Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
The SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson XI.-Fourth Quarter, For
Dec. 13, 1908.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson, ! Kings viii, Iii.
Memory Verses, 10, 1t--ooldsn Tcxt,
Ps. cxxil, 1-commentary Prepared
by Rev, D. M. Stearns.

Ps. exxil, 1-commentary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. stearns.
copyright. 1908. by American Press Association
If we take the Christmas lesson next
week instead Of the story Of Solomon's
downfall. this will be our last Old
Testament study for two years to
come, as 1909 will be given to the
Acts and the Epistles and 1910 to the
gospel by Matthew. May the Lord
therefore give us a special blessing In
this meditation. The lesson verses as
signed tell Of the bringing Of the ark
Of the covenant from the tent which
David had pitched for 1t to the holy
of holes in the temple which Solo,
mon had just finished, and they
brought the tabernacle and all its fur
niture from Gideon, not for use. but to
care for 1t somewhere In the temple
(verse A.. All the temple furniture
was new and grand and on larger
scale except the ark Of the covenant,
mentioned seven times In our lesson
verses, and which contained at this
time only the two tables Of stone
which Moses had made and on which
God had written the Ten Command
nients (verse 81, although at one time
It seems to have contained the golden
Dot Of mama and Aaron's rod that
budded Heb. TX, ~. They made no
mistake this time In having 1t carried
In any other way than that Of Gods
appointment oversees 3, A..
When the priests had come out
from setting the ark In its place,
then the glory Of the Lord filed the
house of the Lord, and no man could
stand in His presence (verse ~. 1.-THE
FIRE came down from heaven and con-
sumed the burnt Offering and the sac
rifces, and the glory Of the Lord filed
the house" Oil Chron. vii. u. At first
God walked with man In Eden, then
in a tent with Israel, at the time Of
our lesson In the temple. later In the
body prepared for Him. even in Christ;
now In the bodies of all believers. for
we are His temple q Cor. vi. 10, 20;
III Cor. vi, 16. And the time Is COM
ing when the whole earth shall be filed
with His glory and there shall be
neither adversary nor evil occurreDt
(Num. xiv, 81; lisa. II, 8; Hab. II, IA;
Kings, V, A.. Then shall the holy
city, the new Jerusalem, have descend
ed from God out Of heaven, OF which
the seer said, II saw no temple herein.
for the Lord God Almighty and the
Lamb are the temple Of 1t; the
glory Of God did tighten It. and the
Lamb is the light thereof (Rev. XXI,
%, 23). Then shall the temple Of God |
be opened in heaven and there shall
be seen in His temple the ark Of His
testament Rev. xi, 19).
Very many are the interesting facts
concerning the temple Of Solomon and
the lessons to be learned from It. II |
was built on Mount Moriah. on the
place which David purchased from
Araunah, the Jebusite, the former re-
minding us of the death and resurrec-
ton Of Isaac and the latter of salts
faction by blood and the Lords word,
at is enough" (Gen. xii; II Sam. xiv;
II Chron. Iii, u. The house was built
of stone made ready before 1t was
brought thither, so that there was
neither hammer nor ak nor any tool
of iron heard In the house while 1t was
In building & Kings vi, y. The founda-
ton, like that of the tabernacle. sug-
gests atonement, for every board OF
the tabernacle stood on sockets Of sill
yer obtained from the ransom money
of the people (Ex. XXX. AS we saw
recently in lisa. xviii, 16; Cor Ill. II.
there Is no possible standing ground
for any sinner but the foundation
which God has provided. even the pre-
cious blood Of Christ. When we are
redeemed by that precious blood. then
we are stones for the building. but
here In the quarry where we were
found we are being made ready for our
places In the building, and the great
Master Workman prov. viii, 80 II. W
Is too wise to spend too much or too
little labor on any stone. Let US there
fore trust Him for grace to say under
all circumstances, This is fitting me
for my place in His building"
Within the building all was covered
with gold and cedar. There was no
stone seen" q Kings vi, 49,. The Lord
alone must be exalted. No flesh shall
glory In His presence. Note for study
the cherubim and palm trees carved
on walls and doors, the pillars joachim
and Boaz in the porch Of the temple
the two large olive wood cherubim COW
cred with gold which In the holy of
holies overshadowed the ark with its
cherubim of pure gold. the $50 years
from the exodus until Solomon began
to build the temple. the seven years
In which be was building 1t, the thirty.
four years until 1t was first plundered.
the $4,000 strangers who helped
Study the prayer Of dedication. each
section Of 1t. and notice Kings viii. 43
60, THAT all the people Of the earth
may know thy name, may know that
the Lord is God, to fear Thee as do
Thy people Israel" Note especially
verse So, There hath not failed one
word Of all His good promise which
He promised by the hand Of Moses.
His servant" Compare Josh. xiii II
Notice the word of the Lord to Solo
mon concerning his prayer. ~ have
sallowed this house which thou hast
built to put My name there forever.
and Mine eyes and Mine heart shall
be there perpetually" q Kings TX. 81.
That being true Of mass Of wood and
stone. we who are living temples may
surely appropriate the words and re-
ioice greatly in Pet. Y, 7.
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