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Text OF the Lesson, I Sam. xi-Mem-
DRY Verses, IL, 13--Golden Text,
Prov. xvi, 32-Commentary Prepar-
cd by Rev. ID. VI. Stearns.

he man whom He had chosen rs king
for Israel aud Samuel had anointed
him ne returned TO his home. having
met on his way all whom Samuel said
he would meet for all came to pass
just as Samuel said The Spirit of the
Lord ,Hnp upon him. and he became
a changed man tchapter X. q l0,. All
this was private matter between the
Lord aud Samuel and Saul for when
Saul reached home he only told that
Samuel had assured him that the asses
had been found. hui he said nothing of
the Kingdom Then Saul called the
people tO M2peh, reminded them of
the Lords deliverance from Egypt and
al enemies and Of their rejection of
God in demanding a king and then
proceeded 10 have them elect king
with Gods permission. Ii was, no
doubt. done by lot. as the land was di-
vided. for the lot is cast into the lap,
but the whole diSpoSing thereof is of
the Lord" tNum. XVI. -. 80; Prov.
xvi. 81. First the tribe was found
and then the family and then the man
tchapter y. 20. u; compare Josh vii.
l6-lSi. and thus they were guided To
the man whom He had already chosen
aud anointed Although elected. he
could not for "A time be found. so they
inquired of the Lord. and He told them
where TO find him Whether 1t he a
person or thing that cannot he found.
He that is perfect in knowledge knows
where To find the lost (Job XXXvi. a.
When the people looked upon the
man whom God had chosen they could
not refrain from shouting, God save
the king" or. as in the margin. Let
the king Iiver' tx. 23-21.I The band OF
men whose hearts God had touched
were II comfort 20 him. so that he was
able TO seem aS deaf man To his enc
mics (X. 26. 21I. our lesson chapter
shows how Sanl by the Spirit Of the
Lord began to deliver Israel and to OBJ
tain the confidence of the people. ]
suppose there is scarcely a day in the
life of any child of God when there is
not an occasion TO say. Now. the ser
pent' Gen. iii. l.. for he is ever going
about 10 make trouble. Nahash. whose
name signifies serpent, was moved
by the devil, whose he was and whom
he served. to seek To bring reproach
upon Israel oversees Ia. Saul heard OF
the distress of .IabeSh Gilead and in
very striking way summoned the PEG
pie to gather unto him and Samuel.
and 100000 gathered. and word was
sent TO the distressed that they would
have help by the morrow. That night
or in the early morning VERSE II
Saul came suddenly upon the Ammon
ties and so completely routed them
that two OF them were not left togetb
er oversees 4-tii.
The morning deliverances Of the III
BILE are full of interest and are all sug
gestive of the morning that Is coming
when the Lord shall dnally and for
ever deliver Israel ops XVI. ). mar
GIN. Compare Ps. Xix. IA. and see
Fix. xiv. "a. ~. Think also of Dan. vi
1923. and Of the deliverance that came
TO the disciples in the morning watch
MARX vi. 49,. But. while believers may
well rejoice in the glorious morning
that is coming and in Him who is TO
US the Morning star Gil Sam. XXiii. =:
Rev. xii. lGi. it is also written that
there will be no morning for such as
do not believe God lisa. viii. 20: mar.
gin and revised versioni When the
wrought by Saul they asked TO have
Saurs enemies put 10 death. but Saul
would not listen TO II. saying. There
shall not man be put 10 death this
day. for today the Lord hath wrought
salvation in Israel VERSES ~. 49,. II
was the same power that wrought for
Israel ar the Red sea (Ex. xiv. l3 30l
and OH so many occasions in all their
history. and their greatest deliverance
is yet to come Czech. xiv. 3. 81. Samuel
then gathered the people to Gilgal, and
there they made Saul king before the
Lord. offered sacrifices. and all Israel
rejoiced greatly oversees II. lj). Thus
far all seemed to be going well, but
when man has his way there is soon
failure, for verify, every man at his
best state apart from Cod Is alto
gether vanity" Ps. xxx. 81.
Chapter xii tells how Samuel rehears-
ed the history OF the nation from their
coming out Of Egypt the Lords deal
ings with them under Moses and
Aaron and how many time He de-
livered them in the days OF the judges.
He also asked them 10 testify as TO
whether during all the time that he
had judged them he had ever taken
anything from them or defrauded any
one or taken bride to blind his eyes.
but they called God to witness that
they could find no fault in him in any
OF these matters (xil. l-Ji. To show !
them that he was right before the |
Lord as well as In their eyes and that |
they had done wrong in asking for n
king when the Lord Himself was their |
King he asked the Lord to send thun-
der and rain that day. and He did so I
The neODlp seemed 70 600 fhpir sin and 4