The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-08-04
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON vi, THIRD QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 6.


upon you, and yc shall hc clC.:n from I'll
your f!lthincss, and rr-m all your idols
| will cleanse you The topic of our les
! son is The New Heart" " but wc mast no
! ticc the contest and observe to wh3'n Tic
| words arc spoken, thcI take the lessen fur
our own hearts The previous verses
| speak Gf the land of Israel. tie niDaiI:ails
Of Israel, the people uf Israel uEd -: Is
r3Cl's shameful treatment of Jehovah. on
account Of which lie scattered ten: il
many lands, but verse - says that lie will
take them from nj lands and bring thr:.:
to their own land. and our lesson E'SinS
~ saying tha; ticn l.r Will clv;tHSr thvr
! l have found bat ono thing in all the Eihl"
that GO,l says lie Will du with aIl Ills
heart and soul. ard that is that lie vii!
thus put Israel IN their own lard (.Icr
XE-ii. ll)
2G y h:w heart also will give ven
and u rvw spirit will ! put within yea.
ami VIII take away the stony hVart ont
of your l.csh, and will give you nn l:vart
of flesh AS when the lur;! Gui said tn
the serpent Il Will rut cnmity between
thee aaG the woman (Grn. iii. III He in.
dicaiCd that He would do II il.n.sv!G. 80
hero the giving ot the new heart and spirit
is His work alone; but notice that while
God il willing to give the ':cy: heart we
Eiust br willing to receive It. or rather.
I!iiu, iur th,ist Himself IN Us is tie new
life Il john y. l., in!,n /. IL. ~
- Ard WIZ rUt u!y Sl:::; w!th:%
-" and cause yu" tuWa.ik IN my ,Ia!ut-S
u?d yr shall Keep uly lUd:,!:ivi:iS Urd G3
,h".n Not ~ might nor !''Y.r" ur .::Gi
not ly pray"r Dr siviy.:,., i,rt IS Iniyl.r"t
or education. h'.t !y lhu S.,iri: oi Guu :,
the nvw IL. - ir iINra i/,rh Nv. cJ-
Wkcu W. receive The Lore! ,IyS;:s Christ =.
oar SHiiOi.r we al cErC EvrUnr the ;,bGS.'
or niHEsiCn III which the Father. Son %I;G
spirit VIII Lw"ll ,.iu!" xiv. l.. - iE;n
il hcr;u'v- ;.;lu l'.Ht y.r "rr tho tC,ull>' al
God and tt" spirit Ut Goa dwrH"th IN Il,
ii Cor iii. -
- And " Sl,u!! ,,w,!l in ta2 la.d chat
] gave to yuHr fathers and " shL!i ~ my
prhplc and wi!i bc yuGr t;ui Thr
first part nf this verse can unly hv ul...yr.
stood in the iight"f the promises raady IT,
Abraham, Isaac and .!&cUb fr u! Gen III
onward. and wh!rh St.ll await iul.:ll-
mCnt The church tht ho,l' of Christ
has no land on rarth, but l. Il company ~
people G;:lhrrrd uwt Of al nations whose
,ru:n" i; tu hc the New .irl;t,:.i.m -A> 10
,Ec .a>; part Of Lc Verse. we are authorized
in II Cor Vi rs. to appropriate ii 10 ryr:y
believer
- II will also save you from al va.,r
.
and Will increase it, and lay nn fulmi.s
upon YOU Here We iM;y nI,:r, I"!:tr the
first par; OF thu vCr,2 as hr!!.;s I:"S fer I.:,,
believing gentle as Vr!i "s fIr na,iu"1!
Israel, but the l:st ;rt Las special refer.
cicI to Israel in thc t!:nr al their rcStoia-
ton. In ii Ger. vii. / he promises cf
God to re II Cod and Father 10 those who
Cto willing to separate themselves unto
Him are usCd us Il reason why We should
oil, ,s.,, il,l l..
flesh and spirit.
30 Md | will mn!tirly the fruit cf
;hr tree and t!t increase Of the ..ri,i, l!at
yu shall receive 40 E.u:C r.proarh Of fn:n.
iuc a!n"u.: tho hra;:cu THIS is specially
i"r Israel, hWt contains precious things 10y
rs also Whrn The people ui Gud run "a
,ho world for pleasure, IL is Ike saying
God does not satisfy us nNd 80 we ;uIl 10
you for comfort, and thus The nunic oc the
Lord IL rCrrOachcd
81. Then shall yc rcn2ni.rr yu"r own
evil ways and your doiu@s that We, %u.
good and shall '"Nlh2 yourselves II yrur
u,Nn si%ht. There is II deep and hr!-!ul
lesson here for every saint, for until we
learn tolOathc ourselves we have not truly
seen the Lord nor known ourselves puG
,rr prayrriuiiy lob xiii, a, 4; la vi >
Dan. y, d; Rom vii, Is; Phil iii. 3. and
turning from all that Is of SELF, learn 10
haE, llOu ART worthy, - LORD
81. ''\Ot for your sakCS do this. saith
the Lord God, be 1t known unto you
The same thing is said in verse % with
the addition for mine holy names sake
which yc have Erorancd among ,h2 h..,,..
Ga Whtuhur = vent II is II SOLEMN ard
stafchinG thou Cht that wH are ever honor
ing or profnninE the name of our Lord
that worthy Eanc by the which we Ur1
rnllM. l.!u5 il, y. Ir 10 comforting 10
know that He !UrgivoS Us, not for any
merit on our part, but only ;or His names
sake NSa Viii. -; | John H. ID
80 II will also cause You 10 dwell in
tn" Ci'i's. and the wastes shall br bu;l1-
cd This ana the following verses are
wholly COR Israel. but there are suggestive
thoughts fer all saints David ctus"d
Mci'hihGshrth 10 dwell in .i"ruSalcIn ar,i
tn cat at his Table, yet he c"nt!aurd lame
on both feet 'll sam iX, i3) We may
uwCll both ut .icruSalrm and Hebron or
better still, in God Himself. ar(! runt,nu.
ally enjoy Ills bounty though in ourselves
unworthy and helpless lame on both fnot
81 "Nnd tho drSnia!r larl shah Lc
tilted. whcr"a, il lay tlrSola,c III the sight
OF al! that pnrS.d hy How many lives
of protesting Christians are Gy>u!a;r uf al
that Is refreshing to God or man 1t is
never Sprin;ctinC with tEcm. but ALWAYS
the bleak ana cold winter scH,un There
is life. but it Is not manifest either in
spirit, flowers or foliage, HMd 10 one i 1T.
trnctCd 10 Christ through ih"H
80. "i,lj; lani tna, WA, d",,3ia,r is hc.
come like tho garden OF Ed,n such il
thr transformation in life when tn,.au!
secs the imauty ami luNciincsS OF Christ
and becomes yielded to and filed with The
Holy Spirit There az" foliage flower "ud
fruit 10 the glory Of Cod There aIc Joy
and gladn"SS and continual sunshine be.
cause the Father, son and Holy Srl.t arc
filling the tcmplr and have full crntr,l III
II, working in il DUth to will and to do OF
their good pleasure (Phil ii. l3