The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-10-13
THE SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL
Lesson In the International Series
for October 10, 1eo4-"Elisha
and the Shunantmits."
prepared by the Highway and By
way" Prsachsr.)

prepared by the Highway and BY
way" Prsachsr.)
Copyright, 1904. BY J. M. Edson)
LESSON TEXT
(II. Kings 4:25-d; Memory verse, 3o)
rs. 30 she went and came unto the man
OF God to Mount Carmel And Il came to
pass, whom the man Of God saw her afar
of, Z, at he said to 0ehazi his servant: Be-
hold yonder Is that shunammite:
20 Run now, pray thee, to meet her, and
ssy unto her: Is II we'll with thes2 is IL
Will with thy husbands is it we'll with the
e lid? And she answered: II is well.
n. And when she came to the man Of God
the hill, she caught him by the feet, but
Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And
the man of God said: Lot her clone; for
her soul is vexed within her; and the Lord
hath hid II from me. and hath not told me.
~. Then she said: Did desire son OF
my lord? Did I not say: Do not deceive
me?
20. Then he said to Gehazi: Gird UP thy
loins, and take my staff In thine hand, and
go thy way; IL thou meet any man, salute
him not; and II any salute thee. answer
him not again; and lay my stan upon the
face of the child.
ao And the mother Of the child said: As
the Lord liveth, and as thy soul livsth, +
will not leave thee. And he arose and
followed her.
81 And Gehazi passed on before them.
and laid the stan upon the face OF the child;
but there was neither voice, nor hears0g.
Wherefore he went again to meet HIM. and
told him. saying: Tho child Is not awsked.
49, And when Elisha was come into the
house. behold, tho child was dead, and laid
upon his bed.
s. He went in therefore, and shut the
door upon them twain, and prayed unto the
Lord.
"a And he went up. and lay upon the
child, and put his mouth upon his mouth,
and his eyes upon his eyes. and his hands
upon his hands; and he stretched himself
upon the child; and the flesh Of the child
waxed warm.
&c. Then he returned, and walked in the
house to and fro and went up and stretched
himself upon him; and the child sneezed
seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
90. And be called Gehazi, and said: Call
this shunammits. So he called her. And
when she was come In unto him, he said: /:
Take up thy son.
81. Then she went In, and fell at his feot,
and bowed herself to the ground, ana took
up her son, and went out
sCRIPTURAL SECTION.-The whole
story OF the shunammite woman, beginning
GOLDEN TExT.-"The gift Of God IL
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord-"
Rom. 6:es.
TIME-Uncertain.
PLACE.-Shunem, a 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 I've. 25-
2O.-Ths first thing that impressss it.
self upon US in connection with this
lesson is the desperate need OF this
broken-hearted mother. Her only boy,
the gift OF God to her for her kindness
to the prophet III Kings 4: SID, had
died suddenly. probably from sunstroke
Tvs. 1920. All, what heart-heeaker
death Ia. And God is the only One
who can heal the cruel woundA The
Shunammite would not carry her bur
den alone. She must 30 to the prophet
of God The sisters In the stricken
homo at Bethany would not carry their
burden alone. They must tsil Jesus
John 11:0.
In her sorrow the Shunammite was
not rebellious. There IL . beautifully
touching suggestion In verse 81, where
she took her ufsless darling and laid
him on the bed Of the prophet Of
faiths submission to God. God had
given and God had taken away (Job
1:21).
Prophets 6eevices Won (vs. 2s-aL.
-Gshaxi would not do! The 6hunam-
mite mus have Elisha. 0ehazi's part
In this story II suggestive Of the him
dranees which may lie in the pathway
Of the sesksr after God, Of the futility
OF human msans to restore life. It re-
minds W Of the disciples failure to
heal the demoniac son and Of the final
appeal to Jesus (Lnks 8: 37-l3). Why
should we be content with the Gehaxi
when we may have the Christ Himself?
Note thres things in connection with
the ShunammHe's interview with the
prophet:
/. The soul unburdened-she told
the prophet all.
Q. The soul hanging on-"As Jeho-
yah liveth and as thy soul liveth, I will
not leave thea" The Jacob spirit (Gen.
80: 26) Is the spirit that always OBJ
tains the cooperation and help Of God.
Note the parallel in this particular be-
SWcoh tAO OhuhoAuhito WVuoh 6uu Iu0
Syr0phenician woman mark 7: 25-29).
3. The soul triumphant-"And he
arose and followed her"
The Blessing Obtained Tvs. 32-3O.-
The prophet saw the need before him,
he heard the mothers sobs, he knew
her desire. but before he could serve
her he must seek the Lord in prayer;
he must learn Gods will. Then he was
ready to lay ont his life for the life of
the child. Mouth to mouth, eye to eye,
hands to hands. His vitality going
into the cold, dead frame of the boy.
And at last the responding life-life
given from God in response to faiths
plea and loves sacrifice Of self. Here
10 lesson for every servant OF God.
With dead souls all about and Christ
waiting to give life, we need to get into
close contact with them; we need to put
mouth TO mouth, and eye to eye, and
hands to hands in order that we may
warm to the life-giving power Of Jesus.
Faiths plea and loves sacrifice will
bring the awakening thrill. and the
opening eye, and lost souls all about
us will be saved. Let us give ourselves
to the task as unTeservedly and earn
estly as did the prophet.
Nuggets from the Rams Horn.
A true saint never needs to seek per.