Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-21

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON v, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, NOV. I.

LESSON v, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, NOV. I.
Text Of tho Lesson, Kings v. 1-1@-Mem-
ory Verses, 4, 5-Golden Text, Ps. cxxvii,
1-Commentary by tho Rev. d. M.
stearns.
l.. "And Hiram, king Of Tyre, sent his
rervants unto Solomon, for he had heard
that they had anointed him king IN the
room Of his father, for Hiram was ever
lover Of David" The association OF Hiram
and David in the building Of David's
house is seen In II Sam. y, II. Isaiah
speaks of Tyre in these words, Tyre, the
browning oity, whose merchants are
princes, whose traff1ckers are the honor
able Of the earth" Elsa. kill. 81, but 1t Is
In the same connection that we read OF the
Lord of Hosts staining the pride OF all
glory and bringing into contempt all the
honorable of the earth. From Ps. xiv, ID,
We conclude that In the coming kingdom
Tyre shall be represented, and we think of
suoh as the woman Of Math. xv, 81, 2S,
and the "more tolerable' OF Math. Il, ~
in connection Herewith.
9, 8. "Thou knowest bow that David,
my father, could not build an house unto
the name of the Lord his God for the wars
which were about him on every side, until
the Lord put them under the soles OF his
feet" How suggestive Of Him who "must
reign till Ho hath put all enemies under
His feet, that God may be all In all" u
Cor. xv, 25, 2S.) When the Lord told
David that he could not build the temple,
He said to him, "Behold son shall be
born to thee, who shall be q man of rest,
and I will give him rest from all his ene-
mics round about, for his name shall be
Solomon-that is, peaceable-and l will
give peace and quietncss unto Israel In his
days" u Chron. xii, 8, 10.) He shall
build an house for my name, and he shall
be my son, and I will be his father, and
will establish the throne Of his kingdom
over Israel forever" Truly o greater
than Solomon Is here whose kingdom
shall have NO end. The time OF war on
earth is not yet over, for the greatest Is yet
to come, but lisa. II, IA, shall be fulfilled,
and when the Son of David shall judge
among the nations "nation shall not lift
up sword against nation, neither shall they
learn war any more.
4. But now the Lord my God hath
given me rest on every side, so that there
is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. y
he does not mention th instrumentalities
which God had used to bring this rest, but
acknowledges it as the gift OF God. In
struments arc nothing except as God uses
them, but God Is all. He gives rest to all
who are willing to cease from their own
works and let Him control. When In the
next age our Lord shall have cast the beast
and false prophet into the lake Of fire and
the devil Into the pit then 1t shall be true
In large measure that there shall be nell
ther adversary nor evil to contend with.
s. "And, behold, purpose to build an
house unto the name Of the Lord my God,
as the Lord spake unto David, my father. "
He was ready to be used Of God to carry
out his purposes. This is rest indeed, to
believe that God has purpose Elsa. xiv,
e4) and let God work In us both to will
and to do of His good pleasure (Phil. IL,
18), sure that "every purpose OF the Lord
shall be performed" (Jer. Ii, s9). He shall
not fail nor be discouraged, but shall see
of the travail Of His soul and be satisfied
Elsa. xiii, 4; lii, 11). Therefore we have
only to dwell with Him for His work.
6. "Thou knowest that there Is not
among US any that can skill to hew timber
like the Sidonians." He gives his order
for cedar trees and promises to pay Hi
rams servants and then adds these words
Of praise. Not all are called to the same
work. The Lord gives Ito every man bis
work, and the Spirit divides to every one
His gifts "severally as He will" MARK
Kill, 34; I Cor. xii, 1D. Talents are CIV
en- to each according to his several ability
(Math. XIV, 15). If we are fully yielded,
God will fill US with wisdom Of heart to
work all manner of work that He may re-
quire Of US.
2. "When Hiram heard the words OF
Solomon, he rejoioed greatly and said,
Blessed be the Lord this day which hath
given unto David a wise SOD over this
great people," Every good gift is from
above, and Inan can receive nothing e1-
oept 1t be given him from heaven (Jas. l,
II; John Ill, 27).
s. II will do all thy desire concerning
timber of cedar and concerning timber of
fir" Thus Hiram sent answer to Solo,
mon. All such records In Scripture are
suggestive of the great love Of God, who,
having not spared His own Son, will with
Him also freely give US oil things (Rom.
viii, S2). delight thyself in the Lord,
and He shall give thee the desires Of thine
heart" Ps. xxxvii, 4).
8. "Thou shalt accomplish my desire In
giving food for my household. The work
In hand to be accomplished by this part
nership was the building of the temple of
the Lord. A temple is now being builded,
of which our Lord Jesus Is both founda-
tion and top stone, and believers are living
stones in the temple. If we seek first the
kingdom of God and His righteousness,
all that we need In the way Of food and
raiment will be made sure to US (Math.
vi, 83).
10, II. $50 Hiram gave Solomon cedar
trees and fir trees, according to all his de-
sire. And Solomon gave Hiram twenty
thousand measures Of wheat for food to
bis household and twenty measures OF
pure Oil; thus gave solomon 20 hiram year
by year" Solomon was seven years build
ing the temple and thirteen years building
his own house (chapter vi, Ss; vii, y, SO
that this was partnership covering many
years. Our partnership Is with the Lord
Jesus Christ, and the work on hand Is the
completion Of the church, which Is the
body of Christ. If we give our attention
wholly to this work, our Master will see to
the supply Of all the neod. To attend
merely to our own church or denomination
may not be the best way Of completing
the church, but we are surely safo In send
Ing forth missionaries as fast as we can,
or, rather, as fast as He can, to gather out
Of all nations the elect body of Christ, the
building Of Eph. Ii, 1929.
10. "And the Lord gave Solomon wis
dom, as He promised him, and there was
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