The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-23

August IS. loo9.
Especially arranged from 8. 8 ouarterly.1
LESSON TExT-I Sam. 49, liz
Goingx TrxT-Man loolrcth on the out
ward appearance, but the Lord looketh on
the heart. Sam. 1871.
CENTRAL TRurn- Childhood and youthare
Tho preparation season for Network.
TiME-About B. q. 1855 or loss.
PlAcE-Ramah, four miles north OF Jcru
salem. And Bethlehem, six miles south OK
Jerusalem.
sAuL-About fifty years old Capital .
9ibeah. SAMuEL-About 50 years old. Home
It Ramah.
DAvrp-.Bcloved. - or darling" born at
Bethlehem. Ii. Q. 1855. Father was Jesse;
mother unknown. He had seven brothers
and two sisters. At the time OF this lesson
ne was from II to 20 years old.
HELPS OVER HARD PLAcEs-1. Mourn for
Saul: (I) Saul was his friend, and had dis
appoinlcthim. 90 Ho was troubled about
the kingdom, with its king rejected man.
Jesse: the grandson Of Boaz and Ruth. =
lie ,ril XII me; the act would seem Ike
treason. And Saul was under the infiu-
epce Of q bad spirit Q6:14). am como 10
sacrJfce; holding feast as usual In connec-
ton with IL. Hc told tho exact truth, but
he did not tell his whole object. 1heelders
trenbled; they feared he might have come TO
rcprove some sin; or they were afraid that
Saul might regard them rs harboring an
enemy OF his. and therefore destroy them-
). Sanctify your~lurs: by washing their gar
mcnts and their bodies; and by putting
away SIN, and consccrating themselves 70
God (see Ex 1910. etc). 10 Stcen Of MS
sons: including the three who had already
passed before Samuel. II. wa mo- 90 dorm:
10 the feast. This was family feast, apart
from the public services OF the sacrlnce.
H. Rudiw reddish in hair and complexion,
or with fresh. red checks. " bed"tQm
countenance: literally, OF lovely eyes. IL.
Annotated him: devoted him 10 special pur-
pose II is not likely that the family, per-
haps not even David, knew the object for
which he was set apart.
DAyIp's NATURAL ESDowMESTs-1. He
had good inheritance from faithful, health
full. honest. pious parents. 2. He had phys
ical strength, activity, beauty, but not great
size. 8. He had natural talents OF high
order, for becoming general, statesman,
! a poet, a musician. 4. He had lovable ma
ture. which attracted others 10 him.
: DAvIps TRArxISo-L In religion. 2 In
+, daily work and care. 8. In opportunity to
learn. l. In the gift Of the holy Spirit. 3.
In definite life work.
! CoMxExTs--The detection OF SAUL and
+ his consequent rejection by God, were the
: source Of great and long-contnued sorrow
to Samuel. Many less noble man than he
T would have been glad Of Saul's downfall.
. thinking that In this way his own power
would be augmented. But In Samuel 3
0 exalted mind, no such thoughts were
harbored This grief Of Samucl's seems
almost TO have been excessive - may %
! seen from our lesson.
Beyond the truth implied by the lesson
= that God sette,h up one and putteth down
: another, the most fruitful and helpful line
!, Of thought will probably gather around the
: great truth, "For man loohcth on the out
= ward appearance, but tho Lork Iooketh on
l. the heart Ever. y. How true this was in
o the case before US Is evident when we
look on the spirit displayed afterwards
hy Eiiab, in Sam. 17:2S. He lacked both
courage anu generosity, and would have
% made very poor ruler for Israel N these
;. troublous times David was the flower o.
Of that family. not because OF his rudy coun
tenance but bccau Sc OF his abiding faith II
the God OF Israel. II we would measure
O. his character in all its fulness, we mus
is first measure all tho richness Of those
IS Psalms which he penned. From Eliab nj
a stream OF sacred influence has come dowr
the long line " cen turtles, but the streams
OF blessing that have flowed from David's
G life and words have blessed not only lsrae
n according TO the flesh, but all the Israel 81
Il Tod down to these latest days. There wa'
no comparison at all between the two mef
for grandeur Of character. All this Is verJ
apparent to us now, but to the men Of those
q days II was by no means clear. IL took di
vine insight into the hearts Of the two can.
!: didates for the throne to make II sure which
= one would prove the better monarch.
As practical truth Of the highest i'm
portancc, let the teacher urge upon the
scholar realization OF the fact that God
reads his heart The whole tendency of ouI
lives naturally Is to forget this We judgs
and are judged 80 largely by our mere out
wafd conduct, that we are apt TO forget tina
= there Is Ono who perces far beneath oul
y words, looks, deeds, and never passes judg
q mcnt until the secret thoughts and motives
> or the heart are revealed. ssThou God scesl
me-, Is q grand motto for q child or man u
have engraved on the mind. Belshazzar
y must have been surprised 10 find that there
r was One who dared weigh . monarch In the
II balances, but the Scripture declares that
n God weighs mems spirits prov. 1922.
I. What marvellous knowledge this IL
:. Thoughts cherished but never uttered,
y Thoughts long since forgotten-all. all God
n knows to-day. Stop for one moment and
Q think how swiftly we think, 50 that the ex
precision ''swift a. thought" has become
y proverbial Think how, rs the days and
years 60 BY, our thoughts multiply into
millions and hundreds OF millions. Kind
d unkind, good, bad, angry, gentle, pure, i'm
" pure, covetous, generous; how they have
n chased each other alongi All these God
knows, and according TO them He judges Us
n II was doubtless Q keen realization Of this
= that led TO that exclamation III thou, Lord
u shouldest mark iniquity, o Lord, who shall
STANDBY (Ps. 100: -. He must be . foo
who, In such awful light Of divine omnis
= clcncc, can claim TO be spotlcss Rev. A. 7
Schaufacr.
:. PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
d l. Two cures Of grief - knowledge o.
- Gods will, and work to do for God.
!, q II one person refuses to do Gods work
= God will raise up another in his place.
= q Men judge by outward appearances
II they can see character only 90 far q Il 4
manifested.
q I. God judges BY the heart, out Of which
a are the issues Of life, and He secs In thu
y heart all that will issue from II.
~ 8. God often chooses his best servants
Is from among those who seem least likely IL