Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-07-08
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Jsly IL. I9O3-ssal Chosea
King.
THE LESSON TEXT.

| THE LESSON TENT
| Il Samuel l0:Is-27)
| H. And Samuel called the people to-
| gether unto the Lord to Mizpeh;
is. And said unto the children OF Israel:
| Thus saith the Lord God of Israel:
brought up Israel out OF Egypt. and de-
| livered you out of the hand of the Egyp-
tians. and out of the hand OF all king
doms. and of them that oppressed you:
| 49, And ye have this day rejected your
| God. Who Himself saved you out OF all
| ye have said unto Him: Nay, but set Il
King over US Now, therefore. present
| yourselves before the Lord by your tribes.
| and by your thousands.
| % And when Samuel had caused all the
| tribes OF Israel TO come near the tribe OF
| Benjamin was taken.
| Il When he had caused the tribe OF
| Benjamin TO come near by their families
| the family of Matri was taken. and Saul
| the son OF kish was taken: and when they
| sought him. he could not be found.
p. Therefore they inquired of the Lord
| further. If the man should yet come thith-
| err And the Lord answered: Behold he
hath hid himself among the stuff
| %. And they ran and fetched him thence !;
and when he stood among the people. he
| was higher than any OF the people from
| his shoulders and upward
u And Samuel said to all the people:
| See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen
| that there is none like him among all the
people? And all the people shouted and
| said God save the king
| q. Then Samuel told the people the man
| ners of the kingdom. and wrote it in a
| book. and laid IL up before the Lord And
| Samuel sent all the people away, every
| man TO his house
%. And Saul also went home to Gibeah:
and there went with him a band OF men
| whose hearts God had touched
| q. But the children OF Belial said: How
| snail this man save us! And they despised
| MIN, and brought him no presents. But
| he held his peace.
GOLDEN TENT.-Tbe Lord Is our
King; He will save us.-Isa. :,:i:22.
| OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
| Sauls meeting with Samuel. II Sam 9:l-24
saul anointed king. ..........l Sam g:-5-l0:S
| oaut changed man...........l Sam. 1876.
| 9aui MADE king .......l Sam. l0:i1-.1.
| IlME.-The eleventh century h. &. The
| exact date is uncertain.
| fLACE.-Mizpeh. supposed to be hill
| town tour miles north of Jerusalem and
| ABOUT TWO mites south OF Ramah, where
| Samuel lived
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Sauls Meeting with Samucl.-The
whole story of the selection of Saul
to be king of Israel would ON Il cas-
nal reading. appear to be series of
mere casual happenings. and chance
| certainly does enter into the episode
but no more, we venture to think.
than in the lives we all lead. 1t is to
be carefully borne in mind however.
] that chance while it may come upon
us by surprise, is not an accident in
the Divine economy, bat part of
| the plan of Providence. That is TO
say that in our partial know ledge, or
almost total ignorance, there is such
Il thing as chance, but looked at from
| Inc nfh N-ia
| omniscience and omnipotence. what
we call chance is precisely and mi
| nutely ordered. Now, it CHANGED that
Saul was off on search Tor his fathers
| asses, which had wandered from
their accustomed haunts. 1t also
Glanced that his search was i'm vain.
| 1t Glanced that by the time Saul
| concluded IL useless to seek longer
| they were not very far from the
| town in which Samuel lived, and, fur
| Their. that SauHS servant remembered
that the man of God might direct
| them. That is the human side. Now.
| from the Divine side ii seems that
God told Samuel that he was to meet
at certain specified time a man
| like Saul, who was to be anointed
by Samuel as king of the Jews. Much
| TO Sauls surprise upon meeting the
prophet, the latter outdid the former
| in the Difference shown the other
Indeed, Saul was not treated as the
| stranger that he was but as the king
he was to- be. Then. after this un-
| usual and unexpected hospita lity.
Samuel told the young Beniaminite
| that he was the chosen of God to be
| the king of Israel.
| Saul Amounted King. 49, The next
day Samuel had some further con-
versation with Saul. and then accom-
panied him little way on his Jour
ney. Walking thus out of the vii
| lage. Samuel requested Saul to send
his servant on before, that they
might be alone. This wa sdone. and then
oil was taken by the prophet and poured
| over the head Of the future king. and
solemn kiss sealed the ceremony
| saul was then told that the Shirt of
the Lord should come upon him. and
| mat he should he, mt least for a time.
rs one of the prophets.
saul Changed Man.-It is record
| ed that no sooner was Saul alone
! again than God gave him another
| heart and when on his homeyvard
way he met company of prophets
! the Spirit Of God came upon him.
and he prophesied among them" This
| was an evidence Of the new heart.
because Saul among the prophets so
| impressed the people. who evidently
were not unfamiliar with his past
life. that it became saying among
them: as Saul also among the proph-
cts? -
Saul Made King.--Tn due time Sam
uel called the people together to Miz-
peh TO formally select a king. Then
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