The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson XIII. Fourth Quarter,
For Dec. %, 1918.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.


Read Josh. xxiv-Golden Text, John
iii, 16-commentary by Rev. D. M.
Stearns.
LESSON I.-Moses' Cry For Help,
Mum. xi, 1918, "a. %. Golden Text,
Jas. V, 16, "The supplication of a
righteous man availeth much in its
working" The continual complaining
Of this rebellious people was enough to
wear any one out and led Moses to
say, at is too heavy for me-" but he
always took everything to the Lord in
prayer. This was one of the occa-
sions when he felt unnecessarily bur-
dened, as if he had to do it.
LESSON II.-Jealousy and Envy Pun
ished, Mum. xii Golden Text, 1 Cor.
xiii, 4, 5, "Love envieth not; love vaunt-
eth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not
behave itself unseemly." The devil is
ever at work in the world and in the
church, but it is sad indeed when he
is allowed to enter Christian house
hold. 1t should be said of Christians,
"See how these believers love one an
other"
LESSON III.-The Report of the Spies,
Mum. xiii, 1-3, 25-33. Golden Text.
Rom. viii, 81, "If God is for us, who is
against us?" To inquire if what God
says is true or to question if He is
able to do as He has said is indeed
bad business. The shepherds did bet
ter who said, "Let us go and see this
thing which has come to pass" duke ii,
15). When the Lord is as real to us
as He was to Caleb and Joshua we will
not consider giant difficulties of any
kind.
LESSON Iv.-The Sin of Moses and
Aaron, Mum. XXX, 1-13. Golden Text,
Ps. xix, IA, LET the words of my
mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in thy sight, o Jehovah,
my Rock and my Redeemer." The fail
ure of Moses on the line of meekness
after forty years of victory and inter-
cession for such a people should hum
BILE us all in the dust before God and
lead us never for one moment to trust
ourselves in any way
LESSON V.-Balak and Balaam, Mum.
xxi, %; xiv, 1919. Golden Text,
Jas. i, s, "a double minded man, un-
stable in all his ways" Every phase
of human nature is set before us in
Scripture, but Balaam is one of the
strangest, ready to do anything for
money, even to curse the people of
God, and yet afraid to go against God
and ready to speak His messages, vet
leader of the Lords people into sin
full ways (Rev. H. 14.
LESSON VI.-Abstinence For the Sake
Of Others, Rom. xiv, 7-21. Golden Text,
Rom. xiv, 81, "It is good not to eat
flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do any
thing whereby thy brother stumbleth."
AS the Lord Jesus Christ is our only
Saviour, He should be our only exam
pie, and His approval our only aim.
LESSON VII.-The Death of Moses,
Deut. XXXiv, 1-12. Golden Text, Ps.
cXvi, 10, PRECIOUS in the sight of Je-
hovah is the death of His saints" In
some respects the most remarkable
death and burial on record, as his was
also in some respects the most remark
able life ever lived. No other man who
died and was buried was ever seen on
earth hundreds of years later and rec
ognized by mortals.
LESSON VIII. Joshua the New
Leader. Josh. i, 10. Golden Text,
Josh. i, 8, "Be strong and of good
courage" Remember the ten times
this eXhortation is found (see notes on
this lesson and associate with it the
FIVE BE of good cheers of the Lord
Jesus NIatt. tx, ,, %; xiv, 2I; John
xvi, 33; Acts xiii, ID. Make much of
the assurance 81 will be with thee;
will not fail thee" Verse 81, and the
''Be not afraid of" of verse 0.
LESSON IX-Crossing the Jordan,
Josh. iii, III. Golden Text, lisa. xii,
10, "Fear thou not, for am with thee"
Remember the faith of Rahab and the
story of the scarlet line; also the prom
inent place of the ark of the covenant
in chapters iii and iv. See the object
in dividing the Red sea and the Jor-
dan, that the name of the Lord might
be magnified and that all the people of
the earth might know the hand of the
Lord Qsa. xiii 12-14; Josh. iv, 24.
LESSON X.-The Fall of Jericho, Josh.
vi. S-11, 1920. Golden Text, Mark
tx, %, "All things are possible to him
that believeth" Note again the promi-
nence of the ark of the covenant and
the only sound heard, that of the trum-
pets of rams horns. All victory is in
the name of the Lord Jesus and by
virtue of His precious blood. Before
Him all Jerichos fall, all difficulties
vanish.
LESSON XI.-The Sin of Achan, Josh.
vii. 6-15. Golden Text, Mum. xxi,
%, "Be sure your sin will find you
out" We are assured of victory and of
being able to say, "Thanks be unto
God. who always causeth us to tri'
umph in Christ" QI Cor ii, 14, but 1t
is on condition of obedience and OF
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