The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-07-03
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
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for " Ing.

THE LESSON TEXT
q Samuel S.l-lc)
20 Aha y came TO pass. when Samuel "a
slo. mat lie made his sons judge w.
Now the name OF his frstho,,
!oss' and The name Of his second Am
my wef' judges III Heer.sheb..
- AHo ms sons walked not III his MANS
~. tuficl aside after iucrc. and lool
o.pts, and perverted judgment.
80 ihsn all the elders d Israel gather.e
themselves together. ana came 10 Sam,
unto hannah. -
=; And said unto him. B,holc tLou Ar,
~, "ho my sons walk not In fhl WAYS.
~" make us "A king 10 Judg, us IKE al
~ But TIC thing displeas,d Samuel, when
aA'y sad; give Us a king 10 indr. ~
a.. s.-Aue. prayed unto the Lord
And The lord sad unto sanus,.
1'aIhsh unto the voice of the people in
=. sL..t lacy say unto thee, for lLey hay.
~ rejected Thee. but they have rejected
tA't should not reign over them
according 20 all the works which tht,
I've eoi since me da, that brougAt Il 10
~ ~ q Lgipt even unto this DAY. wL,l.-
I'm shty Lave iorsaken Nc. and served
...e! bous. 20 do they also unto ;hee
Sy". ~ ereioie he arksn unto tle.I
th'in and shea them the marii.tr " tn
nat shan reign over thtm
~ And samuel told all III. "a prds . n.
~ uhso he people that asked Of I'm
GOLDEN Ti;NT. Prepare you,
te"rss unto the Lord, and serve Him
"niy.-i sam. .::,
~ Ill NE Or SCRIPTURE SECTION
a1SSss 4ol.sees the kingdom. A., ut l....-.,
as'ae. ia Samuel Tins u. sam & tand
Ae q mand for a king...........fsa sam N.l-s
e.'.'ee. !,Tgiesis but acNeGes. Il sam. ~
NOTES AND COMMENTS
NOSES lorcsees the kingdom.-At
re close Of his long life Moses called
Tie lsraelites together and delivered
mem me statutes aud Judgments
~ winch they were to conduct their
.lFes ana The fairs II III. nation Ia
iAe land INTO which they we're about
- enter. In the course OF thes. in
fructiors NOSES foretold that after
Tie nation was well settled in is ne,v
home il would declare. ~ win -,
hlnS over mo. like as an lhe MAJ
Tons mat are about me" When this
Turning point in the national Life
should occur, Moses Went on to say.
.aisNcr the circumstances Israel
Was I" make him king whom tie
Lord thy God nall choose" and this
KING was 10 be a brother. that II M.
ssrariite. and not foreigner. This
&ing should not keep great stables OF
hsrses wherewifh To make a great
n'silay, nor marry many wives whc
would turn his heart from his p,ople
aAn M God. nor gather together in
ordinate riches. but he shN0 ID write
down a perfect copy OF the law and
should "read therein all the DAYS nf
his he hat he may learn to fear tn,
LORD and 10 obey implicitly TO the
En-! that he may rrolong his DAYS II.
ms kingdom he. aud his children. in (
ne midst Of Israel
Israel in samucrs Time Hunters
I ~ inclusive vf Samuel are large \
~ occupied with the remarkable
.fcry If the loss aud recovery If The /
ark Of the cove ant The Jews. a.
appears from the record had come
- neglect Jehovah and 40 follow +
alter the worship Of strange rods
=, led Iaalm, and part icularly Of one
ailed A~htaroth. They did adhere 4
t. the true religion la !. formal WAY 4
but even that adherence was super
stltions and impious. When The
itilistincs came against them IL j.
related that the Jews had The two
wicked sons ~ the aged Eli bring
The ark Of the covenant into the field
~ battle. thinking that the emblem
~ JehoNahs care would save them
from defeat. Not only did defeat
- t.. n
Huwe,er. il only brought plague and
disaster 10 the cities Of the rhilis.
iiIes. Restored finally TO the Jews il
was rot until put into the keeping Of
ne sanctified that ii meant blessing
'rr community or nation. This in
iuent gave Samuel the opportunity
% cali back the Israel iies 10 the
enr OF the true God, for which pur.
'cse the Israelites we're assembled AZ
'iizpth. The Philistines. fearing this
,T.at gathering was for the object
Z throwing off the Phlistine yoke.
rccipiiated matters and were de
Gated.
The Demand for King.-rwentv
ears rolled by with Samuel still
t-'. tif'upH ld tltlIN tAtEflS'fu ms
iowers through his two sons. These
"ns. like Els. did not follow in the
~ ght ways Of their father. So the !
sraelites eompla med Of the miscar-
In ce ~ Justice. II occurred to them J
HAT the fault wN in the system. {
Wy not have. "a king instead Of a
fH gc2 SO they came TO Samuel de- {
ls nairg n king on the ground ~ his !
rg. II III" wrong doing Of his sons.
nd because TO have king was the !.
llS tom ~ al the other nations. We !
an only note very hastily that :
hcugh displeascd samuel PRAYED 10 Z
cd over the matter. God showed
arnucl that the Jews had not reject
j Samuel but God. They had come
Samuel Ia have him name the king :
\ constituting Samuel the "power
ehind the throne" But they had not
ns idcred the righteousness Of their
emand. nor indeed the natural con :
squences. So upon Gods command !,
amuel acceded to the cry for n king. !,
NJ warned them that human king !,
a. not only liable to failure. bur !,
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