The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-12-27
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XIII, FOURTH QUARTER. IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, DEC. 20.

A Comprehensive Review OF the Lessons
Of the Fourth Qusrter-Golden Text,
Math. vi, lO-Commentary by the Rev.
ID. NJ. stearns.
LESSON 1.-The Time of the Judges
(Judg. ii, 1-12, 16). Golden Text, Judg.
Ii, Is, The Lord raised up judges, which
delivered them" The people of Israel
were raised up by the Lord that they
might be unto Him a peculiar people for
Hisown possession; that He might through
them make Himself known to others for
their benefit. We cannot emphasize this
too much. nor say 1t too often To this
end they were to be completely separate
from all other nations unto the Lord alone.
The sin of Judg. and II Is that of fellow
ship with idolatrous peoples and conse-
quent oppression, but when they cried un-
to the Lord He raised them up judges, and
the Lord was with the Judge and delivered
them iii, 49,
LESSON 1.-THE Triumph of Gideon
(Judg. vii, 1929. Golden Text, Ps. xvii,
3, "Though an host should encamp against
me, my heart shall not fear" Gideon Is
good sample of the judges; he delivered
Israel from the Midianites and the land
had rest 40 years in his days (chapter viii,
2S). Gideon was nothing in himself, but
the Lord was with him. Tho Spirit of
the Lord came upon him, and his strength
was that the Lord had called him and sent
him (chapter vi, ~, a. IS, 34) 1t Is not
men and women of strength who are need
ed for the Lords work, but such as are
filled with the Spirit.
LESSON III.-Ruth's Choice ruth |, IL
22) Golden Text, Ruth 1, IS, "Thy peo-
pie shall be my people and thy God my
God" All good judges, prophets, priests
and kings We're typical of Him who is the
only Deliverer, the King of Kings, and
now in the book of Ruth the principal
person is not Ruth, but the mighty man
of wealth, who owned the field in which
Ruth CLEANED, the kinsman redeemer
whose wife Ruth became, and because Of
whom her name appears in Math. /, 8. Let
us, with the same purpose of heart that
Ruth had, cleave unto Him and wait pa
tiently till the morning
LESSON IV.-The Child Samuel q Sam
iii, 1-13). Golden Text l Sam. iii, g.
"Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth. I"
Old Eli was not walking with God as he
should have done, and so the Lord raised
up Samuel to judge His people. Samuel
was given to Hannah in answer TO prayer,
and from the lips of Hannah we have the
name Messiah for the first time in Scrip
ture (chapter ii, 10). III. G. Trumbull says
on this lesson that even child may have
place in Gods house, an ear for God S
call, mind for Gods service and mes
sage at Gods bidding.
LESSON V.-Samuel the Judge Ct Sam.
VIII 5-15). Golden Text, l Sam. vii, ~,
Hitherto hath the Lord helped u.s." On
Of t1x.a rI- 20 4 -.
land of the Philistines, Samuel cxhorts the
people to turn to the Lord with all their
hearts and serve Him only. In answer to
Samuels prayer the Lord gave very
manifest answer of deliverance from the
Philistines and they came no more against
Israel all the days of Samuel (verse 13),
for all his days he walked before the peo-
Pile in the fear of the Lord Chapter xii,
2, 81.
LESSON VI.-Saul Chosen King Il Sam.
X, 17-2O. Golden Text, Ps. xcvii, /: "The
Lord reigneth. Let the earth rejoice" Is
rael was chosen that they might be unlike
all other nations in that the Lord Himself
was their king, dwelling in their midst in
the building specially prepared for Him,
and this desire to have king like all other
nations was virtual rejection of Jehovah
ferred to walk by sight rather than by
faith, and weary of God and His ways.
The sin of many today is that they do not
care to be the Lords own possession, but
prefer to be like other people.
LESSON VII.-Saul Rejected G Sam XIV,
1929. Golden Text, Sam XIV, %, "To
obey is better than sacrifice. God gave
them a king who He knew would please
hn m N
choice man and head and shoulders above
the people (chapter tx, p and had he been
! as fair to God as he was to the people il
had been well for him and for them, too,
but he proves disobedient to God in order
to please the people Verse 24), and yet pro
fesses loyalty to God.
LESSON VIII-The Woes of Intemper-
ance lisa. V, 1929. Golden Text, Isa. V,
IL, "Woe unto them that rise up early in
the morning, that they may follow strong
drink. Although this seems like di-
gression from the series of lessons for the
sake of "a temperance lesson, yet we have
over again the same troubles as we found
in the judges and in Saul, "They have cast
away the law of the Lord of Hosts and de-
spised the word of the Holy One of Israel
(verse 24). The sin of intemperance was
only one phase of the self life which they
lived.
LESSON IX.-David Amounted King q
Sam. xvi, 1-13). Golden Text, Sam. xvi,
z, MAN looketh on the outward appear
ance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. -
Having INDUCED the people with king to
their liking, He now will give them man
after His own heart (chapter xiii, 14) that
Is in the matter of the kingdom; one who
will prefer to please God rather than the
people; one who will sit on the throne and
rule the people as the Lords representa-
tive.
LESSON X.-David and Goliath q Sam.
xvii, 3S-51). Golden Text, 1 Sam. xvii,
AZ, "The battle is the Lord's.' To mag
Nifty self is one thing, but to magnify the
Lord is wholly different matter. Goliath,
as q mighty man of the world, magnifles
his mighty self; Saul protesting to be a
servant of the Lord yet seeks to magnify
himself, but David has no thought of him
self and seeks only the honor of the God of
Israel, whom Goliath was defying.
LESSON XI.-David and Jonathan Ct
Sam. Xxx, 32-42). Golden Text. Prov.
xviii, "a, There is a friend that sticketh