The Herald, 1908-10-09, Page 7LESSCRI
LESSON 11. -OCT. zx, x508,
God's Promise to Davi$,-x Chron, ee:
x-27.
Commentary: I, David's desire to
build a. ,house for the Lord (vs. 1, 2). 1.
David set in his house -"'1'e kingdom
was now fairly launched, with favoring
wind and tide to move on to its fulues
of usefulness and glory. The people
rusts united, the ark was on Mount Zion,
the religious services ware renewed.
David, in his lxalaee of cedar, looked out
upon the place of worship for the nation,
and saw only a. tent, which must soon
decay, as the Mamie tent had decayed.
It did not seem right and fitting for the
king to live in a house while the Lord
dwelt in a tent. it did .not honor God
nor r tligion," The prophet Haggai (1,
4) five oenturies later, uttered the
Lord's rebuke to His people, "Is it time
for you, 0 ye, to dwell in your veiled
houses, and this house lie waste?" It
argues ill for a people when the house
of God is neglected.
2. Then Nathan. said -David consults+
the prophet Naath.an as to whether he
84101714 build a fitting temple for the
worship of Jehovah. It was a noble de-
sire, the• perfecting of the religious work
ho had already begun. Do all, etc. --
.Nathan at once, without waiting to con-
sult the Lord, approved of his proposal
and told him to proceed with the work
of building.
I1. David's desire not granted (vs. 3-8),
3. The same night -The night was the
recognized time for prophetic visions.
Word of God -God spoke to Nathan by
a vision (II. Sam. 7, 17). 4. Tell- David
-Nathan's first answer to David was
not given under Divine inspiration, but
was- only his own judgment. That Le
might not continue to encourage error,
or leave David to carry out human de-
sires the Lord spoke to Nathan and
revealed Nie will in the matter. God
could have spoken directly to David, but
He desired to put honor upon His pro-
phets and preserve David's regard for
them. Thou shalt not build -Not be-
cause a house should not be built, but
not at that time, nor by David. "The rea-
sons were probably: 1. The temple was
to be a. type of the church of God, a
kingdom of peace carried on by peaceful
measures, and bringing peace, while
David was a man of war (I. Chron. 22,
8; 28, 3). 2. The kingdom was not yet
sufficiently established to allow David
to take so much time and thought from
its organization and conquests as would
be required to build such a temple. It
had not yet reached its proper end
promised limits. 3. The temple could
be built much more magnificently by
David's son in the peaceful times which
David, as warrior and statesman, would
bring to the kingdom. 4. It would re•
quire all the time, and skill, and wealth
of David's reign merely to prepare the
materials of the temple!'
5. Since .. - . r brought up Israel
from the land of Egypt. From tent to
tent -During all this time, "about four
hundred and fifty years, God. had dwelt
among his people -the ark had been
kept in a. tont that moved from place
�Do slice. "The true house of God is his
people; there would he matte his abode
o hearts of his own. A. human
heart that opens itself to God is a tem-
ple more pleasing to him than the state-
liest structure of gild and marble; and a
church that really has the Lord dwell-
ing in its midst is in the sight of God
more precious than :the noblest showy
building which sets all the world won-
dering."--Schlier.
6. Spake I a word -God had given no
command to any one to build him a
bourse. David was getting ahead of the
Lord. "There is danger of running be-
fore we are sent. Zeal must keep within
the limit of knowledge." 7. From the
sheep -cote -This would remind David of
the great things God had done for him
and prove to him that though lie was
not permitted to build the temple he
was honored by the Lord. He would
also be reminded that he was indebted
to God for al his good intentions to do
great things. His first step upward from
, a lowly life came through God's favor.
Be ruler ---From following the sheep Je.
hovah took him to be his "servant," a
word. of high dignity applied' to but few
[parsons in the Old Testament, and also
Ito be the king of Israel, 8. Out off---
'enemies-At this time, his enemies were
sinbdued. Marla thee a, name, etc. -die.
sides all this watehfi+.l care and the sae-
, assess which he grave David in battle, the
Lord had given him the hearts of the
people and established his character
abroad. This was not for the sake of
Clod had neoneissed the heathen for hes in.
heritanae, uad that hiaospel should be
carried to the ends of the earth, Hith-
erto (hod's •pronbises had been general,
and no :tribe, much leas any perelon, had
been 'chosen as the ancestor of the Mes
ssah.-Spence, "Fame, like all other
gifts, has weighty responsibilities -berm
to be used tor Olt good of men and the
glary of God."
