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are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever” (Psa. 125:2). The Mount o f Olives with its summits appeared as a broad shield to protect the sacred city. God reminded Abraham, “I am thy shield” (Gen. 15:1). Again, He has prom ised : “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Heb. 13:5). It is small wonder that Paul said: “I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day” (2 Tim. 1:12). Perfect security is assured to those that believe, those who trust. And it is "for ever” : “ I give unto them eternal life ; and they shall never perish,” said Jesus o f His sheep (John 10:28). But the psalmist apparently anticipates an invasion by the enemy, so he boldly de clares: “The rod [or “sceptre” ] o f the wicked” shall not descend to bring harm to the righteous. Isaiah also said: “The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers” (Isa. 14:5). We are reminded of that other precious promise, “ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper” (Isa. 54:17). The psalmist fears this invasion, however, not for what might happen to the city, but “lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.” Always, when there is a conflict between good and evil forces, there is the tempta tion for some weaker ones to walk in the counsel o f the ungodly or to stand in the way of sinners. “Evil communications cor rupt good manners” (1 Cor. 15:33). Every one knows that one rotten apple can ruin a whole barrel of good ones. With evil mak ing its appeal on every side, there is the ever-increasing need for “ Christian En- deavorers” to align themselves with the forces o f righteousness and against the workers of iniquity, for “the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.” Helps for the Leader 1. E veryday V irtue (Tit. 2:1-15) 1. “ It is good to be saved and know it,” said one. “It is better to be saved and show it,” said another .—Tales Worth Telling. 2 . Example is more forcible than precept. People look at me six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh. — R. C ecil . II. H elping H ands (Acts 9 :36-43) Dorcas would have had a very different life if it had not been for one thing, the main thing in all her history, the main spring of all her activities, the keynote of all the beautiful music of her life: she loved the Lord Jesus Christ. “There was at Joppa a certain disciple . . . called Dorcas.” She was a “disciple”—a learner, a pupil. But she had learned to some purpose. She had learned the meaning of that new commandment, “ Love one an other, as I have loved you” (John 13:34). And she had learned that a truth becomes altogether different to you when you realize it in action. She had learned that when the Lord loved men, He was not content to say it but to do it; that it meant days of weariness and nights of prayer; that it meant healing the sick and feeding the hungry and saving the lost. And so the commandment, “as I have loved you,” be came new to her and new to Joppa, when [Continued on page 238]
production of intellect and art, and he exclaimed: “Why, Newton, where in the world did you get that magical work o f art and star knowledge?” “ Oh,” said Newton, “ I came into my library yesterday and here it was. It came entirely by chance, just to convince me of the truth of your theory of creation.” His friend saw the point at once—how impossible that the heavens which declare the glory of God could have come by chance, if this human picture o f them could come only by the design o f a scholar and the expert work of the artist who tnade it. As a result he became an earnest Christian. >—A quilla W ebb . II. C harting the S kies A photographic map of the entire sky, showing approximately 1,500,000 stars, has been prepared in sections by the astrono mers of Harvard University. The whole map would cover more than five acres. But “He calleth them all by their names” (Psa. 147:4).-— P ickering . III. H is R easons A minister asked an old colored man his reasons for believing in the existence o f a God. “ Sir,” said he, “I have been here going hard on fifty years. Every day since I have been in this world the sun has risen in the east and has set in the west. The north star stands where it did the first time I ever saw it. The seven stars and ‘Job’s coffin’ keep on the same path in the sky, and never turn out. It ain’t so with man’s works. He makes clocks and watches. They may run well for a while; but they get out o f fix and stand stock-still. But the sun and moon and stars keep on the same way all the while.”—G. B. F. H allock . IV. W hat D o You S ee ? A little child and his mother were sailing on the ocean. The boy kept asking his mother when he should see the sea. She would point to the water all around the ship and say, “That is the sea, my child,” but the little one could not understand. To him, that was only water. So the daisies, the brooks, the sunsets to us are only nature, until Christ has so revealed God to us that we see our Father in them. — S elected . V. N ature in G od ’ s W ord A portion o f one o f the great nature passages in the Bible, read aloud by a member o f the society, would strengthen the meeting. Possible sources are Job 38 to 41, and Psalms 147 and 148.
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JULY 26, 1936 THE GOOD AND BAD IN OUR COMMUNITIES P salm 125 Meditation on the Lesson
This is one of the group of Psalms called “A Song of Degrees” or of “ascents.” These were perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to Jerusalem to the feasts. The psalmist is contrasting the security o f believers with the disastrous end of the wicked. “ They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be re moved, but abideth for ever.” What a precious promise! To the Hebrew, the city o f Jerusalem was the symbol of se curity. “God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved.” “As the mountains
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