The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-11-13
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VII, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, NOV. IS.
Text of the Lesson, rs. XIII.
Memory Verses, 1-6-GOlden Text.
rs. xxiii, documentary Prepared
by Rev. ID. VI. stearns.


by Rev. ID. VI. stearns.
Copyright, l9OS by American Press Association. ]
The title of this lesson, David 5
trust in God" tells only in part the
subject matter of this most familiar
portion of Scripture. 1t certainly does
tell of Davld's trust, but it tells first Of
Him of whom the Twenty and
! Twenty fourth Psalms tell so fully,
Him who was forsaken because Of our
sins. who was made sin for us, whom
! all the kindreds OF the nations shall yet
worship. the King of Glory, the Lord OF
| Hosts xxi. /. ~: xiv, 40, for il is
true that in these psalms and perhaps in
every psalm, the spirit by David spake
Of Christ III sam. xiii, =; Acts H. 80
3D. Christians in his Christ of the
Psalms says The spirit through Da-
vid spake of the mystery Of the incar-
nation of the Son of God. of His suffer
ings. His death, His resurrection, His
ascension into heaven, His intermedi-
ate work from the time OF His resur-
rection until His return in power and
great glory TO set up the kingdom
H. 44). He foreSaw and fOretold the
redemption of the world from the
bondage Of corruption mt the glorious
manifestation of the sons OF God"
Rom. viii, 10, 2U
On this psalm which is our lesson to-
day he says. I'VE here recognize Jesus
as the Lamb i'm relation TO His Father
as His Shepherd. TO whose care and pro-
lection He ever committed Himself"
He delighted in every word of God,
living upon it as the sheep on the pas
turc of the tender herb, refusing the
traditions Of men as sheep turn away
from coarse, rank grass. AS sheep APP
proach not n cataract, but love the qui-
ct stream, SO He delighted in the peace
able inflowings of Gods spirit. He full
filed all Righteousness and glorified
His Fathers name. The Father was
ever His support and comfort in life
and death, and in the hour of His temp
tation. both in the wilderness and in
GethSemane, the angels ministered
unto Him as unto Elijah. A table is
for supply and communion. The Holy
Spirit ever filled Him, and that without
measure. He was anointed with the
Holy Ghost and with power. All the
days of His sOjourn upon earth He
lived i'm the consciousness of His Fa-
theirs goodness and mercy. saying. THE
Father sent Me. and | live by the Fa-
Their; | do always those things that
please Him John vi. 81: viii. 29). Even
when on earth He dwelt in heaven and
spoke Of Himself as 'the Son of Man
who is in heaven" John ill., 80.
Having seen something of the refer
ence of the psalm TO Christ, the believ-
or can the better apply it to himself.
for by faith in Him we become identi-
fed with Him i'm His sufferings and
His glory. He shall feed His flock
like n shepherd and He says. "Ye. my
flock, the flock of my pasture, are men,
and am your Cod lisa. xl. il Eek
XXXiv, II, 81. He is the Good Shep-
herd who gave His life for the sheep;
the Great Shepherd. risen from the
dead and in everlasting covenant with
the Father concerning the sheep and
the chief Shepherd who will reward
the faithful ut His appearing (Iohn Y.
Il: Heb. xiii, 20. p: ! Pet. V. -. On
the authority Of Rom viii, 30, and Phil.
iv, 10, the redeemed of the Lord can
never lack anything that they really
need. but He is too wise 10 give us all
we want or ask for because we often
ask unwiSely Gas. iv. -.
Rest and peace He gives TO all who
are His If they will let Him. II will
give you rest" MY peace | give unto
you are His own words Matt. xi, 2S-
50; John xiv, 20, and even though out
wardly tribulation may be our portion.
yet in Him we can always have peace
John xvi. 80. When sheep lie down
in green pastures they have evidently
eaten enough; they are satisfied. for
He filleth and satisfieth as when He
fed the 5000 and the 1000 Cps. evil. Q;
xxxvi, 81.
While His sheep can never perish
John X. 2S. 29). they may wander
away from His kind care and need to
be sought out and restored (Ezek.
xxxiv, ~, so David prayed Restore
unto me the JOY Of Thy salvation Cps
Ii, 12). There can be no fellowship
with Him except in the way of right
eousness. that which Is right in His
sight, but in such ways He delights to
lead His willing ones
He is ever with us all the days. night
and day, caring for us every moment, Z.
the Father OF mercies and the God OF
all comfort, comforting us that we may
comfort others, and while our whole
sojourn on earth i'm the mortal body
may truly be said to be in the valley Of
the shadow Of death, all the journey Is
made light by His presence. and If
death itself should touch us and take |
us out of the mortal body He would not |
fail US. and we should find it but step
into His immediate presence absent |
from the body. present with the Lord
Gen. xviii 10; Matt. xviii, 20; lisa.
xvii. 3: / Cor. !. 3: V. 81.
While the psalm refers primarily to |
Christ, its secondary reference is prob
ably TO Israel in millennial days. |
and yet each believer may find a por-
At n Al. % ~