III., God's promises to David (vs. 9-
14.) 9. Will appoint , ... will !plant (II,
V.) --4r rather, have appointed, and
lest No planted my people Isreaal in the
land of Canaan, In these words the
discourse 'turns to the 'future of the
people. The sense is; .After all these
manifestations of favor in the past up
to this time, the Lord will for the future
assure bis people a position and . an ex-
istence, wherein they shall no more en-
perienee the affliction and oppression
that they suffered from godless nations.
-Lange.
10. will build thee an house --God's
covenant promise to David was three-
fold. First, he promised that the house
of David should be established forever.
He had a name of renown and he was
also to have a family of renown. He
had been a man of war, and through
him Israel was established a firm, deep-
rooted, living nation. The foundation
was laid, on which he carried out the
work of temple building. 11. will raise
up thy seed --Exalt to royal rule and
power. Not any of his sons living then,
but 'from among those who should be
born unto him there should be a selec-
tion for the throne. A gracious promise
to David following his denial from build-
ing the temple. The kingdom, so dear
to him should prosper, and through his
own son. This was an honor unexpect-
ed and beyond David's own plane. "This
promise was fulfilled, first, in Solomon,
who recognized the fulfilment of this
promise in his elevation to the throne
(1 Kings $:15-20); then in the line of
David's descendants who succeeded him
on the throne of Judah; and finally in
Christ in whom the prophecy reaches its
highest fulfilment. See Luke 1:31-33;
Acts 2:29-31, 13:22, 2, "-Cam. Bib,
12. shall build me an house -The sec-
ond promise made to David was that
the house of the Lord should be built.
by David's seed. The house which Solo-
mon built continued four hundred years,
till the time of the Babylonish exile,
when it was burned by Nebuchadnezzar
(2 Kings 25:8) ; but it was rebuilt at
the close of the exile (Ezra 6:15).
'The temple was a type of that spir-
itual building which is built upon the
foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself being the chief cor-
ner -stone, in whom all the building fitly
framed together, groweth into an holy
temple in the Lord" (Eph. 2:20, 21).
"In the erection of this living temple
we may take part. When by faith in
Christ Jesus we become united to him,
and receive the Holy Spirit into our
hearts, we become living stones in that
glorious edifice which Jehovah through
the ages is rearing for his own eternal
asbode." 13. The third promise was that
David's seed should be the son of God
in apeculiar sense. father- .son -
This remarkable promise appliedprimar-
ily to Solomon, but was completely ful-
filled only in Jesus Christ,
IV. David's prayer (vs. 16-27). "Dav-
id's address to God consists of, 1. alum -
Me thanksgiving for the undeserved fav-
or shown to him and his house (vs. 16--
19). 2. Praise for God's past manifesta-
tions of HiQ glory in and to Israel (vs.
20-22). 3. Petition for the final fulfil-
ment of the promise (ve. 23-27)." Ob-
serve that although, the divine promise
was as sure as God could make it, yet
David prays for its fulfilanent,
Questions. -What desire did David ex-
press to Nathan? What was the condi-
tion in Israel at that time? How did
the Lord change David's• plans? Wihy
wee not David permitted to build the
temple? Why had there been no fixed
place for the ark? What was the first
honor bestowed upon David? How
would the Lord build ashouse for David?
What promises did the Lord melee to
David concerning his family? Who of
David's family still lives? Of what king-
dom was David's a type?
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
1. The insufficiency of human, wis-
dom illustrated. It is not always oer-
tain, because our plans and purposes are
good and in genenal might be for the
glory of God, that therefore they repre-
sent the will of Goes for us, or that in.
