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SUNlGyS0lOQL,
LESSON
(By q. o. SELLERS, Acting Director Of
Sunday School Course, The Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago, Ill)
LESSON FOR MAY 2
SAUL TRIES TO KILL DAVID.

LESSON TENT Samuel BILE
GOLDEN TEXT-Whoso putteth his
trust in the Lord shall be safe.-Prov
Although anointed by Samuel, vic
torlous in arms and promoted at court,
David was many years in reaching his
throne. At first both court and army
did him honor (ch. 1922, yet he con-
Quoted himself with great modesty
QS:1S, 23). He also obeyed the king
explicitly though he knew fully that !
he was the God-appointed successor
Of Saul. Escapes as wonderful and as
providential as Davids occur in the
lives of most of us If we could but |
know them.
|. David and Jonathan, w. 1.3. The
story Of the love of David and Jona-
than Is classic. With such close
family relations and a son.in-law SO
successful at arms 1t is strange that
Sauls anger should vent itself upon
David. At first Saul was much at
tached to David but the admiration Of
the people for David aroused his jeal.
ousy, (ch. 1850 and jealousy is pecu-
liarly a soldiers disease. The slave Of
| jealousy never has peace. AS sin and
disobedience developed in his life Saul
became subject to fits of insane rage
during one of which, as David played
upon his harp and endeavored to quiet
the monarch's spirit, he hurled a
javelin, which served as his scepter,
at the harpist (ch 1910. Saul felt
that David was divinely protected and
he knew that God had departed from
his own life (15:23; 1914. Saul did
not keep his grief and rage to himself
for Jonathan and the nation alike
knew all about it.
II. Saul and Jonathan, wv. AZ. It
took courage and self-sacrifice on
Jonathan's part to speak on behalf of
David. Prudence and principle are
combined in Jonathans plea. Those
who envy include in their hate and
anger all who speak kindly in behalf
of their enemy. But Jonathans argu-
ment wv. 4, 81 is unanswerable.
David had not sinned against Saul; it
was Jehovah who wrought great
salvation for all Israeli on the day
David took his life in his hand and
overcame Goliath. Jonathan pleads for
God as we'll as for his friend. He
called to Saul's memory his former
Joy at seeing Jehbvah's victory
through David and for the time being
Saul was persuaded ". g. and made
another of those impetuous promises
which proved so feeting. Ushered by
Jonathan (Matt. 500 David returned
to Sauls presence, entered once more
upon the discharge of his duties and
desisted only when he saw that his
presence only aggravated the. king and
that he was uselessly exposing his life
in Saul's presence. David was faith
full to God and to Gods anointed king
III. Michal and David, w. s-12
Saurs hatred was too deep to be per.
manently overcome. David went out
and won a great victory over the Phi
listines and as he followed his courtly
: duty, Saul burst out with fresh at
tack wv. 8, 81. David had married
Michal when about twenty-one years
| ~ oly,
: ing the next three years. The evi
! spirit mentioned was demon (1S:10;
: Acts 16:16-1S; Mark 1:23-26), mes
{ senger Of Satan permitted by God fol
Saups discipline Oh Cor. 12:D. Coz
: permits evil to come upon men not t.
tempt them-solicit them to do wroni
/ but to bring them to repentance o
T to refine them as pure gold. Thus evi
NAV be said to do Gods work (ch
4:1) ito be sent from Jehovah"
w. Summary. All who envy ar
murderers at heart Matt, 27:1S; I Johl
3:12, 15). The present day murderer
hurl their javelins of SANDER, lynn
and vituperation against the reputa
e ton of the men whom they hate. o
l. else they hurl unfair and unjust bus
ness methods at others that they ma
L perpetuate their power or else bull
& themselves up upon the ruins of thos
whom they envy. Saul missed Davi
but he was no less murderer. Sata
always overshoots the mark when n
), assails one of Gods anointed, chose
= ones. Saul could not harm Davi
q though he wished to ever so niue
l. Cps. 1882, SO; lisa. 54:17; Luke 4:3O
y 1O:39). Saul's hatred stopped not eve
l. at the threshold Of David's house br
invaded the sacred precincts OF nj
t home. Envy is blind, 1t assails a
that a man has, spares none wit
whom he Is, connected and colors e
cry act and relation of life even to til
y relations of father and child Sal
q was frustrated by his own childre
at Jonathan and Michal. David's dangt
IN was imminent, hence his speedy e
le cape.
Re Men are strong in SO far as the
see Gods purpose and discipline
their lives.
u Saurs experience at Naioth wv. z
It 24) was a response of his emotion
nature to a religious appeal, anoth
time when God was waiting to