El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-13
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VII, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. "a.

Text of the Lesson, II Kings iv, 1887.
Memory Verses, 3a-35-Golden Text, Ps.
Iv, 2e-Commentary by the Rev. ID. M.
Stearns.
25. $50 she went and came unto the
man of God to Mount Carmel" In the
town of Shunem there was great woman
who, with the consent of her husband,
prepared a chamber for Elisha and fur
nished it with bed, table, stool and CANDLE
stick and constrained him to turn in thith-
or whenever he passed that way oversees
S-10). They had no children, and Elisha
in gratitude for their Kindness to him
asked God, and He gave them son. One
day when the lad was grown he was in the
field with the reapers and his father He
was suddenly taken with pain in his head,
was carried home and in a very short time
died ON his mothers knees. She laid him
on the bed of the man of God, shut the
door, called for servant and an ass and
fastened to Carmel to Elisha.
90. "Run now, I pray thee, to meet her
and say unto her, Is it well with thee? Is
it well with thy husband? Is it well with
the child? And she answered, 1t is well. "
Even though our grief be very great and
our heart be breaking, with confidence in
God we can say, 1T is well" We can say
with Eli, 1t is the Lord; let Him do whau
seemeth Him good" Il SAM Ill, lS), or
with Job. "The Lord gave, and the Lord
hath. taken away; blessed be the name OF
the Lord" dob j, 2D.
%. And the man of God said, Let her
alone, for her soul is vexed within her,
and the Lord hath hid it from me and
hath not told me-" GehaZ1 would nave
driven her away, as the disciples woulu
have sent away the mothers with the chill
dren, and perhaps in something of the
same spirit in which they also found faults
with Mary of Bethany when she with ths
precious ointment anotnGed our LORD ana
to their fault finding He said, Let her
alone. There are still those who ma
fault with Others for cl1nSlng too closely
to our Lord, but happy are all whom lie
approves;
%. Then she said, Did l desire son
of my Lord? Did not say, Do not deceive
me?" l suppose she Thought it better
never to have had such Il gift than to have
received him and then when he had taken
hold oil her heart thus to lose him; but she
did not know all Gods plan for her. we
must not judge of Gods ways TIL we nave
seen the end GAS V, IL; Eek. xiv, go
20. Then he said to Gehazi, Grid up
thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand,
and go thy way, and lay my staff upon the
lace OF uhe child inns seems iltule
perplexlng; 1t looks like making nght OF
the case on the part OF the prophet, though
we do not SO judge Better to nave az
once done as Elijah did Il Kings XVII, 2l),
ana as ne a1terward dld- When joshua
MADE llght OF Al and sent only lew men
TO take 1t, they were defeated CONTRAST
Joshua Nll' a. ana N1n, l.
81; AS the LORD nVeth ana as tny soul
h'een VIII not leave tnee- enc ulu hos
see uoo III Uehazi' nor IN hlsna s'aiI,
ou0 she hau recognized uou IN hlsha: III
Is our horu ueslre tha6 he shohio DC So
seen IN US that people may De drawn 10
HIM through us tGal. i, 10, ~: rake the
cases Oh huth, ittal anu Ellshh nIInseiI az
paralIeis IN chhglhS ruin l. TO- IL sam.
A', 81 IL Nihes ii, ~.
81 Ana Gehazl passed on before them
anu ialu the stan upon the lace OF tne
chlld, but there was neither voice nor
nearing. Ohe mas salo, DeilSer US from
oehazls VINO only carry soaH- Ihose
VINO wouid lead oIners 60 iire must nave
iiie themselves. Inc tru1h We use inus1
pe part Oh US not something we holo as
stan III our nahu-
Anu wheh Elisha was come lhto
the house peholo the chic was ueau ana
lald upon his bed when the woman
prepareu tne peu lor the prophet, she Hutie
orealheo 'ha1 sne Wouio ever use IL Ior
such purpose LII uolnS Soou TO ouhers
we are OFTEN making resting place for
our own SORROWS anu aiso place OF ue-
ii t.1, iloi,i .nehi- II ueai.lS VIII 'ile
oi4io o,' t'i 'h0 oooi' o'i' ''io' We II us'
- ~ .it'' 'iey f'f1 ''e',A III ain tSP''
H. y - "iiu mus 10 piaceu III 'iie war hi
es1 y ihpa'hies OIL our hear1s-
ID. ne went IN therefore anu smut the
door upon them twain and prayed unto
the LORD. lie now does as Elijah did.
IL Is goou 10 take tne chliuEen one Dy ono
alohe with Iod. IL is well sometimes to
nave those with US IN prayer who are IN
sympathy, as when Jesus TOOK Peter,
James ana 'ohn' ana the 1ii1her ana moth
er Oh the httlo glrl "hoh lie would re-
STORE 10 NE. III Is at other times wiser TO
oe aiohe Win "ou-
81; Ana he went up ana lay upon the
chllu- Inc verse goes OH 10 Tell just no"
ne uld IL, mouth TO mouth, eyes to eyes,
hands 10 hanus Inc late u H. Spurgeon,
10 whon am ihuepteo TOT many thoughts
ON Ihls lesson, said 'hae TO seretch oneselI
ooWh 10 chllu was the haruesG KIM OF
stretching, but unless we can ma grace To
put ourselves as lar as possible IN the
place OF the chlIdren Who1n we seek 10
In