Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-29


typical outiook
To the Messiah anu
mis- kingdom. In order to make IN.
lesson profitable, it is necessary 10 .',th
a wide range contrasting Soiomo' "a
others noticed in the passas1, 20
referring to the Psalms which peio"e tho
the history, with an OUTLOOK coIo.
Kingdom of the Messiah, of winch stir,.
mons kingdom in it's hopes ana po, CO
ties, was a type. Psalm q is soo tha
lection for responsive reading III
school, 90
To-day's lesson includes 1 Kings l.
So as follows: .u mo
8 Then King David said can Ma.
Bathsheba," who had retired pelole
| than entered in accordance with Orien,a.
Ideas of propriety. SO when nat,red
was again sent for ". 2S) Nathan re'A'
". 30."-Cook -, rhe
%. And the king sware and saiu; Ma
| king had no hesitation. but. with ni' ~
time energy and rapidity, from nia
| bed he issues his orders. Hath roaat
| my soul out of all distress" Inc
! ed deliverance ont of straits and danger.
''out of the hand of his enemies anu ost
of the hand of Saul''-was one Oh tno r,a
| remarkable features of DaVlu No.
| 1t is no wonder that he repeateois -
| nemorates II, converting every n,.,n;.
| ton into an act of thanksgiVins'- "'p'
Commentary. No
| 80. Call me Zadok the priest, ana IVA
| than the prophet. and Benaiah the son y,
| Jehoiada.' The order of names MAJ n
| the position of the persons with respeo' ~
| the matter in hand. -, r.s
SO. THE servants of your Lord. I
| Cherethites and Pelethites, VINO ioL,us
| the royal body-guard (see V. 3s)' rn,,,.
| also the Gibborim, or mighty men, 80,
| pare . Samuel 20: 6, Z. cause oo,' m -
to ride upon mine own mule
| Rabbins tell us that 1t was death 10 liuo
| on the kings mule without MS pei ',
| sion: and thus il would be the more CIV
dent to all that the proceedings WIN
| spect to Solomon had Davids sahc'i
| 1t was probably with this object. ana not
merely to do Solomon honor, that ne was
| thus mounted.-Cook. Bring MN oo"
| to Gihon." Either the valley tnat ran
| from the Damascus Gate between 'he
| Temple hill and Mount Zion.-caiieo al.el
| wards the Tyropoeum,-or the Vaiiey "es'
| of Jerusalem.
| a. "Anoint him there" The anoihtths
| was the most solemn portion or the cere
| monies connected with the installation or
| a new king We only read or It's peliS
| done on some very marked occasions. nc
| ceremony is intended to sympoize .no
outpouring of gifts from above upon .ie
new Notwithstanding Bible. BLOW
we with the trumpet to proclaim 10 al
the announcement that solomon was
king.
SO. THAT ne may come up TO Zion and
the palace. "And sit upon my throne a.
David's partner and successor. lie reisheo
about six months as co-regent.
| SO. 'Benaiah," the commander-in-cnie'
| of Solomons army, in place OF Joab. ne
| father Jehoiada, was CHIEF priest
Amen" so let it be.
81 Make his throne greater than the
1 Liz Ilnx
| wise father is glad to see his son 90 pet
| ter than he himself has done. And douDlS
SO when he thinks of the people and the
cause, and not of himself.
| Illustration There is a story, which
| suppose to be true but II not II Is Sooe
enough to be true, that when the younger
| Professor Siiiman of Yale was once Zee
turing in New York his father was IN the
| audience. A gentleman sitting close De-
| hind him was so interested and aroused
| that he exclaimed in an audible whisper
He beats the old gent" The father
| turning around to the unknown man, re-
piled, HE ought to; he stands on my
shoulders"
Cherethites and Pelethites, either exc
cutioners and couriers or companies o
foreign body-guards, to execute the king
commands. So the French kings ha'
Swiss guards; the Vatican to-day Il
guarded by Swiss soldiers, and the sui
| tans have the Janissaries.
80. ''And all the people said, God saw
| king Solomon" They accepted him a.
| their king, with shouts that rent tn
| earth with the sound thereof The at
| tempt of Adonijah was thus nipped in tn
| bud He himself was permitted to live. 81
long as he behaved in a safe and prope
| manner.
Psalm ~. Solomon stood on the thresh
: old of a great. prosperous, well-orsanize'
kingdom the most hopeful the world ha
seen, containing within it the germs of tn
true religion and the hopes of the world
!. | 1t was the type Of the kingdom or God
the heir of the promises to Abraham an
| David.
1t was Solomon's opportunity to max
the kingdom the ideal kingdom of tn
world, to which all Kingdoms should loo
for a model; which should proclaim tn
one true God, the true worship OF God
perfect righteousness i'm rulers and PEG
. | pie. and the blessings and happines
which God would give 10 all who woul
thus serve him and bless men. All thi
4 would hasten the coming OF the kingdor
of heaven on earth, and would faint
, | symbolic what that kingdom, throuS
|. | the Messiah. was to be.
|