Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-09-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
ENTERTAINING DISSERTATION ON
SERIOUS SUBJECTS.


No breath within thy temple stirred
The dim and cloudy light.
And still knew that thou were there
Teaching my heart to say:
Speak, for thy servant heareth,
And heareth TO obeY.
We cannot see our God; but he Is near.
can see us. know us even by name. will
speak to us. and we may speak to him.
Philosophers may accept or deny; par
alyzed and decrepit faith may fail to receive:
the hard, careless. wicked life with out may
scorn and refuse to listen: but in willing,
chiid-like hearts tho wondrous call is still
heard. Blessed are they who, like Sam
uel, rise up at the word. III any entreaty
could be more earnest than another to
these children OF ours. who from their first
days have been led to the house of God 1t
should be this: Samuel's God loves you
also, has messages for you to hear. and
will speak In your heart with voice gentle
and winning.-S0uth0dte.
Lesson ii. The sorrowful death OF Eli.
i Sam. iv. 1-18.
Practical thought Retribution.
The mills Of God grind slowly
But they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience He stands waiting,
With exactness grinds He all.
No closer doth the shadow follow the
body than revenge follows sin. Walk east
ward in the morning, the shadow starts be-
hind thee; soon after 1t Is upon thy left side;
at noon it is under thy feet; lie down. it
croucheth under thee; toward even it leaps
before thee. Thou canst not be rid Of 1t
while thou hast body and the sun light.
Lesson III. Samuel the reformer. / Sam.
vii. 1-12.
Practical thought. Repentance.
That 1 from thee no more may stray,
No more from thee decline.
This Is the admirable virtue OF repent
anco. that with the eagle it causes us to re-
new our youth, and with the snake to be
fresher and livelier alter the casting OF our
old skin. When sin hath impaired and en-
feeblcd. and made us old and withered
creatures. repentance revives US, and puts
young spirits into US. So hearty and cor
dial is this physic OF repentance. Other
physic may take away our bodily inf1rmi-
ties. but yet so. that ii brings some weak
ness to natures: but repentance adds
strength to our spiritual and renewed nat
Lesson ". Israel asking for king-1
Sam. viii. LEO.
Pl actical thought. The sin OF willful-
ness.
The modern popular theories OF religion.
that boast themselves as better than the
gospel plan, are n deusion and snare.
and lives lived under their inspiration grow
away from God. not toward him. Let no
sane man make such waste and wreck OF
his Immortality. To say, each one TO HIM
self, AS for me and my house. we will
servo the Lord" 10 accent Gods Ward
Lesson V. Saul chosen as king.-l Sam.
Practical thought Religion in politics.
When Alexander III. knelt in the cathe-
dral at Moscow. during the coronation cer-
emony. and prayed, 20 Lord God OF our
fathers, King OF kings, who createth all
things by thy word who rulest the world In
holiness and justice, do thou, y Lord ana
Ruler. support mo In my appointed TASK
inspire me with wisdom. ana GUIDE me aa an
great service" it was such an appeal as
told nightly for the stability OF his empire.
| The tendency Of the time TO materlailze
everything affects this highest OF earthly
| dignities. Political forms are viewed as
mere expedients, in which there Is no cause
70 fnd a wise and overrulng will lip
| pant and lnfldel spirits are trying to DANISH
! in all public places and on Ill public occa-
sions, any recognition of him who "remoy;;
est kings and setteth up king.. CCulu
| they succeed, our days as a nation were
numbered. Impatience OF restraint; the
| noisy assertion OF liberty TO do as each ana
| all please, and which so many are ready 10
applaud. BODIES only trouble and disaster
Reverence for all that are in authority, not
| for their own sake, but as representing the
sovereign life and interests OF tho COM
munity or commonwealth, needs in our day
the reicns, tho Psalmist's word ilnds bes
realization: Happy is the peopl' that Il
in such a case: Yea. happy Is that people
whose God is the Lord: - W. ., Ctdrh.
Lesson vi. Samuels farewell; l sam
xii. lis
Practical thought. Only fear the Lord.
OF what sort, then. is the fear OF th'
Lord? Is il an ahject, slavish tearE NO
certainly: all expositors agree to warn yol
against this sense and Interpretation o.
fear. But were you to ask the reason VIII!
the fear of God is not a slavish fear' there
is only this reason to be given you' Decaus'
God is no tyrant, and suppose every MAJ
of sense will admit this for good reason
and what else il this but adjusting TN
sense of fear from the true motion ana con
ception of God. The properties OF religion
fear which are mentioned in Scripture ar
va: ious. The fear OF the LORD Is ciGan, IN,
Is TO hate evil" says Solomon; and again
aIt is a fountain OF lte;" and again, III
fear OF tho Lord Is strong confidence.
Sherlock. g
10 49, .o,
Practical thought. Rejected OF God:
He wi O once met a company OF priest
|. coming down fIom the h'gn place Win
psaltery, and tabret, ana pipe, aho
| harm. and on whom the Spirit OF COO cam'
40 that he prophesed with them ana wa
, another man, had now by his own Iolly an an
disobedienee driven away tho divine SplIi
. and brought upon himself that retriputlo
3 which sooner or later overtakes al WI
a indulge dark and sinful passions An eV
snirit OF remorse and scl'-condemnatlo
came upon him from the Lord. Inc war war;
2 ing cannot but come home TO our heari
/ Lesson VIII. The amounting OF Davi'
: ; Practical thought. The Lord looketh G
the heart. .oo..~
God looks at the invisible and eternal Mi
:. looked only at a kingdom which shou
J triumph by might and power; God soug
10 establish a kingdom that should
o established by righteousness and overcon
evil by good. Man chooses success
measured by an earthly rule; God wor
: for character measured by heavenly ru
Lesson TX. David and Goliath; Sal
J. xviii. 32-51. ,,. I.
\ truth OF God. ,.A, O..
practical thought The friendship
!; Lesson XI. David sparing Saul sa
1r xiv. ALI. -
Ia Lesson XII. Death OF Saul and his sons
"A Sam. XXI 1-l3.
ot Practical thought. A wasted lile'
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