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Text of the Lesson, Hos. XIV-Quar-
terly Review-Golden Text, Ps.
Gil, 8. Commentary Prepared by
Rev. ID. NJ. Stearns.


Rev. ID. Nj. Stearns.
4 LESSON I.-Elijah In Naboth's vine
yard, / Kings xxi. 11-20. Golden Text,
Mum. xxi, %, "Be sure your sin will
/ find you out" The wicked may act
as If they owned this world and may
Cypress and even kill those who seem
/ to have no helper, but "IIe that is
/ higher than the highest regardeth. and
/ there be higher than they CEccl. V, 81.
\ The blood of the righteous Abel cried
\ unto God Gen ". 10; Matt. xiii, so
LESSON Il.-Elilah taken up into
4 heaven, III Kings ii, l-12 Golden Text.
rs. xvi, II. In Thy presence is full
ness OF joy. In Thy right hand there
/ are pleasures forcvcrmUrc.' Ii is spe.
cially hclpful in This lesson 10 note the
devotion OF Elisha ana how he stead
tasty clung to Elijah and received
that which his hcau desired. The two
/ going Oh together suggests how we
may walk w.h God If we will
LESSON Ill.-Llisha heals Naaman.
the syrian II Kings V. LA. Golden
! Te&. TX. Xy. 2G, II am Jehovah that
I heaieth thee" y little captive maid
1 and great man OF God used to mag
/ Nifty the God of Israel I'm the healing
I of Naaman. the great man of Syria.
who was lepcr Naaman had
/ thoughts us 10 how he should be heal.
/ ed, but they were vain. Humility and
obedience are essential The gifts Of
/ God cannot he bought.
! LESSON ". - Elishas heavenly de
/ tenders. IL Kings vi, SIT. Golden
Text, Ps. xxxiv, T. The angel of Je-
/ hovah encampeth round about them
! that fear Him and dellyercth them.
1 Vain are the efforts OF man against a
child OF God unless God permit. He
delivered the king of Israel from the
king of Syria by His servant Elisha.
He delivered Elisha In a wonderful
way by sending blindness on those
who sought him. He caused Elisha's
servant to see the angelic hosts.
LESSON V.-The boy Joash crowned
king. II Kings xi. 412. Golden Text,
PROV. xiv, II. The house OF the wicked
/ shall be overthrown. but the tent of
/ the upright shall flourish" This is an
other instance of heavenly care and
/ preservation and of God watching over
His Word TO perform it, for Il all the
seed royal had been slain the Word of
God 10 David would have failed. The
+ preservation OF Joash was To preserve
the line Of David God uses human
agencies
LESSON NI.-Joash repairs the TEN
pie. II Kings xiii 4-1J. Golden Text,
III Cor. tx. 7. God loveth a cheerful
giyer' Both the tabernacle and the
temple said that God was in the midst
Of His people, and neglect TO the TEN
pie was an insult TO God Athaliah had
treated the temple with the same con
tempt that she treated God, but Joash
obtained funds in the appointed way
by willing offerings ard repaired the
temple and restored the worship.
LESSON VII.-Daniel in the kings
court, Dan. /. $50. Golden Text. Cor
xvi. 13. Watch We. stand fast in the
faith, quit You like men, he strong"
Here is the purpose 0f heart which
glorifes God ana obtains wisdom be
You'd all human wisdom; u purpose to
be one of Gods IND, died ones who
walk i'm Ills way us. xix. u; man
who would stand calmly b fore kings
because lie stood before God
LESSON NlIl.-Jonah a mi .siouary 10
| NincvoA Jonah iii. 10 Golden Text.
Matt xviii, 70, 20. Go ye therefore.
= and 10, | am with you always,
even unto the end of the world" A
striking lesson on Gods unwillingnesS
/ that any should perish, and His diff
Guilty in finding willing messengers;
also the great results from preaching
the message He bids us. then the fore
! shadowing Of the conversion Of nations
I by converted Israel
I LESSON IX.-Amos the fearless proph.
/ ct, Amos v. 10 Golden Text Jer
xiii, rs, He that hath my word, let
/ him speak my word faithfully The
/ great need of believers is to be turned
away from all idols, and especially
from self, to walk with and serve the
Living God, who has revealed to us
by the prophets His purpose, that we
may be fully agreed with Him
LESSON X.-Uzziah's pride and pun
ishment, III Chron XVI, S-21 Golden
Text, Prov. xxx, %, "a mans pride
! shall bring him low, but he that is of
lowly spirit shall obtain honor" We
have seen great man healed of lep-
rosy when he was willing 10 be hum.
/ bic and obedient. but here is great
king becoming proud and dying leper.
God resisteth pride hut blesses humil-
| ity.
| LESSON NJ Jehovah yearns over
backsliding Israel, Hosea ri. Ill.
Golden Text, Hosea. ri, 4. IL drew
them with cords of man. with bands
Of love" Israel the son OF God con.
trasted with Christ. the True Israel;
the one utterly selfish and sinful; the
other with no self ana no sin AS the
/ Father lOypS thn son 90 JIn lnvaS ne