Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-11-08
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VI. FOURTH QUARTER, IN
T-RNATtQNA' C-Gl-j, NOV. 10.


i Commentary Inv tbe Row H. NJ.
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II. "And Snmucl called tho neonIe to-
rpthcr unto the Lord tn NIiznch ~ Israel
was chosen To he "A spccinl peoDlc unto God
above all ncoule ON thc earth. scnnrnted
from all others unto the Lord. that He
might sbey through them who and what
He was. that thus all nations mipht know
Him for their rood lex. xix. \ 6: Dent
vii, s; II sam. vii. 2O. When therefore
they desired to be like other nations Il
Sam. viii. ., POI. they went right contrary
to the will of the I.ord for them. Samuel
told them inst how thr kim they desired
would treat them viii. ll-lqD. but they
insisted on having their own WAY The
steps by which the Lord BROUGHT Saul to
Samuel are fully recorded in chapter tx,
and the first part of this chapter Y, and
form ono of the most interesting. instruc-
tive and practical of all Bible stories. A
precious nugget which enjoy and love to
pass on is found in Y. Z, DO as occasion
serve thee. for God is with thee"
Is. "Thus saith the Lord God of Israel.
| brought up Israel ont of EuvDt. " The
surgcstivcncss of Mfzpch was seen in orr
last lesson. aud there the pcuple saw the
power Of the Lord on their behalf. Now
they are again before the Lord. but turn
ing their backs upon Him deliberately in
order to be like other nations He reasons
/ with them concerning their conduct. re
minding then, of His love to them when
/ they were slaves in Egypt and how He de-
livcrcd them from all their oppressors.
They should therefore consider that they
were His property. "a people for His own
| possession Crtus ii. If. X. W. and that
/ He and not they should have the right of
deciding mall things concerning heir wei
fare
10 eye have this day rejected your God.
/ who Himself saved YOU out of all vour
| advcr-iic les and your trlbulation-. " sam
/ ucl at first felt that they had rejected Him,
but the Lord said, "Thcy have not rejected
thee, but they have rejected Me. D." and lie
added that i'm doing as they had done they
were only treating samuel a, they had al
ways treated Him (chaptcr viii. :. 81.
When Israel murmurcd. it was not AGAINST
Nose, and Aaron, but against the Lord
/ (1x. xvi s.. See the application to us in
Luke Y rs, and let us consider well that
all that touches the Lords ucoplc touches
the Lord Himself Czech. ii. \; Acts tx. /.
81. and all rebellion or complaining ON the
part of Hi people is against Him.
20, II. "Whcn they sought him. he could
not bc found 80 All Israel presented them
selves before the Lord by their tribes. and
the lot was cast for the tribe and Tor the
family, and for the man, and the result
was that Saul the son of Kish. of the tribe
of benjamin was taken, but he could not
be found. God knew the man whom they
would like and had chosen such one for
them, and now He guided the lot to bring
him before them, for The lot is cast into
the lap. but the whole disnosinp thereof is
of the Lord" CProv. xvi. 33).
%. "Thc Lord answered. Behold he hath
hid himself among the stuff" The word
translated stuff has nine different mean
ings given to ii in this book alone 1t is
translated furniture, armor, carriage. ar
tillery, weapons vessels things. etc. some
where and somehow, and for some reason.
Saul hid himself He knew through sam
uel that God had selected him (chaptcr Y.
u, and knowing this it was "A becoming
thing not to put himself forward. but let
all see that he had no hand in the election
1t did not cost him n ucnnv for votes. tho
ulncn souUbt him, t,,t a., . ~, ,.l,..., WI.