The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-07
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
sSssos II tho international sssoM
dOr August .. IOo3-Davta
aad Goliath.


THE LESSON TENT.
Il Sam, 1850
y. And Saul armed David with his o..
nour. and he pun an helmet Of brass upon
his head. also h. armed him with a coat
OF mail
~ And David eirded his ord upon his
armour. ard he assayed 10 GO: for he had
not proved a. And David said unto Saul.
l cannot 20 with these: for have not
proved them And David put them or him.
~ And he took his stan In his hand. and
chose him flys smooth stones out OF the
brook. and put them In a she pherd's beg
which he had, even IN a scrip. and lis sling
was In his hand. and he drew near 10 the
Palestine.
a. And the Phlllstlne came on and drew
near unto David: and the man that bare
the shield went before him.
q And when the Philistine looked about.
and saw David. he disdained him. Tor be
vas but youth. and rudy. and Of = fair
countenarce.
a. And the Philistine said unto David
Am i dog. that thou contest TO me with
slaves, And the Phiiistine cursed David
b. his gods
" And the Phnis,lne said TO David. come
20 ms. and ! will give thy flesh unto the
fowls Of the al. and to the beasts OF the
ne.c
# Then said David TO the Phiistine
Thou CONTEST TO me with a sword. and with
spear. and with a shield. but | come to
thee IN the name OF the Lord Of hosts. the
God OF the armies OF Israel. whom thou
hast 5efed
Vs. This day will the Lord deliver thee
Into mine hand; and ! will smite thee and
take thine head from thee. ard Will give
he carcasses OF the host Of the Philistines
this day unto the fowls Of the air. and TO
he Mid beasts OF the earth, that all the
m ~ - & 60 a.
israel
A.. And all this assembly shall know that
the Lord saveth not with sword and spear:
'or the battle is the Lords and He viii
give You into our hands
A. And II came TO pass when the Phil
!stine arose. and came and drew nigh TO
Oeet David. thar David hasted. and ran
toward the army 70 meet the phllis,ine.
~ And David put his hand In his bag
and took thence a stone and slang H. and
smOte the phi.istlne In his forehead. that
the stone stuck into his forehead and he
feil upon his face to the earth,
GOLDEN TENT.-If Col he for us,
who can be against uss-Rom. s.3I.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
The Phl!.stines' champion. i sam. Il ILL.
Dav.f's sight OF GOLIATH Sam. l5.l2-1
D-rid. champion Of Israeli Sam. i1:3l-37.
David's weapons. Sam. i7:Ssp
DAWN triumph .--......-....1 sam. i1.fl-ie
Tue Pni-.stines routed.-.....l sam, IL 70 g.
TIME. -Probab.y about 1865 l.. &.
PLACE.-The frontier between Phiiistia
and Israel became known as Ephes-eam-
min. the boundary OF blood" = constant
was the border warfare Here In the va.e
OF Elah. al a place called Socoh. the events
Of this lesson occurred. II was ten miles
from Bethlehem. the home Of David and
eight miles from the Philistlne city Gath
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Battles among the ancients often be
gan with single combat between
selected champions. the agreement
sometimes being made that this en-
counter should settle the Issue al
stake The Philistines proposed this
plan TO King Saul. for they had with
them Goliath of Gath, a giant nearly
ten feet tall. heavily armed and al
most invulnerable. Twice a CAV for
40 days this son of the Anakim"
strutted forth and shouted his boast
full defiance to the Israelites. challeng-
ing them 10 single combat-to the
great dismay of saul and his followers.
This was the state Of things when
David reached the battlefield He saw
the boastful giant come forth for his
daily challenge. lie saw the cringing
dismay Of his countrymen. His blood
boiled as he listened to the unavenged
insults 10 his country and his God
That such a heather should success.
fully defy the armies Of the living
God" seemed 10 the young patriot
great calamity.
Though his earnestness was ridi
culed and rcbuked by his older broth
ers. IL was soon reported 10 King Saul.
who promptly summoned David before
him.
The distracted king eagerly accepts
David's offer. neither riGiculing his
youthful appearance nor noticing the
inconlruity ~ the shepherd boy
wearing his own massive suit Of ar
NOR. with his apparel" The cloth
ing specially fitted TO be worn IN
der armor The fact that David could
wear SauI's clothing at all suggests
that he was full-grown perhaps 20
years old. "Assayed: Tried Doubt-
less David had never before worn ar
NOR and did not know what an en-
II would be TO him. espe-
cially in such a combat when his hope
must he in his own agility as well as
in his trust in God "His stan
and his sling" The only weapons he
knew he could use. The staff was more
properly club. These. with bows and
arrows. were doubtless the weapons
~ most Of Saul's army SINGERS have
always been famous In Syria. and espc-
cially in The tribe OF Benjamin Judges
,0:i61) Past experience il present |
power David's sling had not been
die during the long days with the
sheep. He became expert with II
hen
Thus meagerly but appropriately
equipped. David clambered down the |
ravine between the hostile camps:
hen crossing the rushing brook. that |
still winds along the Vale Of Elah to-
lay. he began 70 climb the steep ascent
On the other side. The disgusted giant
curses the stripping antagonist he sees
approaching him. and boastfnlly dcfies
him.
The faith OF the invaders was solely |
n their doughty giant. When he fell, |
hey fied without further rarley. and