The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-07
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VI. FOURTH QUARTER, M
TERNAT,oNAl SERIES, NOV. Q.
Text Of the Lesson. I Kings Win. 5S-ea
Memory vsrses. 90. e3-Goides Text
Hab. II. so-oossnentary By the Rev.
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ID. Ii bteorns-
a. "He arose from before tho altar Of
the Lord, from kneeling on his knees, with
his hands spread up 70 heaven" In that
position on brazen scaffold Oh Chron. vi,
l9), In the light Of all Israel had Solomon
prayed TO the Lord as he dedicated to Him
the temple which he had been privileged TO
build The temple icing finished, they
brought 10 1t the ark Of the covenant
from Zion, and the tabernacle from Gibeon,
With all the holy vessels, and put all In
the temple (verse and II Chron. 4, 8, Al.
We arc not told that any of the tabernacle
furniture was used In the temple except
the ark of the covenant Everything but
the ark was on a much larger and grander
scale They had ten tables and ten candle
sticks, etc, but the same ark containing
nothing but the two tables of stone (verse
o.. When Solomon had made an end Of
praying, the fire came down from heaven
and consumed the burnt Offering and the
sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled
the house 30 that even the priests could not
enter into the house because Of the glory
Oh Chron vii, l, q; v, Is, LAY.
IS. "And he stood and blessed all the
congregation Of Israel with a loud voice "
The eight divisions Of his prayer may DO
easily recognized by the eight times TO
peated, "Hear Thou In heaven" oversees
so, 92, "a, 30, 80, 40, As, 49). The object
Of the temple Is seen In the oft repeated
phrase, IAN house for the name Of the
Lord, or "For Thy name" oversees 16, ~,
Is, 10, go, 43, a., 49,, In order that "ali
people of tho earth may know Thy name,
to fear Thee, as do Thy people OF Israel
(verse 49,, for there Is no God In heaven
above or on earth beneath like the Lord
God Of Israel (verse 23), who doeth wonder,
for His servants, requiring of them only
that they walk before Him with all thar
heart. His people are a separated people
unto Him from all the people Of the earth
TO be His Inheritance" (verse b3).
SO. Blessed be the Lord that hath given
rest unto His people Israel. according to
all that He promised There hath not fall
cd one word Of all His good promise, which
He promised by the hand of Moses. His
servant" Before he prayed he also blessed
the congregation, referring to the Lords
goodness and faithfulness In having fulfill
ed with His hand all that He spake with
His mouth oversees 10, 24). In Joshua's
farewell he also said, "Ye know In all your
hearts and In oil your souls that not one
thing hath failed of all the good things
WHICH tn6 LOru your OOu ep1kc
you" Joshua xiii, 1D.
81. Tho Lord our God be with us, rs
He was with our fathers. Let Him not
leave us nor forsakc US 4" God had, through
Moses, His servant, spoken OF this rest for
His people, and this place where He would
cause His name to dwell (Deut. xii, 10, III,
and He had also given them these prom.
ises: "The Lord thy God, He II Is that doth
60 with thee; He will not fail thee nor for
sake thee. Fear not, neither be dismayed"
(Deut xxi, 8, 81. His great encourage
ment to Moses himself and to Joshua and
Gideon was AZ will be with thee" lex Ill,
~; Joshua I, s.; Jucg. vi, 16). We may
well be content with such things as we
have since He hath said, 81 will never
leave thee nor forsake thee" (Heb. Kill, 81.
50. "That He may incline our hearts IN
90 Him to walk in all His ways" To
know Him Is the greatest thing on earth,
and perhaps In heaven too. It Is better
than wisdom or riches or might (Jer. IL,
28, cay. He said in His great prayer, 20
righteous Father, the world hath not
known Thee but I have known Thee"
(John xvii, 25), and In verse BE said that
Il was life eternal TO know God and Jesus
Christ.
80. And let these my words, wherewith
have mnde supplication before the Lord,
be nigh unto the Lord our God day and
night" Solomon asks this In order that
the Lord may maintain his cause and the
cause Of Israel as each day shall require
SEQ margin and X. w., and also Jer. Iii,
81, where tho Hebrew phrase is the same.
It Is daily relying upon the Lord to man
age all that concerns us, and He will sure
" do It for all who truly rely upon Him,
not only day by day, but every moment
(Isn. xvii, 3D.
go. "That all the people Of the earth
may know that the Lord is God, and that
there Is none else" For that reason was
Jordan divided Joshua Nv, 24), and for the
same reason will God yet do wondrous
things for Israel GEEK. xviii, 23). He
would do wondrous things for His people
today II they would but live wholly for
Him and servo Him In sincerity with all
the heart. He 10 still saying, "Call unto
Me and I will answer Thee and show Thee
great and mighty things which Thou
knowest not" Ger. xxxiii, 81 1t Is writ
ten that "the pleasure of tho Lord shall
prosper In His hand" And II His saints
would DO checrfully In His hand and at
His feet for His pleasure, what might He
not dos lisa iii, TO- Deut XXX, So
81. Lot your heart therefore be perfect
with the Lord our God, to walk In His
statutes and to keep His commandments,
a. at this day." David, ere he died. ad
monished Solomon TO scrve the Lord with
a perfect heart and with q willing mind,
and prayed God to give him perfect heart
20 keep His commandments Il Chron-
xviii, o; xxx, 19). The Lord said to
Abram, "walk before Ne and be thou per-
feet, and TO Israel, Thou shalt be perfect
with tho Lord thy God" (Gen- xvii, Il,
Deut xviii, 1877. AS to daily Life there Is
no one perfect In the sense Of being with
out sin, for of all men the Lord Jesus
Christ was the only man that ever lived
without sin, but any redeemed soul can by
tho grace Of God live and walk uprightly
and have q whole heart for God, which Is
tho sense of perfect In these texts
90. "And the king, and all Israel with
him. offered sacrifice before tho Lord. "
Notice the oneness OF tho king and all
Israel In tho matter Of tho sacrifice Every
sacrifice truly offered to God from the time
that the Lord God made unto Adam and
Eve coats OF skins and clothed them (Gen.
al, ely pointed to the only sacrifice that
could take away sins-that of the Lamb Of
God foreordained before the foundation of
the world Il Pet 4, 20).
ca $50 the king and all tho children Of
Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. :"
And the Lord accepted the house and filled
u with His glory, ~ we have seem We are
commanded 10 present our bodies living
sacrihce ~ temples In which God the Fa-
ther, Son and Spirit may dwell (Rom- Hi,
I. 3, John xiv, IL, esq And a. truly -
We DO this by virtus Of His blood shed for
"a He win accept ths Offering through the
merits Of Jesus Chr1se and ali Ne with His
Spirit sven With IN - fullneas Of God
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