Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-01-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson Il.-First Quarter, For
Ian. 10, 1915.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text Of the Lesson. Judg. iv, 4-16
Memory Verses, IA, 15-Goiden Text,
Ps. xxxiv, 17-Commentary Prepared
by Rev. o. M. Stearns.
The one great aim of God In His
word is that we may know Him and
let Him through us make Him known
to others, those who will not read His
word being able to read of Him in our
lives. For that end He chose Israel and
brought them unto Himself that they
might be unto Him kingdom Of
priests. ministering unto Him and find
ing in Him their inheritance (Ex xix.
4-6; III Sam. vii. %; Ps. cxlvii 20l. The
end OF the story. after centuries of
failure on mans part, will be that Is
rael shall know Him as never before.
and all nations shall know Him through
Israel Geek. XXXvii. p. -, IS; xxXix,
Z, p. %, 25, %. 20; xiii. :; Jer ill. III.
In all the past history of the world
since Adam sinned. whether before the
call of Abram or since the birth OF Is
rael as a nation or during the present
age Of gathering a people for His
name from all nations, those who
have known Him have been compare
lively few. the vast majority doing
what seemed right in their own eyes.
which is always evil in the eyes of the
Lord Uudg. Iii, Z, -; iv. /; xvii, q; xxi
25).
The Lord is always looking over the
whole earth to find any one who i;
whole hearted for Him. who will walk
before Him and be sincere, as He ex.
horted Abram to do Gil Chron. xvi. 0;
Gen. xvii, ~. To that end He is ever
proving His people to see If they will
turn to Him alone or to their own
thoughts and ways (Deut. viii, ., 3, rs;
Judg. H. %; ill, |, 4; lisa. ". s. 81, and
His cry ever is, "Oh, that my people
had hearkened unto me and Israel had
walked in my ways! Cps. lxxxi, 49,
So full Of compassion is He that when
people arc in trouble because OF their
sin If they turn to Him with the whole
heart He hears them and sends deliv
erance Uudg. II. 16; Ill, 0, 10, 81. The
rest which He gave Israel from time
to time Chapter iii. II. 30) might have
been theirs all the time If they had not
turned to their own ways,
Our lesson today shows us the Lord
delivering by the hand of a woman
Deborah, the prophecies. and also us
ing another woman who feared God
more than man and preferred to stand
with God at any cost. Jael. the wife
Of Heber, the Kenite Chapter iv. a, s
II, 2I. Let the sisters note for their
encouragement the stories of Huldah
the prophecies; Priscilla. the teacher;
the daughters of Philip. the host OF
and those women aborers in the gos
pei whose names are In the book of
life Gil Kings xxi, ID; Acts xviii, &c;
xxi. 8, 0; rs. xviii, II, X. "; Phil. iv.
b. Let the brethren be better believers
than Barak. who said that he would
not go unless Deborah went with him
! verses 8. o.. Yet Barak Is mentioned
among the men of faith In Heb. XII
oh. how great Is the grace of God
which uses such weak ones as we are
and gives us credit for what He Him
self does in and through us!
Note in lesson. verses Z. Il. IS, %
that it was the Lords victory and de
liveranee, and SO they sang of it in
chapter v, 2. 3. There was just one
thing that Israel did that was worth
mentioning = they willingly offered
themselves oversees 2. 81. and this re
minds us of | Chron. xxx, 0. II; II
Chron. xvii. 1G; II Cor. viii. II; Elk
XIV. 2; xxxv. 20. and of the question
in l Chron. xxx, s. There were some
who came not at all to help, and &
curse was pronounced upon then
Verse 23). What about the many pro
Tossing Christians today who do moth
ing whatever to help deliver the op
pressed from the power Of the enemy
May there be great searchings o
heart oversees Is. 16) and readiness
to say, Thy servants are ready to d.
whatsoever my Lord the king shall ap
point" "For any manner Of servic,
wholly at thy commandment
III Sam. Nv, Is; Chron. xviii. 21l
Some jeoparded their lives unto tn
death. as did three of David's might.
men and as we are commanded to d
(verse 18; II Sam. xiii. II; Rev. II. 10
The saying in chapter v. IL, Lead tn,
captivity captive" makes us think Q
Ps. xviii, 10; Eph. ". 8. and Of HiI
OF whom all deliveries were the fainI
: est foreshadowings. The desire tina
those who love Him should be as tn
sun when he goeth forth in his Nigh
(verse 3n makes us think Of the gren
morning of victory. when He sha
finally deliver Israel. make wars
cease and the righteous shall shin
forth as the sun I'll Sam. xiii. 3,
Ps. XVI, 5. margin, o; Nal. ". 2; Mat
Kill. 43,. Then shall all the enemie
Vt the Lord perish and the Kingdom
~ this world shall become The kin.
dom OF the Lord Jesus Christ an