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SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
NOVEMBER 1.
Lesson Text: "Building the Temple, -
Kings ", LIP - Golden
Text: Psalm cxxvil., 1
commentary

!. "And Hiram. King OF Tyre, sent his SER
wants 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. ". II. Isaiah speaks Of Tyre
In these words: "Tyre, the crowning city,
whose merchants are priuces, whose trafick-
ers are the honorable of the earth" lisa.
xii, 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, IL, we conclude that in the coming
kingdom Tyre shall be represented, and wa
think of such as the woman Of Math. xv., 81.
%. and the more tolerable" of Math. xi., p,
In conn eetion Herewith.
2. 3. Thou knowest how 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. I"
How suggestive of Him who "must reign till
He hath put all enemies under His feet. that
God may be all in alI'' q Cor. xv, 25, 28).
build the temple, He said to him, Behold a
son shall be born to thee, who shall be q man
of rest. aud will give him rest from all his
enemies round about, for his name shall be
Solomon-that is, peaceable-and will give
peace and quietnpss unto Israel IN bis days"
Il Chron. xii. 0, 10y. "He shall build an
house for Ny name and he shall be My SON
and will be his fatte er. and I will establish
the throne Of his kingdom over Israel for
ever" Truly greater than Solomon Is here
whose kingdom shall have no end. The time
of war on earth is not vet over, for the great
est is yet to come. but Isa H., 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." He does not
mention the instrumentalities which God
had used TO bring this rest, but acknowl-
edges it as the gift of God. instruments are
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 it shall be true In large measure that
there shall be neither adversary nor evil to
contend with.
5. "And, behold. purpose to build an
house unto the name Of the Lord my God"
he was ready to be used Of God to carry out
His purposes. This is rest indeed, to believe
that God has a purpose lisa. XIV, 2I and
let God work in us both to will and to do OF
His good pleasure (Phil. H., 13), sure that
'!every purpose of the Lord shall be per-
formed" (Jer. H., 29). He shall not fail nor
be discouraged, but shall sec OF the travail
of His soul and be satisfied Elsa. xiii, 4;liii.,
III. There ore We have only to dwell with
Him for His work.
6. "Thou knowest that there is not among
81 oI,nl a. la- ,la
Sidonians." He gives his order for cedar
trees and promises to pay Hiram's servants
and then adds these words Of praise. Not
all are called to the same work. The Lord
gives "to every man bis work." and tho
Spirit divides to every one His gifts "severally
as He Will" (alark kill, "a; I Cor. xiii, 1D.
Talents are given to each according to his
several ability (Math. XIV. l5). II we are
fully yielded, God will fill US with wisdom Of
heart to work all manner OF work that he
may require OF Us.
7. "When Hiram heard the words Of Solo.
mon, he rsjoiced greatly and said. Blessed be
the Lord this day which hath given unto
David wise son over this great people,"
Every good gift Is from above, and man can
receive nothing except It be given him from
heaven (Jas. l.. IL John ill.,. 2D.
g. "l will do all thy desire concerning
timber Of cedar and concerning timber OF
fr." Thus Hiram sent answer to Solomon.
All such records in Scripture are suggestive
spared His own Son, will with Him also
freely give us all things (Rom. viii., 32).
delight thyself in the Lord. and He shall
give thee the desires OF thine heart" Cps.
xxxvii., a..
g. :'Thou shall accomplish ry desire in
giving food for my household" The work
In hand to be accomplished by this partner
ship was the building Of the temple OF the
Lord A temple is now being builded, OF
which our Lord Jesusis both foundation and
top stone, and believers are living stones in
The temple. live seek first the kingdom OF
God and His righteousness, all that We need
in the way OF food and railnent will be made
sure to US (Math. vi, S9).
10, II. $50 Hiram gave Solomon cedar
trees and fir trees, according 20 all his de-
sire. And Solomon gave Hiram twenty
thousand measures Of wheat for food to
his household and twenty measures OF
pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year
by year." Solomon was seven years build
Ing the temple and thirteen years building
his own house (chapter vi, 3S; vii, y. 30
that this was q 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. II we give our attention
wholly to this work, our Master will see to
the supply Of all the need. TO attend merely
10 our own church or denomination may not
be the best way Of completing the church, but
we are surely safe in sending forth mission
aries rs fast as we can, or, rather. as fast as
BE can, to gather out Of all Nations the elect
body of Christ, the building OF Eph. H., 1922.
H. "And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom,
as He promised him. and there was peace be-
tween Hiram and Solomon. and they two
made league together" We must distin-
guish between Hiram the king and Hiram:
Tyrian, widows son Il Kings VII, Is, l4),
the skilled workman In brass who made all
the bright brasswork for the house OF the
Lord Il Kings, vii.. 45), and yet both Hirams
were identified with King solomon IN the
work. To be identified with Israel IN the
ago to come will surely be a great thing, but
# is much greater to be in this age fully iden,
titled with the King of Israel, the Son OF God
(John t., 40. 60). OF Him It Is written, "Be,
hold the man whose name is the branch, and
He shall grow up out Of His place, and He
shnli build the temple OF the Lord."-Lesson
Helper.