Hie providence He will permit us to car-
ry them out. Re m.ay have other plans
for us. David's purpose to build a house
for the Lord was right in itself, and
was no doubt the oflapring of a desire
to glorify the God. of ,Ierael who Maul
done such great thinge for him. God's
'purpose in bringing aim to the throne,
however, was not that be might build
Him ahorse. but that he mij;ht build
the kingdom of Israel. The approval of
mere earthly dominion. It was first of godly people is not sufficient. Nathan
all a type of Messiah's reign, to whom said, "Do all that is in thine heart; for
God is with thee" (v. 2), ,Sint "the word
of Godo' compelled Nathaai to disapprove
wd,ae he at first approved; not because
it was ~wrong in itself, blit teen=
God's purpose was somctbieg different.
Note: 1. We may not be able ale esys to
understand wily we are lhineleeedfrown
going forward 'When we else conscious
thine our motives are pure Mid that we
seek only the glory of God, ,blit Gaffe
ways are Ma ways and He wild guide
us ,aright (Jsea, 55, e; Ter, 10; 23. Psa, 37,.
23), 2, If our ono •purpose' in life Ia to
know a}aid do the will of God, He will
vet fail to let us know whet His will
is concerning ue (John 7 17; Phil, 8•. 18),
3. He who is truly devoted,. to the will
of God is satisfied to ;know that God's
will oat being accomplished whether he
bo foIlbwiaig oat what lle diad purposed
or not (1 Scan. 3. 18; Job;.: 2: 10; Iso.
39, 8.)
II. The temporal application of the
promise. This must not be Jost sight
of. God intended to establish a Belo. of
temporal kings in Israel through the
descendants of David, but this promise
w as oopditiona.1, and Daavid so under-
stood it (1 Kings 2; 2; L Chem. 28. 9),
So of all God'a promises to snap. The
attic word "if" frequently involves all
the difference between the favor of God
and his frown. Waren the conditions are
evecmplie11. t:hd with, good, fellows, oerwise
III. The spiritual application of the
promise. "The posterity of David could
only last forever by rune rig out in a
person who lives forever, that is, in the
Messiah." So his kingdom could only
last forever by running out in the same
person into an everlasting kingdom. This
can only be fulfilled in the kingdom of
David's "greater Son David's prayer,
as interpreted by other seriptures, indi-
cotes that he so understood the promise.
See Psa. 89. Compare v. 13 and Psa, 2:
7; 89: 26; Luke 1: 32; bleb. 1: 5.
IV. The certainty of God's promises.
God. will fulfil hia promises. Doub n
Clark says: "When you topic to a pro-
mise, however rich and glorious, address-
ed to believers, stop and put your name
to it. Say to yourself and to God,
'That means me, now,' and so appropri-
ate by faith the untold Wealth left in
your Father's legacy." God promised
David concerning his son, • "He shall build
me an house" (v, 12), and when the tem-
ple was dedicated, Solomon said, "And
the Lord hath performed the word that
he spoke, anal am risen up in the room
of David my father, and sit on the
throne of Israel, as the Lord promised,
and have built a house for the name of
the Lord God of Israel there hath
not failed 0710 word of all his geed pro-
mise" (1 Kings 8: 20, 56). Sotue of these
Old Testament promises to David sug-
gest New Testament promises to us: "I
will appoint a place for mee people" (v.
0); "I go to prepare a place for you"
(John 14: 2). "1 will establish his king-
dom" (v. lI ; "it iff your father's good
pleasure to give you the l a `dk•n" (Luke
12 32); "I will he his ,I+'jtt se, tie 1.3),
"and will be a leather xrtYtq, . ,w,; (7, floe.
6: 18).
V. Godr honors those wlao•• nerve him..
Although David's desire was refused, yet
God permitted him to prepare all the
precious materials for the ',teiuple; to
gather the gold, silver, precious stones
and goodly cedars. Preparatory work
everywhere is of great t'a1ue. The foun-
dations determine the strength of the
completed building. Such is the Sunday
school teacher's work-- laying founda-
tions, preparing materials for the heaven-
ly temple. David's own son was allowed
to build the temple. And as "the honor
of the son is the honor of the father
multiplied an hundredfold," so David
rejoiced in the prospect of Solomon's
glory more than in his own. God hon-
ored David with a greater, grander work.
He might not build the sanetuary which
was to exist only a few years, but he
could write the songs which would be
sung throughout the ages -those psalms
"which meet every emeee eneea of life,
which have kept so many feetfrom tinn-
ing and so many hearts from breaking."
