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SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson K.--First Quarter, For
Feb. 26, 1911.
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Text Of the Lesson, ] Kings xxi, ff-2c
Memory Verses, f7-fo-GoIdsn Text
Luke xii, 15-commsntary Prepare,
by Rev. D. NJ. stearns.
In our last lesson Elijah was commits
stoned to anoint Elisha as prophet Ii
his stead. He found him blowing will
the twelfth Of twelve yoke Of oxen ant
cast his mantle upon him. Elish,
babe farewell to his father and mother
prepared a feast for the people, cook
ing the flesh of a yoke Of oxen with tn,
instruments of the oxen, thus burnin;
the bridge behind him, and went aftel
Elijah and ministered unto him (chap
ter XIX, 1920, and we shall see q Sc
Quel to such whole heartedness In oul
next lesson.
The story OF chapter III we shall
have for a lesson on March 10; there
fore We pass 1t by for the present, and
Elijah does not appear In 1t.
In the lesson OF today we come to q
story of the greatest possible cruel
heartlessness on the part OF Ahab and
Jezebel, with q prediction of the doom
Of each from the Lord through Elijah,
which was, like all the Lords predic-
tions, literally fulfilled.
hard by the palace of Ahab, which
the king coveted, as he said, for a gar
den of herbs because 1t was near his
house. The king offered him the worth
Of 1t In money ora better vineyard In
It's stead, but Naboth refused to let the
king have ii, saying, 1.-THE Lord torpid
1T me that / should give the inheritance
of my fathers unto thee" Verse -. 1t
is refreshing to meet a man who seeks
no favors from and has no fear Of
even d king.
Whata contrast to Naboth Is this des-
pieable king, who. because he cannot
have what he wants, goes home and
to bed, turns away his face and will
moi eat! How contemptibly small some
great men are, and how noble are some
In lowly circumstances! A vineyard
makes me think Of the yinc of JOIN.
Ky, and Naboth's clinging to the vine
yard which was the Inheritance OF his
fathers is in striking contrast to the
readiness with which many preachers
and teachers of today give up all that
their fathers held dear concerning the
true vine. May We prove ourselves
abiding branches In the vine and jeal
!, ously guard the vineyard from all evil
ones, eve Thought cost our life or oul
position to do this.
The garden of herbs for which ths
king said that he wanted the vineyard
brings to mind the saying concerning
eyildoers and workers OF iniquity II
Psalm xxxvii, IL, .'They shall soon b.
cut down like the grass and wither a:
the green herb
In Jezebel we see those who, Xix,
Herodias, do not scruple to take of
the earth any one who happens to b.
In their way, true children Of the devil
who has the power of death and was
murderer from the beginning CHeb. Il
IA; John viii, Al. II will give thee TIL
vineyard Of Naboth the Jezreelite'
Verse q were her words to Ahab, a
il she owned 1t and Naboth. too, an,
could do as she pleased. Her true lori
and master, the devil, once said to til
Lord Jesus as he showed Him all tn
kingdoms of the world and the gior,
of them, .AH these things will I Civ
thee IL thou wilt fall down and wor
ship me" Matt. Nv, 8, 81. Because III
would not worship him he proceeds
to kill Him, which he finally did.
SO Jezebel proceeded forthwith 3
kill Naboth. which she did by means 0
two sons Of Beiial. who lied, like thei
father, and others who did her bidding
afraid not to, I suppose, lest they. toe
might lose their lives at the hands o
this murderess. Note their false accu
Stations of Naboth. He ~bfaspheme
God and the king" What an awfu
association of the living and true Go
with one who represented the deyi
and yet when Jesus Christ was O.
earth, God manifest In the fiesh, hi
enemies told Him that He had a dew
John VII, 20; viii, SO; <, 10y. They ais
raised up false witnesses against Hir
who laid to His charge things tina
He knew not Cps. xxxv, ID. We ar
still in an enemy's country and canno
expect better treatment than our Mas
ter received and must remember tina
all who live cody In Christ Jesus shal
suffer persecution III Tim. iii. 12l.
With what seeming triumph jezebe
saws to Ahah. Arise take nessessial
Of the vineyard OF Naboth, 70
Naboth Is not alive. but dead" tvers
Isl. But the word of the Lord cam
again to Elijah with a message TO
Ahab and Jezebes: Thus saith tn
Lord: In the place where dogs rekes
the blood OF Naboth shall dogs Iicl
thy blood, even thine. Th'
dogs shall eat Jezehet by the wali o
Jezreel" tverses 1873. And so 1t lii
orally came 70 pass G23s: II king
ix. $50.
Whatsoever . man soweth that shal