The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-07-10

b0eaoa IN the Insepnotiooa1 S0sooD
SsIy n. l003-ssun Chessa
King.


Is And said unto the children OF Israel:
Thus saith the Lord God Of Israel, !
drought up Israei oct Of Egypt. and de-
sivered you cut OF the hand OF the Egyp-
tians. and out Of the hand OF all king
1ons. and OF them that oppressed YOU:
10 And ys have this day rejected yous
God Who Himself saved yoL out Of al
your adversitles and your fluctuations. and
80 have said unto Him: Nay. but set
king over Us. Now. therefore. present
yourselves before the Lord BY your tribes.
and by your thousands.
D. And when Samuel had caused al the
tribes of Israel 20 come near. the tribe Of
Benjamin was taken.
q. When he had caused the tribe Of
Benjamin 10 come near BY their families.
the family OF Matr. was taken. and Saul
the son OF kish was taken: and when they
sought him. he could not be found
p Therefore they inquired Of the Lord
further II the man should yet come thith-
er. And TIE Lord answered. Behold. he
hath hid himself among the stun.
- And they ran and fetched him thence:
and when he stood among the people. he
Was higher than AMI Or tie people fron
his shoulders ami upward
"a And Sange. said 70 al the people:
See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen.
thar there Is none Ike him among all the
pecpieg And ali the people shouted. and
sald. God save the king.
= Then samue. told the people the man
nseb Of the kingdom. and wrote il In .
book. ard laid Il UP before the Lord. And
Samuel sent al the people away every
man 10 his house.
. Ane saul also went home TO Gibeah:
and there went with him a band OF men.
whose hearts God had touched
= But the children OF Be,!al said. How
sEa.. this man save Us? And they despised
him. and brought him no presents. But
be he'd his peace.
GOLDEN TExT-The Lord In our
king; He will save us--Isa. :s:s "a.
! OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
Sauls messing with Samuel. 1 Sam. s:i-A
saul anolnied king ....-......l sam. s.-S-i1.s-
saul a changed man...........I Sam. lc.s-le-
5aul made KING ....--......-..l sam lvls-l-
TIME The eleventh century b. {. Ths
exact date is uncertain.
PLACE.-Mi.pek. supposed TO be hiI
town four miles north Of Jerusalem and
aboE. two niles south OF Ramah. where
5amue. lived
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
SauIs Meeting with Samuel.-The
whole story Of the selection of Saul
To be king of Israel would, on a cas-
ual reading appear to be a series Of
mere casual happenings. and chance
certainly does enter into the episode.
but no more. we venture to think.
than in the lives we all lead. 1t Is to
be carefully borne in mind, however.
that chance, while il may come upon
US by surprise. is not an accident in
the Divine economy. but a part OF
the plan of Providence. That is to
say that in our partial knowledge. or
almost total ignorance. there is such
. thing as chance. but looked at from
the other viewpoint, that of Divine
cmniscience and omnipotence, what
we call chance Is precisely and mi
nutely ordered. Now. il CHANGED that
saul was of on a search for his fathers
asse-, which had wandered from
their accustomed haunts. 1t also
Glanced that his search was in vain.
Ii CHANGED that by the time Saul
concluded it useless TO seek longer
they were not very far from the
town in which Samuel lived, and. fur
thsr. that Saul's servant remembered
that the man of God might direct
them. That is the human side. Now.
from the Divine side it seems that
God told Samuel that he was to meet
ut a certain specified time a man
like Saul. who was TO be anointed
by Samuel as king of the Jews. Much
to Sauls surprise upon meeting the
prophet. the latter outdid the former
in The Difference shown the other
Indeed. Saul was not treated as the
stranger that he was. but as the king
he Vas to be. Then. after this un-
ususi and unexpected hospitality.
Samrel told the young Benjaminite
that he was the chosen Of God to be
the hing Of Israel.
SAT-, Amounted King. - The next
day Samuel had some further con-
versation with Saul. and then accom-
PANEL him a little way on his jour
ney. Walking thus out Of the VII
lage. Samuel requested Saul to send
n 5 servant on before. that they
" light be alone. This was done. and then
oi.was taken by the prophet and poured
over the head Of the future king. ana
n solemn kiss sealed the ceremony.
Saul was then told that the Spirit OF
tie Lord should come upon him. and
IL at he should be. at least for a time,
ne one OF the prophets.
'dil thanEtt &fdit--it - TttoFV-
ed that no sooner was Saul alone
again than "God gave him another
heart" and when on his homeward
wss he met company Of prophets
tina "Spirit Of God came upon him.
AMI he prorhesied among them" This
WAY an evidence of the new heart.
becsuse saul among the prophets SO
impressed the people. who evidently
were not unfamiliar with his pas.
life. that IL became a saying among
therl: is Saul also among the proph-
e.sY'
Saul Made King-Tn due time Sam
uel called the people together 20 Nil
.peh to form ally select king. Then
was publicly given the warning Sam
ue had been instructed by God "a
give against rejecting the God who
had brought them out Of Egypt and
had saved them so often when the
nation was in danger and putting In
His place . king.
Fags asa ThtstDes.
YrpYaof is the proof Of friend.
40 man fails Of success who con