Mower County transcript., 1903-09-30
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LESSON 1, FollR Solj u ARTER. /. ii, INTER-
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Text Of I he Lesson. II Sam. 10
81 i Memory Verses, III, l2-GoIden Text
Ps. Ixxxiy, 3 II en- tary Prepared
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EE5T he story of % avid, the king, carries
Dur ll thou lsss,hts onward to the time w hen
Jesus Christ, the son Of David the root
md offspring Of sD I "a vid, shall have the
throne tll;o Of bis father, 70 avid, and reign
over the house Of Jacob forever is a
kingd lin dom that shall never end (Ma j,
III Rev. xxi, 16 Luke i, 80 333)). He
shall l B reign and prosper and execute
Judgment and justice in the earth. He
shall slh all reign in right hteousness and the
work Of righteousness shall be. peace,
and the effect Of righteo eousness quiet
ness and assurance forever (Jer. xii,
b, 6; Isa. xxi, IL e .3 The president Of
the United States will not need to be
called on then nor The Hague tribunal
appealed to, for there shall be a right
eous nation on earth and all difficulties
shall be settled at Jerusalem (Isa. Il,
'91;; Jer. iii, IL, 18). rs .s "a 5 f3- ibid
We have seen in a previous lesson
that after long years sof waiting the
young man whom Samuel anointed
king at Bethlehem was in due time
nnointed king of Judah and then king
Of all Israel, established by the Lord,
going on and growing great, for the
Lord God of: Hosts was with him q
Sam. xvi, 49,. II Sam.3ii ~, 5, 10, 12).
It was his custom to inquire Of the
Lord about every thing and not to lean
upon his own understanding q Sam.
xxx, 8; II Sam W 10, %; Prov.:siii, 5, g.,
but in the lesson today he failed to do
this, and consequently there was much
trouble, as there always is when we
fail to be obedient to the Lord and
trust in our own wisdom or follow the
wisdom of this world. Es=s
When Samuel was. judge. the ark Of
the covenant was returned to Israel by
the Philistines, into whose hands it had
fallen, on a new cart drawn by two
milk cows Il Sam. vi, 7-12), and it found
a resting place for twenty years in the
house of, Abinadab at Kirjath- -jearim
Il Sam. vii, /, .. David, being now es-
tablished king, determined to have the
ark brought to Jerusalem, and SO pitch
ed g tabernacle for it there (verse 10
and proceeded to bring it to it's resting
place in the Holy City. Now David
knew that none ought to carry the ark
of the Lord but the Levites, whom the
Lord had chosen to carry it and to min
lister unto Him q Chron. XIV, p, yet he
and the people adopted the Philistine
method and set it. on; a new cart and
thus started with it from the house Of
zAbinadab. They started with great joy,
praising the. Lord with harps, psalteries,
timbrels, etc., and all seemed to go well
ttill they reached the thrashing floor Of
Nachon, when the oxen stumbled, UZ-
zah took hold Of the ark to steady it,
and God smote him and he died there
by the ark. Of God. David was dis
pleased and afraid and would not at
tempt to; take the ark farther, SO had it
placed in the house of Obed- -edonl, the
.Gittite, where it remained for three
months, bringing much blessing to the
man and to all that pertained to him.
After this David had it brought in due
order, according to the law, to the tent
he had prepared for it. The ark was
the one vessel in the tabernacle which
specially symbolized the presence Of
Jehovah, for from above the mercy
seat, from between the two cherubim,
the Lord had said that He would com
mune with Moses (Ex. XIV 22): Da-
.eid's love for the presence of God and
for communion with Him is seen in
such soul utterances, as Ps. xvii, 4;
lxxxiv, ], 2, 10, and he knew that fel-
lowship with God depend upon ODE
dience to Him, yet he had no one but
himself to blame. for all this trouble.
+ If the work we are engaged in is the
Lords work the Lord must have all the
say in it, as when He instructed Noah
concerning the ark, Moses concerning
the tabernacle and David concerning
the temple. He must be. the doer Of il
all The churches and many mission.
ary societies today seem to be full Of
new carts, having adopted the worlds
ways SO as. to please the world = like
David carrying the ark of God after
the manner Of the Philistine Every
thing in the line Of fairs, festivals, lee
lures and senterta ailments to help carry
on the Lord Is work Is the same in prin
ciple as David . new. cart; 50 also ARK
surpltced schoirs, hired singers who
know not God and all that is mere out
ward show in the house Of God, who
[says that all who worship Him mus
worship In spirit and in truth. |sS5 81
From beginning t. end Of the Biblt
| He has taught us that His work is &C
Icomplished BY His Spirit and His Wort
lin the name of His faithful servan
lisa. xiii, the Messiah Of Israel th,
Lord God of Abra ham, Isaac and ia
l5cob, the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour
for q, Him and through Him are 52al