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Golden Tszt-"NHn iooketh on the out
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Lesson G-I sam. 1850 Titie-David
ana Goliath. p~iace.-Valley Of Eiah
I psfsorA-sauI. David. Goliath. Golden
Tsrt- In the Lord put ] my trust"
Lsfon I'll sam. is:G-lG T~itle-Saul
I rri~E 70 XIII David. Place.-Gibcah. Per-
ynua-snul and David. Golde Text
Tie Lord God Is a sun and shield"
Lesson s.-i Sam. 2p:3)-42. Title
FrcBdahip OF David and Jonathan. Place.
-Gibcah. Pcrsons.-Saul. David. iona
than. Golden Text-"A friend loycth at
all lines.
Lesson 81 sam. H:i7-25. T~ltle-David
Spares S8uls Life. Place.-Engedi. Per-
sons.-David and Saul. Golden Text
Love your enemies, do good.
Lesson 10 Samuel 81. Ttle.-Saul and
Jonathan Slain In Battle. Place.-Mt.
Gilboa. Pcrsons-Saul. Jonathan. Phil
istlnes. Golden Text-"Prepare to meet
thy Cod"
Lesson liz Sam. 2I-7. Sis. TITLE
David Made King over Judah and Israel.
Place.-Iebron. Persons.-Dayid 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 Il Samuel 500.
Story Two. How Saul Saved the
Eyes Of the Men of Jabesh q Samuel
IL, 12).
Story Three. A Brave Young Prince
q Samuel 10, 14.
Story Four. What Came to a Man
Who Disobeyed God Il Samuel 10, 15).
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 Il Samuel 1920.
I Story Nine. The Story of a 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 1t Was Written Il Samuel 81
. 2 Samuel -.
i David. One of the greatest adyan-
. tages of studying the lives Of great
and good men is found in discovering
I the way in which they attained their
. goodness and their power to make the
: world better.
Q 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 sta was beyond our reach,
anu tHS! ulu HOt lell us now W Iedcu II,
y Our need is to trace the path up
8 which they toiled.
David's story is one of the best
S Of all hero stories, because it shows
7 and implies the stairway of faithful
. ness by which with painful steps
h and SLOW through peril, toll, and
e 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
h following diagram, the scholar noting
y that each feature or act of David's
youth was a means to its attainment.
l. 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 visiorS of the sculptor
who sees the possible statue in the
marble, as Michael Angelo once said
of a piece of beautiful marble, out.
wardly defled and thrown one side,
II see an angel there and must get
v him out"
d. All These Endowments and oppor.
8 t~unities were useless to him unless he
was faithful and true. God laid he
le warp OF his life in fair colors. but the
K pattern God designed him to weave
q in the loom of life could not be
IN formed unless he sent the right
10 threads through the changing lines OF
the divine providence.
x What a Vision OF Blessedness this
W sets before every man! There. ever
IS follows close upon faithfulness 9
I'd larger sphere OF usefulness and re
OF sponsibility. increased power. greater
y, influence. because n is fitted fol
them.
But when he had wrestled. then hs
W was fitted TO reign.