Who would not rather be the author of
the immortal Psalms than to Have built a
thousand perishable temples? Truly,
God's promise of "a name like the name
of the great men that are in the earth"
(v. 8) has been fulfilled to David.
A. C. IL
•,e.
$x,000,000 POWER BONDS.
•
New York Firm Said to Have Made
Offer to Winnipeg,
Winnipeg, Man., Oct 5.'= -It is de-
finitely settled that the city is to re-
ceive an offer fora million dollars'
worth of power bonds from a New
York firm. It is expected that the
offer will be to hand before the next
meeting of the City Council, The firm
in question is said to have already sub.
tatted an offer to the chief power engi-
neer. who advised that it be sent to the
City Council
AUSTRALIA'S ARMY.
The New Defence Bill Provides For
82,000 Merl,
Melbourne, Oet, 5, -In the House
of Representatives, Minister of De-
fenee Ewing, moving the second read-
ing of the Do -forme Bill, said that un-
der the bill the Commonwealth would
gyet,• liietead ea 20,000 risen enlisted un-
der the voluntary system, 82,000 men,
costing only 4100,000 more than they
were now paying. The Government
was not oppoeed to give payment
in the form of wages. Mr. Ewing,
corscluding, . said the main duty fo
the British navy was to protect the
heart of the Empire. Australia ought
to be able to say to Britain. "We have
a national guard of 200,000 trained
men, which will enable us to keep
our island continent, wane you do the
bigger work' with the navy."
DEL VAL TO QUIT.
Prelate' Who ['died hu Canadian
Politics Retires.
Rome, Oct, 5.-- According to the
V'eneti, Cardinal Merry del Val, the
papal secretary of state, is about to re-
tire.
This step is supposed to be an out-
come of the representations made. to the
Vatican by American and English pre-
lates, but particularly Cardinal Gibbons
and Archbishop Ireland, who objected to
the secretary's deliverance against mod-
ernism.
Merry del 17ai probably will be suc-
ceeded by (cardinal Ra apolla, who had
formerly held this office.
Rampolla's return to power will mean
a policy of dignified conciliation with
regard to France, and an attitude of
greater reserve toward Italy,
Merry del Val is well known in Can-
ada because of his part in the settle-
ment of the remedial bill embroglio.
PROPOSED SHIP MERGER.
852i500,000 Annually Could Be Saved by
New Arrangement.
Berlin, Oct. 5. --•-The Tageblatt pub-
lishes sen interview v,it•u 111-:r Bann. di-
rector of the Hamburg -American Steam-
ship Company, in \010h he ,states that
two months ago he submitted to the
North German Lloyd, the Hamburg-Ant-
ericae, the Cunard, the White Star, and
American Lines, a proposal that they ar-
range a common shipbuilding pro-
gramme, which would enable the coirt-
panies to lay up or break tip a number
of old ship.; in the Atlantic service, with
a 'view to economy.
The present extreme costliness of the
Atlantic trade could be ±educed by com-
mon agreement more than$12.500,0'JO
annually. An agreement might ho made
by which one of the largest and most
modern steamships would sail daily east-
ward and westward, if they could agree
upon terms. Herr Galin does not say
what became of the proposal.
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VETERANS SHOULD NOT SELL.
They Should Beware' of Offers From
Land Speculators.
Toronto, Oct. 5. -Veterans of the
South 4tiican War entitled to receive
land grants under the bounty act were
strongly advised lost night at a meeting
at the Armorice not to sell their 320
acres to land speculators. The lecture
room at the Armories wars packed with
about three hundred men, and Lieut.
Kennedy explained to an animated audi-
ence just what was due to each man,
hoe, he could secure it and hold it.
Many veterans have been approached by
land speculators to sell their option on
the property, although the scrip has not
beeu issued yet, and any transfer is il-
legal.
Five hundred men in Toronto and
eight thousand throughout the Domin-
ion are entitled to the grants.
CRYSTAL IHALL DAMAGE ,SUIT.
Action Against W. J. Reid and Others
Will Be Tried at London.
