Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the international Series for
June %, 1eo1-A New Heaven
and = New Earth.
Prepared by H. c. lexington
THE. LESSON TEXT.

| and New Earth.
Prepared by H C. L,enington.I
THE LESSON TEXT
(Reve1ation 21:1-7, 22-Z7.)
]. And I saw a new heaven and a new
earth; for the first heaven and the first
| earth were passed away; and there was
no more sea.
2. And / John saw the holy city, new
Jerusalem, coming down from God out
OF Heaven prepared as bride adorned
| for her husband
3. And I heard a great voice out Of
Heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of
/ God is with men, and He will dwell with
them, and they shall be His people, and
God Himself shall be with them, and be
their God.
4. And God shall wipe away all tears
| from their eyes; and there shall be no more
death. neither sorrow, nor crying. neither
snail there be any more pain; for the for
mer things are passed away
D. And He that sat upon the throne
| said, Behold, make all things new. And
| He said unto me, Write: for these words
are true and faithful
6. And He said unto me, 1t is done. I am
| Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
end. will give unto him that is athirst
of the fountain of the water of life freely.
z. He that overcometh shall inherit all
things; and 1 will be his God, and he shall
| be Ny son.
p. And saw no temple therein; for tho
Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are thu
temple of it.
%. ana the city naQ no neeo OF the sun,
neither of the moon, to shine in it; for thu
glory of God did tighten it, and the Lamp
i is the light thereof.
q. And the nations of them which are
| saved Hhan walk in the light of 1t; and the
kings 0f the earth do bring their gIorf
and honor into it.
25. And the gates of it shall not be shut
at ali by day: for there shall be no night
there.
&c. And they shall bring the glory and
/ honor of the nations into it.
q. And there shall in no wise enter int
it any thing that dehleth, neither what
soever worketh abomination, or maketh
a lie: but they which are written in the
| Lambs book of life.
GOLDEN TEXT.-He that OvercOm-
eth shall inherit all things; and ]
Will be his God and he shall be my
| sOn--Rev. 21:7
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
This is the elimination of all Scrip
tural teaching, and it is perhaps the
clearest vision of Heaven given any,
where in all the Bible. The whole az
count embraces chapters 21 and o.,
which may be briefly summarized AZ
follows:
| The New Jerusalem. .NI-5, 9-2e
blessing and Cursing. q
10 Nlght mere ...-........-.........2 2:d-I
An invitation ........................-.22: 10-A
The New Jerusalem.-Jerusalem
was the center of Jewish worship.
Daniel, and his friends in captivity
prayed with their faces towards Je1-
usalen. Sin has obscured the face of
God from man. But sin will be final
| ly banished from this earth, and ther.s
will be new and better Jerusalem
where men will continue to Worship
God, but in a manner they never had
before. For God will dwell among
His people, and the harmony of uni.
versa1 righteousness will prevail. This
reign of righteousness will mean the
entire absence of sorrow and weep.
ing. There will be only g1adness and
mirth. In verses and 10 comes again,
the thought of Jerusalem as the place
| of worship, and the church is repre-
scented as the "bride of the Lamb"
| It was a place of exceedingly great
beauty. It's glory and grandeur can
| only be represented by visions of fine,
| gold and all the costly stones. Moth.
ing will enter this city that will mar OF
deface its beauty. It is a significant
thought the author puts in opposition
| the thoughts of "worzeth abomina-
ton and '"maketh n lie." Of all the
denominations of earth the lie is easily
leader, for it fathers all the others.
Blessing and Cursing.-In chapter
81 are contained two promises and
curse. The first promise is the wa
ter of life to him that thirsteth. The
| second is to him that overcometh, he
shall inherit all things; 'and I will be
his God, and he shall be My son." Som
ship with such God is surely the
| highest possible gift in even the Di-
vine power. The curse is just as great
as the promises, namely: exclusion
| from participation in such great bless.
ings, refusal to even enter the beauti-
full city.
No Night There.-Two notable
things about the heavenly city are the
river of water, pure" and proceed
| ing out of the throne of God, and of
the Lamb and the fact of there being
no night. At the close of the day of
| toll comes the night of rest. Over yor1-
der there will be no WEAKNESS, hence
no need of the night of rest. Then
night time stands for the gloom of
sorrow and disappointment. The per-
petual day of gladness is the promise
beyond this vale of tears. The char
acter of the light is God Himself,
which means perfect mutual under.
standing and eternal peace.
Heavenly Worship.-Two things are
to be noticed concerning the worship
OF the new Jerusalem. The first is
that there is to be worship, and the
second is that this worship is not to be
of the abstract right. but of a personal
God. John fell down to worship thu
angel, case of human weakness woT"
Shipping Divine goodness, but John waa
| rebuked, the angel commanding JohI,
to worship Cod
An Observation-Disclosures will, 1ee
him take of the water of life freely"
Now is the time to come. In the last
day ''the unjust and "'the filthy will
have no desire to mend their ways;
only the righteous will then be pre-
pared to enjoy the celestial beauties
HUNTING AND FISHING.
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