The Holt County sentinel., 1911-10-27
A Psal1l of
Deliv,,erance
LESSON rExr-Psaim IS.
Soiss SeAssl Lsssss r. o.. -. 1911
spsslA1y Arranged tes This Pager

LESSON TExT-Psaim IS.
MEMORY vERsEs-ioii.
GOLDEN TEXT-'"rhe Lord hath done
great things for us: whereof we are glad"
PLACE in HrsToRY--Just when this
Psalm WAS written IL unknown. but In Its
spirit II belongs to the return from the
exile. the times Of our last two lessons.
Psalms III. i2z. 1A. 80 are among the
Pilgrim Palms.
"Psalms Of Dsliverance'' came a. q
vivifying power into the hearts Of the
returned exiles. who in the midst or
their Joy we're overwhelmed with din.
culties. and hardships and discourage
ments. The reality was far differ.
emit from the Ideal pictures In their
minds. They had seen Victory glori.
GUS In the distance, but were not
plunged into the turmoil and smoke
Of battle. They we're tempted to say
to the prophets that Pliable In the
Slough Of Despond. angrily said to
Christian who had urged him to 20
on the pilgrimage to the Celestial
City: Us this the happiness you have
told me oil thiq while of" But songs
Of deliverance keep the celestial hope
ever In view, They point out the
way to the things hoped for. and show
the evidence Of things not SEEN"
Thou has been favorable unto thy
land" shown by bringing back the
| captivity Of Jacob. This was q most
marvellous event and not even to be
hoped for In the natural course Of
things.
when the Lord turned again the
captivity Of Zion" caused the stream
Of captives that flowed TO Babylon to
turn back and now to Zion: like the
streams In the SOUTH" In suLdenness
and overlooking fullness.
The loving kindness OF God proves
that he has forgiven their past trans.
gressions. Thou hast forgiven the
iniquity OF thy people" Cancelled Il,
a. an account Of debt is Cancelled.
or taken away as q heavy. crushing
burden. Covered all their sin. Blot.
ted out Of sight. covered II with a
mantle, SO that they were In Gods
sight as those who had never sinned
We need forgiveness as wide as the
sin. And We find In the Bible as many
terms expressing forgiveness as we
found for expressing sin-Forgive. Re
nit. Send away. Cover up. Blot out
Destroy. Wash away, Cleanse.
Tho returned exiles gained a new
knowledge Of Gods Word. q new
world experience. they lost the indie
pendent nation. but gained the indie
pendent church. from which blossom
ed the Messiah. the Saviour Of the
world. The old. eternal law Of Sin
and death was irrevocabis. never
ceased; but the changed character
permits q new Law - override tbs
consequsnceH In the words Of Dr.
John Thomas OF Liverpool: Every
man who knows anything knows tina,
ono law can be nsutralized by anoth
or. There Ia a law Of gravitation
which keeps this Bible here upon the
desk. That law cannot b. altered. I,
cannot be- stopped; Il will draw. and
draw. and draw. whatever you may
say or do, but II can be neutralized
by the law Of my will. can lift the
book and make the law OF gravitation
to appear AZ though It we're not. That
Is exactly what we say about the par
don OF sin and the arrest Of lie conse
quences."
God has done much for them, bu,
they longed for more. SO many eyilf
remained, the nation was yet so i'm
perfect, so far from what II might be
Illustration from DR.. Chapman's ad
dress 10 the Harvard students. RE
member. friends. that IL IL Gods
standard your life and mine must
come up against. A friend OF mine
went to see an old washerw oman. and
as he entered the house the sheets
hanging on the line In front of the
house impressed him as especially
white. spotlessly white. lie went into
the house. and was there for some
time. 1t had commenced TO snow ia
the meantime. When he came out
he noticed that tho snowhakes had
been falling on the clothes, and that
tho sheets did not seem white at all
but yellow rather. lie spoke TO the
old washerwoman. Why. what's the
matter? They looked SO very white
when ] came In. and now they don't
look white at ALL The old woman
said: What can stand against God
Almighty's white"
There 10 . charming little booklet
called Expectation Corner" an ale
cory on prayer almost 40 good as PHI,
grims Progress" A poor man In
Redeemed Land mourned over his pow,
erty. and was taken at last to see
the Lords treasure houses. There he
found . room called the Missed Bless,
ings once. full of blessings marked
for him which his weak faith would
not expect, SO that his door was
closed when they were brought. lie