Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson lll.-SeconG Quarter, For
April 18, 1915.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Rev. D. N. Stearns.
This most familiar of all the psalms
to many people is as farreaching as
any and will have its complete fulfill
ment only in the kingdom when lisa.
xl, 10, IL; Jer. xiii, g. g.; Eek. xxxvii,
21-2S. shall be fulfilled In the eyes Of
all nations. with every other prediction
concerning Israers future glory All
the true shepherds and shepherdesses
Of the Bible are suggestive of Christ
and Israel, with some reference also
to Christ and His church. He is pri-
marily the Shepherd OF Israel leading
Joseph like n flock. dwelling between
the cherubim Fps. INK. II. He is also
the Good Shepherd giving His life for
the sheep and giving eternal life TO His
sheep. the sheep of His pasture John
X. IL. %, rs: Ps. c. 81 He is the
Great Shepherd risen from the dead
by whom God works in His people
that which is well pleasing in His sight
Heb xiii. 20 2ll He is also the chief
Shepherd. who. at the resurrection of
the just will give the crowns to those
who have won them and among others
the crown of glory to those who have
faithfully fed the flock Il Pet. V. Ia.
All the shepherds. such as Abel. ia.
cob. Joseph. Moses and David. were
wondrously typical of the Good Shep-
herd. and the women also, such as
Rachel and Zipporah, who kept sheep,
give us much to mediate upon, but all
centers upon Him who is altogether
lovely and of whom our souls say,
My mediate of Him shall be sweet:
l will be glad in the Lord (Song V. 16;
Ps. civ. 34). The sequences of Scrip.
ture are most interesting and helpful
studies. and in Psalm xii. xiii.
xiv, we have one of the most wonder
full Ps. xii tells very fully of His
sufferings, as If written by an eye
Witness; speaks of His hands and feet
pierced His garments divided and lots
cast upon Ills vesture, and quotes some
of the very words flung at Him as He
hung upon the cross, but it also tells of
the resurrection and the kingdom.
Ps. xiii suggests Israel's glory in the
millennial kingdom. and Ps. xiv tells
of the King of glory ruling the whole
world In righteousness.
No one can truly say THE Lord IL
my Shepherd" who has not seen Him
dying in their stead, bearing their sins
their own Saviour gal. ii. 20: Pet.
ii, "a; John l. ~: Eph. |. 8. y. Then
only can we be sure that we shall
never want any good thing, for He
who spared not His own Son will
with Him also freely give us all things
! ops. Xxxiv, 8, 10; lXxxiv. IL: Rom. viii.
32). 1t Is impossible that such Shep-
herd could withhold from any of His
sheep anything really good for them.
Pastures of tender grass and waters
of quietness Ps. ii. margin). such
would He have us enjoy always If we
would only keep close to Him and not
stray away like lost sheep, choosing
our own pasture and causing Him to
grieve over us, saying. "Oh, that my
people had hearkened unto me and
Israel had walked In my ways FPS
Xxi. 11-16). Although none of his
sheep can ever perish. they may wan
der and need restoration. as when Da.
vid said. u have gone astray like a
lost sheep; seek thy servant" or. again
Restore unto me the joy of Thy saliva
ton" (Ps. cXix. 176: II. l2) He will be
glad to lead us in the paths of right
eOusness If we are only willing to be
thus led. Thus only can we foretaste
the kingdom and know something OF
its peace and quietness and assurance
The expression 1.-The shadow OF
death" is just one word and is fount
ten times in Job, four times in the
Psalms and four times IN the prophets
1t may refer to the whole time of ouI
sojourn here for we may be said Il
be always In the shadow of death. blu,
the believer can always say. 81 will
death is always gain and very fal
better phil. 1. 81. 23). Death is never
spoken of as the coming Of Christ. for
although death brings gain to the be
lever 1t is always an enemy. the las
enemy to be destroyed Il Cor. Nv, 26)
In life or death. II we are His. He Il
always with us to guide. comfort sus
tain. protect us and assures us tina
He will never leave us or fail us Deut
XXI 8; lisa. xii. 10. 10; Heb xiii. 81.
The table in the presence of enemie.
will have a great fulfillMent Mt the be
ginning of the next age. when He will
come In glory for Israel's deliverance
1t will then be feast Of fat things
when He will take away the rebuk,
Of His peOple from off all the eartl
lisa. XIV. 6-0. For the believer ther,
is always feast. and we may be da!
by day satisfied with the fairness O
His house and drink of the river of Hi
pleasures FPS. xXxvi. 81. 1t is a re
proach to the Lord when His peopl,
are seen seeking satisfaction at tn,
worlds table. When truly anointet
with the Holy Spirit we shall so EMO.
the Lord and His fullness& that Their,
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