The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-09-10
rGe SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for September 10,
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ARRANGED from Peloubet's Notes1
Golden Text.-The Lord 10 my rock, and
my fortress. and my deliverer.-2 Sam. 0:1
The Section includes 2 Samuel q and
23d-23; 1 Kings 2:1-11, the last charge Of
David to Solomon, and Chronicles 20 1850.
q brief summary of David's life, and Psalm
IS, which is substantially the same a.
David's song in 2 Samuel %.
LESSON NOTES
I. David's Last Charge to His Sue
oessor.-1 Kings 2:1-11. First, charge
to show himself man. Second, to
obey God and keep His commandments
the only way to and the necessary con-
dition of successful life and work.
Third, to do some disagreeable duties
relating to the past. which for various
reasons David could not do, but which
ought to be done. David's dying rs-
quest was to reward good act and to
execute two men. Such a death-bed
request seems strange, at first view.
He laid upon Solomon the execution Of
Joab, the general of his armies; but
this was not revenge, but the duty Of
the chief ruler, which David felt that
he had neglected. Joab had deliberate
ly and treacherously murdered two of
the chief men of Israel In the murder
of Abner he had treacherously and
grossly violated the oriental law of hos
pitality. There is no sign that Joab
repented of his two murders. More
over, he had joined in Adonijah's at
tempt upon the throne, and would he a
dangerous and evil element in Solo
MONS kingdom. Shimei, who had
cursed David SO bitterly, was also to be
punished as Solomon deemed best.
II. Last Words of David.-2 Sam.
23:1-7. This is short hymn, and
"seems to have been uttered in con-
nection with his final words to Solo
mon." At least, it was his last public
utterance.
The prosperity of the righteous, who
are like rising sun, and whose days ut
last shall be like a springtime caused
by "clear shining after rain. His de-
sire is for salvation, and Gods cov-
enant with him is everlasting" Tor
dered in all things, and sure"
From the same standpoint, looking
in the face of eternity, he sees the de-
struction of the wicked, not from re-
venge, but as warning. They were
thorns in the garden of the Lord.
III. The Death and Burial of David
Il Chron. 29:26-30. David died at the
age of 70, "full of days, riches and
honor" Il Chron. 29:2s). He was
buried at Jerusalem, in the tombs of the
kings cut in the rocks under Mount
Zion.
w. David's Song Of Praise.-With
minor variations, this song is the same
as Psalm 1s. DR.. Taylor thinks that
the form in Samuel is the original used
by David in private, and the psalm is the
same revised and adapted to public wor-
ship.
First, Praise for Victory Over Enc
mics. VS.. 4O-47. 40. "Thou hast
girded:" "As warriors bind up all their
garments and fortify their loins, THAT
they may be more fitted for strenuous
effort" = Jameson. with strength
to battle:" No small portion of David's
life was warfare against outward
enemies, the enemies of God, of His peo-
pie and His truth; and therefore the
enemies OF the world.
41-43. "That I might destroy them
that hate me beat them
as small as the dust:" to be scattered
to the four winds; "as the mire Of the
street," useless, defiling refuse. To
understand David's feeling in utterirg
these expressions, we must put our
selves in his place. If we were DEFEND
ing ourselves and our families against
robbers; if we were defending our
country against foreign invaders; If
we were fighting for liberty and religion,
pnd it seemed to us that our cause was
identified with them and with the SAL
vation of the world; then we should
feel that the prayer for the destruc-
tion and scattering of our enemies was
holy, as that of Milton's angels in the
war against Satan and his host.
"A. "Strivings of my people:" Iu-
ternal dissensions, of which David had
not a few at first, but all the nation ut
last became unit. A type Of the com
plete triumph of Christian unity over
all the dissensions of the kingdom.
Second. The Source of Victory is God.
VS.. 47-49. AZ. "The Lord liveth:" His
God, Jehovah, is a living God, not O
dead idol. He not only exists, but lives;
is alive to the needs of His children,
is quick to see their needs, and keen
to hear their prayers, and ready to ex-
tend all needed help.
"My rock the God of the
rock of my salvation" Compare with
verses and 3, and notice "the number
and variety of the terms which he EN-
ploys to describe the protection which
God afforded him; and the second
by the emphatic personal manner in
which he speaks. He seems to have
difficulty in finding any one word
which would adequately express all that
Jehovah had been to him, SO he heaps
one term upon another, calling him a
rock, a fortress, deliverer, shield.
a high tower, a horn, refuge, and q
Saviour. Taylor.
4s. "It is God that avengeth mes" by
Furnishing his enemies.
Note that David does not claim the
victory himself, but attributes 1t. and
rightly, to God. He could have done