Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-05
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
LESSON j. FOURTH QUARTER. INTER-
RATIONAL SERIES. ocT. 6.

Te1t Z. Lesson. Jpdz. II. E-is. 10 Mem
orr Verses. II. II, is Golden Text.
Judg. ii. esrsassntsry by the Rev.
d. N. stesras-
l, g Ye haze nat ,s,cyed My voice
Why hsye se done tsis The summary OF
the 81 ek 81 .Eadas /; so2nd in Acts xiii,
%, sAnsi afses shas lie gaze hcin judges,
about the s;ssee af ~ years, gatil Sa.nrcl
The pFophcs - II is. Ell, 81, So. 80,
They DID III d,~i<py the nations CON
,erning vs:isi.e he Lost commanded them,
but wezs Eaiug.tsl aaleng the heatlsen, ard
iea-ned ts.ss:. warkk iscr~forc was the
wrath Q: the L ~sss &tnd;,si against Ills pco
plss isiseassirA Ian Ia a >horrcd His ewn
Inheritance lf3 c5;assaands were plain,
bat they wsSc siisaiSSsFnt, and thus they
hindcrea Tim fslsa Slowing Himself
strong % TER isss;-aii i Chron. xvi. o.
AT least sixthres iai Judges ! it is said
that ditIeTcsSt tTiis~ Til nat drive out the
inhahisa ants; asca, lie visit Of this angel
Iof the Logs. - Soy tlae'a tl.cir sin, and II
possible, Ia. tis-a tal,.r Lord. All the
history Ct is:5Alii IL. picture ct tic
general ssgirss}es' iVl'csees at the pres
emit time siidssi.i IL. IS, and contrast
with the III CASTER - Him who is Gods
! Only Bcgotsun. l.c could say, II delight
TO DO Thy WIN o my God . Il do always
those things ahat please Him FPS Il, s;
John viii, sD.
8. sThcy sail bs as thorns in your sides,
and their gels shall DO q snaFa INTO you. "
Tim only WAY for those who would follow
.iossis i 10 Deny self AID take up tho
lrross. ~ ssis)ye net the world, neither the
things that arc in the world. = Yet many
! who say they are trying to liSc Christian
life. ask II they cannot Rad a good novel
occasionally, and onaa inawhile attend the
/ theatcr and dance just a little, ctc,f They
/ shy, We must haze relaxation and recrea-
I ton, aud where shall we find lts''
f. The people lifted up their voice and
I wept" They were, Us people. much Civ.
en- to murmuring and rebclling and weep
I ing How much sorrow tiern u IN their
weeping because thoy cannot have theiF
own way, or hoys riuch real sorrow for
sin oaly God could tell. There Is way Of
! fullness Of icy which you win ilnd In JOHN
Ky, II; John /. (. Eoa. ~, II, hut IL
can only be found in complete separation
| to God and to Hisi who gayo up all fof as.
s.s"AHd they called The namo ef that
I place Bochin, erd they sacrificed There
unto the Lord" Hochia signifies the
weopess' and is found only hero and In
verse |. Israel's days of weeping are not
] yet over, but the time will come when in
/ Jerusalem the voice cf weeping and crying
shall be heard no more lisa. l&y, 1917. Then
shall they truly receive Him who is the
l'only sacrifice far ain, even Tho Lord ,ipsps
Christ, their Messiah izsz;h. xii, TO- xiii, 4
lisa. TX, 90, 2t).
4 Q, 7. And tho people served tho Lord all
the days Of Joshua, We ROW turn back
to the last days OF Joshua and ara remind
cd of his heart searching and soul stirring
farewell address, in which he showed tho
iihpossibility OF serving the Lord unless
they meant it with the whole heart. All
service must be in sincerity and In truth;
all worship must be in spirit and lii truth;
al must be 'sunto the Lord, with single
eyeto His glory tjoshua xiii, II John ~,
I af; Col iii, 90. 24). Some helpful words On
1 service are also found In | Thcss. Ii, 4 !;
Gal. i, 10, Not as Pleasing men, but God
who trioth our hearts, III l yet pleased
men, | should not DO the servant of
Christ" Tho people in ,Ioshma's Jay serFs
ed in sincerity and possessed and enjoyed
the land, and the Lord who gave them tho
4 land SO shall we cnjcy the Lord and all
4 the riches OF His grace II we win serve in
sincerity and truth.
s. And Joshua, the son OF Nun, the
servant Of the Lord, died, being an hun
/ erpd and len years old This verse and
4 thonext are almost identical with Joshua
xiv, 20, 90, and tho Holy Spirit docs not
repeat without a reason He says, "Yo
! shall know that l have not done without
cause all that have done" (Ezck xiv, 23)
What better cpitaph could any one have
than, =" A servant Of tho Lord Consider
the beginnings Of tho New Testament cpis-
ties and 500 how tho writer's delighted In
I'this title.
8. "And they buried him in the border
Of his inheritance in Timnath- here's. Hu
4 having gone out 10 be with God, where ho
has been well and happy over since they
laid his body away till the resurrection
Death is an enemy which holds on TO the
bodies of the saints rs longas possible, but
he cannot harla the soul for when lie
/ touches the body he only sets tho soul free
to DO with God.
10. fAnothcr generation which know
not the Lord, nor yet The works which He
had done for Israel " This makes us think
of "the new king that knew not Joseph"
and of the one WHO said II know not the
Lord, neither win Jet Israel eo' Tx /,
8; V, y. There Is difference between
knowing about tho Lord and knowing the
Lord. These people certainly knew about
Him and His wonderful works, but had
they known Him they would have trusted
and served Him (Sce John xviii 81.
II, And tho children of Israel did evil Ia
the sight OF tho Lord and served Baalim.n
Baal ireans lord or master and is often
used In the plural as here. Baal and Ash
torcth were the chief male and female
deitics of tho phnnicians and Canaanites
lisa. XVI, IS, might sum mp all idolatry,
90 Lord our God, other lords beside Thee
have had dominion oyer u.s. Many of ug
must make the Same confession, and IL Is
well for us when wo can add, "But by
Thee only will we make mention OF Thy
name.
IL. "And they forsook the Lord God.
See also verse IS, and chapter vi, 10, 10.
The prophets have much 20 say about Is
rael forsasing God. jeremiah expresses IL
forcibly in chapter ii, 49, when tho Lord
by his mouth says, My people have com.
mittcd two evils; they have forsalSen Me-
the fountain OF living waters, and bowed
them out eisterns, broken eistcrns, that can
hold no water" The contrast 80 forsaking
IS TO 'clehYe unto The Lord tDcut. XXX,
10, 20; Joshua kill, 8; Acts XII, 23). A
knowledge Of the Lord and Of His great
love to US will lead us to clcaye unto Him
with purpose Of heart. The only way is to
g BE filed with the Spirit, - then we Will
not forsake Him.
16. Nevertheless the Lord raised mp
judges which delivered them out Of tie
hand of those that spoiled them Many
times did flo deliver them but they pro-
yolcd Him with their enlnsel and were
brought low for their iniquity. Neyerthe-
less lie regarded their nfIiietion when lie
heard their cry Ops. ovi, 10, ~. The story
Of the book Of Judges is that of disoDedi-
encc followed by oppression, then weeping
and pcnitence, then deliyemnce and rest
until they disobcyed again. 1t makes us
think Of Rom. vii and makes as long for
tho rest and victory Of Rom. viii. Let US
be willing ard obcdient