Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-07-01
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Lesson In the International series
for July =. 1oo3-isrncl AsLias
for King.
THE LESSON TENT.
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90, that ne made his sons judges over
= Now the name of his hrstborn was
Joel. and the name OF his second. Abiah:
They were judges in Bcer-shcba.
J. And his sons walked not in his WAY :.
but turned aside after lucre aud took
orioes. and perverted Judgment
4 Then all the elders OF Israel gathcrcd
themselves together. and came to Samuel,
unto Ramah.
.. And said unto him: Behold thou arr
oId. anu thy sons walk not in thy ways
now make US King TO Judge Us like all
the nations
.. But the thing displeased Samuel. when
,hey said Give us king TO Judge us
Ana Samuel prayed unto the Lord
I. And the Lord said unto samuel.
hearkeh unto the voice OF the people in
a.. thsit they say unto thee. for they have
nor rejected thee. but they have rejected
Me' mat should not reign over them.
D According 10 all the works which they
have done since the day that brought them
up out OF Egypt even unto this day. where
WIN thcy nave iorsaken Me. and served
otner gods. so do they also unto thee.
NOW, therefore, hearken unto their
voice. howbeit yet protest solemnl,--unto
,hvm and shew them the manuer OF The
KING mat shall reign over them
~ Ana Samuel told all the words of the
L1iu unto the people that asked OF him
GOLDEN TENT. - Pr..,rc ,.ur
hearts unto the Lord. aud serve Him,
only sam. 5,:s
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
Moses ioresees the kingdom. Deut. i7:Ii-o,
!r"" 81 Va samuel time. Il sam 10 sand :.
rue demand for a king ......i Sam S.i5
samuel protests but acCedes 4 sam 500
NOTES AND COMMENTS
moses Foresecs the kingdom.-At
the close of his long life Moses called
the lsraclites together and delivered
10 them the statutes and judgments
hnN
lINcs and the affairs of the nation in
| the land INTO which they were about
10 enter In the course of these in
structions Moses foretold that after
the nation was well settled In its new
nome At would declare: II will set
KING over me. like as all the ma
lions that are about me" When This
turning point in the national life
should occur, Moses went on to say.
Whatever the circumstances Israel
was to make him king whom the
Lord Thy God nall choose" and this
KING was To bc "a brother. that is nm
lsraciiic. and not foreigner. This
KING should not keep great stables of
horses wherewith To make a great
display, nor marry many wives who
would turn his heart from his people
and his God, nor gather together in
ordinate riches, but he should write
down perfect copy Of the law and
should read therein all the days of
his life that he may learn to fear the
LORD and to obey implicitly ito the
end that he may prolone his DAYS in
his Kingdom. he. and his children. in
the midst of Israel"
Israel in Samuel's Time Chapter
to inclusive OF Samuel are large.
~ occupied with the remarkable
story of the loss and recovery of the
ark OF the covenant. The Jews, as
appears from the record, had come
To neglect Jehovah and to follow
after the worship of strange gods
called Baalim, and particularly of one
| called Ashtaroth. They did adhere
to the true religion in formal way
but even that adherence was super
stitious and impious. When the
fhilIstlncS came against them IL is
related that the Jews had the two
wicked sons of the aged Eli bring
the ark Of the covenant into the field
| OF battle. thinking that the emblem
| OF Jehoyah's care would save them
from defeat. Not only did defeat
| come but even the ark was lost
However. it only brought plague and
| disaster to the cities OF the Philis.
tines. Restored finally TO the Jews il
was not until put into the keeping of
one sanctified that it meant blessing
Tor community or nation. This in.
cident gave Samuel the opportunity
To call back the Israelites to the
fear of the true God. for which pur
| pose the Israelitcs were assembled n
| Mizpeh. The Philistines. fearing this
| great gathering was for the object
OF throwing OFT the Philistine woke
| precipiiatcd matters and were de
| fcated
The Demand for a King .-TwentS
| years rolled by with Samuel still
judge, though latterly exercising hl,
| powers through his two sons. Thcs,
sons. like Ellis. did not follow i'm tn,
| upright ways Of their father. SO the
| Israelites complained of the miscar
| riage of justice. IL occurred TO then
that the fault was in the system
Why not have king instead Of q
| Judge? So they came TO Samuel de
manding king on the ground OF hi,
age, of the Tong-doing OF his sons
and because to have a king was the
custom Of all the other nations. We
can only note very hastily that
though displeased Samuel prayed 10
| God over the matter. God showed
Samuel that the Jews had not re iect
ed Samuel but God. They had come
TO Samuel TO have him name the king
so constituting Samuel the power
behind the throne" But. they had not
considered the righteousness of their
demand, nor indeed the natural con
sequences. SO upon Gods command
Samuel aeceded 10 the cry for king
but warned them that human king