Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-09-05
THEA SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR SEPTEMBER s.
Subject: death Of Saul and Jonathan,
sam. Nxxi.. i-I3-Goidcn Text, Prov.
xiv. 1..-Mrmory Verses. 6. s-Com.
incnfnrY ION the uar,. iessn;i

XIV. i-e-MtWory verses. q, s-dOm.
incntary>on the bay. Lesson.
l. Men OF Israel Fled 1t is supposed
that the battle was being fought IN the
pain of Esdraelon and that the Israe.ites
fed before their enemies TO the slopes OF
Mount iG.boa. whittier he Phiiistincs fo..
iowed. Fell down s.ai:i. ]; was impos.
SHE for them 10 rally. Saul and his sons
fought like heroes ard no doubt threw
themselves into the forefront OF the hattie,
bat all IN vain; God was against them.
:" Followed hard" The onset OF the
giar,er where Saul and his soas were fight.
ing. Slew >auis sons" iona
than falls with the rest. l. God would
hereby compete the judgment that was to
he executed upon Sans house. .. He
would make Eavids way to the crown
rs that the difiee:ce between good and
rad Is % hr wade II the other word, not
III this Whatever may have been the
character o: the others WHO fe., iona.
iaan fate was not the result OF his per.
sonal trarsgressioa out o: his fathers sin,
si3er ha:-ms nn'y himself. and Tat the
ecod Oxen in tins world suffer be.
cause oi the bad. Al relationships OF lite
have some iGireace Cnoa oar earthly les.
tiar. brt no other is so potent for good or
l.; as that which parent no ds To his
chnd. !;.; II Jonathan IS sad illustration
ri this truth. he is also cheering proof
taat If son rnust safer for his fathers
character he need not walk in that fathers
:o>+s.ers.
II. The death OF Saul Tvs $50. ;.
The archcrs.' The men who sho: arrows
Nth, the bow; .Ht-overworken." Alter
the death OF Saui's sons the archcrs singled
Saul ont and pursued him. Their missiles
were aimed At him ard some Of them
nav have hit him. sore woundcd-great.
y distressed" The Revised Version gives
the correct meaning The word nowhere
means to be wounded as Our version has il
here. He saw that he was the mark Of
fore writhed and Ganlod with terror at
the thought OF falling by such hands
4. Would not" The a-n.orocarer, who,
according to Jewish writers was Doec,
woa'd not weld to Sans entrcaty. II
was his duty 10 rrotcct the King. and he
no; stretch forth his hard AGAINST the
Lords arcinted; the very thought of such
al act flied him wi. fear Fell npon it."
Thrust it through h.mse.i by fa....ing over
upon It. Il is he,ie.cd bv mary from tins
construction 9: the ori=ina'. that Saul
rorhea-c-. u this Re ;rac. then Saul and
Doeg ho.h fell hy that wcano~ with which
tocv had be.1-c rlassqc-ei ihc priests oi
Cod Il Saw. els. This account Of Saul's
Gcc:h Is Gerry way consistent v"ith itse,i
and with Sans character. and is to be
regarded rs nc :T;ie ard an: hertic record
Of the sa"rcd historian himsc'f The story
@. tho Ann exile. who stoe the kings
Gown and h-acc'ct End trovohi them to
David e Sa,a. l:.lci, is to &c treated as
fshrica ~.
5. c. Saw that Sau'." CT lie probably
t-ew the sword from the ',i-cs BODY and
did That Re cor,d 20 sac him. nut it was
to- l2te. he fell" Being answerablc for
tha kings Ike he feared nrn.Shmert; or
from a noble; rrc;ive al trne fidelity. re-
fused 10 survive his .oas:c- $50 Saul died"
The real ground G. Sau''s as: dark act 81
se.f-destructio1 w?s no: the extremity oil
the mor'tr: fo- fear q; insult from the
e.?emy. hut the Gocay ~ his 'n3cr life and
the ccnn'cte severance of his heart from
God. He who wo;i q not icaye the ordering
q his life 20 Cod woa,d ne'.fcr permit
him to order the manner OF his death
Suic,dc Is great sin. !. Note the causes:
ID Not merely accumulated m:sfo-tunes
aard.y. fear OF suffering. 81 Caring more
for DISGRACE than fo- Sin. "a. Abandon.
me5t q. tr:ist IN God. as tn this life and
the futlr" lie. .. Note tic effects: %
Others cd by tire ~~amn'e into the same
s,n. t2l Personal disnonor TO; prevented.
t3) \ browning and ;es;i1- rep-oach to the
mans n'",ncrv. az The eternal loss Of the
"'. - N'A.'
iC;l6: s"T'e ';i:k tE's rcscrs 70 his body.
Rnarcs arI means th:; ;hfy were all Slain;
q ner, 80 ne reter'He" is TO all his
hcwseho.d who wont VITA Nun to the war
ard o. whom his hopes 20: the future
MT -,
IL The i'"'.is'i-cs VI. -: GUS Tvs. 7.l0l.
:. ''thcr sac CT the Val ev The inha5'
ha7iS on the opposite side of the great
va'Iev "i J"zree Inc dist"Ici 10 the north
Is meant, IN Ehich the tribes Of lssacaar.
Ieo,."H ana Aaph'a.i dwe;i; Other side
Jordan The paric, spread even to tie
.aS'tI1 siGc OF the Jordan. Bat possibly
-" nero means OF IN" side 81 the
'"rdan. maj :, IN the district between
the ;ai' eaeif ard :hc river. Fed. Il
was very natural for the pcop.e in the
inoWn> AL ',"a-c there to ;aEe fright and
re- 70. r:d ,hev awaited the. arrival OF
IRE vl"'o'S :n.y MIST; according, to tho
war rsa?eS q n time. have been deprived
eIther o. to-" 49, - i.:e.r lives.
SIT he ih''istlneS found"
~ di>car"r'n- r" t2d.e.. % the king aad
ms sons on the bait c'ie.d. they reserved
, anem ;o:, sreaia; iTf'S";;.:> Cut off.
! ne anoinied c; ''c9ora1 :G-cs no better
nan IN, INC uncircaAc,,ci q ;.'h, now that
30. ...r mas io"saIc'. h.n 70 punish II.