The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-12
GOD GIVES JACOB
A NEW NAME
Sunday School Lesson for April IA. 1907
peeially prepared for this paper

about 1870 Is G.. when he was about D. :
years old. Perhaps the best anth"ri't'a
that he was in iAhans service I
for % years. but others finding TOO httie /
space ln 20 years fer an me ree'raen
events. reckon IL a. years. understanding
tie go years" twice lh zen
81 SAL 10 be- Two periods ~ - years e",m
See Excufsus on the chronology IN FL
Ncott.
Vady Zerkap is on. 81 the principal riN-
ers ~ eastern Palestine. II flows mo
th. Jordan from ttc east nearly opposite
fn. elt. OF Samaria. Pvniel or Fennel
was probably "A prominent rus "
the Jabbok "-George Adam smith
Comment and Suggestive housn
Hints from Haran.-Jaco0 was ~
years or more il Haran. During thal
time ne had a good opportunity 10
learn thoroughly a number OF impor
| tant lessons. among them these
l.. That tricksters are likely 10 get
tricked in their turn
2. That God can and will bring
prosperity To any child Of his without
the aid Of sharp practice on the part
OF the man whom Goo helps.
3. That Gods promises are TO De re-
lied upon implicitly. no matter how CIR
cumstances may seem TO be opposing
the mlhllment Of them.
4. That Gods Law assigns one VIE
To one husband. and that any Infringe
ment of that law brings only unhappi-
ness.
Jacobs Troubled conseienee.-Gen.
32:l-23. Jacob had accomplished d
large part of his journey and was IN
the northern part OF the land OF Glieau
when the angry Laban overlook MIN.
From there he proceeded southwark
and soon came 70 Mahanaim in Gilead'
where he had his second comforting
J. vision OF angels-two hosts Of them as
his guards on either hand-and IRON
G The two hosts he named the place.
II V. %. And he rose up that night
: This praying and the disposal Of th'
e caravan across the Jabbok must nave
o carried Jacob well into the night. An'
e then in his loneliness. in the darkness
- the uncertainty. the great anxiety 10
'e himself. his loved ones. and the iruli
- of his long toll. Jacobs conscience
- that had gone TO sleep during the w
:" decades in Mesopotamia. woke up VII
a start.
,e An Aroused Conscience.-Some me
seek to quiet their consciences. WHO
nc is like buying an alarm clock and the
smothering its sound in a feather j
low.
II would be as foolish 10 pull up Z
a.. the dange signals where people a
-, skating on the ice. or smash al q
Zee red lights in the semaphores-
on What a strange thing is an o
- dead sin. laid away in a secret draw
Of the soul, Must il some time
~. other be moistened with ears, IN
"a il comes to life again, and begins
stir I'm our consciousness, as the q
,,h wheat ~animalcule. looking like a era
80, Of dust. becomes alive If il is wet WI
q drop of water?"-Holmes. That
Tho lust what happened to Jacob.
30 Wrestling in Prayer."-This stran
event is often used as a model for q
all prayers. and rightly. II the term
al earnestness Of that midnight strus'
is alone considered. We are TO COZ
boldly unto the throne of grace. W
a. all perseverance. If you don't Wa
a thing. don't ask for il. Such ask
Is the worst mockery of your king y
can Insult him with -Ruskir.
are TO pray as Luther prayed in gr'
earnestness by the bedside of
diving Melancthon for an hour. and
for turned home "heh ,he
nv reformer for his splendid later We
,o-n was assured. saying TO his wife. (
-oya gave me my brother Mc,ancthon b'
in answer to prayer.
Jacobs Reconciliation with tssl
Genesis 80. Jacob must have D
les. wonderfully strengthened IN So
lord though worn in body. by his midni
ews- struggle. and his fears must b
the given place 20 a great peace. Ne
we ,boIess he continued his wise prep
hing. lions TO meet Esau. He arranged
and family. putting in the rear, as
safast Mace. those whom he Il
the loved. Rachel and Joseph. Ihen
Irri- m.oro,llv won't forward alone to r
his wronged brother. Seven times
boved 70 the ground before Esau.
acknowledging the superiority v
: the ba had stolen from him; but II !
had come in anger. the sight Of j
ipNl seemed TO brinE bdNh lHt h"l
b he ueriod OF their innocent boyhocd
II 81 ~petnousiy the injured brother ra
b he meet him. and in an cager enbrac
sured him OF forgiveness. Esau
ncial, offered generously 20 return ia.
Z me preseut. but vas prevailed rpo
keep IL. lie urged Jacob 20 accel
armed escort. but this was iirmi
fused. perhaps with a lingering 81
part ion OF his brother. but more likei
then cause Jacob now felt God to be
al rient protection. Jacob speedily
..oili a GOOD place for winter quarters
established himself in peace.
~If YOU fear Goa and believe
he is with you. God will prosper
nlans and labor, but never make
a MN an excuse for saying In your b
he dol. like Jacob. God intends that S
have these good things; therei
- may lake them for myself by
means The birthright is yours.
2 loon YOU. the steady. prudent. Godf'
he sur ones who will prosper on the
speak and not poor. wild, hot-headed
N~-AL