The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-07-03

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COUNTRY -eamsst ~aA bSrpirt RI
nah a few mills ~nsrthwer, II Jsr1sals1.
and there fOT ne fncst ~ his Hfe.he nab
the center of his adnoinistFa,igp,, from
which he made a wider circuit AS ludHs
and a. teacher 6f ireiigisn - D.
Comment and Suggestive rhousft1
The country was but litte larger
than Wales. and, Ike It. "a land ~
mountains and hills. skirted through
It's whole length by the deeplying Jof-
dan valley on the east. ind the harbot
less coast OF the Mediterranean on she
west. The lay OF the land gradually
developed different qualities. and made
natural barriers between tribes, where
the means OF communication were 50
difficult and rare"
The twelve tribes were OF n blood.
n religion, one language. and one
history. but there was little OF the
solidarity OF a nation. The social unit
was the tribe. Each tribe had its own
political organization. They were
loosely held together, and sometimes
broke out into open war.
The people were an agricultural peot
pie, unframed In the arts of war,
lovers Of home and of peace. Their
wealth consisted In ffocks, grain fialds
and vineyards. Hence they were egi
posed to. the. raids of their warlike
n%eighbors, as the Lowlanders of Scott
land were to the forays OF the Hight
landefs. 1.-THE people lived in walled
villages for safety. while their ouayt
Ing fields, vineyards, and pasture lands
were exposed, ,,,, ,,ds
Their enemies were Yarlike and ad
every side, Always more Or less 'h8st
l.tfle. Theswatlike comA1eFcfaf'Psqis
stinss fined ahe' western: shore with itd
richvp4ains. The ,Amalekites on thu
south, end the desert tEibes On .tbd
east OF the Jordan were ever seeking
fwhom they hight devour. =" =
pa TIE ~gSstfnmeht %as k'nndM 7sNl
hpubhaitS"Iae reorganization was: ~
best exceedingly primitive FREE
quent reference tsnmade-to the "men
Of the town" (as for example Judg.
,W1s6jB, fS.iA sSqH sUs4sanS al
most matterssof-pubfic interest were
Edartdeaabys =. d6ancfr ahaluasag ssAhfe
free msdinf aaeisysa M u
The Transition Period.-The condi
htibns tkfaft tehdeart5Tnity xere CENTRAL
tisedfh saafth tiei!1 GfAezT HisteH bfftAe
tgesvsg ssShurhet 1c' farhhhesEM 4sacel-
faeht satstddhe of'&hschi the foHowfng1s
pao4dnAArseiii4 s.tia sdi 81 b5r
f'eiis Sasndei htmseff,T tAsf MIST Ark.
Emg 'hgdre or TIE, nation was if hiaA.
hseM Up Strong lhiffyfqg h~fSfrcea.sn sd,
.sssaH1anieiSs f~rtesytfbie sfoduies4haee Y6r
poNeffgi. resnS9nse IL 9Mahy ReaFts.fs
4 I'd ASy5slesd5 The whole lana
hounced TO the multitudes the les.
Co., tssis zsssyi ! dsl g. sAi 5sy ss & Is 'ss sStEt !. 3.
[.gstAer RE slderssPf the. psople; a
Ramah his residence aHFesufA1 meet
tfngs 'pt b e,tribes foek PLACE. 4s5ss
il, g., AT divine services. Samuel offered
sacritioess Introducing 1.-THE use h4qi
stringed ihnstruments to AROUSE de
vout feelings, and added a new -ele
ment, songs of praise Samuel the an
eestor of the celebrated psa4nistss the
sons OF Karah, was the. first who, cop
posed songs of praise 8 for divine
service. & a.G .ut.5 ii 81 -. (
5. The tribe of Judah. who, durins
the, entire period Of the Judges -hat
not taken the; slightest share in pub
lie events, was, now driven by the in
cursions of the Philistines to unite
with the other-tribes--They brough'
an accession of strength and religion.
activity. ~ II t5i55 v3:1 - g;@a2
CIT must be; noted that just at TIL,
period IsraeYs greatest enemies, tn,
PhiIstines, were transformed Into =.
kingdom. $50 1E,24 sa1 ~
": & "But the thing displeaset
Samuel" i It was the choosing .
"the SECOND best" when the best
was possible { o them Hence it wa
a great disappointment to Samuel
His long life of teaching and training
had not accomplished : its purpose
They refused their high privilege Q
being unlike all the nations, the chosel
people Of God. the means Of blessing
allsnat{ens.S S@s@ .. s- sHS @S*
Il So Esau bartered his birthright 70
a mess OF poffage.
2. 1t wasi asrejectiens Of Gdd. v.
ssThesa nave rejected me- that shout
not reign over them" IT ii quite prot
abisstf6t they half consciously want
ed a king because they were tired Q
having tksir spNosbeYityA depend O.
their good behavfors The leader
God chose for them could succee
only when the people turned to Goo
But the king might not press them 8
hardly, but conquer by his skill an
organizing power.
". 10. THE people refused to obey.
r. VITO hearken unto-"the voice
Samuel They simply were not goo
enough to have the best government
~ Practical Points.
Like the lsraelites, we are temple