The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-01
Lesson ", Fourth Quarter, Intcrnn-
uonaI series, December L.

hcmlte, Tor | nave PROVIDED me King
among his sons The last verse Of the
previous chapter shows that, although
samuel camo not near Saul any more, yet
ho clung to him in his heart 1t is
searching question. Am I wholly with
God In everything or do I In any sense
cling TO that which He has disapproyedp
Observe the words II will send, " II have
provided % In -auls case 1t was God in
dulgine the roplc hut now 1t Is God
working and choosing for Hi pleasure
See Ps. xviii 20, lxxxix, 10, 60.
9. Take nn heiter with thee and say,
am come to sacrifice to tho Lord" 1t is
not like Samuel to he afraid OF q man lisa
II, l2), hut the least lack OF fellowship
with God is apt to cause poor vision, aud
trcmbliugs OF heart, and fears and fore.
bodings. Whom God speaks, 1t is not ours
to reason, but simply obey. willing and
obcdicut' are the words for us If we would
oat the good of the land and SEQ tho power
of the Lord lisa. l. l9. He sees the end
from the beginning and always knows
what He will do lsa. XVI, 10; John vi, o.
.. II will show thee what thou shalt
do Here IL sure guidance. Samuel had
only to trust and obey. Tho Lord sends,
provides, shows and namos, and Samuel
watches to sec His way Tho same Lord
Will guide us in all that which He requires
OF Us, aud VIZ may in quietnoss and cont
dcnco dwell with Him for His work Gsn
xxx, 10; | Chron w. 23 As to His
guidance see ps, xxi s; lisa. XXX, 81;
Xviii, L. To enjoy Him and be led by
Him we must be as clay in tho hands Of
tho potter, with no viii Of our own.
4 And Samuel did that which the
Lord spake and came tn Bethlehem, and
the elders OF the town trcmDled at his com
ing There was no occasion to tremble IL
they had been walking with God Tho
cody man can say, What timo I am
afraid l will trust in Thee" Or, better
still, II will trust and not be afraid" ops
lyi, 3, lisa xii, y. Tho Lords thoughts
10 His people are always thoughts OF peace
(Jer. xxx, II; rs. lxN1v, s; John xiv
30. To believe what He says and do what
He tells rs Is always pleasing unto Him.
o. II am come to sacrifice unto the
Lord, sanctifv yourselves and como with
mo TO tho sacrifice He uses tho very
words Of the Lord (yerso y, and in this he
was very snto and right The Lord $ mes.
sengcr should say exactly what tho Lord
tells him. Thus did Jeremiah and Ezekiel
and our Lord Jesus Christ also (Jcr l., Z;
Eek. ii, q i'll, 4, II; John xii, 40) We arc
never, under any circumstances, to lie
but we are not supposed always to tell all
We know TO everybody.
6 surely tho Lord ano!ntcd is before
Him, This said Samuel as he looked
upon Eliah, ,losso's oldest son, but had he
been looking 10 no Lord and watching for
MS message he would not have spoken
mus IL seems 80 easy for us 10 look away
from the Lord and use our own eyes or our
own )uuShcni, but all this wo must con
tehu against ana prdyeriully and patiently
sock ana walt HIS guidance
" Man looboth on tho outward appear
hhoc' nut the LORD looketh on tho heart. "
Not until the heart Is right are we In any
sense right before God. Tho natural heart
or cnrnnl mind, is cumity against God and
i'oNor V'h he mace hctief thon. VIII ~
pu' Whoh we receive Jesus Christ we arc
N,'l" w oo porn anew or from above, and
tu'h we nave now hoart which cannot
MN, WIN inc olu can uo nothing hut sin
lh'' Is lle WORK ol the spirit through the
Motu' y person may he outwArdly all
'ha' can oc doslrcu' even TO moral charac-
VT put tho hoart Is not new heart II
,hriSU Is not thcrc, All else goes for nnught,
funoor 'l"hn " IL, mo whole world is
wrong anu WIZ po tlli lhe heart gets right,
winch Is Israel and Jerusalem, and tho
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10 Neither hath the Lord chosen
TINS me LORD hath noS chosen these.
As thc seven sons of Jesse passed before
samuel tho verdict for each was "Noo
chosen l.ct us bear in mind that this
was question ot service not Of salvation.
for salvation the word ever stands, Him
that comcth to me, Will In no wise east
out tJohn vi, 80. But for service it is
stu true that Few are chosen, not be
cause the Lord docs not want them but
because they do not want Him; they are
not willing to submit wholly TO Him, and
MS Word and His ways; not willing TO
nave Him think for them, and act through
them and live just to please Him in al
things.
II. There rcmaincth yet the youngist.
and behold he kccpcth tho sheep This
was .lcSsc's reply to Samuels question as
To whether all his sons were present or not.
Jesse evidently was expected to bring ri
his sons, but he supposed tho lad David
would not he wanted, aud that WAS lust
whore he was mistaken. II is generally
tho unlikely one that is wanted and tho
unlikely and unexpected thing that hap.
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