The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14
THE SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL
Lesson in the International Series
for October 10, l9O4-"Ensha
and the Shunammite.
(Prepared by the Highway and BY
way" Preacher)
copyright 1904 hy J NJ Edson)
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or God Co Mount Carmel. And 10 came {
plSs, when the man Of God saw her ara
ou that he said Co Gchazi his servant. Re
holl. Wonder Is that Shunammltc:
-' hun now. ] pray thee. 90 meet her. an
say unto her. is Il well with thce9 Is /
. wei with thy hushani2 Is 70 wcll with m
ehllaf And she answered. II is well
@D And when she came Go the man ~ Co
60 tho hnl. sho caught him by the feet. bu
Gchn2i came near 90 thrust her away. An,
I the man Of God said: Let her alone: 70
/ her soul IS vcxcd within hcr; and the Lor
haih hld 10 from me. and hath not told me
-. Ihen she said. Did ] desire a son o.
/ my lordY Did I not say: DO not deceiv
me2
q Then be said to Gchazi: Gird up thl
IONS, and take my stan in thine hand. anC
[ 90 thy way; II thou meet any man. salute
/ him not; and II any salute thee. answer
/ him not again, and lay my stan upon the
I face Of the child
80. And the mother Of the chic said. a,
the Lord iiveth and as thy soul livcth.
VIII not leave thee. And he arose ant
followed her
81. And Gcha2i passed on before them
and laid the staff upon the face Of the child
/ but there was neither voice. nor hearing
wherefore be went again Go meet him. and
told him. saying. The child is not awaked
80 And whom Elisha was come into the
house. behold the child was dead. and laid
upon his bed
80. lie went "a therefore. and shut the
door upon them twain. and prayed unto the
Lord
81 And he went up. and lay upon the
child. and put his mouth upon his mouth.
and his eyes upon bis eyes. and his hands
De- D. a Al cell
upon the child. ana the flesh Of the child
waXcd warm.
S5 Then be returned. and walked IN the
house 90 and fro; and went up and stretched
himself upon him; and the child sneczed
seven times and the child opened his eyes.
36 And he called Gchazi. and said: Call
this Shunammite So he called her And
when she was como In unto him. he said !:
Take up thy son.
g. Then she went in. and fell at his feet,
and bowed herself 20 the ground. and took
up her son. and went out
sCRlPTCRAL sECTION.-The whole
story Of the Shunammite woman, beginning
al verse s.
GOLDEN TEXT-"The gift OF God is
eternal lifo through Jesus Christ our Lord
Rom 6i23
TIME.-Uncertain.
pLACE.-Shunem. few miles south of
Nazareth; Samaria, the probable home
of Elisha. and Mount Carmel. where the
prophet often sought retirement
Burdened Souls Succored.
Prophets Presence Gained (Vs 25-
20.-The first thing that impresses il
self upon US in connection with this
lesson is the desperate need of this
broken-hearted mother. Her only boy,
the gift of God 10 her for her kindness
90 the prophet (lI Kings 4. SD, had
died suddenly, probably from sunstroke
tVs. 1920. All, what a heart-breaker
death is. And God is the only One
who can heal the cruel wounds. The
would not carry her bur
den alone. She must go TO the prophet
Of God. The sisters in the stricken
home at Bethany would not carry their
burden alone. They must tell Jesus
(John 11:3).
In her sorrow the Shunammite was
not rebellious. There is beautifully
touching suggestion in verse 2l, where
she took her lifeless darling and laid
him on the bed of the prophet, OF
-aith's submission to God. God had
given and God had taken away Dob
Ii2D.
Prophets Services Won (Vs. 28-3D. !
-Gehazi would not dol The Shunam- |
mite must have Elisha Gehazrs part |
n this story Is suggestive Of the him
frances which may lie in the pathway /
II the seeker after God, OF the futillty /
# human means to restore life. 1t re-
minds rs Of the disciples failure to
zeal the demOniac son and of the final
.ppeal to Jesus luke 9: 37-43). Why
hould we be content with the Gehazi
ghen we may have the Christ Himself?
Vote three things in connection with
he Shunammite's interview with the
rophet:
/. The soul unburdened-sh told
he prophet all.
2. The soul hanging on-"As Jeho-
an liyeth and as thy soul liveth, will
OF leave thee" The Jacob spirit (Gen
2:2G) IS the spirit that always OBJ
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-ote the parallel in this particular be-
veen the Shunammftc woman and the
yrophenician woman Mark 7: 25-29).
g. The soul triumphant-"And he
rose and followed her"
The Blessing Obtained (Vs. 32-3O.-
he prophet saw the need before him,
q heard the mothers sobs. he knew
er desire. but before he could serve
er he must seek the Lord in prayer.
e must learn Gods will Then he was
lady 10 lay out his life for the life Of
ie child Mouth to mouth. eye to eye.
ands to hands His vitality going
ITO the cold. dead frame Of the boy {
nd at last the responding life-life /
ven from God in response TO faiths L
ea and loves sacrifice OF self. Here d
a lesson for every servant OF God. {
18th dead souls all about and Christ J
aiting TO give life, We need to get into 5
ose contact with them; we need to put 7
outh to mouth, and eye 10 eye, and a
lnds to hands in order that we may y
arm to the life-giving power Of Jesus "
,ith's plea and loves sacrifice will b
ing the awakening thrill. and the Il
'ening eye and lost souls all about 81