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. . DAVID'S RELIGIOUS
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International Sunday School Lesson
For September 14, 1952. :
Memory Selection:- "Serve the Lord
with gladness: come before bis pres
ence with ringing." iPsalm 100: 2.
Lesson Text: II Samuel 7: 18-19,
. 25-29; 23: 1-4. .
- As mentioned in our discnsaiong of,
the life of David, one of the first acts, I
after he had succeeded in establishing
himself and his people in his newly i
won capital, was to" bring the ark to
J erusalem. Thirty-thousand ' picked
men. were . gathered from all Israel,
n r) n -1 1 - 1 . 1
; utu a grout, uuiuuer ox people, leu
King David, went down to Kirjah-
r jeamn, about 11 miles away1,: -to bring
.' the precious shrine back.
No doubt the beautiful 24th Psalm
was written by David for use on this
memorable occasion, one of the most
eventful in the life of the Israelites.
; Recall" some of. the words: "Who
shall ascend into the hills of the LordT
or who shall stand in his holy place?"
.One can almost hear 'the antipfconal
singing as one choir answers the
... other, "He that hath clean'hands; and
a pure heart; who hath not lifted up
' his soul unto vanity; who hath not
sworn deceitfully.".
, When the ark was first brought to
"' Jerusalem, It was placed in a tent, or
, tabernacle, prepared for it, which.
pprobably resembled the one used in
the wilderness wanderings. However,
... David was- not satisfied. He thought
of the richness of his palace and then
.thought of the ark of God "dwelling
. in curtains" and, consequently, -conl
ceived the plan of building a great
: tempple worthy of the worship of Je.
hovah. , , . . , '
David had a fine sense of the fit
ness of things. We should all; rea
lize that there, should; .be the right
proportion between expenditures on
ourselves and on religious objects.
Many ' professing Christiana today
-need to emulate David's example in
.this regard. . -
David went to the Prophet (Nathan
and told him of his plans. . Nathan at
first approved, the plan but, during
' the night. God revealed unto him that
it was not His' will that David should
build Him & house. . The proper time
for building the Temple had not yet
"come, because the time neceesary for
" gathering the materials for the Tern-
: pie would be better "spent In enlarging
. and'strengthening the kingdom, the
: task to which David had been assign
ed by IGod. Another reason God did
' not want David to build 'His house was
- explained in I Citron. 22; 8, that David
wag a man of war and it was not ap
propriate that bloody hands build the
walls of worship.
Of course, David was deeply disap.
pointed. It must ha.ve seemed to him
that God had turned against him at
the very time he was trying to do his
best for God. iBut David did not sulk.
: He turned to God and God gave him
several monderf ul promises. ,
To David (personally, He promised
continued help, and to David's peo
ple a permanent peaceful possession
of the land. His moat wonderful prom
ise, however, had to do with David's
descendants. God promised that Dav
id should be the founder of a per
manent dynasty, a descendant of his
should build the Temple, and that a
son of bis should rule forever!
. Part of these promises was fulfilled
when 'Solomon- was permitted " the
privilege of building the beautiful
temple which came to be known as
"Solomon's Tenipks." The promise of
an eternal dominion, which was em
phatically repeated three times, goes
far beyond the life of David. As we
read these f words, wo realize that
there is only one1 whose kingdom it
from everlasting to everlasting, and
that this promise was completely ful-
Iilied in Jesus Christ.,
- Nowhere does David appear to bet
ter advantage ffi . Lis acceptance of
God's' refusal. He believed fin God's
wisdom and goodness and . promises,
His contributions to .the Temple and
its services 'were numerous., . While
Solomon had the privilege of building
uod s house, -it was David who pro
jected H, who transmitted" the plans
for the building in all of its details.
and who amassed materials and treas
ures foy it. He also arranged for the
song and music for the Temple ser
vices and, while there is no way of
knowing j-t which of the .Psalms
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Here in America almost Hrery icfiool has aplajC
ground. Our American system of public education
recognises the fact that many valuable lessons
can be learned better on the playground than in
the classroom.
, . America's churches alto have an outstanding
system of public education religious education.
And it, too, recognises the "playground principle."
, 'The playgrounds of out system of religious edu
cation reach many miles beyond our churches.
They consist of the homes, farms, factories, and
Offices of the community every place where boys
and girls and men and women have opportunity
to practice their, Christian religion.
Common sense tells US that playgrounds wi'hout
Schools could not sustain the intellectual level
of America. Nor can a busy week wit'ic" L'v.n-
day ttt Urarch sustain the spiritual al:. Uuss a.id
moral character of. Wdivtdnals. '
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HERTFORD BAPTIST CHURCH
C, W. Duling, Pastor
Sunday School, 9:45 AM.
Morning Worship, 11:0C o'clock.
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Colon Jackson, Jr, Pastor
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H. M. Jamieson, Pastor
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Oak Grove Church, 7:00 P. M.
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Oak Grove Church, 11.00 A. M.
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Cedar Grove Church, 11:00 A. M.
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R. M. Gradeless, Pastor
Church School, 10:00 A. M.
Morning Worship, 11:00 A. M., sec
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WOODVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH
James F. Burke, Pastor
Church Services on second and
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Sunday' School 9:46 A. M.
UP RIVER FRIENDS CHURCH
uuzaoetn White, Pastoi
Sunday School, 9:45 AM.
Church Services, 11 A. M.
Christian Endeavor, 6:30 P. M.
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BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Bennie Crawford, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 A. M.
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PINEY WOODS FRIENDS CHURCH
. D. Virgin Pike, Pastor
Church School 10 A. M.
Morning Worship ,11 A. M.
Young People's Meeting 7 P. M.
WHITEVILLE GROVE BAPTIST
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Caleb Goodwin. Jr, Pastor
Sunday School, 11 A. M., every Sun
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HERTFORD METHODIST CHURCH
A. L. Chaplin, Pastor
Church School, 9:45 A M.
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Youth Fellowship, 6:45 P. M
Evening Worship, 7:30 P. M.
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Sunday School, 10:00 A. M.
Morning Worship, 11:00 o'clock.
Young People's Meeting, 6:30 P. M.
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; Walker Perry, Pastor
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