Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-06-06
SUNDA SCHOOL.
Lesson First Quarter For
March q, 1 913: Z,
1.-THE INT ERNATloN SERIES.


1.-THE INT ERNATlo SERIES. |
Text Of the Lesson, Gen. xix, 1917, e.
% Memory Verses, Is, t6--Gclden
Text, iIss Cor. vi, 17--commentary
Prepared BY Rev. =. d A. stearns.
It. does seem too bad to hurry over
these lessons after the fashion the
Ssuggestion Of those who have assigned
them, bur the faithful teacher will
take lip, the Intervening portionssand
n enaeavor, ;tO ami, nothing. Every part /
a lpf The rAsa,,t nl}#Ylie visit of the Lord
ard Tho. iii, AIS. Nnalianl III chapter
8 xviii is MICS; Outstanding and most in
4 strnciive 40 rr"cti.a!:
IL sea ii,,s uat slI.: 3.,:.,, ID human
u form. as arslDtltsss y y a appeared
= ii :,,,:lS.iSaui E, t. '"%%' sS,'e iin,:
n uld III r.,:.E;i:,nl:.ii: ~. iis". Angels
Il misc, III ir.5 ,ur,.:5< 4, ,ll5 ,.,,,,.s.lnI
"a 4, 81. !s.lnts hospitality ;s:r; ,s.'na:ly
a p;;5a.ag the food nsnpnita hy \ i,";.!,al':
81 Ial,,l Saeah Consider ti,:t He asrs,,':;lrt$
"a III Isis imnnrta! Resurrection Indy
"a rhtsak az tl,P breakfast He rrrpare,i
n for the disciples oil the shore OF Gan
~ i.p and AIS, 1T exiting aud drinking
M ,:-ith Him II, His ,ahie III His king
IA iiunE .3.; s@%f.9l ..gssss 5 II rs
IA ID not OMIT to notice the water ioi
IA / their feet. ..DllSidry His reference IT,
@ i" omissiu:i ~ this by Simon ;Ll:At
S Xviii HI ana see H!.:l attending to ii
81 Himself iii John xii. Contrast Sar:.hs
~ three measures, OF mea! nnlra yen.-d
an xviii. 6i with the wttnialS three
81 suas,,res Of meai sleavened OF Matt.
@ Viii. 81 See the great saying of xviii "a
aM lis ANYTHING too hard for the Lord ::
$N And compare Ter. xxi. lI-2I.
s3Ma In xviii. ~. see he ford aud .isra
sA ham alone together. While thrtWo an
s gels 70 on thei,. Way 10 Stis.oiSi 70 res.
5SH cue l.ut. &Hear&Ah%lii;:n pea sins, fO:'
~ Sp,lptn 5l.i,l ,tIe lord 5 assurance that
III HE there were but ten righteous men IN
R# the city He would not destroy IT,. Con
"a trast the greater Sill, of lsraei when
the presence Of such mel, a> Noah.
Daniel and .Jol, could not prevent the
M Judgment from ling upon her and
# the intercession Of Moses or "a iauel
would not avail tEzek. .xiG 1920;
ia DER. w. 2,- more tolerable for sodom
.,3 than for Capernaum in the day OF
3 Judgment Matt. 81. %. 24i. f$ E.
We have seen Lot pitching his tent
|453 toward Sodom and later dwelling in
z$ Sodo,n xiii. 70 xiv. l2,. hut now we
M see him a ruler in Sodom. sitting II
84& the gate Of So.iom xix, ~. That
means getting on in the world. but Il
S# mems such a FELLOWSHIP, With thu
sas world as angels c2nuot approve. fo1
SS they preferred to abide in the stree
eS ratI.er than enter Lots house. $
ES Wien they communicated to 10
E their business that they had been sen
BaSM To destroy the city because of its III
Es Equity, which cried greatly to God
@E@ they told Lot to tell his family 'an'
ESN eiativess to fee from the city becans
s 81 Tie. judgement that was about II
Essa c,,tnr. They paid no heed to Lot
fs message. however. and he seemed t
E them as one thai Knocked. 1z ss
SO much for the yalueIof 81 testimt
E ny against 4 be world By one who j
EBa con formed to, the world Is The life an
m conduct o. Lot is slch:l prablelii tina
Essa If the spirit ,sbS Petes had not told L
ESs that he Wasaa righteous tlaallS tI! Ie
FL T. s., We might never have suppose
E$S3 that he was. sucl4a one Such a test
ESa ;nony concerning such a man shout
bxa prevent us from passing Judgment
aiy enc as to whether they are tt
I'm lords ort#not. See Rom. xiv 10;
E Cor. 4. $. ss.55 II, ss &, /. 4 h s5
s SsSss s. In the morning the two angels. toe
E@a Tot and his wife and their two daug
esssa tiers by the hand and brought the
Esa forth without the city. urging them
Ea escape for their lives and look not b
hind Sthem t@theS@sshould be consur
esaa ed ii the dos rtction of the city.
ssass III The perVt..Saness and nnbelief$
F#S Lot are seen in his refusal to escape
EE a the mountain and in his fear that I
E who Ellad eliyered him. from sodo
EH would let some evil befall him in t
@s mountain See the marvellous era
M Of God iii sparing zzoar at his sreque
M How wonderful beyond all comp
hension the sin Of man and the era
Of God There is, however, a limit
His forbearance if sin is persisted
\ Hsa for. n though He is: long suffering a
4 not willing hat any should peris
tile day of the Lord vii come ca $$P'
4 lii, 8, 10l.
+ From char ter yix % it looks
E IL the day on which Soc dom and {
n morrah were %destroyed began with
clear sky, morning Of suns hine at
d night Of the usual sins to which !
cities were given over. Il the so
e E in-law Of Lot happened to mention
any OF their friends the visit Of th
4 father and his strange message e,
4 corning the approaching doom it pr
ably caused only laughter. But
M clouds gathered, the storm broke,
Z fire and birthstone fell, and that S
q M the last morning on earth for f, the
II ia abitants OF those cities.