Belding banner., 1915-06-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOR JUNE 20
BANNER FOR ITS MANY
READERS
ACCORDING TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SERIES
Text of the lesson, rs. CXM-Mem-
ory Verses, 3, i--Goidcn Text, rs
CNII, .. Commentary Prepared by
Rev. -. VI. Stearns.

| tiOn for meditation as that of last
week. This tells of workers of in
! iquity ana the snares and gins and
nets which the wicked set for the
righteous Yet il is written 10y the
same Holy Spirit. 1t seems somewhat
| like coming down from the Mount of
| Transformation 10 contend with the
| devil and his works. 1t reminds us
! that our adversary. the devil. sill go
eth about and that we need The whole
armor of God for the daily conflict. and
! If We would not be- overcome nor grow
weary, We must consider III lin who
endured such contradiction OF sinners
against Himself on our behalf q Pet
V. =. o: Eph vi. i0-i3: Heb xii. 81 II
does not matter what particular part
| of David'S life this psalm refers TO He
was in the conflict from the time that
Samuel first anointed him; before that
privately as II shepherds after that
more or less publicly till his death
From the time that sinner receives
the Lord Jesus and thus becomes His
redeemed property he is in the conflict
with the world. the flesh and the devil
! and can overcome only by the blood
of the Lamb and absolute confidence In
Him Qev. xii, II: John V, H.
Lord. cry unto thee" so also in
Ps. clxii. |. >. II cried unto the Lord
with my voice" No place nor circum.
stance need hinder our cry To God. for
Jonah cried To the Lord from the belly
of the fish and was heard Uonah ii. |.
p. On this occasion David seems 10
have needed help at once. for he said.
Make haste unto me" When Peter
was sinking in the sea he needed help
quickly and cried. Lord. save met
And Immediately Jesus caught him by
the hand Matt. xiv, 80. 3D The thief
on the cross needed salvation quickly.
and he obtaiued il and went t0 para.
disc. Prayer as incense reminds us OF
Rev. Y, 3: will 3. the latter passage
teaching us that the merits of Christ
are necessary To make any prayer ac
ceptable and that ny those merits ev
cry true prayer in His name reaches
the throne. We think Of the father ot
John the Baptist Offering incense III
the holy place while the multitude
was praying without. aud we see 10y
faith our great High Priest interce,ling
for us rs we continue here In prayer
Luke I. s-l0l The evening sacrifice
reminds us that salvation and service
all depend upon His precious blood. for
He died NJ the hour of the evening
sacrifice
We need continually To pray the
PRAYER of verse 3. "Set Il watch. o
Lord before my mouth: keep the door
of my lips for II any man offend not
in word the same is II perfect man and
able also 10 bride the whole body tJas
iii. ., WHO so keepeth his mouth
and his tongue keepeth his soul from
troubles" prov xxi. 23l. Elsewhere
David said II will keep my mouth
with Il bride while the wicked is he
fore me" (Ps. xxx. u. In Ps. lxxXiv.
10. the writer speaks of being door
keeper in the house of God. but here
David asks the Lord to be his door
keeper The word of God in our
hearts Is mentioned as remedy
against sin Ps. xvii, 4; cxix. IL.
Verse 4 of our lesson sounds like:
Lead us not into temptation. but de
liver us from the evil one. May the
thought of our weakness keep us far
away from all that is evil" Verse 8
reminds us of Prov. tx. 8. "Rebuke Il
wise man and he will love thee" And
yet so good man as Asa could not
stand q reproof. but imprisoned the
Lords messenger Ql Chron. xvi. 1W.
The marginal reading of this lesson
verse is helpful and also The revised
version.
Ir verse 8 we are reminded or the
prayer of Jehoshaphat, I'VE have no
might against this great company that
cometh against us; neither know we
what TO do. but our eyes are npon
thee" QI Chron. Xxx, 12l. There also
comes to mind Heb. xii, l, 2, Let us
run with patience the race that is set
before us looking unto Jesus" Let
thine eyes look right on, and let thine
eyelids look straight before thee"
prov. iv, 25). 1t is necessary that we
look in the right direction and at the
right person. for our eyes affect our
hearts O.am. iii. 81. Ii is blessed
when we see no man any more save
Jesus only with our selves Mark TX.
81. The last two lesson verses make us
think OF Haman. who was hanged upon
the gallows which he had prepared for
Mordecai: also of David's prayer in
Ps. xxxv. g. Let his net that ne hath |
hid catch himself" See also RS. vii. |
II. "He made pit and digged 1t and |
Is fallen into the ditch which he made"
and Prov. XVI. -. "Who so diggeth /
pit shall fall therein"
We can safely leave all the workers /
of iniquity to work out their own ruin.
while we put our trust I'm the Lord. /
rely wholly upon Him and live only for
Him. When we can say from the /
heart. ~ know Him whom | have be-
lieved," we can also add. "And am per-