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Songs in the TempleIsraelites Siug Praises to.God in the SynagogueAflcrJplure—Pftalmi 24; 84: 95:1-7.TBy NEWMAN CAMPBELLEven in the short space of time that the Bible notes on this Sunday school lesson were written, the Palestine picture has changed.My soul longeth, yea, even faintetb, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.“Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nestg1tiBNow Uhe Republic of Israel s £or hmeUj.where she may lay her founded with the old and holy «tyL even Thine aM * Q *Lord of Jerusalem as its capital. ]of Hlt;)sts my King) and my God „Israel has been accepted as a member o£ the United Nations, and the Jewish people of the earth have at last a homeland of their own. Their songs in the synagogues and temple must be ringing with thanksgiving to God for that blessing.' The 24th Psalm—-a psalm of David—is a psalm welcoming the King of Glory to Jerusalem. The 22d, 23d and 24th Psalms have an interesting relation one to another. In the 22d, Christ is the Saviour, the psalm being a plea for help in time of trouble: “Be not Thou far from me, 0 Lord: 0 my strength, haste Thee to help me.In the 23d Psalm He is the good shepherd that makeih me to lie down in green pastures.” In the 24th—today's lesson—He is the Lord, the sovereign.“The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world, and all that dwell therein.”In the temple worship certainpsalms were sung every day of the week. Psalm 24 is Sunday’s psalm, and it celebrated the inauguration by David of the newly captured fortress of Jerusalem. Read II Samuel 6, where it is told how the Ark, after being given up by the Philistines, was at last brought into the city of David.The musical part of this celebration was carefully arranged, with musical instruments and two choirs of voices answering each other. The word “Selah” makes a pause between the parts. It is thought that parts of this 24th Psalm were sung on the occasion mentioned.“Who shall ascend into the hill of (he Lord? or who shall stand in His holy place?“He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. . He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.”Psalm 84 is headed, To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A psalm for the sons of Korah.” It begins:“How amiable are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts!” Amiable here is used in a different sense from which we use it today. It mcjns something worthy to be loved.“Blessed are they I hat dwell in Thy house: they will still be praising Thee. Selah.”Ih Psalm 84, too, is the oft-quoted statement, “For a day in Thy Courts is better than a thousand. l had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.’''In the sixth verse of this psalm, we read, “Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. The word “baca” denotes some kind of balsam tree and the “tears are gum which the tree exudes.The Vale of Baca was a waterless, barren valley through which pilgrims passed on their way to Jerusalem.The 95th Psalm is a song of praise and thanksgiving:0 come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms.“For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.H-For He is our God, and we are the peonle of His nasture, and the sheep of His hand.(Distributed by King Features Syndicate)The coyote may have three to ten pups in a litter.lt;1i
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Fri, Jul 15, 1949
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