me, but will not answer; they shall seek
| Me early, but they shall not find Me. !"
| Those who seek simply from fear and only
because they dread His judgments may
| not expect to be heard. But sec the con-
trast In .Jer. xxx, 10.
| 43. "Then did beat them as small ms
| the dust of the earth" See a similar fig
ure In II Kings xiii, Z, and Mic. vii, 10.
| To be thoroughly subdued is very humili-
ating, but everything or person that is
| exalted against God must be brought low
| lisa. II, ii, 10. To be cheerfully subject
| and willing to be subdued for Gods glory
is very blessed, and it is the privilege OF
every believer to be as clay in the hands Of
the potter for Gods glory and for our
highest good lisa. Xiv, 81.
a. "Thou hast also delivered me from
the strivings of my people," Some OF these
striyings are included in the long wars be-
tween the houses of Saul and David and
| the later strifes throughout all the tribes
| OF Israel Chapters iii, Il xix, o. Trouble
| from enemies without is bad enough, but
trouble within nation or church or fam
ily is much worse. Yet from all He is able
to deliver. When he speaks Of being head
OF the nations and people whom he
knows not serving him, we think of the
sure mercies of David of Isa ", 3d.
As. strangers shall submit themselves
unto me. AS soon as they hear they shall
be obedient unto me- This also makes us
think of Messiah's reign when "they that
dwell In the Wilderness shall bow before
him, and his enemies shall lick the dust
| FPS. xii, %. Sons OF strangers shall build
up Zion's walls, and their kings shall
minister unto Israel lisa. TX, 10). The
word Submit is in the margin rendered
''lie or yield feigned obedience. 1t is the
same in Ps. Xvi, 3, and margin, and
points to those who in the millenniol
reign of Christ will only be nominally sub
ject and will follow the devil when he 1:
loosed from the pit (Rev. Xxx, 7-10).
40. strangers shall fade away, and they
| shall be afraid out of their close places. y
| They shall move out of their holes like
worms of the earth. They shall be afrait
| of the Lord our God and shall fear because
| of thee mic. vii, 10. II shall be firm
rule, as with rod of iron, and those who
| have evil in their hearts shall fear to do II
because of the swift judgments that shall
be sent on evildoers. The awful judg
ments OF the tribulation period shall MOI
soon be forgotten.
AZ. 1.-THE Lord liveth, and blessed b.
my rock, and exalted be the God of thu
rock of my salvation" In the Lord Jeho
yah is the Rock of Ages strength lisa
xvi, 4, margin). He is the God of truth
the living God, the King of eternity. A
His wrath the earth shall tremblo, and thu
nations shall not be able to abide His In
dignation (Jer. x, 10, margin).
4s. 1T is God that avengeth me ant
that bringeth down tho people under me-
| IL was one of the blessed habits OF David
life to see and acknowledge God in every
thing. When he had Saul in his power ant
might easily have slain him, he preferred
to leave him to God. When Absalom drov
| him from his throne, he said, seeing God
hand in It, "Let Him do to me as seemetl
good unto Him." When Sinner curse'
and stoned him, instead of letting Abisha
. kill him, he said that If the Lord wante'
him to endure this he would not even asl
why Il Sam. XVI, 10; III Sam. XIV, 26
, xvi, 10).
40. "Thou also hast lifted me up OF
: high above them that rose up against me
Thou hast delivered mo from the violen
man" In the morning of the resurrection
. the morning without clouds (chapter xiii
. Al, the morning when God shall help Is
rael FPS XVI, 8, margin), when the up
right shall have dominion over the wioke
FPS. xix, 14), when our Lord shall com
in His glory and by the brightness of Hi
3 coming destroy that wicked one, the maj
of sin OH Thess. II, 3, 81, then shall W
see the complete fulfllment of these thing
Of which David sang and OF which he Il
his own experience had remarkable bu
J. only partial fulfillment.
90. Therefore will give thanks unit
thee, o Lord, among the heather, and
will sing praises unto Thy name" God
,, purpose with Israel in the past and in tn
u future Is the same, and that Is to max
e Himself such name through them In th
3 | eyes of all nations that all nations ma
n turn to and submit to the one living an
true God for their good (Josh. iv, "a;
Sam. vii, go, "a; Ezek. xxxyii, 81, q
Rom. XII, H. 15).
81. He is the tower of salvation for hi
d king and showeth mercy to His amounted
| unto David and to his seed forevermore.
e While David was his anointed, he was
J. type of the Messiah, Son of David. !
I, whom all the promises will surely be fu
!. filed. The New Testament begins an
= ends with the Son of David (Math. l.
Rev xxi, 16), for II begins and ends wit
Israel and the kingdom of God on eartf
The sure and everlasting covenant OF Go
was David's comfort In his dying hou
,e (chapter xiii, 81. There Is nothing I
n sure as the promises OF God.