The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-07-12

International Sunday school Lesson 80
July ~. 1850.

vile, and he restrained them not Sam.
3:l3
CENTRAL. TRrru-W We can not keep the sin
and escape the consequences.
Tine e. TIA About twenty years
after the last lesson.
PiAcE-1I Ebcnezer, named from sam-
Lel's victory twenty years later q Sam a
q l2). II was fifteen miles west of Jerusa'
lem and twenty miles southwest OF sni'on:
CD Shiloh, the capital, few miles nor'h u
Jerusalem.
SAMUEL About 70 years old ELI-Judge
and priest for forty years. Now ~ years
old. lie was a Lcviic, and Descendant q
Aaron through Ithamar. Horn>i, 'the
fichtcr.r and PnrxrmAs, ''tne brazcn-
mouthcd." degenerate sons OF Eli SAMSON
In aaother part OF Israel, was just eekin-
ming his exploits, Il &. lll6l06 Inc
Philistine oppression had existed twenty
years and continued twenty years longer
(Judg ID: II.
Ixr>pnrcTiox-Th fearful doom OF Ems
sons revealed 10 Samuel was not fulniieu
| Tor ss;cnfy years So much time was given
for repentance, but the result was Id
prcparation. and now the time had come
| HELPS OVER HARD PLAcEs-1. the scord
| ~ Samnei: this sentence belongs 20 eme
| last chapter II shows how wide samueis
influence extended during the .wenE
years. The Phuisfin<s: rich, war-hke "a
! ton on the west coast Of Palestine Lne"e'
ser: see Place. Aph>k: a place near Epen-
eyer Let ~ fetch the Ark: thinking
That God would protect the Ark, even II
with II He had to save them while sill IN
repcntant Which dtrelicfh b<fnt>n ne
c,erubin.: here God manifested His glory
between the cheruDim over the ARK
H,ohnf ana Tht,.ehas: see above. By this
plan they were brought into the battle 70
he slain. 10. Into hix tent: 4 e., home Josh.
2a.s,. II. Ark II Cad fdien . proof that
God had departed irony them. Hophnt and
pbi,,has. slain: the sign fulfilled,
foretold by Samuel (2:s4). II. Kan; :
professional runner, accomplishing MS
fifteen miles in the hours OF dayngnt re.
naming after the battle. tradition OF
The Jews saws il was Saul fleeing with the
tables rescued from the ARK. ~ s<o''
Judgment seat or throne Ut the entrance OF
: The city. It had canopy over II, but no
hack 10 the seat Is. When is< male me''-
, tion Of the Ark: this shows how Eli priced
, God and his religion above all personal
possessions.
Lesson FAcrs>- Looking carefully at the
lesAon text. we shall sec that II really sets
forth great harvest. These are the gath
/. er;nvs ~ Israel TO throw OF the Pnllistine
yoke. Tell the scholars about the first futlle
attempt 10 do this, as given in chap. ~, =
2 and about the vain hope that God would Is
. sist them II the Ark OF the Covenant were
Q with them irrespective OF their conduct
q towards God But all their expectation'
4 were vain. The Phiiistines gathered cour
: age from despair, and fell upon lsraei VIII
fury. Israel was smitten before them, an'
: fed every man 10 his tent Go on TO draw
wildly the scene at the gate, where 81
poor. anxious Eli, waiting for tidings. u
comes a man with torn garments and horn
fed men and announces the fearful defeat
|. Eli. old and blind, asks what - the caus
y Of the tumult, and receives the messag
a with its trinity OF SORROWS for him. tina
Israel il defeated both his sons killed, an
the Ark taken At the mention Of the los
Of the Ark Of the Covenant, the old man
e heart fails him, and he tumbles over bach
= wards from mis- judges chair and % At ono
y. killed by the fall
CoMNESrs-Now return to the idea OF u
~ great harvest. (a) Israel reaped hArves
" OF defeat. How did this come about Surel
r. not because they had not numbers enoug
with which 70 fight the Philistnes. Fo
Gideon with three hundred men had ono
defeated much larger army OF Nidianlte
W than the Phihstincs ever assembled Surel
IL not because God was not able 10 maintai
"a the honor OF His Ark. For soon after, IN
Ark, unaidcd by any armies. was . sourc
=. ~ hitter yexation 10 Phiistine lords. No
Israel reaped defeat simply because the
~ sowed disobcdience Recall TO the scholar
al what God had said to Joshua years before
IN ..Observc 70 do according TO MI that
NJ written lin the law, for then shalt tho
- make thy way prosperous Josh. \ y.
often Lcforc, so now. Israel forgot TINS iui
h damental command Of God. and as resu
o. rcaped the harvest Of disaster. o. HophI
n and Phinehas rcaped an awful harves
Rapacious, licentious. basphcmous,t they ha
profaned holy things. n common vii
ne israel. they mistook the mere outward sic
Is Of Gods presence for that presence itsel
at and thus In reality trusted in the ARK, an
~ not in God. Like many in Israel later vi
N took the serpent Of brass and began 70 wo
n ship 1t. forgetting that il was only symo
Of an underlying reality, 50 cid these wlck'
m men. Such being the case. no one wonde
cr that their fate was what il was. we a
or rather surprised at the long suffering
=. God in sparng them as long as he d
They sowed the wind and they rcapcd Y
~ whrlwind. 90 Eli rcapcd sad harve'
les His fate was by no means as dark as y
Oh OF his two sons; for though his condu
On shortened his earthly life. he was God
man. Ills utaTt WA> tfVuNt ~ ~ ~ t-sft 1890
=. and safety OF the Ark, even more than
= his sons welfare. Still his end was =
Mt one. and his earthly career ended in Oar
ness Compare his death with the death
~ Joshua. and you will easily realize "a
(Josh "a: 20 81. His sowing in the educ
~ ton OF his sons had been faulty and his b:
In vest was devoid Of any joyful song OF III
me vcst-home Rev. A. r. Schaufilcr.
Nv PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
NJ /. Children may grow up bad amid 90
~. nfiucnccs.
IN 2. In disordcrly families both parents .
au- children are usually TO blame.
nd. 3. God gives abundant time for rope
d 1 ancc.
~ 4. The most sacred religious forms will
- save US without the spirit OF religion.
g. God cares more for the worshper u
cs- for the temple.
led 9. The punishment OF sin viii come 70
ra- time
Z. There Is no escape but by forsaking
re- s. Disobcdicnce TO parents can only or
Ow disaster and ruin.
49, WE are profted by keeping the soul