The Winslow mail., 1923-11-09
MPR0YED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Sl1r1daySchool 4
' Lesson Y
(By REV. P. b. FITZWATER, D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
20. 1929 Western Newspa per Union.)
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER II
SOME MISSIONARY TEACHINGS
OF THE PSALMS

LESSON TEXT-Ps. At, 67, 100.
GOLDEN TEXT-"Let the people
praise Thee, o God let all the people
praise Thee."-Ps 67:3.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Everybody Prais-
ing God.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Everybody Serving
God.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-All Nations Called to Serve Jehovah.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Missionary Hymns of the Old Testa-
ment.
The Jewish people were called to be
missionaries to the other nations. The
Psalter, their hymn book, is saturated
with the spirit of Gods grace to the
world. It's dominant note is the call
to come back to God.
|. A Call to Recognize Gods Power
FPS 40.
Mans first sin was to cast off God.
Such abyssmal darkness followed that
the race has gone on in ignorance of
its Creator and Benefactor. The first
and primary need of the missionary
is to get the heather to know God.
They must come to know Him not only
as mighty King, but as a personal,
tender-hearted being, looking out over
the world with compassion, desiring
to save and bless man, His only crea-.
ture in His image and likeness. Oh,
that the heather knew God as their
true and great King whose mighty
power He desires to uSa in salvation
and blessing to all! Let us make this
known to the ends of the earthi
II. A Call for the Nations to Return
to God Cps. 67).
The central theme of this psalm is
the universal diffusion Of Gods grace.
The order of thought in this psalm is
that which shall be carried out by the
Lord in the completion of His work of
grace in the world.
1. Gods Blessing Upon Israel (vv.
l, p. This blessing is necessary in
order that Israel may be fitted to make
known Gods way to the nations. This
grace will be poured out upon Israel
in the full coming of Pentecost. When
this grace is poured out there will be
such missionary activity as has hith-
erto been unknown. When Israel, like
her national representative Paul, shall
go forth in such power of the Holy
Spirit in Witnessing for Christ, truly
nations shall be born in day. That
which shall be manifested by Israel
for their God-appointed task is needed
by the church in her witnessing. She
needs the Spirit of God to fit her to
preach the gospel to the heathen.
2. The Conversion of the Heather
wv. 3-5). Thanksgiving will be given
for salvation offered and accepted.
Not only this, but there will be re-
ioicing in the experience Of salvation.
They will rejoice in the fact now that
the great and righteous God rules the
earth. The newborn soul rejoiceS in
knowing that a dispensatiOn of JUS
tice tempered with mercy has been
ushered in. What gladness will be in
the hearts Of men in the day when
Christ reignS
g. Restoration of Blessings Upon the
Earth (vv. 6,O. When man cast off
God a curse was placed upon the earth
which limited it's fruitfulness. Imme-
diately upon mans return to God this
curse will pass away from the earth.
The supreme obstacle to prosperity is
mans rebellion against God. Let the
nations return to God and He will
send His blessing upon them. The
only way to bring back peace and
prosperity is by the preaching Of the
gospel. Man must be called back to
God. The supreme need of the world
is not a league of nations, but a re
turn to God; because God will remain
separate from the nations as long as
they are in rebellion against Him.
Ill. A Call to Recognize the Good
ness of God Cps. 100).
Praise should go up to God because
He is God. Being God He created us,
sustains us and saves us. For His
unchanging mercy and goodness praise
should be continually ascribed to Him.