The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-08-31
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON *. SEPT. Il oENReis
20; 1925.
asldsa Tent Blssssl Are tbs ePerrs-
naksns. for They shall Be Called tAs
Chndrsn o. God--Matt o. e--Isaac
ths Psacemnker.


Isaac born at Beershebs. B. C 1896
Experience at Mt Moriah. 2. C. k'i' >
years of age.
HIS mother Sarah died al Hebron. b
&. 1852 years OF age
Married 20 hebekah at Beer-Lahni-
hoi, B. G. 1856. 40 years Of age.
Birth Of Jacob and Esau 3. c. 1855 =
years Of age
Death Of bis father. buried near He
nron, =. G. is1, % years Of age.
Experience a. peacemikef at Gerar, 3.
e. lsq4 q years Of age.
Deceived as % the hlrthnght a. Beer
aheba. p G. 1850, 1856 years Of age
Death Of Isaac at Hebron. b. e. lil6.
lao years of age.
Fiaoe.-Most OF Isaac's life was spent
IN the Negeb, that is 'The southi-at
beersheoa, As miles southwest Of Jerusa-
lemi At Beer-Lahai-Rol. 60 miles south
west Of Beershebai al Geraf. 20 miles a
llttle northwest OF Beersheba; az He
Dron, 70 miles nearly south Of Jerusalem.
4 His Early Life-Isaac was born al
heersheba. b G, 1856. His father. Abra-
ham, was 100 years old, and his mother
Sarah, % years. His half-hr0ther Ish-
maei. fhe son OF Hagar. was % or u
years old az This time. Isaac was the
son Of promise. his birth having been
isas made 10 Abraham Ia the line OF the
blessings which were 20 bless al nations.
iI HIS Marriage.-Isaac was married
when be was 20 years old The arrange
menta were made by his father A Mo-
hammedan tradition is quoted BY Pro
lessor Dods az expressing the Oriental
feeling in regard TO the marriage Of q
son. when a son has attained the age
Of % years hts father II able should
marry him, and then take his hand and
say, 4 have disciplined thee. and taught
thee. and married thee. ] now seek re-
fugo with God from Thy mischief M the
present world and the next" The WOO
ing is beautiful idyl Of olden time.
III Isaac, tho Peacemaker.-Vs. ii-25
Sarah. his mother. died three or four
years before his marriage at the age Of
~. and was buried in the cave OF Mach
pelah. near the Oaks Of Mamre al He
bron. which Abraham bought for a bur-
playground. Abraham lived thrty-eight
years longer, and died y. c. 1921, al the
aHe Of ilb. and WAS buried beside his wife.
He died IN the faith Of a heavenly coun-
try (ideb. II. 1910. not only In heaven.
but city OF God on earth beyond his
most glorious visions. After his fathers
death there came a famine IN the South
Country where Isaac lived. and he
moved twenty-five miles 70 the west, and
settled 10 Gerar Of the Philistines In the
lowiands near fle Mediterranean Here
he prospered 20 much that the Philis-
tines enYied him
'l6 And Ahimelech." A Phillstlne king
a. Gerar. go from us" Because there
was likely 20 be trouble from the Philis-
tines, whose temper was against pros
porous foreigners growing rich IN their
country. A modern example Is the ex-
pulaion Of the Jews from several cOun-
tries Of Europe FOR tho same reasons.
~. Isaac departed thence" Isaac was
a man Of peace. Though stronger than
his enemies, he yielded his rights. for the
sake Of peace; and ne found that "the
meek shall inherit the .-.th." Pitched
his tent" "Encamped7 some
times to military encampment and to a
more settled habltation than the common
term for nomadic tentlng "The valley
Of Gcrars' Or the wudy-the undulating
land OF 0erar uhouEht 10 be the
~. Dlgged Ia the valley" new well
was now dug by fsaacs servants. This
was Isaacs right "Of springing water"
Hebrew. OF living waters 3. e., OF run
ming water. rare, and unusually precious
for It's cool freshness and for being per
ennial
20. The herdmen Of Gerar did strive"
eto. The phllistines claimed the well be-
cause Il was In their country. and lsaac's
herdmen claimed II because they discov-
cred and dug the we'll Called the name
Of the well Esek" That is, contention or
strife.
~. Another well. sitnah Hatred.
spitefulness. From the same root with
sitnah Is derived Satan, an adversary, or
hater.
"22 Another well; they strove
not '1saao left the valley"
~. Lessons from lsaac's Life and Char
acter.-1. The tendency Of such nature
as Isaac's Is to be too dependent ON 9TH
ers; and parents wishing 70 shelter their
children too much from burdens and re-
eponslbillty do not always train them
into their best possibilities. They allow
too much OF "the clinging vine. and not
enough Of the sturdy oak. But even "the
ollnging ylneH bears good fruit Isaac
was dwarfed and weakened by growing
up under the shadow OF Abraham" but
all this tends. as IN lsaac's case. 20 the
atunting OF the man himself Life ia
made too easy for him" Many a son OF
a rich man or OF a strong man, conduct
ing a large business has been greatly
injured by not having responsibilities
thrown upon him.
q Isaac was man uf faith. but IN
many respects great contrast 70 his
father He was patient hut not enter
prlsing and powerful He was devout and
submissive but not active aul 'reaniz-
ing IN Gods service. His life was un-
eventful. almost monotonous. He has
been called "thc Wordsworth OF the Old
Testament" We nnd IN him "those re-
nned sensitive, pleasant. passive virtues
which make tender and helpful the home
relations. and which are the grace OF an
social intercourse. "Eventful lives train
large. commonplace. taking. but rough
elements Of character" THE uneventfui
lives are the spheres In which are trained
the fine. delicate gentle. divinest ele-
ments Of character in such silent
fashion as that IN which the soft breath
o. spring wakens the iower-music 0f the
earth"