The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-05
Jacobs Vision and
Gods Promise
Sunday School Lesson for April 7. 1907
Specially prepared for this paper.


years old and Esau and jacob aho.,,
iLAo -he,rshcha. on the s.gfi. d,
euse OF Palestine, and Bethel about ;,
miles north OF Jerusalem 'Tlor. IL
h'ue village and well AZ Bethel vI.
- on hill, and tie ruins OF a grils.,l
church stand there. on a hin a ,l..,.
OF mile away are tile ruins ~ "a e.
called castle OF Abraham which ..
consider the site of the old Befffu
Charles 6. Trumhuli
s'RifrURAL REFERENCES pla.
dreams. Ahimelcch's. Con POS. Japa.s
Dth'r dreams, Cen. Si.ii-l3. ls.e-f Iah.
| az = Gcn. 81 =. JOsephs Gen 2-
Pharaoh's. aud his officers. Gen :.
me Midi mites Jrdg. 1.l3 Solomon's
| Kings S.s- p. Nebuchadnezzars Dan
Joseph's, Matt. l.ep-23. s.i3. 10. - Pnaf..
| etc
Compare Gods covenants with Ah--
ham and Isaac and Isaac's blessing G..
l-i-S' l5.l-2l, I.i-ei. . l5-ls. 9l-s
New Testament light on this even,
John l.5l. Heb. Ia. John i4.s. I Tim
Comment and Suggestive Thought
l. And Isaac" Now an old man of
III Called Jacob" About 81 wears
old. young man for those times ~
long life. And blessed him" There
is no attempt 10 substitute Esau lo,
Jacob. '-Ellicott. Thou shalt nor
take wife OF the daughter M
Canaan This was Rebekahs con
trivance (Gen. 27.4Cl. in order 10 YET
Jacob safely away: and YET II was
not wholly a pretext. for a wife must
be provided for the now recognized
hrst-born, and no alliance with heath
enism was fit for the one in who's
line the great Abrahamic covona,.
would descend II would be wei n,
Christians IL they also took hool
TO be not uneqHally yokcd together
with unbelievers" - Cor 6.l4i
A Fathers Blessing The best start
in life" young man can have IS tho
benediction OF a godly father or moth.
er
Jacob cor1forted by a Heavenly
Vision and a Renewed Covenant
our exile was mothers hos 3d.
had been long enough from Beershets
TO grow homesick His heart va.
softened also by the lonely place and
his solitary condition, by the night ami
ihe stars
Light from Jacobs Ladder
he lonely traveller learned from thI-
ovely vision We also may learn. These
adder lessons are
J. The ncarness OF heaven. Angels
are all around us 10 help MS. as thc
mountain was fun az celestial defend
rs round about Elisha
? These angels arc magnificent
FEATURES. God maketh his angels
Winds. ard his ministers Fame %
Ire" And yet they are ready 90 COM
oft guilty fugitive ike Jacob
3. The way 10 heaven is a stairway
asf OF ascent. with angels to ! .ip b.
he Mohammedans on The contrary
iciire the entrance TO heaven as
ridge. as narrow as the thread Of
famished spider"
Z. And Jesus Christ IS the WAY,
ur Lord himself John 1.5ll applied
he description q Jacobs stairway to
is own great work as a medium az
between God and mar
No man cometh unto the Father but
y me
.. Cleans 81 heaven may be expect
] through the darkest sky Of misfo.
Inc and sorrow
9. The angels assembled: there s
e ascent or our prayers The angels
seconded: there is the descent 81
DDS answers We are reminded az
e affcrent and enerent nerves o.
e body--up which fash the sharp
ings Of pain from the extremities TO
@ head: down which come the direc-
1ns how 10 act r T. Meyer.
Jacobs Covenant Response ,o
IDS covenant.-In no way do men
CIV their characters more clearly
an by the response they make 20
@ goodness OF God II is like the
action ia the chemists test-tube
len a certain substance is added
l,ch az once discloses the nature az
e compound under examination.
cob's responses 20 Gods gracious
,mises were three: Veneration
and conservation.
Second Response. Commemors
n.-Jacob established two memo
Is of the great event. a stone monu-
mt, and a still more lasting name
Third Response. Conservation
20. And Jacob vowed a vow
len ! man understands Gods COW
mt Of blessing. the natura! and
lorable impulse Is to make one IN
urn Love begcis love. and bene
inspire a wish to do something
the benefactor.
z. 22 And OF all tina. thou Shalt
c me ! will surely give the tenth
o thee" This giving Of tithes was
'ery ancient custom. followed BIZ
.aham in the case OK Melchizcdek
N. 14:20l. and carefrl'y laid down
the Mosaic law CLev "a: 30-3sl
cd Is Covenant with us.-Chrlst'5
III is Gods new covenant" with
/. u takes up and wonderfully or
.es all these ancient covenants with
!. II means that God loves us.
n the worst OF us. with a marvel
love; that he reaches ont after rs
he longs TO heap ali Joy upon us-
8 a promise 10 be with Us every
re. help us 10 all difficulties. save
rom all temptation, and bring us