The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-12-12
Sabbath School
NOTES BY r. S. HOLMES.
Lesson XI. December I, 1908.
SOLOMON DELEGATES THE
TEMPLE.
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q Kings 81

SOLOMON DELEGATES THE
TEMPLE.
q Kings 81
Golden Text" Twas glad when
they said unto me, let us go into the
house OF the Lord" Psalm I22: I.
Years have passed since the last les
son. The dream OF King David had
become reality. The promise that the
prophet Nathan had made 10 David
had been kept Solomon had built
temple for house for the Lord Jeho-
yah.
Solomon's task had been made easy
by the work OF preparation done by his
father. David had accumulated vast
amount OF material. The general plan
for the building existed already in the
form OF the tabernacle. The work was
prosecuted by Solomon with great ear
nestness. The edifce rose on Mt.
Moriah on the eastern side OF Jerusa-
lem, and directly across the deep ra-
vine which separated Moriah from
Zion. The royal palaces were on Mt.
Zion, and there the ark had bees de-
posted when David finally brought II
into the city.
THE LESSON.
VS.. :. a national event. The tenn
~ was To be the center OF the nation
and the glory OF the kingdom. So all
the nation, by representatives from
every tribe, was assembled to Jerusa-
lem. The first event in preparation
for the dedication was the removal OF
et ,,tn IN MOI
OF Holes. Solomon was anxious that
the sign OF Gods presence with his
people should be in Gods house befoie
its dedication.
Note.-A structure dedicated to God
in which no real evidence OF Gods
presence can be found must be a poor
place for worship.
II you dedicate your own lie 10 God
and do not have him cnShrncd in your
heart the dedication will be worthless
VS. q A national feast. The invita-
ton met instant response. The feast
10 which the monarch called was duly
kept.
vs.. 3. 4 national ceremony. Then
came the solemn religious act. Chosen
. elders and the priests performed the
ceremony. Everything was done with
for handing the ark.
vs.. 4. What Solomon wanted in the
temple was the ark But he took pains
that the historic tabernacle should also
be carried to the holy house. Vt was a
relic OF the past, Those vessels Moses
had Caused to be made That taber-
nacle had been the resting place OF the
pillar oi cloud There were great mem
ories connected with that tabernacle,
Notc.-A rcverent regard Tor the
past is a mgfk oi patriotism when II
treasures national relics-Oi true picty
when feelings To memorials OF Gods
war< <of filial love when il keeps the
thlAgs that remind OF parents gone.
4 cannot recall any further mention
oil the old tabernacle Its work was
done. liencciorth the temple would
be The center OF the religious lie OF the
people.
The old is ever passing. The new is
ever coming. That the new be always
better than the old should be our de-
sire
vs.. 5. \ great national offering.
Burnt offerings were the symbol OF
Israers religious lie There was a
vast multitude gathered The Oriental
peoples have always been noted Tor
the zeal they show in religious iesti-
walls. Even now in India five hundred
thousand will gather from the country
TO the cities Tor a great festival The
heart lives to sacrifice to God. When
a whole offering is burned on the al
tar it signifies entire conservation.
vs.. o. The ark was the most holy
thing the nation possessed. II was the
place where in the stiffness and dark
ness God dwch In n:e new temple a
most holy placr had been built, called
in this verse the oracle into which
the ark was "a be placed There II
was deposited.
First the people made themselves
right with God by abundant sacrifices,
then they bore The ark to its final rest
ing place. II remained there for hun
dreds 81 years. Where II finally went
no one accurately knows,
Ns : I'm the new holy ui hpiics,
Solomon had built two great figures
whose wings extending made an out
spreading canopy over the place where
the ark was To- rest There were cher
ubim also upon the cover oi the ark,
one at each end Their faces lokcd
down to the top oi the ark, called the
mercy scat solomon great Cncr-
ub'm were sjnn, Of the ovcrsprcading
protection which God would give to
his people
V s The ark wa, carried inst as
Mo>c, directed There were ring, ON
the side - the hnN and poles were
passed through these rings. Then
priests carried the whole by the poles
After i was deposited in the new ora
Gle they drew out the slaves, ard pco-
pie in the space before the oracle saw
the ends Then when they were pulled
clear out they were placed back in the
most holy place, and the curtain was
drnnncd and no one cnmll sec ihem