The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
LESSON Vlll, THIRD QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. %.

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/ OF Tekua. employed By Juah Dc os--lt tss, I
| TO Jerusalem and cweli two Years VITA
| out reconciliation % ~ tAthes- z.te- "a tl,1
| through Juab's iuicrcssSs-o1- ths 40 Re-
came reoonciled O. hlm, saW A-rl Au1
| kissed him (chapter Az, > $50
| g And Absalam rOse ~ 0E-lF Ard
| stood beside the war ~ thg Csts. Ihr tx
preston rose up cary signifies CrHli
| earnestness and Is used -uAEF I-mcs ln
| Jeremiah concerning eTod uuwa&riRa
| earnestness in urging Hls pe-lle to ropoIi
and turn % Him. IN lsz n. q. "a h usga.
as here concerning the alrnGstress az the
wicked for here We see A tsal1-1 iu TIRE
place % public Gatherings. kindly Creai-
ing the people who came 81 THE king o.
have their wrongs rightsi and seeking 10
turn their hearts from his fsthsf - 1ll1-
self The self seeking % the natural hear1
Is often seen IN those who seek 20 savEucH
themselves, no matter who j. orurfhrJvrl
but when This j. seeu in a SOD against Is
own father then The devil : surely oa.Es
special work.
3, 4 "Absalom said. moreovs,, on.
that l were made judge IL the land Et
speaks Of the justice that be would SHOW
II he were made judge in the land, tut II
should not require much penetration &C. see
that a man who would trJai rs cVE
father a. unjusily a. be was nCU dlzrg
would Dot D. likely % d. justly - arr
one unless IL might happen O. ss-Vs L-s
1xn ends heard only thi. week c. q So
s.Cr who ssiC thsI - p1,.l.-z1- -
"a ks bold - I-z--EF w.;.--1 CTS 5zr--r
so~ i might alec as 1rr- -l---ri-1- ---=
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t1sl we car 1s-F 80 Al I've ---1 E11.
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t1e men 20 Isfs@- T---e Vas -1r . -rer
boxing r-a1 IL al is-8e- telsr-=r XIV. -1L
t-r psrEz-s El1- ore I.-l a t-3czer heart.
90 Favor i cere.tfc. and beauty &. vain.
bur "a meek and quiet spirit j. 10 the
sight q GUd q great price, and it is the
heart, not the outward APPEARANCE, that
God looks upon prov. XXX. 80; Pet. iii,
I; sam. xvi, -. When the king kissed
AbsalOm xiv, 33), IL was the loving kiss
Of a heartbroken father welcoming his
erring son, but these kisses Of Absalom
were more like the kiss Of Judas when he
betrayed his Master, for every one was
stab at his fathers heart. There are those,
even in this day, both In the church and
out of it, who by good words and fair
speeches deceive the hearts of the simple"
:. Let me go and pay my VOW, which /
have vowed unto the Lord in Hebron"
The margin of the II. V. says probably
after years, not 40 years. But what
liar he was and how desperately wicked
there was murder in his heart, and that
against his own father, yet he seeks 10
hide il under "A pretenso of paying a VOW
unto the Lord, while all his vows must
have been to the devil rather than to the
Lord. Hebron was his birthplace, but it
was also the place where the bodies of |
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob lay buried and |
that his wicked heart could speak of He |
bron which signifies fellowship and car- |
ries us back TO faithful Caleb who fol- |
lowed the Lord fully, shows how hardened |
in sin he had become.
s. IF the Lord shall bring me again in. |
deed 10 Jerusalem, then l viii serve the |
Lord. This, he said, was the VOW which |
he had made TO the Lord while in his ban
ishmont at Geshur If David believed his |
son, as he seems to have DONE how com |
forted he must have been by this evidence |
Of his sons repentance. How little he |
thought that with such words from his
sons lips the father Of lies was in his |
heart.
9. And the king said unto him, Go in |
gives him a fathers blessing, but there
was no peace in that foul heart covered by |
80 fair an exterior, for "Thero is no peace, |
'aith the Lord TO the wicked" lisa. lyii,
~. Peace was within his reach, as it il
within the reach of every one who has ever
heard of the Prince of Peace, but it can
,ny become the possession of those who
IRE truly penitent and sincerely submit to-
4 i'm aG fhoir GaVinrr md ,wd 4
work of righteousness shall be peace, and
he effect of righteousness quietnoss and
forever" lisa xxi, 10. $50 he
arose and went To Hebron -
TO- "Absalom reigneth in Hebron"
With profession of devotion To God on his
fps and his fathers blessing sounding in
lis ears he goes forth TO carry out his
levilish designs against his father. The
PROCLAMATION which he caused to be
ounded forth was equal to his saying, IL
hereby rebel against my father and drive
lin from his throne" David so under
TODD 1t, for he said unto all his servants
Arise and let us fee, for we shall not else
scape from Absalom," and the servants
aid, Behold thy servants are ready TO do
whatsoever my lord the king shall ap-
oint" oversees IA, l5). Contrast the con-
uct of the kings son with that of his
ervants aud Of Ittai the Gittite in verses
o to 81.
IL. They went in their simplicity, and
hey knew not anything" This is written
{ the 200 men out of Jerusalem who went
With A bsalOm. If we would follow Jesus
n this spirit, simply trusting, not know
NJ nor desiring anything but His will,
THAT blessed people we would be and what
Tory He would get through us, but to fol-
wv a leader like Absalom thus blindly Is
he way to ruin. There are many nowadays
Tho rebel against the word of God and ye!
ave many followers who know nothing
God, but what they hear from others
hey are too simple.
L. Tho people increased continually
18th Absalom." How thoughtlessly tho
rowd will follow popular leader. How
iultitudes turn away from the God OF
ruth and His dear Son to listen TO an In
ersoll. IN all directions and on all sides
n increasing multitude is following the
ne whom Absalom followed and who |
ould love to destroy Jesus Christ, the
ing Of kings, and His followers But the
anlb shall overcome and they VINO ar
18th Him are called and chosen ana faith
ii. David returned In due time, and SC
Ill the Lord Jesus. Let US be patient and
Iithful.
A Terrible Strain.
Son-If you think l can be newspa.