Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-06
DAVID AND
GOLIATH
Sunday School Lesson Tor Aug. 3. 1908
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1 JImts.-II IN huffIlHln now IbilB bII'T
his amounting wHE\ Il victory over
Goliath. Prof I<SGs irnngin"s II 10
be about four yea rssior gives - I.
lva for III" date.
PLAtE.-Tho phillr,inor lived IN H."
plain bordering ih' Mediterranean, south
west Of Palestine. TIA" armies were
gathered n, Eph"s. dammim, 9TH" boin-
dHrI"s ~ blood toward the bead Of the
valley Elah, running ~ from 10" mn
istinr country toward J"fIsal"m. The
seen" of ~" bnt,lc vas II mii"s south
west Of Jerusalem, and ten miles west
OF Bethlehem.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
A guiding PrOyid"nc" Is plainly dis
cern"d In this story, the meaning OF
each part being unseen Ill the r"Hnn
fhOwcd the reason for every step. inc
Significance Of Providence" Is often
written az with invisible ink, and can
not be read I'll the contamination Is
reached. The three oldest ~ DavidS
brothers were In the army 81 Saul.
only about ten miles from home, and
Jesse, feeling anxious for news about
them, sent David 10 III" caInp Win
some fresh provisions, for the soldiers
there, as often in later wars, Furnished
their own supplies. II was III" ioftlc,h
day Of GOliatb's chalI"ng" when David
reached the amp and heard his
naughty words. II" soon ,Gpk In the
state Of affairs. His Inquiries and
IA brought upon him III. re.
buk" ~ his oldest brother. But Ia" kept
on iii his words anne 10 the ears Of
Saul.
Saul was convinced by ,~o argu
m"nts.
% The coinage, shilI and power
shown by David In Staying a lion and
"A brar In defense Of his sheep
90 His trust IN God as hi; d"liy"rcr
from III" paw Of III" lion aud the paw
Of the bear.
What con has cuHbl"d on" Ia do is
the uruOf Of what ho can do in the
future, ~ we'll HH Il preparation for do
ing f.
David'g Weapons vs.. - 40. Saul
"as far from seeing M" advantage
81 DayIdB use Of the weapons In the
use % which he had gained great
rkiil. Hence he began by putting on
David his own amor, IA" best the
Kingdom afforded iut ihla wa3 worse
than usclrss, and David pat 1t of
V. 40 ~" took his staff" lila shcp.
bard .,.e and ,,..,a ., nr,rsc and de-.
,.,o e., ,... ,,h.,, 90, ur,.,,. ,y
iGt"d A bhrphcTd's STAFF from Pal"B.
Zinc IN nv .ludy f. u bcnyy OAK
elm, "riyc ,uu,ih stones % "Sluur,h"
in order to mOy" straight 10 Tn" marx
"0yc" 20 tina, If one fnilrd others
wnuId 4. an hand Such pchLlrr IA
David would chuusc would weigh be.
tween siy and fifteen ounces I'm a
.~hruhrud'. lag a scrip" "As
,h. .hn,h,,d /. cycr m,yiup in search
~ ,,4,ut, ,,d u,t.r No ia very often
far from his ho, dnuar,cra. and there.
tore he carli a nIuup over his Ghuuld"r
, akin bag .rinarily To contain his
Lrc,d ,livc Lcrri.y raw onions. and
d,ird t,ui, np. or raisius" MIRA
unwl, I'm Sunday Schuol Times The
,,,.l.y. ,ic1 ,nyc,bcr form the handl.
Of the trrIu "JIis sling was In his
h,ud" .liry sLIIfuIIy u.rd wan nv
far ihc hes, wrouou win which to de.
fca, a huge mailed warrior. I, could
be used from n sal. distance, but was
very powerful. David had doubtless
h.cnm. occtuo,. with his gIiny IA "A
means Of drt.u.r. as The I,cnlamitcn
in ihc time of the Judges -"~rycryonc
couId sling stones a, a hair breadth
and not mihs' iJudg 2O;lGj.
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