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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOR NOV. 7
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Text of the Lesson, ii Kings XII,
Ais. Memory Verse, 9--GOlden
Text, III Cor. TX, 7-Commentary
Prepared by Rev. ID. nj. Stearns.

Prepared by Rev. ID. M. Stearns.
Among the many things do not yet
know there Is this-why we should
know the names or some mothers and
not know the name Of David's mother
and some others. Both In our lesson
chapter and in Chronicles we are told
that the mother OF Joash was Zibiah
Of Beersheba. Now, the meaning Of
Beersheba Is the well Of the oath"
and always suggests the faithfulness
Of God Gen. xxi. 81. 'marginD. 1t was
at Beersheba that Abraham dwelt
when he Went 10 Moriah with Isaac to
offer him up. and 10 that home he
brought him back It's alive from the
dead Gen. xxi. l-l9p. So ! am re-
minded that all blessing depends upon
the death ANA resurrection OF the Lord
Jesus Christ 1t was II good thing for
JoaSh that he had such friend as Je
hoiada the priest. who must have be..j
remarkable man In many ways, lN
Ing to be $50 years of age. so he must
have been 100 or nearly SO when he
caused Joash to be proclaimed king,
just about 100 years after the death
Of Solomon.
Joash did right In the sight Of the
Lord as long as he had Jehoiada for
counselor. but the people still sacrificed
and burnt incense In high places
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cannot think of Israel whether the ten
tribes or the two or the twelve) being
right with God apart from a right re-
lation to the tabernacle or temple for
those buildings stood for God In their
midst eek. XIV. 8; | Kings vi, IL, 49,.
repair the house Of the Lord. which
Athaliah, that wicked woman. had
broken up Oh Chron. xiv, 4, y. The
great fact about the Lord Jesus, the
true tabernacle and temple. was that
He was God manifest In the flesh, God
was In Christ. The church, the body
OF Christ now being builded. is wholly
for God. Each individual believer Is
a temple and should be wholly for God.
The repairs which Joash desired TO
make. like all work today, needed
funds. and he thought OF the taber-
nacle OF Moses and ef the willing Of
ferings I'll Chron. xiv, %. but he did
not seem to remember that these will
ing offerings were brought In. not sent
for. He sent the priests and Levites
out to gather the necessary money. but
the plan did not work, for after TWEEN
ty-three years the funds had not been
gathered and the repairs not made
verses As; III Chron. xiv, so. Then
Jehoiada the priest. the king agreeing,
put chest. with hole In the lid Of
II, beside the altar as one cometh into
the house of the Lord, and proclama-
ton was made through Judah and
Jerusalem to bring I'm TO the Lord the
Offering that Moses. the servant OF
God. had commanded Israel in the will
derness. Then the princes and the
people rejoiced and brought I'm day by
day, and thus money was gathered in
abundance verses 40: III Chron.
xiv, SID.
offerings was placed beside the altar
OF burnt Offering the brazen altar. OH
which the lambs were offered morning
and evening. typical of GOlgotha and
the one great sacrifice offered once for
all. The one constraining motive In
all offerings to the Lord must be the
love of Christ, the Son Of God. who
ha oh
for 1t; who loved me and give Himself
for me: no duty about 1t, but just love
Then notice that there
was no further effort to raise the mon
ey-no personal appeals, no soliciting
from individuals, but all was brought
in Joyfully and willingly. Note care
fully Elk. xxxv, 81, 20; l Chron. XXX.
0. IL, and lay 1t to heart. On this prin-
ciple l have received for home and for
eign missions I'm the last twenty FIVE
and half years (up to July l, 1914
over $756,0O0 and in the same way
have seen for thirty four years all cur
rent expenses Of n congregation easily
met.
The Lord God Of Israel still liveth
and Is ready to hold strongly with
hearts that are whole toward Him as
It is written in III Chron. xvi, 8, margin.
The money was given to the overseers
Of the work, and they laid It out to the |
carpenters and builders that wrought |
upon the house of the Lord, but no |
was kept with the men to |
whom the money was given. for they |
iealt faithfully verses Ills: III Chron.
xiv, 12-1H. This method OF handling |
money could not be safely carried on !
IN our day unless we could find some
as faithfully honest. There
are such, but they are like whole
hearted Christians-few and far be-
In very small punches here
md there. We would all do well to
Keep In mind the day when every one
II us shall give account OF himself 70
God tRom. xiv. 12) and live now ac-
'ordingly. The conduct. or, rather, the
OF Joash after the death
II Jehoiada In listening to the princes
" Judah and I'm leaving the house OF