The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-02-15
LOTS
CHOICE
Sunday School Lesson for Feb. ~. 1907
Specially prepared for this paper

LESSON TENT. -Gencsis lsl-i3. Mom-
ory verses : and O.
GOLDEN TENT. Take heed aud ~.
ware OF CoNctousness Luke l2lI
TIME Probably within a few years or
Ahrahams arrival IN Caigaan m 1921
PbACF-At "A place near Bethel h
miles north OF Jerusalem. After the sep.
aration he moved To Hebron. 81 miles
further south.
SCRlPTURAL REFERENCES Illus
tratyc Of Abraham. Blessed are the
peace'1ukcrs: Matt $50 \ soft answer
turneth away wrath Prov. 1854 new
commandment give ! unto you John
1884 In honor preferrng one another.
Rom. - TO- Charity sunereth long and Is
kind. etc; ! Cor. l3.4-S IL IL be possible.
as much as lieth In you, live pmccably
with all men: Rom. 1918, p. Walk In
love. Eph So Let brotherly love con-
tinue Heb. 1871. Behold how good ana
how pleasant II is FOR brethren 20 dwell
together IN unity. etc. Psalm 49, seek
We FIRST the kingdom OF God Matt
6.3i-s4
ILLUSTRATIVE OF LOT. Not to
keep company with an idolater, raller.
etc: ] Cor 5.9-ll: Thos. 3.G a. Is
Evil communications corrupt good mani
ners: l Cor. 10 80. Blessed is the man
that walketh not In the counsel az the
ungodly. Pisa. IL. II sinners eutiCe.
walk not thou IN the way with
them. Prov. l.l0-l6. Enter not thc path
OF the wicked: Prov. 4.l4 22-2 b. A
companion OF fools shall be destroyed
Prov 1890 BE yet not unequay yoked
together. etc: > Cor. 61i-iS. BE not par
takers OF her sins. that ye receive not %
her plaques. Rev. lS.i
Consider the moral problems az issue.
the arguments, the dangers. the results
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
Two lmperfections in Abraham't
Faith and Life.-Abraham was still in
process OF making. He had not yet
attained He made two errors.
/. To escape a famine, which he
might have escaped by going 10 an
other part OF Canaan. he left the
Promised Land and went down into
Egypt. which had already attained
a high civilization. full OF heathenism
worldliness and luxury, which has a
great fascination and charm 10 one
Who first enters its enchanted circles,
especially when, as was the case IN
Egypt, there were many good precepts
in its religion. This environment. the
moral malaria OF educated and bril-
liant worldliness. doubtless made him
more susceptible TO the next tempta.
ton
.. In Egypt he felt in danger OF his
life. because his wife was very beaut-
ful. He feared that the Pharaoh would
kill him i'm order 10 obtain her
for his harem. nor were his
fears groundless. Possibly says
Prof. Dods, he may have heard
the ugly story which has re-
Gently been deciphered from an old
papyrus. and which tells how one q
the Pharaohs, acting on the advice q
his princes. sent armed men TO fetch
a beautiful woman and make away
with her husband" To escape this
danger he told lie which was for
NAL truth, that Sarah was his sister,
for she was his half-sister.
Lots mperfections.-Lot was good
man at heart We are told in Peter
that righteous Lot" was sore dis
tressed" by the lascivious life Of the
wicked. For the righteous man dwell
ing among them, in seeing and hear
ing. vexed his righteous soul from day
10 day with their lawless deeds" Y
Pet 2: 7. 81.
But Lot life and character were on
a much lower level than Abrahams
lie was repealed by the gross wicked
ress of Sodom. but the less obtrusive
sins OF the heart were not so repul-
slve TO him
Lessons About Family ousrrels.-
/ % There is special danger Of quar-
/ rels in the family and among kindred.
and in earnest churches whore there
are strong belief and active work. be-
cause there are so many conflicting in-
\ terests among them. Those with moth
\ ing in common may be an hundred
I times worse in character. but their
| evil deeds will not take the form Of
strife. (2) Q-Arrels almost always
begin in little things. Very often they
arise from the distribution Of prop
/ erty. There is always trouble about
/ money. or without money" OBJ Fam
/ lily strife Is an exceeding great eYil
\ 10 all concerned. (4) II is a great IN
Jury TO the community and 20 religion
when these strifes arise among church
members For. as DIR. Parker says
The Canaanite and PerizZite are sun
\ in the land" 90 Stop every such
\ quarrel in the beginning, before
match's flame becomes a burning city
or a little leak a devastating Hood
(6) Trials. like that described IN thls
/ lesson. both reveal character and de
velop IT. as the fire reveals the dross
I in the gold and purifies from il.
Abraham's Brotherly Love-Nl y
was a most unseifish act. renouncing
I his own interests in favor OF MS
friend. GU II was giving up Of ms
4 rights. Abraham had the first right
I TO the land. II was promised 70 MN
and not to Lot Then he was the elder
and The richer of the two Lot mac
accompanied him, not he Lot tSl y
was an act of faith: for ii seemed "
\ be giving up TO others, for the sang
Of peace, the land promised TO hliT
self
Practical Points.
Calfiehneqs is the climate In WHICH