El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XIII, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. 26.

LESSON 1.-The Kingdom Divided q
Kings xii, 1920. Golden Text, Prov. XIV,
l, "A soft answer turneth away wrath,
but grievous words stir up anger" Be
cause Solomon turned away his heart from
the Lord and worshiped the gods which
his wives worshiped, allowing his wives
to come between him and his God (cbap-
ter XII, 4, 81, therefore the Lord divided the
kingdom, rending away ten tribes and
leaving to his son only the tribe of Judah
(chapter XII, 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 q Kings
xvii, 1-16). Golden Text, Kings xvii,
10, ''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 n whole heart for God, ready TO
stand before kings or to hide himself by
Cherith, or in the widows house at Zare
phath, a living witness to the 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,
80, And when all the people saw it, they
fell on their faces, and they said, The
Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the
Cod The desire of Elijah was that all
might know that the Lord God of Abra-
ham was the God of Israel and that he was
His servant (verse 36)- So the desire of
David was that the Lord of hosts might be
magnified Il Sam. xvii, 45).
LESSON IV.-Elijah's Flight and En-
couragement II Kings xix, 1-16). Golden
Text Ps. xxxvii, z, . 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 or woman bringeth
a snare, but looking up steadfastly into
heaven (Acts vii, 55) takes away all fear.
We must not think that we are essential
to God, lest He appoint out successor
(chapter xix, 49,.
LESSON V.-Naboth' 5 Vineyard II Kings
xxi, 4-l6). Golden Text, Elk. Xxx, II, Thou
shalt not covet thy neighbours house. y
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
tho 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 the
| temple of God will show himself that be
| is God dan. XII, So; II Thess- ii, -. The
| Christian magnifies Christ.
LESSON VI-Elijah's Spirit Elisha
| II Kings ii, 6-i5). Golden Text, Luke xi,
| l3, .'How much more shall your Heavenly
| Father give the Holy Spirit to them that
| ask Him" For salvation we do not need
| to cling to Christ. When once we have Re
| ceived Him, He clings to US and will nov
er let US go. But for power for service
| and for intimate fellowship with HinAwe
much cleave to Him Elisha did to Eli
| jah, never taking our eyes off Him, seeing
| no man save Jesus only.
| LESSON VII.-The Summarizes Son Oh
| Kings iv, 25-37). Golden Text, Ps. ",
| %, Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and
| He shall sustain thee. The boy restored
/ to his mother from the dead would be
much moro to her than if she had never
| lost him. Cod, who gave her this son,
| would be more to her also. She now knew
| the joy not only of the gift of son, but OF
| the restoration of Il son from the dead. Oh,
that we may know the Son, Gods Son,
| and the power of His resurrection! phil.
| iii, lO.)
| LESSON VIII.-Naaman Healed Oh
| Kings V, I'D. Golden Text, Jer. xvii,
| IA, Heal me, o Lord, and I shall be
| healed; save me and 1 shall be saved -
| All the greatness and honor and might OF
| Naaman was marred by the fact that be
| was u leper. All the greatness of earth is
| married 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 Naaman to the healer. may
| every boy and girl who knows Christ di
| rect others to Him.
! LESSON IX.-Elisha at Dothan Oh Kings
| vi, S-lS). Golden Text, Ps. Xxxiv, z, "The
angel of the Lord encaInpeth round about
them that fear Him and delivereth them. -
When people take counsel with each other
| against God or against His servants, they
are sorely blinded and dcluded by the
devil. Our God sees and knows everything
and has all pow er and can do every thing
| FPS. cNXxiX; Job xlii. ,; Math. xviii,
20). Let Us ever rejoice in His presence
and power and in the ministry of angels
| and gladly serve Him without care or fear
i LESSON N.-ThC Death of Elisha Ql
Kings xiii, 14-25). Golden Text, Ps. cxvi
10, precious in the sight of the Lord is
| the death of His saints. Though Elisha
| had double portion of the Spirit, yet he
| was permitted to die, while Elijah was
taken without dying. Either way it is q
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 NI.-Sinful Indulgence (Amos
| vi, 1-S). Golden Text lisa. xviii, :, They
| also have erred through wine and through
| strong drink are out of the way East
| and self Indulgence are not becoming in L
| child of God, for 'cven 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, anC
81 must be about NY Fathers business. ,
| We are soldiers and chosen to please Hin
| who hath called us to be His soldiers III
Tim. ii. 3, A.
LESSON XII.--Captivity of the Tel
| Tribes (II Kings xvii, 9-IS). 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 TO literally
fulfilled. The Lord testified against Israe
| and their sins, warned them of the results
earnestly and lovingly entreated them t.
return to- Him, that He might forgive anG
heal and bless them; but they would moi
hear. Therefore He did unto them Ht
had said III Kings xvii, 23). Every one
| of us must give account of himself tC
God" (Rom. xiv, I2): Our works will bt
| approved and rewarded or rejected, anC
we suffer loss Il Cor. iii. IA, 15) Are we
| living as if we believed it? He will have