The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-14
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XII, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, DEC. 18.

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Quarterly Review - Golden Text,
Luke iv, documentary Prepared
by Rev. D. n. Stearns.
TCopyight, lso.. by American Press Associaaon.I
LESSON I.-Elisha succeeds Elijah u
Kings Ii, 1920. Golden Text, II kings
Ii 8. LET q double portion Of Thy splr-
it be upon me-" The whole hearted
perseverance Of Elisha is rewarded by
his hearts desire being granted, anu
by a symbolic act be shows that nus
former life is now disposed Of, and fe
will henceforth live wholly for the
Lord God Of Elijah. His first acts are
waters divided and waters healed, sug-
gesting the work Of the second day IN
Gen. /, 6-S, and the healing Of the wa
tiers in Eek. Xvii, S, 9.
LESSON 1.-THE widows oil increas-
ed on Kings iv, 10. Golden Text, Ps.
xxxvii, 3, Trust In the Lord and DO
good; so shalt thou dwell in the land,
and verify thou shalt be fed" God
loves to deliver, to bless, to I'LL. While
He does net need US nor anything that
we have, yet He IS graciously pleased
to use Us and to take such as we have,
and bless and use it as He did the lads
loaves and fishes.
LESSON III.-Elisha and the Shunam-
mite QI Kings iv, $3.50. Golden Text,
Rom. vi, %, "The gift Of God IS eter-
nal life through Jesus Christ our Lore"
This lesson tells of life given and life
restored. It Is written Of our Lord,
in Him was life, and the life was the
light Of men," and he Himself said, Il
am the resurrection and the lfe," and
again, 'I am come that they. might
have life, and might have it more
abundantly" Gohn /, 4; xi, 2o; Z, 10.
LESSON IY.-Eusha and Naaman QI
Kings Y, 1-1D. Golden Text, Jer. XVII,
Il, "Heal me, O Lord, and shall be
healed; save me, and shall be saved"
Not only can He give life and restore
life from the dead, but he is always
able to heal all manner Of sickness and
all manner Of disease. BE has all pow
er In heaven and on earth. He Is the
same yesterday, today and forever.
LESSON v.-Elisha at Dothan Oh
Kings vi, s-23). Golden Text, Ps. x11tv,
Z, "The angel Of the Lord encanpeth
round about them that fear Him and
deliyereth them." 4 true believer
ought to be one to whom the unseen
Is more real than things visible to the
natural eye. We look not at the things
which are seen, but at tie things which
ore not seen QI Cor. iv, 49,. Moses
endured as seeing Him who is invisible
Eeb. II, ~, and so may we.
LESSON vI.-Joash, the boy king C1
Kings xi, 1-10. Golden Text, Prov.
xxx, 2, when the righteous are In
authority the people rejoice" TO the
wicked God saith, Hitherto shalt thou
come, but no further Dob xxxriii, III.
he who sets the sand as bound for
the sea (Jer. V, 22) can as easily stay
all the proud waves Of iniQuity; moth
ing can ever be beyond His control.
he had purposed to have son Of Da-
ytd on DaTid's throne, and In spite Of
the cruel and ungodly Athaliah he did
It, for every purpose Of His shall be
performed.
LESSON VII.-Joash repairs the tenn
pie OF Kings xii, 4-15). Golden Text,
Neh. X, 80, I'VE will not forsake
the house Of our God" The house OF
the Lord is one Of the most prominent
Of Bible topics. The tabernacle, the
temple, the Lord Jesus, the church, the
individual believer, all come under this
topic, and the great truth is that BE
wants the temple undelled and all for
Himself (Ps. iv, 81. If 1t IS defled he
can cleanse it. The only way to carry
on His work is by the willing offerings
Of His people voluntarily brought to
Him, not begged from any one.
LESSON yIII.-Isaiah's message to
Judah usa. /, 1-9, 1920. Golden Text,
Isa. I, is, II, cease to do evil; learn
to do well" The word Of God and the
true servant Of God always tells the
whole truth, then reveals grace. The
Lord Jesus was and Is the truth, but
He was full Of grace and truth John
/, Il, 10, the Spirit through which
Isaiah tells the whole truth about Is
rael, then reveals the grace Of God
showing how the sins, though as scar
let, may be washed clean away. The
great love Of God and the awful sin
Of man are two Of the most prominent
topics in Scripture.
LESSON IX.-Worlds temperance Sun
day Qsa. xviii, 1-13). Golden Text,
lisa. xviii, I, "They also have erred
through wine, and through strong drink
are out of the way" The world, the
flesh and the devil are all the enemies
Of God, despising and hating Him and
His word and insisting on their own
sinful, selfish, self ildulgent way, even
defying Him and His word, but they
shall be broken to pieces Qsa. viii,
9, 10y, and only that which is Of God
shall stand.
LESSON &.-Hezekiah reopens the
temple QI Ctron. xxx, 1881. Golden
Text, Sam. II, 80, Then that honor
Me Will honor" This IS the story
Of defled temple cleansed and conse-
Grated and leads US to ask: "Do 7 know
the significance Of the sin offering and
the burnt Offering? Do know Christ
as my sin bearer, and has His love
constrained me to present my body a
living sacrifice to be cleansed and kept
OIL for Ejpco1PSr
LESSON XI.-Captivity Of the ten
tribes QI Kings xvii, s-1S). Golden
Text, I Pet III, y, The face Of the
Lord is against them that do evil
There is such a thing as the wrath Of
God, and while He willeth not the
death Of any sinner and judgment is
His strange work, lie that being often
reprored, hardeneth bis neck, shall
suddenly be destroyed, and that with
out remedy" prov. XIX, y. Because
there is wrath, beware lest he take
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