The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-10-03
Sabbath School
Lesson l. October 1, 1908,
DAVID BRINGS THE ARK TO
JERUSALEM.

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innate knowledge OF the things that
make a nation strong AS IN a human
body there must be heart as its cen
trial source OF power. so in nation
there must he a spot OF Capitalization.
The ruler who makes the national CAPT
tai great is wise To-day's lesson eX-
hbits Davtu doing one great act whose
purpose was 10 concentrate the thought
OF the whole people on Jerusalem. Il
was among the first oi Dayid's great
exhibition 81 national purpose Had
the era ui Capitalization continued the
history oi the Hebrew people after
Solomon might have been very differ
ent.
THE LESSON.
VI. J. David understood perfectly
the value Of his own power OF great
pageant The mind loves parade.
marching men. uniform, display. ban
nerS. insignia 81 various sort Three
thousand men are imposing \ seated
audience Of three thousand makes a
great impression ON the behuldcr. and
when the three thousand are men
marching. the impression Is much
greater David would make the ma
ton know he was doing very great
thing in bringing the Ark To- It's resting
place
We. ? DO not be mislcd in this
verse by the word from The people
did not 60 from Baalc-oi Judah to
some other place to get the Ark. and
then carry il to Jerusalem II was at
Baale-oi- Judah already. They went
from that place with the Ark. Read
the infiniiiyc verb Ito bring" as II il
were a participlc bringing" etc.
Baalc-oi Judah was generally known
by another name, to wit: "kirjaih-
1earim' II means city OF the woods.
Abinadab lives here on the hill crest.
and the Ark was in his house Tor
twenty wears The mention ui the
name by which the Ark was known is
70 show with what holy reverence
David regarded this sacred treasure
rs. B. Oi course conSccratcd per
sons. or those oi the Icvitcs who were
specially charged with bearing the Ark
brouph it forth from the house 81
Abinadab. Perhaps his two sons had
part in that act There were rings in
the sides OF the Nrk through which
poles were to be thrust. and hy these
poles the Ark was borne on mems
shoulders No hand 81 man was To
touch it On the cover above it stood
the Golden Chcruhim. and between
them Jehovah was supposed TO dwell
When the procession started \bina.
dab'S sons drove the oxen that drew
the new cart.
Everything was done rcvcrcntly. dc
corouSly Nothing old must dcfi'c the
sacred thing NhinGdab probably
thought David was taking God away
from him lie had vet To- learn that
God dwclls in the heart 81 him who is
pure and holy.
Vs. / The names oi Nbnadab's
sons were Uzlah and Milo Uzzah
went behind the cart, ar by it, side.
Ah:o went in front Their duty was
not with the Ark. but with the oxen or
cattle that drew it When the Ark
was bnrrc away OH, ui the land 81 the
PhiliS,incS there was no man who di-
rcctcd the movements at the cattle.
They took it their own way. II would
have been better had this course been
followed by David
vs. would have been glad 70 see
that pageant There was true mill
tary precision about il. David knew
how To- march men There were no
brass bands ike ours. but they had
what cprrc>pundcd to- them They had
the cymhal> Probably our cnrnct
players would have had trouble with
the comets or which the Hebrew musi-
Clans played rha, day They had the
-. a.
heart anyway
vs.. q Here is 4 very simple story.
U7zah put forth HI, hand to touch the
Ark ni God The oxen shook IT, How
natural that act was The holy thing.
the precious thing was apparently
about To- iall The road was rough or
the beast, stumbled. or were fractions
Something made Clzah fear '1r the
Ark He would not have il fall
Vs. : i human acruun, oi q
tragedy. U2lah icll dead bv the sid
of the Nrk We cannot understand
this matter ~ the anger 81 the Lord
But oi one thing the people needed
constant reminding Gods law was
holy That law must be kept Rev.
crcncc inr God was the absolute cs-
scn,ial TO the lie OF thi, nation That
Ark wa, never To be- touched II never
had been touched by Hebrew hard.
since It's first cOnsccra,ip", except I'm
der ,tric, following ui directions 1t
would not have hurt God had the Ark
fallen Il was dcmnrali1ng To- the ne
ton to see the holy Nrk touched It
was better Tor one man 90 die and ma.
tional fear 81 God be- thereby mair-
tanned than for al Israel 60 lose their
historic reverence i"r the ancient sym,
Dol.
VS. 8 David wa, dispca>cd That
was very human Ioy was turned all
at once to grief The muSic ceased
Wailnp followed the Joyous acclama.
tiors. We do not ike to have our les
rivals and Joyous occasions married by
sudden death We never get used to
death. We see it often. but it is al.
ways unwclcomc and always heart.
breaking
VS. o David was afraid Well he
might be Well might all the people
he lie charged the terrible thing to
God He did not seem to think that