Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-14
international gessolls.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XIII, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. 20.

ter's LessOns-Golden Text, rs. lxxXlV,
IL Commentary by the Rev. D. NJ.
Stearns.
ESsoN 1.-The Kingdom Divided q
l.inrs xii, 16-25). Goldon Text, Prov. XIV,
|, A soft answer turneth away wrath,
but gricvous words stir up anger" Bo-
cause Solomon turned away his heart from
the Lord and worshiped the gods which
his wives worshiped, allowing bis wives
to come between him and his God (chap-
ter xi, 4, 81, therefore the Lord divided the
kingdom, rending away ten tribes and
leaving to his son only the tribe of Judah
(chapter xi, 36) with which seemS to have
been identified the tribe Of Benjamin. The
divided kingdom was the outward of the
divided heart.
LESSON II.-Elijah the Prophet Il Kings
xvii, 1-16). Golden Text, Kings xvii,
16, "And the barrel of meal wasted not,
neither did the cruise of oil fail, according
to the word of the Lord" In contrast to
Solomon and his divided heart here is
man with whole heart for God, ready to
stand before kings or to hide himself by
Cherith, or in the widows house at Zare-
phath, living witness to tho living and
true God, obedient to Him and depending
wholly upon Him.
LESSON III.-Elijah on Carmel Il Kings
xviii, 3O-39). Golden Text, Kings xviii,
SO, "And when all tho people saw 1t, they
fell on their faces, and they said, The
Lord, he is tho God the Lord, he is tho
God" The desire of Elijah was that oil
might know that tho Lord God of Abra-
ham was the God of Israel and that he was
His servant (verse S6). So the desire of
David was that the Lord Of hosts might be
magnified II Sam. xvii, 45).
LESSON IV.-Elijah's Flight and En-
oouragement Il Kings xix, 1-16). Golden
Text, Fs. xxxvii, 7,"Rest in the Lord and
wait patiently for Him." Seeing only the
Lord, Elijah was strong and fearless, but
when he saw Jezebel and her anger he
was weak indeed and fled for his life.
Truly the fear Of man o. woman bringeth
O snare, but looking up steadfastly into
heaven (Acts vii, SOY takes away all fear.
We must not think that we are essential
to God, lest He appoint out successor
(chapter xix, l6).
LESSON V.-Naboth' Vineyard Il Kings
xxi, 4.l6) Golden Text, Elk. Xxx, II, "Thou
shalt not covet thy neighbor's house."
Here is man the very opposite of Elijah
and the God Of Elijah-as man who lived
only for himself and to obtain what he
desired no matter who suffered. He is In
the line Of Cain and related to antichrist,
of whom we read that he shall do accord
ing to his will and exalt and magnify him
self above every god, and sitting in tho
temple of God will show himself that he
is God dan. xi, SO; II Thess. ii, 4). The
Christian magnities Christ.
LESSON VI.-Elijah's Spirit on Elisha
1I Kings ii, 6-15). Golden Text, Luke Il,
is, "How much more shall your Heavenly
Father give the Holy Spirit to them that
ask Him." For salvation we do not Iced
to cling to Christ. When once We have re-
ceived Him, He olings to us and will nev-
or let us 60. But for power for service
and for intimate fellowship with Him wo
much cleave to Him as Elisha did to Eli
jah, never taking our eyes off Him, seeing
no man save Jesus only.
LESSON VII.-Tbo Shunamite's Son I1
Kings iv, 25-37). Golden Text, Ps. ",
90, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and
He shall sustain thee" The boy restored
to his mother from the doad would be
much more to her than if she had never
lost him. God, who gave her this son,
would be more to her also. She now knew
tho JOY not only of the gift of u son, but Of
the restoration OF son from the dead. On,
that we may khow tho Son, Gods Son,
and the power Of His resurrection (PEil.
iii, 10.)
LESSON VIII.-Naaman Healed 1I
Kings v, 1-14). Golden Text, Jer. xvii,
IA, "Heal me, o Lord, and I shall be
healed; save me and shall be saved. )"
All the greatness and honor and might of
Naaman was marred by the fact that he
was leper. All the greatness of earth Is
marred by sin, and there is only one who
can deliver, the God Of Israel, Israel's
Messiah, the Son of God, our Lord Jesus
Christ. AS little child was the means of
directing Saamnn to the healer, SO may
every boy and girl who knows Christ di-
rect others to Him.
LESSON IX.-Elisha at Dothan (II Kings
vi, S-lS) Golden Text, Ps xxxiv, z, "The
angel of the Lord encampeth round about
them that fear Him and delivereth them"
When people take counsel with each other
against God or against His servants, they
arc sorely blinded and deluded by the
devil. Our God sees and knows everything
and has all power and can do everything
(Ps. cxxxix; Job xiii, 2; Math. xviii,
2O). Let US ever rejoice in His presence
and power and in the ministry of angels
and gladly serve Him without care or fear.
LESSON X.-Thc Death of Elisha QI
Kings xiii, 14-2t). Golden Text, Ps. cxvi,
Is, "Precious In the sight of the Lord Is
the death of His saints" Though Elisha
had double portion of the Spirit, yet be
was permitted to die, while Elijah was
taken without dying. Either way it is
gain. They do rest from their labors, and
their works do follow them. The bow and
arrow incident suggests that limitations
in the service of God come from us rather
than from God. The coming to life OF the
dead man makes US think Of the power of
His resurrection who died for us.
LESSON XI.-Sinful Indulgence (Amos
vi, 1-S). Golden Text, lisa. xviii, 7, "They
also have erred through wine and through
strong drink are out Of the way" Ease
and self indulgence are not becoming In
child of God, for "even Christ pleased not
HIMSELF 1t Is our privilege to have
quietness and peace and rest, but these
only in order to serve Him who said, My
Father worketh hitherto, and work, and
~ must be about my Fathers business. "
We are soldiers and chosen to please Him
who hath called us to be His soldiers Q1
Tim. ii, 3, 4).
LESSON XII.-Captivity Of the Ten
T-ibes QI Kings xvii, 9-1S). Golden Text,
Chron. xviii, 9, IF thou seek Him, He
will be found of thee, but If thou forsake
Him He will cast thee off forever" Every
word Of God is true and shall be literally
fulfilled. The Lord testified against Israel
and their sins, warned them of the results,
earnestly and lovingly entreated them to
return to Him that He might forgive and