The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson II.-FOurth Quarter, For
OCT. 8, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text of the Lesson, Eek. XVII, f-12.
Memory Verse, e--GoIden Text, Rev.
SoSiI, fz-commentary Prepared by
Rev. D. M. stearns.
The prophets foretell a kingdom OF
peace and righteousness on this earth
to follow or In connection with the
restoration OF Israel and their recep-
tion 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,
21-28. The last eight chapters Of this
book describe the temple that Ia yet to
be builded and the glory that shall
| iii the house when He will dwell In
the midst of the children Of Israel for
ever (xliii, III; Xiv, Alb. 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
fits 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; Zech. xiv, 8, o.; Rev. xxi,
/, q: Ps. XVI, a, 6. The second book
| Of Psalms, which may be a response
TO the second book Of the law (Exo-
dus), begins with mention Of living wa
ter and the rock from which it flowed
Cps. xiii, 1, 2, 81, and I'm ] Cor. K, 4,
we read, They drank of that spiritual
rock that followed them, and that rock
was Christ"
In the same chapter oversees 6, III
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 IL also
found in II Cor Nv. 6, and its refer
ence to Gen. l. 3, God who command
ed the light to shine out of darkness
hath shined in our hearts," CHANGING
back at the Psalms a moment the Sc
quence Of As to As 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 i'm 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. 1, 6, q; John iv, 13, IA. and OF all
our Lords references to water In the
first seven chapters of Johns gospel
and desire to be a well and river Of
the living water that flows from the
throne of God. IL our hearts are truly
and wholly the throne of God and the
Lamb 1t win be SO.
/ expect to see a literal river fow-
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 IL any cannot receive
that let all receive the spiritual les
sons and 90 eat the word, as in last
weeks lesson, that all may be wells
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 I'm the midst OF
His people and OF His special presence
above the mercy seat between the
cherubim eek. XIV. S-22). The altar
by which the waters flow reminds US
that there can't 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 Ioins, river to
swim In, suggests the varied expert
ence Of believers. He said: II am
come that they might have NE and
that they might have 1t more album
dainty. am the Hfe'' John x, 10:
xiv, 81. It is written. "He that hath
the Son hath life" q John v. ~.
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; Elk. xxxilf. 10, be
our whole hearted desire. THAT may
know Him." "That may know Thee"
abiding In love that passeth knowl-
edge The waters give life and heal
Ing, and the trees give meat and fruit.
In Eden herbs and trees were for meat
and fruit (Gen. /, 20, 30). In Eden re-
stored the tree OF life viii bear fruit
every month, and the leaves of the
tree win be for the healing OF the no.
lions Rev. xii, p. Compare verse 12
OF our lesson.
IL win be a 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
tuary flowing by the altar Some one
has said that the Dead sea Is the
greatest sin scar on earth because OF
the iniQnity or 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 millennial
earth, for there shall still be unhealed
places and death. but In the perfect
age or ages after the thousand years
(verse II: Isa- lxv, 20; Rev. xii. q. Ali
/ AS FAR as we are individually con-
cerned there can be nothing perfect
about us Ii these mortal bodies, but In
the glorifea body re shall see II nev-
er before the meaning Of such words
as these: who forgiveth oil thine In
EQUITIES, who healeth ali thy diseases.
who redeemeth thy life from destruc-
tionr ps. cin. 3. III. we may even
here have large foretasfes III klngdon
/ biessedness In order thar VIE may
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