Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-02-15
THE SUNDAY sum-
LESSON E'o., VI, FIRST QuAsrsa.,.,..
TloNAL SERIES, rsa INTERN :,

'ne Lesson, Ga,
Memory vernea. {, sNsa.,ll NJ, Aill Id
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lcTPy'igat, E:a nt 1907, BY American p,..,
we nave but one lesson + "a, A,''''aa
N M 'ne nnl. two chapters xiii and 7. 'sn'i
we must endeavor to get an ~ 4. y
contents : hna'a. Of the two, Last wese ss4 L .
Apram in a bad way. woras', a EeAl
co',r, @ou' Fearing he might Be tIlIs, ''n
couraglng a lie and being rpnras'
a nea.nen king. How blessed t,sa =
lnough we forget Hin and :. ua
away stu lie doth love !, Nv. "pale
we stray ana when we tn,n 'I''e'e
alrn,.a nlm ashamed Of our wanderInr' NJ i.
always ready to receive us Ioh. r ae
stands ever true for stpno. s0lu N,Sl
,r,aa i'm oaat .nat t eometh to me win eaa i
wise cast out" The lesson toSa n Y
with Abram returning 70 c, ,1ay 0penI
ms altar at Bethel and again cs,a aul
tue name of the Lord. II thug @
temptation ,et p, we ever wander from '1aa esl
let us quickly return, for il wa 10 aa,, s9l
our SINS lie Is faithful and tnot l'1S' y
give us our sins, because Of On, !, Y
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cate Il John !, 8; ii, y. He wbo tsuN 'u.
us to forgive seventy times soron @us' "
tees the same Himself, and v v1a, p,l'
wonder it is that He 50 wotobon n-a'
His wandering children that + ,a a., V1s
dares to touch them He at onoa y, J.. W
up for them (ehapter xii, IN '9
Abram and Lot have now oron.
rich that 1t is impossible for @u t6o~
dwell together, and when Abrom !.
that his herdmen and those :, ~
We're at strife in the presence Il 4
.nhabitants Of the land he sald ~,
must not be, but that they must Oss.. @
ably separate. So he gave Tot H.
choice Of all the land and said M, II
would take what Lot did not cb0osa
How this must have exalted Ahom
but specially the God of Abram IN 4,
eyes OF the heather, and that 4 H.
one thing the children of God ove i
earth for, to magnify the name Of h
Lord, that He may be known
Lot did not know God as his md,
Abram did, but was more ant TO tNhI
Of himself and his own welfare 50
took advantage of his uncle'S oTu
probably with great alacrity and VA
soon settling himself in the cities 4
the plain toward SOdom, not seemlD,
to consider the wickedness Of the ppo
pie Of Sodom, though he dOubt@
knew it (verses Il, 13). Lot lifted m
his eyes, like so many now, lust MAJ s
enough to see something which aDDpl,
ed to be to his advantage, regad@
of what God had to say about It. We
do not read of Lot building an altaa
calling on the name of the Lord.
This separation of Lot from Abnn
Verse ~ was a good thing for Abnn
and his servants, but it was a bad day
for Lot when he went away from
Abram. There are those who, being 50
weak in themselves and not knowing
how to lean upon God, seem specially
to need some godly person ever neal {
them to counsel them and keep hei
eyes upon the Lord. Blessed are OIL
who are willing to be separated from
all that Is not of God that they may
live as near to Him as possible and
walk humbly with Him. Nothing sea
rates from the world like the cOnSclOn
and enjoyed presence Of God, for .
Moses believed and taught and DaVd
also (Ex. xxXiii, 1G; II Sam. vii, %, ~
and the Spirit, through Paul, emph
sizes the same great truth Ql Cor u
II, 1S). On the other hand, as Va
choose the world and the gratfcatM
Of self, we lose that fellowship Wild
God which is our high privilege. OA'
or the other we are choosing always
and as you read this will you not III
up your heart and say to Him VINO
reads the heart with His eyes as
flame of fire searching every par
Lord, what dost Thou see my neaI
and longing for"
TO stop at verse 13 would be 10 ms
a most important part of the lesson l'l
after Abram had humbled hlmsel ana
given Lot the first choice, instead o.
on his rights as the one Wlom
God had called and to whom He Dlu
given the land, then the LORD Salu y
"Llft up now thine eyes ana
commanding him to view the Enos
land, reassured him that It was
given to him and to his seed' Nnu
would be as numerous as the dusl
the earth, forever 041O. AOlaI
might justly have Insisted that Lo' ~
no say in this, that all his wealn v. l
prosperity were due to being WIN !.
1ncle and that he must make DIS Lux.
behave themselves or else get ANY,
pack to Haran or somewhere else ~
lay the head Of the tOncern wouu
lpt to make the other man go unuei,
Contrast Lot going down lnlO Y
world and its slnfulness for the ss
# gain and Abram going still lara4
lway up to Hebron, which ssnm n
fellowship, and building his al'al sD ~,
he Lord (verse 1S). To Lot II : I "A
getting on in the woIlu' worn, us
o Abram it is "frst the Lord anu y
righteousness"
In all the Story of Lot we mus. a.ss \