The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-02
The SUNDAY SCHOOL.
1ntsrnntIonai Lesson for February =, lveA
--is~ginnIng Of the Hebrew Natios-
IN

Gen f..s
The srcrios or HISTORY belonging 70 this
lesson includes chapters XL and XII
I.IERyES1SG EVENTS - .Rcpppuls zion a
the earth In the three lines, Shcm. Ham aad
Japhc IN. 10 which the races Of met ana thetr
languages are SIN traced ? The Tower Of
Babel The formation Of different languages, and
the dispersion The gencaloyy o. Abraham
TIME Abraham entered the Promised Land
H. G. 1871. AZ years after the h0cd. and 40
years before hts descendants took possession
" H.
Chronology Abraham was born II C.
1866. L e., A. NJ ZOOS, almost exactly half way
between Adam and Christ. Noah died two
years before his birth Abraham left ur about
II c. 1914 aged seventy years lie left Iiaran
and entered Canaan H. q I9ei, aged seventy
five From this date = usually counted the four
hundred and thirty years 70 the Exodus 10
lived In Canaan aud vicinity about one hundred
years. II G. i9slise,
PLACES -Ur. in Chaldca. on the lower part
Of the Tuphratcs Haran. in Mcsopofamla on
a tranch Of the Euphrates, and various parts
Of Palestine. then called Canaan
UR or THE CnALDEEs The ruins OF this
city. called Mughcir. six miles west OF tho
Euphratcs. near where IL Is connected with tho
Tirris about one hund red and Nv cnty-five miles
above its entrance into the Persian gulf Hero
there have lately been discovered bricks bear
linz the mark of an ancient king. Urukh
LESSON NOTES
The Development OF the world Aftcr
Noah. The new race started on y
much higher plane than the former
one. They had learned many lessons
from the old world They had seen the
effects of sin. They had records OF
Gods dealings in the past They stood
on the plane Of civilization and inven-
ton attained before the flood, but with
better purposes and uses
The most noticeable story Of this in
tervcnng time is that of the confusion
of tongues at the tower of Babel, near
the present site of Babylon. The story
represents the beginning of the diver
sity of languages. an act which did
7 not indeed shattcr the one primitive
language into many complete Ian
guares but into the beginnings OF
many. an impulse of the natural devel-
opmcnt of languages. \ very slight
influence only would be necessary
Note an example in Mark Twain's
Buck ranshaw's Funeral" the inter-
views between the minister and the
miner Even those Americans who
first attended a Sunday-school conven-
ton in London felt the need Of an in
tcrpreter, different names being SO
often given to the same thing.
The, First Call of Abraham---l1:31-
Abraham. 1l Name: Originally Abram
thirh or exalted father; changed aft
erwards to Abraham father Of a null
titudc). (al Percentage: lie was the
son of Tcrah. of the line of Shem. CD
Birth: lie was born at Ur OF the Chal-
dees. Il. c. 1896, two years after the death
of Noah. through whom his father could
easily have gained knowledge of the
true God. with him begins . new
cha pter in the history of the race"
Ills Surroundings at Ur.-ln Abra-
hams time the city of Ur. though now
. over one hundred miles from the sea.
was on the shores Of the Persian gulf
Abraham. nodouot. often walked upon
the sands of the seashore, 10 which the
number of his descendants was COM
pared. The city was o great maritime
emporium. a walled town. with high
civilization and "a large commerce; sit
uated in marvcllously rich country.
said to he the original home of the
whcat-plant. and famous for its dates
and other fruits Pomcgranates and
apples grapes and tamarisss grew wild.
The city of Ur was not only the CAPT
tai. il was the holy city of the Chal-
deans The remains make disclosures
regarding the worship OF the gods
which must shock even those VINO are
familiar with the MUNICIPALITIES fire.
Gucnt.y fostcred by heather religions.
The Call.-Tcn generations and more
than four hundred years have passed
since the food. Again man goes
astray and falls into idolatry and wick
cdness. There is danger that the
truth will again he lost from the Garth
and the race ruin itself through sin
I, Another method Of rcdccming man
from that ofour last lesson. is now I'm
/, dcrta.cn. whose beginnings arr
recorded in to-day's lesson. The pur
. pose OF the Most High was to choose {
! man. and in him a family and a nation
TO be his witness upon the earth. ant
, the repository os ancient truths and o
. .cssianic hopes. until the fullness q
!, rcdccming time should come. Through
. the. training Of this family and nation
!. should come the redemption Of tn
] whole world. Therefore God GALES
Abraham to leave his country an'
!. friends and move northward to TIN
I. land of Canaan.
= The Second Call.-For some unknown
4 reason Abraham and his company re
II manned Mt IIaran for a number Of year
= instead of going on To Canaan. Bu
Abraham did not know that lac was &c
ing to Canaan fActs 7:3. Heb. ii:s.l Tn
statement in 1881 that he was going {
the land Of Canaan means that thi
. was the divine purpose. and not tina
I, il was Abraharn's plan lie rename
In ilaran till after his father. Icrah
Z death. and thea the Lord showed hi
!, that he was not yet at the end OF Ia
"a journey.
:, LIGHT ron TO-DAY FROM An AScIEs
:, PILGRIM.
a. The true life in this world is a pa
10 .rrima-c from worldlincss and sin
Is the promised land of holiness an
n Heaven
n. God calls US all TO go on this pilgrim
nc are; To leave all who insist on remaii
II. ~, M 4