The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-27
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson XIII. Second Quarter,
FOR June 29, 1919.
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VI, 20-22; Comprehensive Quarterly
Review-Golden Text, i John u, Il.
Commentary Prepared by Rev. p. M.
Stearns.
LESSON I.-Jacob and Esau, Cen.
xvii, 22-34 Golden Text, Isa. Xxx is,
Jehovah is a God OF justice; blessed
are all they that wait for Him. This
is a sad story Of deceit and lying, illus
trating the fact that 'sthe heart is de-
ceitful above all things and desperate
ly wicked Ger. xvii. 81. Had Rebekah
believed God fully and firmly she
would not have acted so. If Christians
today believed God they would not
stoop to any of the many unbelieying
methods of helping God to work.
Lesson u.-Jacob at Bethel, Gen.
xviii, 1922. Golden Text, Gen. XVIII,
10, II am with thee and will keep thee
whithersoever thou goest" This is a
lesson on the great grace Of God to-
ward a penitent sinner, one of the
most remarkable visions ever granted
to any and referred to by the Lord
Himself, who gave it to Jacob in John
1, 81.
LESSON III.--Jacob's Meeting With
Esau. Gen. xxxiii, 1-15. Golden Text,
Eph. iv, 80, BE We kind one to an
other, tender hearted, forgiving each
other, even as God also in Christ for.
gave YOU The groundlessness OF our
fears when we have committed all to
the Lord is manifest in the meeting OF
Esau and Jacob.
LESSON Iy.-Joseph Sold Into Egypt,
Gen. xxxvii, 1886. Golden Text, I
Cor. xiii, 4, Love envieth not" God
is ever working out His eternal pur-
pose, and the time will come when we
will bless the hand that guided and the
heart that planned, though for the
present we may be as sorely tried as
was Jacob and as g~rievously dealt with
as was Joseph.
LESSON V.-Joseph Interprets Dreams,
Gen, xl, 9-23. Golden Text, Job xxi.
s. 1.-The breath of the Almighty giveth
them understanding The slavery
and Imprisonment of Joseph seem to
US most cruel, but we must see the
hand of God in all and in all the events
of our own lives. 1t is written: He
called for a famine" He sent a man
before them. even Joseph" HE was
laid in iron until the time that His
word came" Cps. CIV. 1910.
LESSON VI.-Joseph Made Ruler Of
Egypt, Gen. xii, 25-40. Golden Text,
I Pet. v, 5, "God giveth grace to the
humble" Joseph's power, God given.
to interpret dreams is now made use
of for his own benefit and great deliv.
n The forgetful butler remem
bered his faults. The wisdom of Egypt
was Of no use in the things of God.
God enabled Joseph to interpret the
kings dreams and thus raised him
from the dungeon to the throne and
made him ruler over all Egypt.
LESSON VII. - Joseph Meets His
Brethren. Gen. xiii, 3-17. Golden Text,
Gal. vi, Z, whatsoever a man soweth.
that shall he also reap After twenty
years he looks upon the faces of the
men who hated him, sold him and led
their father to think him slain. He
knew them, but they knew him not,
and yet they are fulfilling the dreams
for which they hated him. That evil
treatment OF their boy brother is not
forgotten. and this rulers treatment of
them leads them to think of 1t.
LESSON VIII,-Joseph and Benjamin,
Gen. xiii, IS, 10. 1884. Golden Text,
/ John ii. 10, "He that loyeth his broth
er abideth In the light" Simeon is a
hostage in Egypt: the other nine re-
turned home with corn for their fami-
lies. After long delay they must come
again for corn and Of necessity, but
very reluctantly Jacob gives up Benja-
min, Judah being surety Simeon is
restored to them on their arrival, and
the whole eleven dine with Joseph ar
ranged in the order of their ages.
LESSON IX.-Joseph Tests His Breth-
rem. Gen, xiv, All. Golden Text, Jas.
", is, Confess therefore your sins one
tc another and pray one for another
that We may be healed" They could
be merry In his presence whom they
had virtually slain because they knew
him not. even though they were enjoy
ing his bounty. They therefore need
ed a deeper conviction OF their sin:
hence Joseph's further severe treat
ment OF them.
LESSON X~.-Joseph Forgiyes His
Brethren. Gen. xiv, 1-15. Golden Text,
Ps. cxxxiii. /, Behold how good and
how pleasant it lis for brethren to dwell
together in unity" Their conviction OF
sin was now deep and thorough, and
the love and forgiveness which had
long been In the heart of Joseph for
them burst forth In the words OF
verses 8 to 9, and the guilty. terrified
men look upon the face of their broth
er and are assured of forgiveness.
LESSON XI.--Jacob Before Pharaoh,
Gen. XVIII, 1-12. Golden Text, Rom.
viii. 90. ITO them that love God all
things work together for good With
abundance OF corn and gifts and wag-
n to bring their families and their
father down TO Egypt the eleven broth
ers returned to their father with the
joyful news that Joseph was alive and
ruler over all Egypt.
I4EssoN XII.-The Binding Erect of
Sin. Amos vi. 1-8. Golden Text. Amos
~. ia. .'Seek good ard not evil, that We
may live All prophecy sets forth the
sin OF man and the grace of God. The
worst kind of incompetence Ii unhelief
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