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to face with One more than man. Yet he does
not let go his hold, but clings, helpless yet de-
| terminel upon tne Form before him. With
/ tears and supplications (Hos. l2. A. he now
beseeches blessing, and with the soul of a
conqueror he maintains his grasp until it is
bestowed, and with a new name, "The
Prince of God" The morning breaks. and
Jacob, haltng, yet rejoicing, goes upon his
way, no longer fearing man, since he has
been victorious with God.
Gen. J2. 9-l2 %, 80.
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9 And Jacob said. o God of my father Abra-
ham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD
which saidst unto me, Return unto thy coun :
try. and to thy kindred, and will deal well
with thee:
10 am not worthy of the least ofall the
truth, which thou hast showed to thy
servant ; for with my staff passed over this
Jordan and now 1 am become two bands.
II Deliver me, ,Ipray thee, from the hand OF
my brother, from the hand of Esau: tor feai
him. lest he will come and smite me, and the
mother with the children.
y And thou saidst, | will surely do thee
good, and make thy seed as the sand of the
sea, which cannot be numbered for multi
tude.
q And he rose up that night, and took hi S
two wives, and his two women servants, and
his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jab-
box
% And he tooR them, and sent them over
the brook and sent over that he had.
"a And Jacob was left alode and there
wrestled man with him until the breaking
of the day.
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against him. he touched the hollow of his
thigh and the hollow of Jacob thigh was
out of joint as he wrestled with him.
2 And he said, Let me go, for the day
breaketh. Aud he said, will not let thee
go, except thou bless me-
27 And he said unto him, What is thy
name =? And he said, Jacob.
2S And he said, Thy name shall be called no
more Jacob, but Israel for as a prince hast
thou power with God and with men, and hast
prevailed.
% And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me,
pray thee, thy name. And he said, Where
fore is it that thou dost ask after my name ?
And he blessed him therefore.
20 And Jacob called the name of the place
| Peniel for have seen God face TO face, and
my life is preserved.
HOME READINGS.
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22-30.
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| 20. LII.
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| LESSON HYMN. L, NJ. l.
Come o thou Traveller unknown.
| Whom still hold. but cannot see
! My company before is cone.
ANA am left alone With thee:
| WIN thee all night mean to stay,
And Wrestle till the break of day.
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i ''i 'p't S'i i"-Sies' !" sep hee'
| l never will unluose my hold:
Art thou the Man that died for me9
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OUTLINES AND QUESTIONS.
| l. PRAYER, V. 9-l2. %. % Psa. so. Is. How
| long after the events of the last lesson is the
date of this lesson? [ANs. Twenty-one
years. Where had Jacob been during thsse
years HOS ~, ~. "here was ne now go
my "en o. To- "n''' news h'.u ne just re-