The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-09-10
QUARTERLY
REVIEW
Sunday School Lesson for Sept. 20, 1908
Specially Arranged for This Paper

king over Israel, and that he had exalt-
ed his kingdom for his people Israers
sake Sam. b:12.
Lesson Texts, Titles, Places, Etc.
Lesson Ill Sam. s:10-22. Title.-Israel
Asks for King. Place.-Ramah. Persons.
Samuel and Elders OF Israel. Golden
Text.-"By me kings reign. and......
lesson al Sam. ,0.17-H. Title.-Saul
Chosen King. Place.-Mlzpeh. Persons
Samuel Saul. Israelites Golden Text
He that ruleth over men must......
Lesson al Sam. i2:l-s, 1926. Title
Samuel Warns Saul and People. Place
Gilgal Persons-Samuel. Saul. Israeli
ties. Golden Text-"Only fear the Lord
and serve....
Lesson al Sam. I51s-2s. Tiue-sam-
uel Rejected by the Lore. Place.-Gii-
gal. Persons.-Ssmuel and Saul. Golden
Text.-"The Lord. our God will we.....
Lesson 5.-l Sam. l6:l-l3 Title.-David
Anointed at Bethlehem. Place.-Bethle-
hem. Persons. Samuel. Jesse. David.
Golden Text-"Man looketh on the out
ward.
Lesson e.-1 Sam. 1883. Title David
and Goliath. Place.-Valley OF Elah.
Persons Saul. David, Goliath Golden
TeNt-"In the Lord put my trust"
Lesson I'll Sam. ls:6-l6. Title.-Saul
Tries 10 XIII David. Place.-Glbeah. Per-
sons.-Saul and David. Golden Text
THE Lord God is n sun and shield"
Lesson 81 Sam. 2O9o-42. Title
Friendship Of David and Jonathan. Place.
--Gibeah. Persons.-Saul. David iona
than. Golden Text-"A friend loveth at
Lesson al Sam. 2s:i7-ss. Title.-David
Spares Saul's Life. Place.-Engedi. Per-
sons.-David and Saul. Golden Text
Love your enemies. do good.
Lesson i0.-l Samuel 81. Title.-Saul and
Jonathan Slain In Battle. Place.-Mt.
aa.I
istines. Golden Text-'Prepare to meet
thy God"
Lesson il-2 Sam. 2:l-7. 5i-5. Title
David Made King over Judah and Israel
Place.-Hebron. Persons, David. Elders,
Israelites. 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-1O).
Story Two. How Saul Saved the
Eyes OF the Men OF Jabesh Il Samuel
IL. 12).
Story Three. A Brave Young Prince
Il Samuel 10. 1D.
Story Four. What Came to a Man
Who Disobeyed God Il Samuel 13. 49,.
Story Five How a Shepherd Boy
Became King Il Samuel 16. etc).
Story Six. A Young Mans Battle
with a Giant q Samuel 10.
Story Seven. Why a Little Boy
Went Out Into a 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 a Beautl-
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 al
2 Samuel ~.
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 a 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.
David's story is one OF the best
OF all hero stories, because 1t 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 bIessedness OF his
great work for all ages.
We can teach il 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.
II is like the vision OF the sculptor
who sees the possible statue in tho
marble, as Michael Angelo once said
Of a piece Of beautiful marble. out
wardly defiled and thrown one side.
Il see an angel there and must get
him out"
All These Endowments and oppor-
tunlties were useless to him unless be
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
larger sphere of usefulness and re-
sponsibility. increased power, greater
influence. because one is fitted for
them.
But when he had wrestled. then he
was fitted TO reign.
The Way with All Gods Kings.
Maclaren. in the Sunday School Times,
speaks thus: at is a parable OF the