London, Ont., (k -t. 5.- Mr. John
Cu gston. ou behalf of his son, .Tames,
aged fourteen, lobo woe hada,. injured
in the Crystal Hall disaster, has en-
teral suit against W. 1. Reid, pro-
prietor, and Kernohan & Wilson, oon-
trweters, for $10,000 dsania•gee. The
ease of Mrs. Lillian Maud Smith, post-
poned at the last Assizes, was this
natimin ; again entered, and will be
brought before (.h. n;ellor Boyd at
next we elks Assizes. Mrs. Omith sues
for $15400 for the loss of her hoaband
in the wreck,
M U8T ATE SPEAKS FR ZAM.DW ( DON'T NEGLECT THAT SORE!
Magistrate Perry, of Goldfields, B.C., believe in making a
od thing known. Writing of lain -$tele, the great household
balm, he says :--"After a very fair trial I have peeved Zam.Buk
eminently satisfaotgry. In my case it cured a skin rash of five
fcars' deeding which no doctor had been bile tet do.any��
or. X would certainly encourage any pereeti eo ksepptarn- auk
in his home." 'rhe magistrateisgqaite right. Every home needs
Zorn -Beal unequalled for cuts, burns, bruises, eersnia, blood
poisoning and all akin diseases. All stores and drugglate sell it at
o cents a box, Surd cure for ISiks.
A Chicago man hair jest died from blood poison -
Ingo -tieing from neglect of a *mall sort. Don't
neglect a out, a parch of ecaerna, or an open sore
of any kind. The stir is full of poisonerms,
waiting, to start up their evil results in neglected
oozes, wounds, eta all Zani•Bele is safety. Zam-
Buk is so highly antiseptic that applied to any
skindisease or injury it makes blood poisoning im-
pos'siilo. In using Zean-Bok you have three
firo8eraes going on at once for Zeue.auk is healing
sooilfivag rind antlseptie. ?'ty '1t without delay.
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tamp (to pay retain postage) and name arid date of this paper
to 2=1 -Dalt Co., Toronto, and we will mail you a free trial boil
of ZettoBukr. Z,am-13uk is purely herbal, suitable for the delicate
akin of little ebildren, yet powerful enough to heal chronic sores
of long years' standing. All druggists and stores, sec, per box,
3 for ax,25,
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TORONTOOMARKETS
Farmers' Market.
The offerings of grain to -day were
liberal. Wheat firm, 000 buabeis sell-
ing at 90 to 91o. Barleyeteady, 500
bushels selling at 55 to 570. Oats weztk
er, 800 bushels selling at 43 to 44c. Pea.s
unchanged, 100 bushels selling at 90e per
bushel.
Hay firm, with reeeipts of 22 loads,
which sold at $12 to $14,50 a ton. Straw
firm, two loads of bundle selling at 813
to $14 a ton, and one load of loose at
Dressed Naga are firm at $9.50 for
heavy, and at $9,75 to $10 for light.
Wheat, fall, bushel $0 90 $ 0 91
Do,, goose, bushel .. - 0 88 0 00
Oats, bushel .. ... .. 0 43
Barley, bushel ... , .. . 0 55
1tye, bushel. . . . , .. 0 75
Peas, bushel* .. , ... . 0 90
Hay, per ton . , . ... 12 00
Straw, per ton ... ... 13 00
Dressed hogs . ... 9 50 10 00
Butter, dairy •, .. ... . . 0 23 0 27
Do., creamery .. , ... 0 26 0 28
Eggs, dozen. .. 0 25 0 26
0 44
0 57
000
O 00
14 50
14 00
Chickens:, dressed, lib. 0 12
Fowl, per lb. ... , .... 0 09
Ducks, spring, 1b, ... . 0 12
Turkeys, lb. ... . 0 16
Cabbage, per dozen .., . 0 25
Onions, per bag ... ... 0 90
Potatoes, bag ... ... . 0 65
Apples, bbl. .. ... ... 1 00
Beef, hindquarters .. . 8 00
Do., forequarters.. ... 4 50
Do., choice, carcase . , .. 7 50
Do., medium, carcase . 5 00
Mutton, par cwt. .. ... 6 00
Veal, prime, per cwt. ... 7 50
Lamb, per cwt. ... ... 8 50
0 13
O 10
0 13.
0 18
O 35
1 00
0 75
1 75
9 00
6 00
8 00
6 50
8 00
10 00
9 50
Sugar Market.
