Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-07-01
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson Third Quarter, For
July 5, 1908.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, Sam. viii, 1922.
Memory Verses 10, 2o--ooIdsn Text,
Prov. viii, 15--commentary Prepared
by Rev. q. M. stearns,


= Memory Verses 10, 2o--GoIden Text
= Prov. viii, 15--commentary Prepare,
J. by Rev. o. M. stearns.
tCopyright. 1905. by American Press Association.
o In turning back to the Old Testament
6 for six months which remain of this
; year we are to learn of the same Israel
!, and the same Lord of whom we have
. been reading in the gospel by John
! and very similar treatment of the Lord
by Israel, for in all ages man is the
same In his sin and the Lord Is the
same In His unchanging love and long
suffering. Israel could say truly, and
they Will yet say again as never before,
The Lord Is our Judge, the Lord is our
Lawgiver, the Lord is our King; He
will save us" Qsa. xxxiil, 22). By His
own great power he brought them out
OF the Iron furnace of Egypt at the ap-
pointed time according to His word to
Abraham. He bore with them and
cared for them forty years In the
wilderness and In due time placed them
In the land Of Canaan. Then He gave
them judges for about $50 years until
Samuel the prophet. Afterward they
desired a king (Acts Kill, 17-2D, that
they might be like other nations oversees
Z, IL, 2O), and thus they rejected the
Lord as their King and forsook Him.
preferring not to be the Lords own
peculiar people. He had never dealt |
with any nation as He had with Israel. |
He bare them on eagles wings and |
brought them unto Himself that they
might be His peculiar treasure above
all other people Oh Sam. vii, %, "a;
Elk. xix, 4, 81, yet they wearied Of Hin
and rebelled against Him and rejected
Him. How like to the record In John
], ii, and xix, Is, "He came unto His
own, and His own received Him not"
THE chief priests answered, We have
no king but Caesar" The carnal mind
ever since sin entered the world has
been at enmity against God, always
manifest in greater or less degree.
Israels sin at this time is reproduced
in the great majority of protesting
Christians today. They are unwilling
to be whole hearted for God, preferring
to this world, even though ,
It means eternal and irreparable loss. /,
felt hurt evidently that the
elders Of Israel should thus set him
aside, or at least act on that line, but n
ne did the wise thing, as was his wont G
he told the Lord all about it. The >
Lord comforted him as Jesus did His ;
disciples long afterward when He said: 6
The servant Is not greater than his r
ord. II they have prosecuted Me; tney ! :,
will also persecute YOU John XIV, 2O). u
The Lord assured Samuel that He .,
Jehovah) was the rejected one and not q,
amueL He authorized Samuel to tell ~
srael that He would give them king, n,
ut he gave them fair warning, COM n
lisslonlng him to tell them what kind 30
man he would be. So Samuel told n,
u the words of the Lord unto the peo-
lie (verse 10), just as he had told the or
ords Of the people unto the Lord. mr.
In the former case he acted as proph- nj
!, the Lords spokesman. and In the IN
tier as priest representing the people In
fore God. The people were warned oil
lat the king they desired would sorely m,
'press them and that they would be m,
try they had asked for him O1-18) sic
ley were told that he would take FRI
out all that belonged to them Notice sp,
+ times In these verses just referred 7
0II0 will ha &oIx
Us and daughters and fields and SCI
ain and servants and hocks he would dit
proprlate to himself This they were nal
linly told. and get they Insisted that Wis
ey would have king so as to be or
G other nations. So II was written ser
lg afterward, IL gave thee a king in to
ne anger and took him away In My rial
ath" (Hos. xiii, H. Does it not seem SER
If Jesus had this in mind when He Fol
d: 81 am come In My Fathers name wa,
i We receive Me not. II another T
III come In his own name. him We roa,
j receive" John V. 49,. This other CHI
] be the antichrist spoken of in full
IL. XII. 36, 45; II Thess. II, $40. It roat
uld seem monstrous that men in sub
: measure sane should choose n shol
IA mortal, selfish man-who would 1t
e everything they had from them, lndi
tead OF the Living God. who gave fror
IN all things richly to enjoy He Not
e them bread from heaven during from
y years In the wilderness, and all mid
flesh they could eat. and water mud
n the rock, and the land Of Canaan In u
all its riches, as set forth In Deut. the
9-l2, and His continual presence grad
constant care and His power and the
wisdom. 1t would seem unbeiev- plett
that men would turn their backs Th
D such an Almighty Friend and road
)se robber II we had not read STAN
these same people In after years ten
ly and deliberately rejected Jesus learr
Nazareth, their Messiah, the Je- that
IN of the Old Testament, and chose as n
'bber and murderer In His stead. shou
are now persistently and deliber- each
and continually choosing the pack
sures Of sin for a season and re next
ng the kingdom Of God. with its to CT
1al weight Of glory; choosing a chine
1erer and destroyer and liar, who Thu
Is their eyes to the light of the to a
GUS gospel, rather than the Lord of when
and glory, who gave Himself sac posse
. for our sins, even for the sins of In c
whole world. The things seen and every
'oral are more to the great ma
y than all the things unseen and C
lal, and. like Israel In the days of All
uel. they cry for something visible bridp
tangible. awe,