Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-17
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON TX, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 29.

| NATIONAL SeRleS, AOG. 20.
Text of the Lesson, II Kings vi. s-1s.
Memory Verses. 15-17-Goldan Text, Ps.
xxxiv, documentary by the Rev. D. NJ.
Stearns.
8. "Then the king Of Syria warred
against Israel and took counsel with his
servants, saying, In such and such place
shall be my camp" From the story Of
Cain and Abel onward all the characters
in the Bible are either for God or against
Him and are seen either leaning upon His
wisdom or upon their own. But the bor-
rowed ak at the bottom of the river tells
the condition Of all men apart from God
All are lost and helpless to recover them
selves, and how can such think to do aught
for or effectuully against God? The stick
that caused the iron to swim and be reoov-
cred is, like the tree cast into the waters
of Mara, suggestive of Him who is the
Tree Of Life, who only can recover lost
souls or make bitter waters sweet.
9. "And the man Of God sent unto the
king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou
pass not such place, for thither the Syr-
ians are come down" Surely the Lord
God will do nothing, but He revealeth His
secret unto His servants: the prophets
(Amos iii, y. AS He told Samuel about
Saul whom He would send to him to be
anointed king and also told him what
would happen to him the day he left him,
adding, "Do as occasion serve thee, for
God is with thee," so He sees the end from
the beginning Of every day for each Of us,
and If we leave our way with Him He will
bring it to pass and order our steps to His
glory and to our highest good.
10. "And the king of Israel sent to the
place which the man of God told him and
warned him Of and saved himself there,
not once nor twice" Thus illustrating II
Chron. Xxx, 20, "Believe in the Lord, your
God, so shall ye be established; believe
His prophets, so shall ye prosper" There
Is nothing on earth SO sure as the Word Of
God, for 1t is forever settled in heaven
FPS. oxix, S9), and, though all else may
fade and fail, the Word of our God shall
stand forever Elsa. xl, s..
II. "Therefore the heart Of the king Of
Syria was sore troubled for this thing, and
he called his servants and said unto them,
Will ye not shew me which Of us Is for the
king of Israel2'' For unless there was q
traitor among his men, how else could his
plans be made known to his enemy? Thus
reasoned the king of Syria, for he knew
naught but human wisdom, and yet he
knew that the inourable disease of hprosy
had been healed in Israel, and was it not
possible that one who had connection with
such power might also be able to reveal
secretsp
10. "And one of his servants said, None,
my lord, o king, but Elisha, the prophet,
that is in Israel, telleth the King of Israel
the words that thou speaketh in thy bed
chamber. Can any hide himself in secret
places that shall not see himp saith the
| Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earthp
said the Lord (Jer xiii, 24). Thou COM
passest my path and my lying down and
art acquainted with all my ways, for there
| is not q word in my tongue, but, 10, o
Lord, Thou knowest it altogether. Yea,
the darkness hideth not from Thee, but the
night shineth as the day; the darkness
and the light are both alike to Thee (Ps.
cxx1ix, 8, 4, l2). 1t was one Of the serv-
ants who told the king about Elisha, and
| it was the servants who persuaded Naaman
to wash and be clean.
IS. "And he said, Go and spy where he
is, that may send and fetch him. And
| IT was told him, saying, Behold, he is in
Dothan." How blind and stupid people
are whe know not God Even the devil
himself seems at times to act like perfect
fool. Might not the king Of Syria have
said, "Well, IL this man somehow knows
my secret plans and tells his king, there Is
no use in my trying to get him, for he
will know that am coming and can hide
himself from me-" But he is blinded by
his master, the devil, and goes heedlessly
on, bent on his own purposes.
II. "Therefore sent he thither horses
| and chariots and a great host, and they
came by night and compassed tho city
| about" He must have felt that Elisha
was more than an ordinary man or he
would not have thought it necessary to
send such host to take one man. So he
does the best he knows how to get his
man, and to be more Sire Of taking him
he does 1t secretly by night, so that no hu-
man eyes can SEQ what he is doing, for he
knows nothing of Him to whom the dark
ness and the light are alike.
l5. "And when the servant Of the man
of God was risen early and gone forth, be-
hold, an host compassed the city, both with
horses and chariots And his servant said
unto him, Alas, my master, how shall we
do?" In two cases we have seen servants
wiser than their masters, but this servant
does not seem to have profited as he might
| by having such master. Even our Lord
had to say to one Of His disciples, "Have
I been so long time with you and yet hast
thou not known me, Philip" John xiv, 81.
16. "And he answered, Fear not, for
they that be with us are more than they
that be with them" Here is faith seeing
the unseen. Moses endured as seeing Him
who is invisible. The things seen are tenn
poral, but the things unseen are eternal.
Happy are those who have learned to see
the things that are invisible to ordinary
eyes, who like Stephen, look up steadfast-
ly into heaven and see the glory Of God
and Jesus and find comfort in His words,
because live, ye shall live also" John
xiv, 19). God would have His people with
out fear, and a prayerful study Of the
"fear nots" from the first one in Gen. xv,
/, onward would greatly tend to this hap
py state of mind which would be very
much to Gods glory.
II. "And Elisha prayed and said, Lord,
I pray thee, open his eyes that he may see.
And the Lord opened the eyes of the young