St. Lawrence sugars are quoted as fol-
lows: Granulated, 4.80e, in barrels, and
No. 1 golden, 4.40e in barrels. These
prices are for delivery, cos lots 5e less.
Live Stock.
Receipts of live stock at the city mar-
ket were 66 car loads, consisting of 1,057
cattle, 1,900 hogs, 1,191 sheep and lambs
axed 57 calves,
The quality of cattle was far from be-
ing good, only a very few being classed
as such by the dealers, not half enough
to supply the demand.
Trade was dull all round and prices in
all classes were easy, excepting for milch
cows, which sold at firm prices.
OTHER lI.ARKETS.
New York Sugar Market.
SugarRa.w steady; fair refining,
3.48e; centrifugal, 96 test, 3.98c; moats -
sea sugar, 3.2,3e; refined quiet. Molar
ses--Firm.
Winnipeg Wheat Market.
Following are the . closing quotations
on Winnipeg grain futures:
Wheat --September 081.2e bid; 0010-
ber 90 3-8e bid. December 937-8c bid.
Oats -September 38 1-2c bid, October
3$ 1-2c bad.
British Cattle Markets,
London --London cables for eaZttle are
steady, at 11 1-2c to 13c per potted,
dressed weight, refrigerator beef is
quoted at 9 3-40 to 10 1-2e per pound.
Cheese Markets.
Woodstock -Twenty factories .offered
2080 white, 2473 colored; 12 1 -Se bid;
no sales.
eradoe-Eleven hundred boxes cheese
boarded; all sold, 12 1-4e.
Montreal Live Stock.
Montreal -About 500 head of butch-
ers' cattle, 30 Milch cows and. springers,
12, calves. 1,000 sheep and lambs, and
1.200 hogs were offered for sale at the
East Dnd Abattoir todlety. There were
no prime beeves On the market, and 4-
1-40 per lb. was whout the highest price
paid here to -day, and from that down
t i 3c per lb. for pretty good cattle,
while tie, rennin= stock brought from 2
to 3c. and the canners 11-2c to 2c per
els Milch cows sold at from $30 to $50
each. Grass-fed cantos sold at 2 1-2 to
3 1-4e per lb., good vea.ls at 4 to 5e deo
Shippers were not buying any sheep to-
day. The butchers paid about 3 1-2e per
Ib for sboep and 50 per ib. for lambs.
There was quite a break in the prices
of hogs. Good lots sold at 6 1-2 to 6 3-4o
per lb;, and from that down to 6c per
ib., for old sows.
Liverpool Apple Market.
Woodall d Co. cabled Eben joules:
5,000 .bbls, selling; all landed in poor
condition and market 18 very flat; best •
varieties 16 to 18s; seconds, 12 to 15s-
Colverts, 11 to 15s 6d; seeonds, 0 tie 12x.
Shipments loot week as far as reported
were 49,385 barrels, as again= 81,187 the
corresponding week of last year,
London Wool Sales.
London - A large number of buyers ate
tended the opening of the fifth series of
the 1908 auction sales here to -day. Com-
petition was active. All fine grades
ruled unehauged from the July stiles.
~abort and faulty merinos and low cross-
breds sold in buyers' favor. crossbreds
declining 5 per cant. O lisped parcels also
]test 5 per cent.; Amerienas paid 103d.
for Victoria fine r+omhing g-roa.sy. To-
day's salves follow: New south iV'sies,
3,500 bales; scoured. 05 to Is 83e,d;
;rrcasy, 4,1 to 1114d. Qiueonsland, 000
bales; senured, le ,d to is $ i; greasy,
7%J to lid. Vietoric., 800"betIes; scoured,
Is r/d to Is 4x1: cr,'nsy, 75 to head.
South :asustralici, 40 bales:, scoured, is
1'1,4,cl. 'West :Australia, 200 bales; greasy.
5s/ to 10d. New Zealand, 300 bales
tarred. 9d to is 4:;,.d: greasy„ 434d to
101(„d. Cape' of floret Hope and Natal,
50 ]rales; scoured, 6d to le 31,4c1; greasy,
514.d to 7tad. There were 13.37) bales of-
fered,