The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-20
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
prepared BY H. c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.


earth: tsr the nrst heaven and the first
earth wers passed away; and there was
NO more sea.
l. And I John saw the holy city. new
Jerusalem. coming down from God cut
Of Heaven. prepared as bride adorned
tor her husband
3. And heard q great voice out Of
Heaven saying. Behold. the tabernacle OF
Goo u with men, and He will dwell with
them. and they shall be His people. and
G0a Himself shall be with them AID Be
their God. Il
l. And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes: and there shall be NO more
death. neither sorrow. nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain: for the for |
mer things are passed away.
s. 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. am
Alpha and Omega. the beginning and the
end. l will give unto him that Is athirst
Of the fountain OF the water OF life freely.
!. He that overcometh shall inherit all
things; and l will be his God and he shall
be Ny son.
q. And l saw no temple therein; for the
Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the
temple Of II.
g And the city had no need Of the sun.
neither Of the moon. to shine in it: for the
glory Of God did tighten 1t, and the Lamb
is the light thereof.
a. And the nations of them which are
saved shall walk in the light OF 1t; and the
kings of the earth do bring their glory
| and honor into It,
| Is. And the gates of 1t shall not be shut
at all by day: for there shall be no night
| there.
70. And they shall bring the glory and
honor OF the nations into 1t.
q. And there shall In no wise enter into
| 1t any thing that defleth, neither what
soever worketh abomination. or maketh
"A l.e: but they which are written in the
Lambs book Of life.
GOLDEN TENT,-He that OvercUm-
eth shall inherit nll things; nnL ]
will be his God and he shall be my
sOn.-Rcv. 21,7.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
This is the elimination of all Scrip
tursl teaching, and it is perhaps the
clcarest vision of Heaven given any
where in all the Bible. The whole sc-
count embraces chapters II and 80,
which may be briefly summarized rs
follows:
The New Jerusalem. m...............9l:l-5. &y6
Blessing and Cursing ng...............2l:6 l:6-S. q
No Night There. ........................22:t !
Heavenly Worship .....................2:$-9 = 80
An Invitation ...........,..............-- .lV'I
The New Jerusalcm.-,]erusa
was the center of Jewish worship.
Daniel and his friends i'll captivity
prayed with their faces towards jar
usalcm. Sin has obscured the face of
God from man. But sin will be final
ly banished from this earth. and there
will be a new and Il better Jerusalem
where men will continue to worship
God, but in a manner they never had
before. For God will dwell amoug
His people, and the harmony of uni
versal Righteousness will prevail. This
reign of righteousness will mean the
entire absence of sorrow and weep
ing. There will be only gladness and
mirth. In verses and 10 comes again
the thought of Jerusalem as the place
of worship, and the church is repre-
| sented as the "bride of the Lamb"
1t was 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 or
deface it's beauty. 1t is a significant
thought the author puts in opposition
tho thoughts of "worketh abomina.
ton" and "maketh lie." OF all the
denominations of earth the lie is easily
leader, for it fathers all the others.
Blessing and Cursing.-ln chapter
| 81 are contained two promises and a
curse. The first promise is the va
ter of life to him that thirsteth. The
second is to him that overcometh, he
shall inherit all things; "and will be
his God, and he shall be My SON." Son
ship with such n God is surely the
, highest possible gift in even the Di
l, vine power. The curse is just as great
as the promises, namely: exclusion
| from participation in such great bleas
ings, refusal to even enter the bearti
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 yon'
der there will be no wcariness, hence
no need of the night of rest. Then
night time stands for the gloom OF
sorrow and disappointment. The FER.
, 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 personal
God. John fell down to worship the
angel, a case of human weakness wor-
Shipping Divine goodness, but John was
rebuked, the angel commanding joan
to worship God"
An 1nvitation.-"Whosoe will, let