The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-10-07
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson ll.-Fourth Quarter, For
Oct. 8, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text or tho Lesson, EEK. XVII, liz
Memory Verse, e-Golden Text, Rev.
xxi, 17-commentary Prepared by
Rev. D. M. stearns.
The prophets foretell kingdom Of
peace and righteousness on this earth
restoration of Israel and their recep-
ton of Jesus Christ as their Messiah
when He shall come again in power
and glory. No one does this more
plainly than Ezekiel in chapter xxxvii,
21-2S. The last eight chapters of this
book describe the temple that is yet to
be builded and the glory that shall
fill the house when He will dwell in
the midst of the children of Israel for
ever (xliii, II; Xiv, 4-15). The name
Of the city from that day shall be,
''The Lord is there" Jehovah sham
NAH Chapter Xviii, 35. margin.
This story of the river of life, with
its trees for meat and fruit and health,
takes us back to the garden Of Eden
and on to the kingdom. Compare Joel
Ill. II, IS; Iech. xiv, s. 8; Rev. XIII
1, 2; Ps. XVI, 4, 5. The second book
Of Psalms, which may be response
to the second book of the law Exo-
dus), begins with mention Of living wa
ter and the rock from which it flowed
Us. xiii, 1, 2, o., and in ! Cor. X, A.
We read, '"They drank of that spiritual
rock that followed them. and that rock
was Christ"
In the same chapter oversees 6, 1D
we read that all these things happen
ed unto them for ensamples, and they
are written for our admOnition. Full
authority for drawing spiritual heart
lessons from literal events is also
found in II Cor. iv, g. and it's refer
ence to Cen |, 3, God who command.
ed the light to shine out Of darkness
| hath shincd In our hearts" CHANGING
back at the Psalms moment the Sc
Quence Of 40 to AZ is most beautiful
and in accord with all Scripture, the
marriage, the judgment, then the king
dom of peace, with king over all the
earth. and Mount Zion, the city Of the
great king, the JOY of the whole earth.
Compare Rev. xix to xxi.
Inasmuch as in our lesson verses we
find the word "waters" fourteen times
and the word river seven times,
take these two words as the key words
to the heart of our lesson. | think Of
the waters above and waters below of
Gen. /, 6, 7; John iv, IS, IA, and of all
| T nn1' rAfnr 70 in, I,n
! first seven chapters Of Johns gospel
and desire to be well and a river of
the living water that flows from the
throne of God. If our hearts are truly
and wholly the throne of God and the
Lamb it will be so.
l expect to see literal river flow
ing from the city of Jerusalem to the
| Mediterranean and to the Jordan and
Dead sea- according to our lesson and
Zech xiv, 8, but II any cannot receive
that let all receive the spiritual les
sons and so eat the word, as in last
and rivers Of living water. bringing life
to many wherever we go. The temple
or the tabernacle always tell us of His
dwelling place on earth in the midst of
His people and Of His special presence
above the mercy seat between the
cherubim (Ex. XIV. 1927. The altar
by which the waters flow reminds us
that there cant be life or blessing apart
from the great sacrifice of Himself
for us and His present ministry OF
intercesSiOn as our great high priest.
The increasing volume of water to the
ankles. the knees. the loins, a river to
swim in. suggests The varied expert
ence Of believers. He said: Il am
come that they might have life and
that they might have it more abun.
dainty. l am the life" John Y. 10;
xiv, O.. 1t Is written, "He that hath
the Son hath life" q John V, ID
Many seem to know an ankle deep
enjoyment Of Him. while others live
in the ocean Of His love, and there are
varied experiences between these two.
May Phil iii, 10; FIX. XXyiii, Is. be
our whole hearted desire. That | may
know Him." THAT may know Thee
abiding in love that passcth knOwl-
edge The waters give life and heal
ing. and the trees give meat and fruit.
In Eden herbs and tree were for meat
and fruit Gen. /, 90, 30). In Eden re-
stored the tree Of life will bear fruit
every month. and the leaves of the
tree will be for the healing of the ma
tons Rev. xii. %. Compare verse ~
OF our lesson.
| 1t will be new day for the Dead
/ sea when 1t shall have become place
! for fishermen. but the waters shall be
healed by the waters from the sane
tuHry flowing by the altar Some one
has said that the Dead sea is the
greatest sin scar on earth because Of
the iniquity of the cities buried be-
meath 1t, but when the kingdom has
fully come In the new earth there shall
be no more curse: not in the milennial
earth. for there shall still be unhealed
places and death, but in the perfect
age or ages after the thousand years
Verse II: lisa. XIV, 20: Rev. xii, 3. A..
As far as we are individually con
cerned there can be nothing perfect
! abOut us I'm these mortal bodies Int in