The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-02-15
LOTS
CHOICE
Sunday School Lesson for Feb. II, 1907

II
LESSON TINT Genesis 1918. Mem
OBS t.rses. and 20
GOLDEN TENT.-"rake heed and be-
ware of covctousness Luke 1913.
TAlE Probably within few years Oh
Ahuham's arrival in Canaan IN w"
pLACE-At place near bethe''
miles north OF Jerusalem. After the seq
arauon Dee moved 20 Hebron 81 hi''''
further south. 1870. ,r.,.
tr4tye OF Abraham Blessed are wy
ra4oemakcrs. Matt SO A soft answer
f.rr.fh AWAY wrath. Prov. ISL 4 new
commandment give ] unto YOU yo""
1874 In honor preferring one anothei
Rom 1870 Charity sunereth long ana y
Kind. etc.. Cor 13.4-S II It be possioie,
as much as neth in you, live peaceauiy
with an men. Rom l2.lh q. VAIN }"
love. Enh &c. Let brotherly love con,
unua. Heb. 1884, Behold how GOOD anu
how pleasant 10 Is for brethren 10 owen
together 600 unity etc. Psalm lSS' seer
ve inst the Kingdom OF God: Matt
i.ef-tl
IrITsTRATIvE OF LOT.-Not to
Keep company with an idolater' raNe.'
,tc.. Cor. 5.e-ll. Thes. 49, H. 10
Evil communications corrupt good man
uars. ! Cor l5.33 Blessed Is the man
chat walketh not in the counsel OF ,ne
ureolly psa H. II sinners ehl. 'n
walk not thou IN the way Win
tf.rl. Prov f10-ff. Enter not the PAIN
of the wicked. Prov. f.ii. U-A' %. =
companion of fools shall be Destroyer
Prov 1890 BE yet not unequaly yoKeu
tnrotler. etc.. Cor. 6i4-lS. he not par
tafers OF her sins. that ye receive ho' VI
I.r plaques. Rev. 1874
Consider the moral problems al ISSUE
t.e arguments. the dangers the resu'''
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
TWO lmperfeetions In Abraham s
Faith and Life.-Abraham was still IN
process of making. He had not yet
attained. He made two errors.
/. To escape a famine. which ne
might have escaped by going to an
other part of Canaan. he left the
Promised Land and went down into
Eevpt. which had already attained
a high civilization. full Of heathenism
wordliness and luxury, which has a
rroat fascination and charm to one
who first enters its enchanted circles
esnecially when. as was the case In
Egypt. there were many good precepts
I'm its religion. This environment, the
moral malaria OF educated and bril-
liant worldliness. doubtless made him
more susceptible to the next tempta'
ton.
Q. In Egypt he felt in danger OF his
life. because his wife was very beauti'
ful. He feared that the Pharaoh would
XIII him in order to obtain her
/ for his harem, nor were his
fears groundless. Possibly" says
Prof Dods, "he may have heard
Tie ugly story which has re
Gently been deciphered from an old
napyrus and which tells how one OF
the Pharaohs. acting on the advice OF
his princes. sent armed men to fetch
q beautiful woman and make away
with her husband" To escape this
. danger he told a lie which was a for
NAL truth, that Sarah was his sister
for she was his halfslster.
Lots lmperfeotions.-Lot was good
man at heart. We are told in 2 Peter
that righteous Lot" was sore dis
fressed" 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
to day with their lawless deeds &
Pet 3: Z. 81.
But Lots life and character were OF
much lower level than Abraham's
/ lie was repealed by the gross wicked
ness Of Sodom, but the less obtrusiv'
ins of the heart we're not so repul
s've to him
Lessons About Family ousrrels.-
+ I'D There is special danger OF quar-
rels i'm the family and among kindred
and I'm earnest churches where there
are strong belief and active work. be
cause there are so many conflicting In
torests among them. Those with moth
Ing fin common may be an hundred
times worse in character. but thei
evil deeds will not take the form o
strife. CD Quarrels almost always
begin I'm little things Very often the!
arise from the distribution Of prop
erty. There is always trouble abou
money. or without money" (S) Fam
ilv strife Is an exceeding great EVIL
TO an concerned. () II is a great In
fury to the community and to religion
when these strifes arise among churcl
members. For, as DR.. Parker says
The Canaanite and Perizzite are still
I'm the land" co Stop every sucl
quarrel in the beginning. before
+ match's flame becomes a burning city
or a little leak a devastating food
(6) Trials. like that described in thi
lesson. both reveal character and de
velop it. as the fire reveals the dros
in the gold and purifes from 1t.
Abraham's Brotherly LoVe.-O |
was a most unselflsh act. renouncinl
his own interests in favor OF hi
friend. (2) It was a giving up Of hi
rights. Abraham had the first RICH
20 the land. It was promised to hin
and not to Lot. Then he was the eide
P and the richer Of the two. Lot hal
accompanied him. not he Lot. (3)
o. was an act of faith; for 1t seemed Il
be giving up to others, for the SAX
of peace, the land promised to him
self
Practical Points.
Selfshness is the climate in which
every wrong, every bitter plant -four
ishes.
= Christians in the world are nk,
ships in the ocean, safe so long as tn,
ocean is not in the ship. But whel
the world is in our hearts. and w
parley with temptation, We are alread!
more than half fallen.
In the history that follows we sc,
into what Lots foolish choice brought
him-the loss of his property. the ruiz
Of his family. lonely old age. a warn
ing when he might have been a bless