The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-11-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson VIi.-Fourth Quarter, For
Nov. IL, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.


Memory Verses, 25-2s-GoIdon Text,
Eceles. xii, 1+commentary Pre-.
pared by Rev. D. M. Stearns.
We are glad to have another lesson
in Daniel. but 1t may be so long be-
fore we return to this book that 1t
may be wise to glance at the book as
a whole and outline it's contents. It
Is the book Of the times Of the gen.
tiles until the time Of the kingdom
shall come when Daniels city and
people shall have their transgressions
blotted out and shall enjoy the ever
lasting righteousness of chapter TX,
"a. Any one can make an outline to
suit himself, but the following, by
chapters, may suggest better one.
l. Daniels purpose Of heart. H. The
stone kingdom to fill the earth. III.
The image worship, or the furnace.
Nv. The proud Inundated. v. The
Judgment Oh the blasphemer. vi. The
triumph of God over His enemies
VII. The everlasting kingdom (paral
lei with chapter iD. VIII. Kingdoms
friendly to Daniels people. TX. DAN
iePs prayer and Gabriels prediction Of
the seventy-sevens. x. Gabriers Sec
ond visit to Daniel. XII. Antichrist
and his overthrow. XII. The kingdom
to follow the resurrection Of the just
and the great tribulation. From even
such an outline as this we see that
the portion assigned for today's lesson
10 just the story Of sample leader Of
the DEVILS followers, whose end Is
surely foretOld in Ps. TX, II; Matt.
XIV. Al. 1t is part Of the great king
dom story of the book and must be
considered in that connection as well
as in its personal relation to indi-
viduals. 1t is the record Of drunken
revel with which God interfered sud
denly. 1t was a great gathering of
great people in the eyes Of the world.
and doubtless those invited felt as
much honored as Hannah did (Es.
v, 81 when invited to the banquet Of
Queen Esther. The golden and silver
vessels which had been taken from
the temple of the Lord at Jerusalem
were used as common drinking yes
sells. and they praised all gods except
the living and true God.
In the midst Of their drunken revelry
very strange and startling thing
happens. for the fingers of a mans
hand are seen writing words upon the
plaster Of the wall Of the kings pal
ace, and the king saw the part Of the
hand that wrote verse 81. The king
Is filed with trembling and dismay,
and all his wise men are called to in.
terpret the words. but they could not
read the writing Verse 81. This is
the third time in this book that the
wisdom Of this world failed to under
stand the things of God I'll. 10: v, 20.
How true 1t is that 1.-The things Of God
knoweth no man. but the spirit of
God" q Cor. Ii. 1W. All the wisdom
Of this world Is utterly at fault con-
corning things heavenly. The opinions
and surmises Of people are not worth
the breath that utters them when they
venture upon the things Of God. There
are unseen agents all about US. and
while the hand Of the Lord Is against
His enemies II Is upon all them for
good that seek Him (Ez. viii. 90.
The queen hears of the unusual and
startling event, and. coming into the
banquet house and seeing the king
greatly troubled and his lords aston
ished and the wise men helpless. she
remembered Daniel and his marvel
Gus skill In interpreting hard things
in the days Of Nebuchadnezzer. and
she said. Let Daniel be called and he
will show the Interpretation" oversees
1912. When Daniel came into the
presence Of the king he was told Of
the inability Of all the wise men to
interpret the writing and was offered
great reward or great rewards II
he would do 1t verses 1870. Dis
daining the proffered rewards. Daniel
said. "Yet I will read the writing unto
the king and make known to him the
Interpretation" (verse ~. We think
of Abraham's rejection Of the offer Of
the king of Sodom, Of Elisha's re-
lection Of Naaman's gifts and of
Peters remark that the things Of God
cannot be purchased with money. The
| OF Iudu 20 uOLuc
with Jeroboam or accept his gifts
q Kings kill Is also on the same line.
Daniel then reminded the king of
what the most high God had done for
his father and how He had BUNDLED
; him and added fearlessly and search.
ingly. Thou hast not humbled thine
heart though thou knowest all this,
but hast lifted up myself against the
Lord Of heaven, and the God
in whose hand thy breath Is and
whose are all thy ways hast thou not
glorified" verses %. 23). What a
searching word for multitudes Of peo-
pie! The time Of all earthly kingdoms
is fixed. Only the kingdom Of God is
eternal. The Lord is God Of knowl'
edge. and by Him actions are weighed
q Sam. II. 81. Our days are numbered
our thoughts and actions weighed. and
the life story in mortal body will bt
J finished some day. However much
riches and honor may have been OBJ
tanned. the question comes, Then
whose shall those things be?" As to
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