The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-10-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson V.-Fourth Quarter, For
Oct. 20, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

to write the Psalms, such as DAVID
and .Asaph and Moses (see titles or
Psalms lxxxii, lxxxiii. lXXxvi. xxx
aud Neh xii, 49,, but no doubt each
one would say as David did, "The
Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and
His word was in my tongue" QI Sam.
xiii, p. Both prophets and poets
were 1.-The Lords messengers with the
Lords message" speaking or writing
as moved by the Holy Spirit flag. l,
Is; IL Pet i, 2D. The occasion Of this
psalm was some deliveraEce from
some captivity which h.; o.:e upon
them because Of their sins, possibly
some Of the expressions in the days OF
the Judges, but it looked onward to
the deiiyerance from the captivity in
Babylon and also beyond the times in
which we live to the final restoration
of Israel To their own land, after
which they snail be piucied up no
10; Amos ix. ii, 15).
We cannot do better than take the
division Of the psalm suggested by
Mr. Sturgeon in his Treasury of
David" in which he says that in
verses IA the poet sings of the Lords
member His people; in verses 81 he
| pleads the cause Of afflicted Israel, and
then, having listened to the sacred
| oracle in verse 8, he published III
verses 9-13 the joyful tidings of fu-
ture good.
We must always remember that
there are a land and people distinct
from every other land and people
chosen by God as center Of blessing
to all the world-Thy land. lmman-
uel, and the children of Israel. PEG
pie near unto Him Elsa. viii. 8; Ps.
Lord God Of Israel is none other than
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, He who says Il am tie Lord.
change not" (AIal. iii, 81, every true
child of God may claim His love and
mercy as his own and rejoice in His
salvation.
The six times Thou hast" Of the
first three verses declare Him as the
doer of it all, and so we must see
Him in every phase of salvation. do
ing all for His own names sake, with
out any cause or reason why on our
part except our guilt and need. mot
! for your sakes, but for mine holy
names sake" (Ezek. xxxvi. 22,.
; The word Favorable" in verse
; is in the margin "well pleased with
and reminds us Of lisa. Xiii, Il, ''The
Lord is we'll pleased for His righteous
ness sake" There is only one with
} whom He is always well pleased, anC
His is the only righteousness that car
stand, but it is given freely to al
, penitent ones Il Cor. /, 80; II Cor. V
, 81; Isa Xxi, 10; xiv, 24). and all sucl
! can rejoice in iniquity forgiven, sil
covered, wrath gone QPs. xxi. l, 2
Rom. iv, 6-S; Thess. i. 10: l Joha
ii, 12).
The word salvation" in verses 4
I. 9, opens to us the whole Bible ant
fixes our eyes and our hearts upoI
r Him Of whom, as His redeemed ones
e we are able to say, Behold. God i
!, my salvation" and of whom OLE
! In his arms he said, mine eyes hav'
= seen thy salvation" lisa. xii. =; LUX
il, 3O). l am helped by thinking o
Him and His salvation under six as
: poets, threefold as individual ant
threefold in larger sense. Our ind
: yidual salvation includes first all tina
;, becomes ours when we receive Jesu
7. Christ as our Saviour-cternal life
forgiveness of sins, acceptance il
Him, ETC., then the working this Oh
OF manifesting it in the daily life an
then the perfection of it all in our gle
rified body at His coming The large
aspect includes first the whole church
: His body, then all Israel and then a
: nations. What word it is and wha
E a glorious privilege to proclaim it an
, to announce that 1.-THE grace of Go
bringeth salvation to all men, (Ti
ii, ~. The question will not dOwl
d "Whom shall! send. and who will g
# for us?' to tell the wondrous story
, but so very few are saying. Here al
e l.; send me- Elsa. vi, 9. Verse
8 should take hold of every believer
q heart. and there should be firm d.
r termination to hear only what Go
il the Lord has said. Opinions Of me
il concerning the things of God ar
d worth nothing and are often wors
# than nothing and had better neve
!, have been uttered. In Christ Jesu
,s by virtue Of His great sacrifice b
r which He made peace (Col. |. 20
10 there is peace with God for every tru
II penitent and perfect peace which pas
n eth all understanding for any an
, every one whose mind is stayed Q
Him rom. V, 1: lisa. XVI. 3: Je
xix. II; Phil. iv, 6. Z; John xiv. 30,
Righteousness and peace are inse]
y arably associated, for there can be r
y peace apart from Righteousness. and
,e must be the righteousness Of His pr
nj viding. for He says that ours is onl
"a filthy rags lisa. Xiv, g.. 1t is trr
:, now. as it will be in His kingdo,
+ upon this earth. that "the work
~ righteousness shall be peace and IL
70, effect Tor service) Of righteousne
~ quietness and assurance forever Us
y. xxxii. 10. With this righteousne
we have the assurance of all GOO
Ps. lxxxiv. II: Rom. viii. 32).