The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-21
IHE STORY OF
CAIN And ABEL


LESSON TExr.-Gen- 4sa-iss Memory
GOLDEN TEXT Thozoever hatesh
big brother s a murderer John 3-i5.
4iA-E nln1wn. al1hCusn EsaheE y
cfrpEn,csy. Wnicn IS generally under
s,eoa not @ he correet, sives it AZ = g
PLAcE.-0utside tie Garden Of Eden.
o4t probably ln the same region. ufieh
wro5e reGian was calIe1 Eden. rear tie
Iigrss and Euphratss rivers
SEhtPTERE REFERENCES - The
PROV @le. Der l2.s hah Lsls
Matt- fa.N Acts 4-f-5. 7 Pet 2-1f
etc. me C1re-Jchn l11t & Rom. fz.S
4 e. NL ts-S-l1- Gal S-1z. Phi 1-z-s.
NeW Ltsganent kaght--fsaln vas af
that wicked 0nef Il John 3.izl. who was
murderer from the beginning iJohr
3;taf. The reason 0f the difference in the
sssr.aees ... . is gwen ln Heb IN Sr.laes
blood speaketh better things 81 iouder
than the blood of Abel (Heb 1870
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The picture of Cain and Abel por
trays how from the first opposition
has subsisted between good and evil.
between faith and self-will, between
obedience and lawIessness The two
brothers brought up IN the same fam
liz became the types, the one Of SIN.
the other Of righteousness. --Ryle-
The Two Sacrifices. True and False
Worship-v. 3. In process Of time. :
An indefinite note OF time. II prob
ably was many years. Cain brought
the fruit Of the ground. The products
Of his business, as was natural and
proper An offering unto the Lord.
Jehovah. who had made himself
known in the garden. and probably
since.
VI And Abel. he also brought Of
the arstlings Of his sccE- Either
the first born. which God afterwards
demanded (Ex. 1912. or the choicest
and best (Job 1879 Cook. and
the fat thereof Literally, the fat-
ness Of them, T. E.. the fattest OF the
frstlings. the best he had, OF, as Dill
mann. their fat pieces" the part to
be burned. ~The Lord had respect
unto Abel and TO his Offering 1T IS
impossible to know in what way ths
Lord showed hts favor. but it was. in
any case. a visible sign Of satisfac-
tion. "-KeiL
The Anger Of Cain. Cd It was
against his brother. ~ Il was with
ont good cause. (s) 1t grew out Of
envy and jealousy. CAD II was inten-
sifed By his own consciousness Of be
ing IN the wrong, and the desire to
quiet his conscience by blaming 9th
ers. t5) 1t was against God (6l It
was violent ill-tempered. beyond the
control Of reason. CD II was the feel
ing Of hatred in the wicked toward
those who are better because they are
continual reproof.
VS.. And Cain talked with Abel
and his brother Hebrew. And Cain
said unto Abel his brother after
which there is. in many Of the Hebrew
copies. a blank space left, as If some
thing had been omitted. Bush. He
talked over the matter with his
brother. He went on in familiar inter
course with him, and it was during
one Of these conversations that his
anger was again inhamed. Others rep
resent Cain as asking his brother to
90 away from the home into lonely
( field for the purpose of doing evil to
him. Cain slew him. Whether
he intended to kill. OF struck blow
in anger, and the result was more
than he expected. we do not know.
Am Ny Brothers Keeper?-Only
Cain-like men ask Gains question We
all are our brothers keepers. God has
made the circles Of family, friendship,
acquaintance. race, humanity. 50 that
each Of US has an influence in them,
and we are responsible for that infu-
ence. No one lives or dies to himself.
And God gives us wealth, position, in
tellect, not for ourselves alone. but
that we may be better keepers Of cur
brother % We are keepers Of ouT
brothers. not BY debating to them, but
BY brotherIy love; 90 BY helping
them, as the good Samaritan, or as
the righteous in Matt. 25.3I-46; CD BY
considering their welfare m all oul
business relations; (4l BY using every
influence for their good, doing to 9th
ers in all relations as we would that
they should do unto u.s."
The Voice Of Abel StiIi Heard
''The blood that speaketh better things
than that Of Abel Heb. 1924. 'Hs
being dead yet speaketh" Heb. 11:+l
Here is fine picture Of Abel's work
He is living and speaking down al
the centuries one long triumpha'
4 march. scattering blessed gems b
truth to All ages. like Prince Siddarths
in his fathers dream in The Light O
Asia
Gains punishment consisted ~ Fl
the strengthening Of MS evil charac
ter He added lying and selhshness 4
murder. (2) He set himself ID opposi
ton to God and his laws. changIni
from the light Of blessings to tse evil
that are tha necessary consequence
of defying Gods laws. (Sl His life
work was a failure (4) He lost tn
blessings Of compaEionship with th
good. He was lonely. estranged fron
his kind, an outlaw. (5l Remorse an
the condemnation Of his conscience.
Practical Points.
The only explanation Of the direi