The Dermott news., 1917-11-22
INTERNATIONAL. SUNDASCuO0L
 LESSON CBy REV. P. B. FITZwATER, D. D.. Teacher of English Bible In the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago)
 Copyright. 1917, Western Newspaper Union !
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 25
A PSALM OF THANKSGIVING.
LESSON TEXT-Psalms lo3.

LESSON TEXT-Psalms 1o3
 GOLDEN TEXT-Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.-Ps 103:2
 This Psalm Is mans response to the goodness and mercy of God. It ex- presses the joy and gratitude of for given sinner ns he worShips before God. There Is too much in this Psalm for one to attempt to set 1t forth, so we must be content to display some of it's most prominent notes.
 !. Mans Entire Being Should Sing Gods Praise. V. l. The true worship per praises God with every faculty of his being; his intellect. emotion. de sires, affections all unite in praising Jehovah. The entire being responds fin song of harmonious praise. Some praise God with their voices but not with their hearts; some with their in tellect but not with their affections: some with their emotions but not with their wills. That praise which involves the entire being alone Is pleasing to God.
 II. The Benefits Granted, w. 2-G. The Psalmist exhorts man not to forget all Gods benefits. This seems 10 be need ed now as well as then, for most of Us are better at remembering our troubles and adversitles, our losses and our sor- rows, than We are at remembering our mercies and blessings. It would be n good thing for some of us to keep record of the good things of life and see that, after all, our blessings out weigh our burdens. We have moro days of sunshine than of clouds. more joys than We have of sorrows. more hours when we are free from pain than we suffer with pain. If God were ms forgetful of us as we are of Him. life would be nard indeed.
 (D Forgiveness of sins. V. 3. In forgiveness We are freed from the curse of sin and its blight and burdens are removed. We are not only for given, but we are healed of sins dis ease! not only freed from the burdens of sin but of its effects. so that We do not go after the things of this world. To be saved for heaven means that we are saved from the world.
 (2) Redemption, V. 1. We have been saved by Christ giving Himself as n ransom for our souls.
 (3) Satisfaction, V. .. When God redeems, He so thoroughly renews the man that the good things which he gets from God satisfy him. Ills bless ings are so real that he finds satlsfac- t., ,l .Nf ha world are reaching out after fecting things. They are ever grasping after something, but are never satisfied. Not so with the redeemed soul he finds absolute satisfaction in the things which God gives him. Workings may be satiated, but Gods redeemed alone are satisfied.
 (4) Executing judgment in behalf of the oppressed. V. C. He Is always on the side of the oppressed. God under takes for his own, and sooner or later He will mete out justice to nll. There Is reckoning day for the world com Ing. Those who have done evil shah suffer loss those who have done good shall be rewarded.
 III. Attributes of God for Which He Should Be Praised, w. 1-lS. These attributes have been displayed in Gods dealings with hls chosen people.
 CD Merciful and gracious. V. s. He Is slow to anger and plenteous fin mer- cy. An example of his mercy is seen in the father of the prodigal son run ming to meet his son and kissing him. A very little thought will make very evident how God withholds his anger and waits patiently for an opportunity to extend his mercy.
 (2) He will not always "chidc." w. SIP. When God forglvcs he forsivcs forever. Men suy they forgive but how often they "ehide" aud keep anger" God has not dealt with E> ac- cording to eur sins, for. as the hsay- euS are high above the earth, ~o great Is his mercy toward them that they fear him. So really has God forgiven Us that our truu~srcSSlons are us far removed from us as the East K from the West. an iuculculahle distance.
 60 He k compassionate and tender, w. 1S-l4 This reveals Gods fathcrly heart. lie tullN KNOWS our Neuhhtss. He does not deal with us us though We were strong. He knows how wcuk und fallible Ne are through the fall. lt is consolng to know that God considers our frame He knows that We are dust"
 (D Ills mercy Is everlasting. eternal. w. l5-1T. Man Is at best trauNtory. but God Is eternal. The one who rests his hopes i'll God is eternally safe. This should encourage Us to lean not upon man hut upon God.
 (5) God is gracious to those who are in covenant relationship, Y. K. If wa would enjoy these blessings revealed In Gods attributes We must be Gods children. His mercies are restrictive. only bestowed upon hls own children.
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