The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-07-01
"HE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON :, THIRD QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY s.

i-tsmmentary by the Rev. ID. M.
st~Arns.
1. And tt came to pass aftor this that
David inquired o: the Lord, saying, Shall
go up into any Of the cities of JUDAH
And the Lord said unto him, Go up"
David was still In Ziklag with his 600, for
Achish, king of the Philistines, had given
him that town U Sam. xvii, 2, q; III
Sam. l. u. Saul and his three sons were
now slain, having fallen before the Philis-
tines U Sam. XXI. l-6). David had
many years before been anointed king by
Samuel q Sam. XVII !, 49,, but he had
waited patiently for the removal of Saul
by God S own hand rather than lift hand
against him To obtain the throne. Saul
was wholly In David's power on at least
two occasions, but he refused To lay n fin
ger upon him q Sam. xiv, o; XVI, y
III. He was content TO be an outcast from
Israel until Gods time should come. He
Is wondrous type of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who, although the King of the
Jews and the heir TO David's throne, Is
still rejected and despised but His time
will come and then all who, like David's
60O have been with Him in His rejection
shall share with Him His glory.
2. $50 David went UP thither, and his
two wives Also" The Lord having told
him to go up and to what city, he is ODE
dent. 1t was David's custom TO inquire of
the Lord in all matters of the kingdom U
sam. xiii, 2, 4, 10, 12; xxx, 8; III Sam.
v, 10, 23); he did not lean upon his own
understanding, nor upon the wisdom Of
Others but relied wholly upon God FPS.
xxxvii, 8; Prov. Iii, 5, 81. The same Lord
will just as surely guide any one today as
He guided David, and He is looking over
the world to find such people that He may
show Himself strong for them Oh Chron.
xvi, 81.
g. And his men that were with him
did David bring up, every man with his
household, and they dwelt in the cities OF
Hebron" They had identified themselves
with him in his rejection, and now he
would care for them in his kingdom. We
shall see the full significance of these two
women David's wives, and these men and
their households when the kingdom
comes, but meantime let us be encouraged
to be faithful TO our blessed Lord by such
words of His as Luke xiv, IA; xii, $3.50;
Kew. xii ~. And do not fail to get the
comfort that there is in the thought of the
household being with you. See Gen. vii,
~ 81, AUS ANli 40
4. And the men of Judah came, and
there they anointed David king over the
house OF Judah" This is Davids sec.
ond amounting, but he is only king of Ju-
dah as YETI later we shall see him anointed
again as king of all Israel (chapter V, g. 81.
The significance of these different anoint-
ings and his gradual taking possession Of
the kingdom will also be fully seen when
our Lord shall come again. Is He at pres
ent Lord of your whole being or only of
portion? He gives Himself wholly to us,
and He wants the whole of us for Himself
(Rom. xii, /, 2; Titus ii, IA, r. W.
8. Blessed be we of the Lord, that We
have shown this kindness unto your Lord,
even unto Saul, and have buried him"
The Philistines had cut off Saul's head
and had fastened his body to the wall of
Beth-shan Il Sam. xxi, g. 10), but the men
of Jabesh Gilead had kindly removed the
bodies and burned and buried them.
When the enemies of our Lord had
thought to give His body burial with the
wicked, Joseph and Nicodemus kindly
gave it careful burial in Joseph's new
tomb. The bodies of all, both just and un-
just shall DO raised again (Acts xiv, 15
John v, 2S).
8. ~ also will requite you this kindness
because ye have done this thing" If
David, when he came TO the kingdom,
would remember and reward every act OF
kindness 70 himself and even to those for
whom he had respect for the Lords sake,
how much more will our blessed Lord,
when He comes 20 His kingdom, see that
not even a cup of water shall lose its re-
ward Mark TX, Az. Every man shall re-
ceive his own reward according TO his own
labor" Il Cor. iii, 81. His own words are,
behold, l come quickly, and my reward
is with me, to give every man according as
his work shall be- (Rev xii, 12) Thou
shalt be recompensed at the resurrection
Of the just duke xiv ~.
z. Therefore now let your hands be
strengthened and DO We valiant" Com
pairing chapter xxi, 33, and Hab. iii, 10,
where the word here translated valiant"
is there translated power and
strength" and in reference TO God, we
learn that the only way TO be really valiant
is to rely upon Him to whom IL is said,
1.-THE Lord thy God in the midst of thee Is
mighty" (Zeph. iii, ~. David reminds
them that he Is now king, and therefore
they should be encouraged. Our strength
is that our Lord is always with us, and we
can sing, THE Lord Jehovah is my
strength and my song" lisa. xii, p.
$40. Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was 40
years old when he began to reign over Is
rael and reigned two years. But the house
of judah followed David" According to
I Chron. viii, 33; TX, S9, Saul had four
sons, three of whom were slain with him,
In battle CT Sam. XXI %. This one,
whose name, according to Young, means
IMAM Of shame" was still left to be q
thorn In David's side, an adversary to the
kingdom, but David waxed stronger and
stronger, and the house of Saul waxed
weaker and weaker" Chapter iii, u. Alb
ner fell out with Ish-bosheth and turned
to David, while -bosheth himself was
murdered in his bed. Since satan showed
himself an adversary to God and His PEG.
pie in the garden In Eden he has been &C.
lively engaged in the same business, but
he and all his followers shall In due time
meet their doom (Math. XIV, Al; Rev. Xxx,
10 xxi, 81, but 1.-THE Lamb shall overcome,
for He Is Lord of lords and King of kings,
and they that are with Him are called and
chosen and faithful" (Rev. xvii, Ia.
IL. "And the time that David was king
In Hebron over the house of Judah was
seven years and six months" He knew
he should yet be king of all Israel, for TO
that end he had been anointed, but he
could wait Gods time, and where could he