The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-12-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Review. or Optional Lesson for De-
eember 81. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to
the Eternal kinS-Psalm 1O3.


l. Bless the Lord. o my soul: and al
that is within me, bless His holy name.
!? Bless the Lord, my soul. and forget
not all His benefits:
S. Who forgiveth all thine iniQuities: whe
healeth all thy diseases;
l. Who redeemeth thy life from destruc'
tion; who crowneth thee with lovtngkind
ness and tender mercies:
g. Who satisfeth thy mouth with good
things: so that thy youth Is renewed ike
the eagles.
6. The Lord executeth Righteousness and
judgment for all that are oppressed:
Z. He made known His ways unto Moses,
His acts unto the children Of Israel.
.. The Lord is merciful and gracious.
! slow to anger and rlenteous In mercy.
Q. He will not always chide: neither Will
| He keep His anger forever.
TO- He hath not dealt with us after our
sins; nor rewarded US according TO oui
iniQuties.
Ii. For as the heaven is high above the
earth, so great is His mercy toward them
that fear Him.
| L? As far as the east is from the west
so far hath He removed our transgressions
| from us. ,,,
so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.
IA. For He knoweth our frame; lie re-
membereth that We are dust
| Is As for man, his days are as grass, as
a flower OF the field, so he fourlsheth.
l6 For the wind passeth over 1t, and II
Is gone: and the place thereof shall kno"
Il no more.
II. Blu, the mercy Of the Lord is from
everlasting to everlasting upon them that
fear Him, and His Righteousness unto
ch!ldren's children;
is To such as keep His covenant. and tC
those that remember His commandments
! to do them. ,
10. The Lord hath prepared His throne
in the heavens and His kingdom ruleti
over all.
20. Bless the Lord, ye His angels, tha
excel in strength, that do His command
ments, hcarkening unto the voice OF III
word. ~
Il. Bless ye the Lord. all ye His hosts
We ministers of His. that do His pleasure
20 Bless the Lord, all His works in al
places of His dominion; bless the Lord. I
NY NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS.
Is. Perowne says: This beautiiu
psalm is the outpouring of full hear
in Thanksgiving TO Jehovah for Iii
grace and compassion, both as eNper'
enced by the psalmist in his own lit'
and also as manifested to his natio
in their history" AS such. it is espt
cialIy appropriate lin summing up tn
Divine blessings given to Israel, eve
through Israels sufferings, blessing
that speak of grace and mercy, OF God
patience, and of His deliverance froi
the great evils that had been brougt
upon the people by their sin. 20 IN
soul:" The Hebrew title assigns IN
Psalm to David, and the Syriac assigns
10 David in his old age. But the nutho
ship is entirely uncertain, many lingu
tic signs seeming to separate 1t from tt
Davidic psalms. Whoever wrote
). probably some author after the retur
from exile and in celebration OF II
;. mercy that had once more opened Il
y temple to the worshiper, appealed
- his innermost being, his very soul, b
:, whole nature, to bless God. Chief
:. these blessings was the forgiveness
- all personal inquiry, thine iniquity
and then the healing Of "all thy di
cases. both of body and soul, cor
pletes the redemption for which the d
: vout Israelite gives thanks. Fro
the pit" means from the dark unde
world, hades, the grave. in which Il
dead were supposed to dwell. "Sati
ID fieth thy mouth with good things"
made symbolical of all bodily nouris
ment by which the strength is su
tanned and the youthful elasticity, 4
t, spring and buoyancy of life fifty syI
N bolized by the eagle, is preserved ev'
Ill beyond the years in which it mig
ly naturally be expected.
to Gig. "The Lord executeth rigf
re eousness," etc. The thought here seer
he 10 pass beyond individual benefits, al
IN "all" who are oppressed. as the
q ton had been in exile, are made 4
le, subjects of Jehovah's just deliveran'
es Personal blessing is only a part OF t
IS. experience that calls for gratitut
a Righteousness and judgment, literal
ch righteousness and judgments,
ce many occasions, have been experience
is HE will not always chide." for His Il
ch ger is not unreasoning, to be kept f'
ms ever, but it is just and lasts only so lo
,el as the sinner is obstinate In his sin. "No
It's (even) according to our sins" has G
ne punished US; every sinner rightly fe'
de that the pardon he receives is not
it served; even II he repents, his past s
Ial can be forgiven only by free gra
nd 1918. "As father" No comparis
'ss is more common either in the Old
be the New Testament. He "pitieth"
IN for, as our Creator (Gen. 2:7), God !
nd members how He Himself made
rk "our Frame" literally, ''our fashie
ing" being Of dust. Such body
like the grass and flowers OF Pal
tine, that wither in an hour IL stru
~ by some sudden hot. wind from I
deserts. The wind passes over a gre
,u field, and cit is gone" suddenly. a
IN the life Of man is like this. In contra
sa .n the glowing kindness" of Jehovah
N from everlasting to everlasting, a
so His righteousness" or promise-ke'
:. =. ing truth. His mercy, to all who IKE
~ His covenants"
'n' 1922. Such mercy is consistent wi
ms a. ,,o,-ar "a Eod For oHia fhrop