The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-03-30

Jsseb's Prsvsillss Prayer : osa. -
O-ls. $3.50.
Especially Arranged iron Psloubss's Nosssl
GOLDEN TExf-I viii NOS let thes 60 esespA
thou bless mc.-Gcn INA
TrNR-Ths twenty % forty years OF Jeeooo
Me q his uncle LabaaA The common rsckoor
Ing from Gen q :so-Si. makes the period twenty
ycara But Dr. Kennicoss thinks that tho
sweaty yoars menstoned ~ he two versee erc
Dot IL sane years.; bus saas ne verses snoolo
taking eare Of Thy noekA but moth Thy fouseD;'
another swcnty yoasUI waa tor myself N ny
house serving shee fourteen years Tor my two
Daughters. and six years for thy castle' In1ei
would make his stay With Laosn sorsy 49,
tween tho sale Of the birthrighs and iss oestow-
n on Jacob 90 that the present dstc y the
Same BY either mode Of reckoning
DArR IN C. ITO OF l7to Twenty o. forty
years after the vision - Bethel our 'sss rssS!
lar lesson
PLACE -Peniel or Penuel (thc face Of Ccdl.
on tho north bank OF the stream Jabbok. when
enters the Jordan from the ease about ne!s'
vay between the Dead sea and the See OF Gal.
lice Pcnicl va q the foraa proosoIy sou's
fifteen or twenty miles cast Of the Jordan
JACOB IL now ninety seven years old He has
twelve children He has become richer than
his uncle Lsbsn. and Il On bis way back 70
Palestine.
IsAAc IL stnl living 1s:97:O. blind. feeble
generally thought that Rebekah Was not living
1compare 2j:to with $50. Rebckah's nurse
would not probably have left her mistress
while she Was living to Join jacobs family
LESSON NOTES.
Life at Padan-Aram.-Aftcr his vision
1t Bethel. Jacob continued his long
Journey to Mesopotamia. As he APP
preached the town of Haran, he found
his cousin Rachel caring for her fathers
sheep. Rachel was probably twelve or
thirteen years old at this time (seo
Conder's Tent Life in Palestine). This
would make her nineteen or twenty a.
the time Of her marriage. Thus intro
duccd, he enters the service OF Laban.
morries his cousins Leah and Rachel,
and in course Of time becomes the
father of eleven sons. Let Us glance
at some OF the helpful thoughts sug-
gested by thi period Of Jacobs life.
The Expulsive Power Of Supreme
Affection. Jacobs seven years serv-
ice for Rachel seemed to him but :
few days for the love he had
to her. This il the secret OF
happy service everywhere. 1t 10 love
that makes life low smoothly and
happily. 1t Is equally true of our service
Of God; Il Il blessed when love TO Him II
deep and strong Goethe's dying words
were: more light" Our words of life
IRE: more love-"
; Returning Home.-In some way God
smoke to Jacob, and summoned him to
return home (Sl:s). His present life
was but nm episode. preparation His
true position was that of heir OF the
promises, the inhcritor OF the promised
land, tho channel for the Kingdom OF
God. He must not stay too long away
He may become perverted In his re-
ligious life. He had learned all he
!, could here. Jacob was becoming too
contcntcd in that strange land. Like
Ulysses and his crew, he was in dam
ger of forgetting the land Of his birth.
and the promises of which he was
heir.''-Mcycr Circumstances pointed
in the same direction. Life with La
. bans family was becoming serious
. trial. He could no longer live in peace
!. with him.
!. The Value Of Changc.-For most
: people some decisive change OF life
:, some breaking away from old scenes
I, and habits and associations, as by mar
rage, change Of location or business
e often begins an era OF enlargement
l. and development.
y The Hour of Need--Jacob left Ia
i. ban ut Haran, and with his wives. chill
q dren. and wealth and flocks, sent on
a. ON his long journey Of four hundre
N and fifty miles He had many reason
e. for anxiety. "a He left Laban secret
" ". fearing that he would refuse 20 lie
q. Rachel and Leah 60 with him. an
4" that his flocks and herds would be d.
n. tanned. He knows that Laban hs
n been dishonest with him, has ''change
d! his wages ten times" and that alou
e. would make Laban dislike him. W
d. do not like those we have wrongc'
.e. Then he had INDUCED in many shaE
ii. practices toward Laban. That all
on would make Laban hostile to hin
lot Laban pursued after him. but final
lse they made q covenant OF peace, ~
in that danger was over. (a) His me-
is; trouble was from his brother lisa
we who had become wealthy chicftai
4 a and whose territory lay between Jacs
ed and his home As he drew near Pale
ew tine. on his way to the fords OF q
'ed Jordan, he sent messengers 70 .
n brother; but no answer was RETURN
save that Esau was coming to me
him with four hundred trained .
err dicrs. He was exceedingly afraid a
'or. distressed Ills family and flocks b
ALL no defense against such an attack.
ion brother offended is harder to be W
isis than a strong city" Esau in his w
! in life may have been one OF those Nv
AXE have broken all the commandment
APP and have been almost sorry there we
ore not more commandments to breal
ban go Rcmorsc and guilt intensified
oil anxiety and fear. He knew he
e to wronCcd his brot cr, and even fol
Gus years of absence could not wash
For fact away. Many Of his rast trans
just tons came before him and sat hes
Mr. upon his soul"
Is, PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
ION. The stains and effects OF sin are
r'ot wiped away by Time, nor forgeti
maj ness. nor all Of them even by forgi
ness
was God leads us on to earnestncss In
IN der that we may be prepared to rcce
axe better blessings The best things
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