The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-11-05
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GOLDEN TExT.-The Lord u in His
holy temple; let all the earth keep silence
before him.-Hab. 2:20.
THE SECTION includes Kings sa-ss
and s:1.s; and the parallel account In
Chronicles chaps. 8, 6 and T.
a TTME.-The Temple was completed IN
the month Bul (October-Novembsr) 3.
@ 1905 in the eleventh year Of Solomon's
reign. The dedication took place one
month earlier. in Tthanim tTisrD. .{eep.
festival Of the tabernacles. probably about
the LIST Of octobsr. n#sRS4
? ~" LESSON NOTES. + 7. tNF
The Dedication Ceremonies. - The
dedication was the grandest ceremony.
ever performed under the Mosaic dis
pehsation, and one Of the brightest days
Of Jewish history.
I, Not only were the ''eiiers OF Israel,
the heads Of the tribes, aud the chief Of
the fathers" summoned but "all the
men Of Israel assembled themselves"
Il Kings s:1, y. 1T 10 an enormous
eoncourse that is gathered In and about
the holy city"
Accompanied by "the 1000 singers
and musicians David had organized, ar
raye d in white linen, and chanting some
of those splendid odes, the 47th. s7th
ond forth Psalms, the Levites brought
the old tabernacle, the brazen altar, the
table of shewbread, the candlestick, and
the brazen serpent from Gibeon, and
the ark from Zion, and put them in their
places in the temple" Zee description
in MilmaD and Stanley.
Then took place the most important
event in the dedication-the manifesto
tionof Jehovah III the new temple by the
same symbol by which He had marked
the ancient tabernacle as His earthly
dwelling place. A shining cloud, OUT
dazzling the morning sun, settled upon
the house, 80 that the priests could not
stand to minister by reason Of the cloud;
for the glory Of the Lord had filled the
house Of God" e Chron. 5:as, 14).
Solomon's Prayer Of Dedication
Near the great brazen altar Solomon
had erected q platform Of bronze,
IN feet square and ~ feet
high (e Chron. 6:t3), where. he
could be seen and heard by all the peo-
pie in the courts Of the temple; stand
ing before them in his gorgeous robes,
he first made solemn address to the as
sembled people- who. stood reverently
before him; then, instead Of The usual
standing posture In devotion, he knelt
down-the,fir instance In Scripture Of
| this attitude-and stretching out his
hands towards Heaven, uttered prayer
Of almost unequaled sublimity.
Solomor's Benediction. = We. S4-s1.
After his prayer Solomon stood
again before the people and ex-
pressed his good desires for them. II
was q sermon and prayer united. II
was . high idea! set before the people
ever 70 be remembered ns that toward
which they should strive.
The Answer to the Prayer.-See z
Chronicles 7:1-22; Kings s.1-9. Al
the king concluded, the cloud which had
rested over the Holy of Holes grew
brighter and more dazzling; fire brolee
out and consumed all the sacrifices e
Chron. 7:1); the priests stood without,
awe-struck by the insupportable splen.
dor; the whole people fell upon thei,
faces, and worshiped and praised the
Lord, For He is good. for His mercy ID
orever."-Milman.
The Festival.-Vs. 62, 81. The Feast
Of Tabernscles was held as usual foI
seven days; but in this case the festival
continued for fourteen days-seven BE-
fore the feast, and the seven Of the
feast, with two additional days, for The
people were net dismissed till the
twenty-third day Il King s.eS-se;
Chron. 7:Q-1O).
A New Vision "A dream, like that
which had opened his. reign at the an
cient and now deserted sanctuary o.
Gibeou, closed the eventful ceremony
It conveyed the assurance that the Di
vine blessing was conditional ON the
obedience and piety Of the nation.-
Stanlev