The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
QUARTERLY
REVIEW
Sunday School Lesson for Sept. 20, 1908
Specially Arranged for This Paper

SCRIPTURE READING.-Psalm IS.
GOLDEN TEXT.-"And David per-
eeived that the Lord had established him
king over Israel, and that he had exalt-
ed his kingdom for his people Israsls
sake Sam. 512
Lesson Texts, Titles, Places, Etc.
Lesson Ii Sam. Sl0-22. Title.-Israel
Asks for King. Place.-Ramah. Persons.
Samuel and Elders of Israel. Golden
rext.-"By me kings reign, and......
Lesson al Sam. 1017-27. Title.-Saul
Chosen King. Place.-Mizpeh. Persons
Samuel, SAUL Israeltes. Golden Text
He that ruleth over men must......
Lesson al Sam. 12:1-5, 1926. Title
Samuel Warns Saul and People. Place
| Gilgal Persons. samuel, Saul, Israel
ties. Golden Text-"Only fear the Lord
and serve......
Lesson Al Sam. l5:ls-2S. Title-sam-
uel Rejected by the Lord. Place.-Gil-
gal Persons.-Samuel and Saul. Golden
TeXt.-"rhe Lord, Our God will we.....
Lesson 81 Sam. 1G:1-13 Title.-David
Amounted at Bethlehem. Place.-Bethle-
hem. Persons.-Samuel, Jesse, David
Golden TeXt.-'Man looketh on the out
ward.
Lesson 6.-1 Sam. 1883. Title.-David
and Goliath. Place.-Valley of Elah
Persons.-Saul. David. Goliath. Golden
Text.--"In the Lord put l my trust"
lesson III Sam. 1S:G-l6 Title.-Saul
Tries to Kill David. Place. --Gibeah. Per-
sons.-Saul and David. Golden Text
| The Lord God is a sun and shield"
Lesson ST. Sam. 2O3O-42. Title
Friendship of David and Jonathan. Place.
-Gibeah. Persons.-Saul, David. Jona-
than. Golden TeXt-"A friend loveth at
all times......
Lesson 81 Sam. 26:l7-25. Tltle.-David
Spares Saul's Life. Place. -Engedi. Per-
Sons.-David and Saul. Golden Text
Love your enemies. do good.
Lesson 10 Samuel 81. Title.-Saul and
Jonathan Slain in Battle Place.-Mt.
Gilboa. Persons.-Saul, Jonathan, Phil
istines. Golden TeXt.-"Prepare to meet
thy God"
Lesson liz Sam. 21-7, 51-5 Title
David Made King over Judah and Israel.
Place.-Hebron. Persons David, Elders.
lsraelites Golden Text.-"David went on
and grew great.
A Story Review.
Let the members Of the class tell
the following stories, or, having writ
ten them out at home, read them to
the class. Put them in their most
dramatic form:
Story One. How a Farmers Boy
Became King q Samuel S-10).
Story Two. How Saul Saved the
Eyes of the Men of Jabesh Il Samuel
II, 12).
Story Three. A Brave Young Prince
Il Samuel 10. IA.
Story Four What Came to a Man
Who Disobeyed God Il Samuel 13, 15y.
Story Five. How a Shepherd Boy
Became King Il Samuel 16, etc..
Story Six. A Young Mans Battle
with Giant q Samuel 10.
Story Seven. Why a Little Boy
Went Out Into a Field to Look for Ar
rows Il Samuel 2O).
Story Eight. The Story of a King
Who Tried to Capture His Son-in-
Law Il Samuel 24-26).
Story Nine. The Story of a Beauti-
full Friendship Between Two Young
Men q Samuel IS, 10, 20).
Story Ten. A Song Called "The
Bow" Found in an Old Book. and
Why II Was Written Il Samuel 81
2 Samuel u.
David. One of the greatest advan-
tages of studying the lives of great
and good men is found in discovering
the way in which they attained their
goodness and their power to make the
world better.
Many of the older biographies told
us rather the heights to which their
heroes climbed, but showed US very
little of the way. Like Emerson they
babe us, Hitch your wagon to star"
but the star was beyond our reach,
and they did not tell us how to reach il.
Our need is TO trace the path up
which they toiled.
Davids story is one of the best
of all hero stories, because it shows
and implies the stairway OF faithful
ness by which with painful steps
and SLOW" through peril, toll. and
pain" "he climbed the steep ascent"
and reached the blessedness of his
great work for all ages.
We can teach it best perhaps by the
following diagram. the scholar noting
that each feature or act Of 'David's
youth was a means 10 its attainment.
David Was Chosen, not so much for
the excellences of character he al
ready possessed as for the possibilities
of excellence to be developed by the
grace OF God, through his obedience.
1t is like the vision of the sculptor
who sees the possible statue in the
marble, as Michael Angelo once said
Of piece OF beautiful marble, out.
wardly defiled and thrown one side,
II see an angel there and must get
him out"
All These Endowments and oppor-
tunities were useless to him unless he
was faithful and true. God laid the
warp of his life In fair colors, but the
pattern God designed him to weave
in the loom of life could not be
formed unless he sent the right
threads through the changing lines of
the divine providence.
What a Vision OF Blessedness this
sets before every man! There ever
follows close upon faithfulness a
larger sphere OF usefulness and re-
sponsibility. increased power, greater
influence, because one is fitted for
them.