The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-23
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson XIII. Second Quarter,
For June rs, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

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Quarterly Review - Golden Text
Mic. vi, s--commentary Prepared by
Rev. o. M. Stearns.
LESSON I.-Naaman healed. II Kings
v, ia. Golden Text. lisa. xiv, %,
look unto me and be ye saved, all
the ends of the earth, for / am God,
and there is none else" Leprosy, a
peculiar type OF sin and sinners.
Great sinners may be great In their
own sight and in the esteem of 9TH
ers, but in Gods sight lost. All can
be saved If willing to submit to God
and His way. Money cannot buy it.
LESSON II.-Elisha's heavenly de-
tenders. ii Kings vi, SIT. Golden
Text, Ps. xci. IL, "For He shall give
His angels charge over thee to keep
thee in all thy ways" God knows all
our ways and our going out and COM
ing in, and also our thoughts (Ps.
cxxxix and Eek. XII, 81. If God be
for us. who can be against us? God
with us is more than all who can be
against us. Opened eyes to see the
unseen is our great need He can do it.
LESSON III.-Joash, the boy king, II
Kings XII. 9-20. Golden Text, Ps. cxix,
2, Blessed are they that keep His tes-
timonies and that seek Him with the
whole heart" Ten times In this chap
ter we find the house of the Lord, or
the temple Of the Lord. or the Lords
people. God will take care Of His
chosen king. whether it be David or
Joash or His Messiah.
LESSON TV.--The temple repaired, III
Kings xii, 4-15. Golden Text. / Chron.
xxx. 9, ''Then the people rejoiced, for
that they offered willingly" A chest
beside the altar to receive the willing
offerings Of the people was the meth
cd of obtaining money which the Lord
blessed. At least twelve times in this
chapter the expression ''the house of
the Lord" occurs. Devotion to the
Lord because OF His sacrifice win
bring all needed funds.
LESSON Woods pity for the hea-
then. Jonah iii, to iv. IL. Golden
Text. Matt. xviii, 10. "Go We. there
fore, and teach all nations" Jesus
Christ believed the story of Jonah and
those who question it question the We
racity OF Jesus CMatt. xii, 39-4D. Jo-
nah was willing that the people of
Nineveh should perish; the Lord is not
willing that any should perish QI Pet.
lii, 81. Note the things which God pre-
pared and used-a wind. fish. a
worm, a gourd, and even rebellious
Jonah.
LESSON vi. - Uzziah humbled, III
Chron. XVI. S-21. Golden Text, Prov.
xvi. IS. pride goeth before destruc-
ton. and naughty spirit before a
fall" Some people do right only as
long as they have strong visible hui
man helper. The devil always tempts
to pride and self sufaciency. but we
can only be strong In the Lord. and
that only as we know our own weak
ness. for His strength is made perfect
in weakness.
LESSON VII.-Isaiah's call to service,
lisa. vi. Golden Text, lisa. vi, 8. II
heard the voice of the Lord saying.
Whom shall send. and who win go
for us? Then said !. Here am /; send
me-" A vision Of man on the throne,
the God man, alive forevermore, is
what we all need (I1zek. /. 26-28l. This
works conviction Of sin and self abb
horrence; then follows forgiveness Of
sins. and then a readiness for service.
as He may will
LESSON vIII.-Song of the vineyard.
lisa. v, 1-12 Golden Text lisa. v. %.
'Woe unto them that are mighty to
drink wine, and men of strength to
mingle strong drink" Strong drink
acts upon the body as pride does on
the soul, the sormer causing beastly
drunkenness and the latter the drunk
enness Of lisa. xxx, ola. Only by the
blood Of Jesus Christ can we be saved
from either, and only as filed with
the spirit can we bear fruit.
LESSON IX.--Universal peace. Mic.
", 1-S. Golden Text, Mic. iv. 8. "Na-
ton shall not lift up sword against
nation: neither shall they learn war
any more" This great saying is also
found in lisa. ii. 4. and It shall be
fulfilled when he who came as a babe
to Bethlehem shall at His coming again
in glory be Ruler in Israel (dic. v, p,
not by peace conferences, nor by mis-
sions, nor by any present agencies. but
only by Himself. at His second com
ing lisa. xxxii. /. I'D.
LESSON X.-The promise Of the Fa-
ther. John xiv, 1927 Golden Text.
John xiv. 16. II win pray the Fa-
Their. and He shall give you another
comforter. that He may abide with
you forever" Only by the Holy Spirit
can we know God In Christ or receive
His word. and only when the Holy
Spirit shall be poured upon Israel shah
they have true conviction Of sin and
welcome Jesus Christ as their Messiah
LESSON XI.--Hezekiah's Passover. III
Chron. xxx. 1927. Golden Text, I
Sam. xvi, z. "Man looketh on the out
ward appearance. but the Lord looketh
on the heart" The great need Of to-
day is the zeal OF Hezekiah to
cleanse the protesting church from its
dizziness and to turn 1t whole hearted
~ to the Lord.
LESSON XII.--The downfall Of Sa-
maria. III Kings xvii. ia. Golden