The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-12-18
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON xl. FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES. DEC. 10.

II. 81, 03-M~mory Verses, oil.
Golden Text. rs. cxxii. I-Commen-
tary Prepared by Rev. ID. VI.
stearns.
tCcpyight, 1908, by American Press Association
The Lord having given Solomon rest
on every side. neither adversary nor
evil being occurrent. he began in the
fourth year of his reign To build the
house of the Lord and was seven years
in building ii q Kings V, 4; vi, l, 3s).
The ark of Noah, the tabernacle of
Moses and the temple of Solomon were
unique typical buildings, God Himself
being the sole architect of each, the
one thing required of the builders being
obedience, as the Lord repeatedly said
to Moses See that thou make all
things according TO the pattern Showed
to thee in the mount Qlab. viii. .; EX.
XIV, 40; XVI, 30 The ark of Noah
was to preserve all i'm it from the wa
ters of Judgment, aud it became safe
vessel by being pitched within and
without with pitch Gen. vi. IL, the
word "kohphar" being only here trans
lated pitch" and elsewhere ransom,
satisfaction. atonement.
The Lord Jesus Christ Himself is the
only ark of safety and the true taber-
nacle and temple 0Ieb. viii. |, >;
John ii, 19-2D, and the building now
growing unto holy temple i'm the Lord
Is built upon Him and His great atone
ment OEph ii, 1922. Believers are
living stones Il Pet H. > Il. W. this
world is the quarry. and God is by the
events of our daily life preparing His
redeemed ones for our respective places
in His temple Every stone was per
fectly fitted for its place before it was
brought TO the building. so that there
was neither hammer nor aX nor any
tool of iron heard i'm the house while il
was i'm building Il Kings vi. -.
All things being ready. the cldcrs of
Israel and the heads of the tribes as
sembled and brought up TO the temple
the ark OF the Lord and the tabernacle
of the congregation and all the holy
vessels that were i'm the tabernacle and
the ark was set i'm its place in the holy
of HOLES, o. oracle, under the wings
Of the great Olive wood. gold covered
chcrubm chapter vi, 23 2S). there being
nothing i'm il but the two tables of
stone which Moses put there mt IIorcb
Oversees 10. What had become of the
golden pot Of mamma and Aaron'S rod
that budded deb. iX, ~ is not record
ed and therefore we do not need to
know. While all the holy vessels of the
tabernacle were superseded i'm the tenn
pie by larger vessels and more of them.
there was no now ark of the covenant,
but the same that had already served
for 800 years. with its mercy seat and
chcrubim There can never be new
Christ or way Of righteousness but
there is always a larger unfolding of
His great redemption. To mo one of
The greatest truths of the ark Of the
covenant, with its mercy seat, and the
law within il is that Christ is the end
Of the law for righteousness TO every
one that believeth (Rom. Y, ~.
When the priests had set the ark in
its place and were come out the glory
of the Lord filled the house so that the
priests could not stand to minister
oversees 10. IL. 1t was also thus when
the tabernacle was dedicated lex. xl.
81, 35). 1t is our privilege as the tenn
Piles OF the Holy Spirit 10 be so filed
with the Spirit that the self life shall
not be manifest, but only the life Of Je
sus made manifest in our mortal bodies
q Cor. vi, 10, 20: Eph. V, IS; Gal. ii. 20,
III Cor. iv, II. Although we have only
the beginning and the end of this re
markable chapter assigned as our les
son, we should notice that the temple
is called IAN house for the name of the
Lord God OF Israel, that His name
might be there, that all people of the
earth might know His name" oversees
16, II, Is. 10. 20. %. 49,. Notice the
eight times repeated Hear thou in
heaven" verses so, %, 81, Sc. 80, -.
40. 40 and the four times Heaven thy
dwelling place" verses 80. 80, 10. 40:
also the sevenfold nature of the prayer
for the treSpaSSer, the defeated, the
drought smitten, the plague Smitten
the stranger. those going TO war and
those in captivity oversees 81. 81. 80. 81
Al, "A, 46). lie had been praying be-
fore the altar of the Lord kncclng on
his knees with his hands spread up to
heaven (verSc "a.
Our Lord Jesus is both altar and sac
rtce; we can come To God only in His
name and hy virtue Of His merits
After prayer he stood and blessed all
the congregation, reminding them that
not one word of all Gods good prom
Uses had failed and exhorting them to
walk i'm the statutes of the Lord with
a perfect heart (JJ-6D. Compare Josh.
xiii, IL xiv. II. lie relies upon the
Lord TO maintain the cause of His PEG
pie at all times. as the matter shall re-
quire Verse 90; margin, THE thing OF
a day i'm his day X. V. AS every
day shall require" Jer. ILL., 81, Every
day a portion" reminding us that we
are 70 live by the day and bless the
Lord who daily beareth our burden
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