Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-09-17
QUARTERLY
REVIEW
Sunday Sehooi Lessen for Sept. 20, 1905
Specially Arranged for This Paper

SCRIPTURE READINo.-Psalm IS.
| GOLDEN TENT,-"And David per-
ceivcd that the Lord had established him
| king over Israel and that he had exalt-
ed his kingdom for his people Israel's
| sake Sam. b:i2
Lesson Texts, Titles, Places, Etc.
| Lesson III Sam. S.iO-22. Title.-IHraeI
Asks for a King. Place.-Rnmah. Persons.
| Samuel and Elders Of Israel. Golden
TeNt.-"By mo kings reign. and.....
Lesson al Sam. lO:I7-27. Title.-saui
Chosen King. Piacc.-Mizpeh Persons
| Samuel, Saul. Israelitcs. Golden Text
| He that ruleth over men must.....
Lesson al Sam. i2:l-5. 1875. Title
| Samuel Warns Saul and People. Place
Gilgal Persons.-samuol. Saul. Israel
ites. Golden Text.-"oniy fear the Lord
I.eason Al Sam. iS:I3-es. TIue.-sam-
uel Rejected by the Lord. Place.-Gil-
gal Pcrsons.-samucl and Saul. Golden
TeSt.-'"rho Lord. Our God will we...,..
Lesson 5.-i Sam. i6:i-l3. Title.-David
Anointed at Bethlehem. Place.--Bethio-
hem, Pcrsons.-Samuel Jesse, David
Golden Text-"Man looketh on the out
| ward....
Lesson al Sam. 1889 Titls,-Davld
and Goliath. Place.-Vhlley OF Elah
Persons. SAUL David, Goliath. Golden
TeNt.-."ln the Lord put my trust"
Lesson I'll Sam. iS:6-i6. Title.-saul
Tries To KIN David. Place.-Gibeah. Per
sons.-saul and David. Golden Text
''Thc Lord God Is a sun and shield"
Lesson ST. Sam. 2O:30.l2. Title
| Friendship OF David and Jonathan. Place.
| -Gibeah. Persons.-Saul, David Jonn-
than. Golden Tcxt.-"A friend loveth AT
| all tines.
Lesson 81 sam 2sl7-25. TItIe.-David
Spares Saul's Life. Place-Engedi. Per-
Bons.-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
lsttnes. Golden Text.-"Preparc to meet
thy Coo"
Lesson liz Sam. 2I-7. 51-5 TITLE
David Made King over Judah and Israel.
| Place.-lIcbron. Persons.-David, Elders.
Isrnelites. Golden Tcxt.-"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 Il Samuel S.lO).
Story Two. How Saul Saved the
Eyes Of the Men OF Jabesh q Samuel
IL. 12).
Story Three. A Brave Young Prince
Il Samuel 10. 14).
Story Four. What Came to a Man
Who Disobeyed God Il Samuel IS, 15).
Story Five. How a Shepherd Boy
Became King Il Samuel l6, etc..
Story Six. A Young Mans Battle
with Giant Il Samuel 10.
Story Seven. Why a Little Boy
Went Out Into Field to Look for Ar.
rows Il Samuel 20).
Story Eight. The Story OF a King
Who Tried to Capture His Son.in.
Law q Samuel 24-26).
Story Nine. The Story Of 4 Beauti.
full Friendship Between Two Young
Men Il Samuel IS, 10, 20).
Story Ten. A Song Called THE
Bow" Found in an Old Book. and
Why II Was Written Il Samuel 81
Samuel -.
David. One Of the greatest adyan.
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
I babe US, Hitch your wagon to q star, y
but the star was beyond our reach,
4. and they did not tell US how to reach IT,
, Our need is TO trace the path up
which they toiled.
. Davids story is one OF the best
OF all hero stories, because II shows
I 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 bleBsedness of his
great work for all ages.
We can teach II best perhaps by the
following diagram. the scholar noting
that each feature or act OF DaVid's
youth was a means to 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
= II Is like the Vision OF the sculptor
!, who sees the possible statue In the
marble. as Michael Angelo once said
OF a piece OF beautiful marble. out
7 wardly defiled and thrown one side
= II see an angel there and must gel
= him out"
All These Endowments and oppor
: tunlties were useless TO him unless he
3 was faithful and true. God laid tbs
. warp OF his life in fair colors. but ths
pattern God designed him TO weave
In the loom OF life could not BE-
formed unless he sent the righi
threads through the changing iinec Of
the divine providence,
What. Vision OF Blessedneas thii
sets before every mani There evei
follows close upon falthfulness q
larger sphere OF usefulness and re