The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-03

April s. .
LrssoS TEXT - Kings s;-io.
Golden TExr.-O that men Nould praise the |
Lori for Ills goodness and for His wonderful
works 70 the childrcn 81 mcn- Pa iOsaN
CENTRAL TRrTn-TEc Lord Is ever ready 20
help His people in times Of need
TixE-iietwecu Il G. sscssi. during the
reign ~ Jcnoram.
PrAcE-Samaria tho caritai 81 Israel
Hrfrs own HARD PIAcEs-l" Hear Sc tbs
word o. the Lord kiisha's prayer for Iehser
ancc had been answered 'Tomorrow ABOUT
this time In TN course ~ inc morning ~
sia. "A measure" About nine quarts In
The gate Of Samarla:' Tne open space around
the gates was used a. o mark = place = Then
q lord:" Probably q military of-ieer. On whose
hand IN king leaned An eastern custom vas
Tor 4 king 10 lean on The arm ~ the hisncn.
courtler prcscnt Behold thou smart See
This unbclicslng captain would b. permitted
l, see the truth Of The prophecy. but he should
taste none of the food a Pour lcprous men;
Men with the leprosy. i Let Us fAll unto tne
host ~ the Sgrianss Go over % the -lrAn
camp: fan away. for desert - coinrncl ~ In
glish also. s. And they ruse up IN Nv
twil.rhf.r The shades ~ the evening
AZ. gisl. .U,tsrmost part % the camp" The
boundary mex; to me city. 8. ''rlr Lord had
made the host 81 the Syriars t0htar . noise
NJ. cycn tile noise 10 a great host Inc %
sei-crs thought thcy heard ms nosse - -
marching arnics frosl tie north aud sonih'
they thought tho kings 81 the Hitti'cs from the
north and the Egyptians from tAe sor'a had
come 20 ISracis rescue = -wAcrcforc thy
arose anl ned.- NOT even waiting % take theAr
| horses. 4 when Three lepcrs dd eat
/ ana drink. ~ Tlry satisfied their OWN waAls
ana sccrrted treAsu-es tcs The future y I'VE
do no, well:" Their cQnscirnce waS troubling
them ana tacy realized their own scihshncss.
some mischief viii come upon n~t Infy
would b. fonal ont AMI prnisnci ID They
called unto the porter" A guard q the
city. n. And he called the portcrs.' he
the rest Of the guard 70 tell them
the news II. And the King arose ~ tne
night lie had probably been vaEins and
watching. II viii now show yoa what re
sxrians have lone:~ The king Was suspicious
ana believed 4 trap hal been laid 70 eaten
them. IL. Behold thcy are as tbs multitude
OF israeli They would b. no worse ~ ,nAn
those who stayed Ia the city and starved -
They took therefore Two chariot horses t-e
proper rendering j. two horse c'iariots' mean
inr four. nve or six horses. IS They went
after them unto jordan The syrians hal No
by he great road which crosses the sori&r
abou, thirty-lye miles northeast OF 5lnsrlA
ia. And the people went out and Spolea ~
tents" Gathered The treasures out Ok me icnt2
..Accorainr 70 the wo-a ~ the Lord. Ihui
again we're the prophetic words u Elisha III
nIled in the mos. public man ner.
LESSON n
Our lesson Is a series of five pictures
each one with its own instruction. Tn
first L the siege Of Samaria n its hor
rors. This is the fourth attempt mad
bv the king OF syria 70 capture Sanari'
and All failed. This time. and also once
before. the attempt was made 70 rcduc
the city by starvation such a eours
was a long and tedious one. as a cit.
often had a large amount Of supple
: laid in in preparation for such . time
> However in this case the attack seem
/. To nave been unexpected p no pr.
: vision had been made. The peopl
1 were soon driven to such extremitle
! that they paid almost any price for eve
the poorcst kind Of food. Many simils
r cases 70 this are on record. The poop
4 had been warned Of this punishmer
q for disobedience beforehand tDeut- !.
52-56)
The second picture presents Elisha
his home in Samaria- In this hon
q were c~oDgrcgated the pious elders
2 Israel. praying with Elisha 70 uod I
n the fulfllment Of his promise TO say
g the people from the hands Of the ~
ans. Here i. was the kings messenger
who had been sent 20 bchc2d Y
prophet. found him Then il was IN
Elisha proclaimed Gods promise
N speedy deliverance.
&c The third picture brings Us to :
u flight Of the Syrians- God not on
o. kept His promise Of deliverance. 2
scattered the armies Of the >yrians
T. quickly that they fed. leaving oehi
is them everything, even their horses q
nd cattle. 50 the people Of Samaria had
I'd abundance Of supplies 70 feed the sta
r ing.
"a Now comes the relief Of the city
is quietly. although in great haste. !
mt the Svrians lcf. their camp that !
on even the lepcrs sitting outside the 9
IN gates knew Of it until reaching u
IRE camp
ng voxv comes the last and saddest
re- ture Of them all. the tragedy 81 unpci
an The great captain who mocked
he Elisha's prophecy OF plenty was
az. pointed 70 have charge Of the gate
in the city. THE city gate was the pi
de- where customs were paidfor cveryth
that was carried into the city; an
was probably 70 the duty OF coiiec'
In the tolls that he was appointed. =
he was n place Of honor rather thar
me. danger. II would give the captain y
on his guard specially good opportunit,
de- receive ofthe spoil. Sothat the prop'
Of his fate by Elisha would seem :
syl- most unlikely Of fultllmcnt- But
and way Of seeming safety was the
am way 20 the fulhllmcnt q the propn
and stili. there IS no little reason lot
BY lieving that II was Intentional
and captain of soldiers could easily kceT
eral az the crowd. The expression =
iule 70 indicate intentional violence
oba- hans this lord. whose manner seen
,ers. have been naughty and scornful
liam ~. gave ofrcnsc by his treatment .
by crowd In the gate the hooking
nave tain was troddcn 70 death by the
lille Die. 80 that lie saw the plenty. on
,cral not partake Of it. This may have
/ To accidental: for the excitement
have heen intense. and the crowd
that dcn.e.
racts PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
1 % 1. God sends Ills judgments 20
-AA II.