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ting ever you.
IL II We viii fear the Lord. and ssrve
Him and obey His voice. ana not reoei
against the commandment OF the Loro-
then shall both ye and also the king tnet
roigneth over you continue following Tue
Lord your God;
t. But II ye will not obey the voice OF
the Lord. but rebe. against the commano
ment Of the Lord. then shall the hsno o.
the Lord be against you. a. II Va assinst
your fathers
L. Now. therefore. stand and see tLis
great thing, which the Lord will DO before
your eyes
II. IL IL not wheat harvest today !
will call unto the Lord. and He shall sens
thunder and rain. that ye may perceive
and see that your wickedness Is great
which ye have done in the sight OF the Lord.
In asking you king.
IS SO Samuel called unto the Lord. ana
the Lord sent thunder and rain that DAY.
and all the people greatly feared the Lore
and Samuel.
10 And all the people said unto Samuel.
Pray for thy servants unto the Lord tiny
God, that We die not for We have added
unto all our sins this evil. to ask III .
king.
I - And Samuel said unto the people:
Fear not: We have done all this wicked
ness: yet turn not aside from following
the Lord but serve the Lord with all your
heart:
q And turn We not aside; for then
should ye go after vain things. which can
not profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
q For the Lord Will not forsake HIS
people for His great names sake. because
It hath pleased the Lord to make you His
people.
q Moreover. a. for me. God forbid
that | should sin against the Lord u
ID /
! you the good and the right way.
4 "a Only fear the Lord. and serve Hlnx
I In truth with all your heart: for consicsS
how great things He hath done for you.
4 Is. But II ye shall still do wickediy. 80
shall be consumed. both ye and your king.
GOLDEN TExT.-0nly fear the Lord.
and serve Him IN truth with al your
! heart.-1 Sam. 1894.
OUTLINE OF sCRIPTUREsECTI0N.
(, Saul defeats the Ammonites.. Il sam l.l-l1-
Kingdom firmly established i Sam. n:z-iS-
Samuel integrity -....l sam. l-.l-o.
How God deals with His people -....-...-
Observation-Disclosures. Sam. lz..-ls-
A promise and a warning. .-..l sam lz.le--
! Saul Defeats the Ammonites.--lt
appears that Saul did not immedi-
ately take upon himself either the
duties or the responsibilities OF king
ship. 1t seems to have happened"
that when the Ammonites threat
ened the people of Jabesh-Gilead.
the report came to the town where
Saul lived Saul still. in spite of his
new dignity, acted ms the herdsman.
Coming up after his herd, he learned
the news, and. ike the man he was.
he was filed with patriotic anger.
Jabesh- Gilead had just . week to get
ready for the struggle. Saul had
practically no following, and some
thing had to be done, and donequickly
In this emergency the untried king
sent his faithful few among the peo
pie to say that destruction would
come upon those who refused TO heed
the call of the king. The loyalty o.
the few. and the fear Of the many
brought 70 the front 100000 men. and
the Ammonites met with utter oe
feat.
The Kingdom Firmly Established
The quick action of Saul. and TIM
great victory resulting made the M
, ton willing to accept the new king
, as ruler in deed. as well % In name
, and where as before the refusal o
some to accept Saul as king. wen
unheeded, now the enthusiastic crow
, wanted TO put them TO death. Blu
Saul was magnanimous. and prevent
ed the threatened slaughter. Sau
; now having shown himself capable o
being king. Samuel again called tn
, nation together, that the kingdom
|, might be firmly established. and fur
ther took occasion to say some need
full things to the people OF Israel
, Samuel's Integrity.-Frst Samue
, called upon the people TO testify .
, his own integrity of character. Sam
|. uel. like the other prophets. coul
perform miracles. one Of which w
have recorded in the latter part o
the Scripture section which we ar
studying. hut the ability to perforr
, miracles is not the greatest testimc
NAL To his prophetic mission. bu
that, in what we term those uner
ligNtened times. he should have main
: tanned the integrity Of character {
} refuse TO "reccive any bride 3
: bind mine eyes herewith" as he him
self publicly declared. and TO tn
/ truth of which statement all gave rs
: sent. This more than all shows hir
4 man of God
A Promise and Warning The mil
scle above referred to was the bring
, ing Of rain in the harvest time duI
: ing which season rain never come
in Palestine. Seeing this. great fes
fell upon the people. and they bega
> to repen, that they had demanded
! king. Samuel told them to fear no
4 but TO turn from their wickedne,
and serve God. II they should ser'
I God all would be well. but 'if VI
I shall still do wickedly. We shall
: consumed" This truth was borr
ont in after history. and. indeed. sue
is the common experience to-day. !
dividuals or nations rush to destru
J. ton and decay. II God is forgotte
but blessing crowns the leading
; Divine counsels.
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