The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-06
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VI. FouRzH QUARTER, IN
TERNATioHAL SERIES. NOV. 8.

Memory Verses. IO-1S-GOlden Text. III
Chron. XXX. S-COmmentary Prepared by
the Rev. ID. NJ. StearnA.
copyright. 1898. by D. NJ Stearns
l. Come to tho house of the Lord at
Jerusalem to keep tho Passover unto the
Lord God Of Israel" This was the mes
sage Of Hezekiah, king who did right fn
the sight of tie Lord (chnptcr xxx, q, to
all Israel and Judah regarding them aa
1ne people. Although long divided into
two nations. they are one in His sight and
shall yet be one In the eyes Of all nations
(E2ek. xxxvii, 81, 22). Hezekiah repaired
she house of the Lord and restored tie
worship. He wrought good and right and
truth before the Lord his God and did ev-
sry work with all his heart and prospered
tchapter xxi, 30, 9l). He would havo all
Israel remember their deliyerance from
Egypt and rejoice in the Lord and serve
Him. Gf E{f8
9, 8. 1.-THE king had taken counsel, and
bis princes and all the congregation in
Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the sec
ond month" Although the first month
was the regular time for the feast, there
was provision in the law to keep it in the
second month IL necessary eek. xii, Is;
Nun. TX, 10, III. Place and time and
form are not 20 inportant in Gods sight
as a heart that is right with Him. Even
feasts and Sab baths are ashsdofs Ct things
to come Christ is the reality of all, and
apart from Him nothing is real tCol. ii,
16, 10. .------s-~-- ---------
4. "And tho thing pleased the king and
all the congregations. It 3 written of
David in II Sam. III, &c. that g whatsoeve-
the king did pleased all the people. I"
When king and speople please each other,
and all together please God, that is surely
a sample of the. kingdom of God on earth.
Thus it shall be when Israel shall have be-
como righteous nation with the Christ,
the Son of David, as their King (EZ.
xxxvii, "a, 25).
o. "Make proclamation throughout all
Israel to keep the Passover unto the Lord
| God of Israel at Jerusalem. This feast
commemoratirg the great deliverance OF
Israel out of the bondage OF Egypt by the
mighty power of God was to be kept every
| year, but In the Old Testament we have
an account of only Eve after tho first one
| in Elk. xii. These records are found in
| Mum. tx, Josh. V, II Chron. xxxv, Ezra
vi and in our lesson. The greatest Pass
over in the New Testament is recorded in
Luke xxi, IA, Is, and in the other gospel;
| as having been kept by our Lord and Hi
apostles on the night before He was sacri
feed for us rs our Passover. He spoke a
that time of a future fulfillment in tht
kingdom of God duke xii, 16), and in
stituted the Lords supper as a memoEia
of His death to be kept by Ills redeemed
| till He shall come again.
6. "Yo children of Israel, turn agaiI
unto the lord God of Abraham, Isaac nn(
Israel and He will return to the remnant
of you Letters from king to his peo
pie urging them to turn to the Lord Got
would be most unusual occurrence il
our time. Even If church is in need o
funds it Is moro customary to turn q
some wealthy people or to some worldl.
way than to the Great Head of the church
z. BE not We like your fathers and lik
your brethren which trespassed agains
the Lord God of their fathers" Their sill
is briefly stated in Jer. il, 3, "My peopl
have committed two evils; they have for
saken me, the fountain of living waters
and hewed them out cisterns, broken els
terms, that can hold no water" Thus the
changed their glory for that which coul
not profit. T1he Lord was their judge nm
lawgiver AMI king, but they turned thei
backs upon Him and preferred their owl
way. Is there any analogy now?
s. "Yield yourselves Unto the Lord, an
serve the Lord your God." The margi
says, "Give the hand unto the Lord" i
Rom. vi, Is, it is "Yield yourselves unit
God as those that are alive from the dead.
AS unsaved sinners all we are asked to d
is to receive Christ.
8. 1.-The Lord your God is gracious an
merciful and will not turn away His fac
| 4 kO II
name in Ex. xxziv, 9, is "Tho Lord, tn
Lord God, merciful and gracious, lon
!, suffering and abundant in goo ness an
truth" Read also verse z. he says i
Nal. iii, 6: II am tho Lord. change not.
In Heb. xiii, 8, He is "Jesus Christ, tn
same yesterday, today and forever" Fl
J is not willing that any should perish. ha
, provided eternal redemption for all and
ever saying, "Eim chat cometh to me
will in nowise cast out" John vi, 37).
10. 80 the posts passed from city
city, but they laughed them to scorn an
, Knocked them'-tbat is, many of Ephrain
Manasseh and Zobulun did. The final tel
timony concerning Judah is, "They moof
ed the messengers of God and despiSed Hi
) words, and Inisused His prophets until th
/ wrath of the Lord arose against His pee
pie, till there was no remedy" III Chror
4A4NlB AOJ' AhAS % SnC SoAAeAA h1AnN "HAO
Is enmity against God and is ever tn
same, but these were not the heathen wh
never heard of Gsd. They were the peopl
of God for whom He had done moro tina
for any nation on earth. See II Tim. ii
1-5.
D II. Nevertheless divers Of Asher, Ma
nasseh and of Zebulun BUNDLED themselvC
and came to Jerusalem" When Pat
! preached in Rome, some believed til
] things which were spoken and some b
=. lievcd not (Acts xviii, 24). So it eve
! has been and will be till the end of th
age. The parallels of the sower, the tare
the mustard seed and the leayen of Natl
} xiii, all teach this, as also the plain il
struction to both prophets and apostles i
lisa. vi. 8; Jer. !, 10; Ezek. iii, 10; Natl
K, 49, Tho messenger of God may alway
be sure that some will receive the messag