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SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson XlII.-First Quarter, For
March 2o, 1915.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Quarterly Review - Golden Text,
Prov. xiv. 24-commentsry Prepared
by Rev. o. M. Stearns.
LESSON I.-Gods Patience With Is
rael. Judg. II. 7-l9. Golden Text. Hosea
xiv, 4. Il will heal their backsliding;
will love them freely" God did
everything for Israel that infinite love
could do and asks so pnthrtically in
Isa. V. 4. What could have been done
more to my vineyard that have not
done In IT, He asked only that they
make no league with the Inhabitants
of the land. who We're all idolaters. but
keep themselves wholly for Him.
LESSON Il.-Deborah and Rarak De-
liver Israel. Judg. iv. 4-1I. Golden
Text, PS. xyxiv. L.. The righteous
cried. and Jehovah heard and delivered
! them out of all their troubles" 1t Is
the same story over and over again
they sinned. the enemy oppressed. they
cried to the Lord. and lie delivered
them. This time He uses woman.
but Il man went along who would not
have gone without Deborah.
Lesson Ill-Tbe Call Of Gideon.
Judg. Vi. 11.1G. 33-40 Golden Text.
Ps. lxv, 4. BLESSED Is the man whom
Thou choosest." Now the oppressors
are the Midiahites. and the oppression
is very severe-so great that If little
grain is to be kept for ones own use
it must be tbrashed in secret. Gideon
while thus occupied Is visited by the
Lord verse il, and called to be the
deliverer. strengthened by the assur-
ance that the one who sent him would
be surely with him verses 14.16D.
LESSON Iv.-Gideon and the Three
Hundred. Judg. VII. l-S. 1923. Golden
Text. Zech. ". 6. "Not by might nor
by power. but by My Spirit. saith Je-
hovah Of hosts" The sitting Of an
army Of 32.OOO down to 800 because all
the rest were afraid or loved their own
comfort was very unusual proceed.
ihg and suggests the question. El"w
many profpssed followers Of Christ
today are ready wholly to renounce
self and follow Him fully?
LESSON V.-The Birth Of Samson.
Judg. Kill. SIG. "a. 26. Golden Text.
Judg. Kill. 4. Beware. pray thee. and
drink no wine nor strong drink" This
was the longest and in some respects
the worst Of all the expressions. forty
years under tbe Philistines. but again
the Lord delivered. Again the Lord
came personally to talk with the hu.
man agents, this time to visit her who
was to be the mother Of the deliverer
and tell her the manner of the man.
LESSON yI.-Ruth Chooses the True
God. Ruth |. 6-1S. Golden Text. Ruth
1. 16. Thy people shall be my people
and thy God my God" All the deliv'
erers were In a measure typical Of the
great Deliverer,. but this Is the story
of one who came into the direct line
Of our Lords human ancestry. By
the overrulipg Of human failure this
devoted Gentle plays wonderful part
in the great drama Of history, the heart
Of which Is His story.
LESSON VlI.-Samuel Called to Be
Prophet. l Sam. ILL. 1-l3. 10. 20. Gold.
en- Text. l Sam. iii. 0. "Speak. Jehovah.
for Thy servant heareth." The quar-.
ter's lessons seem 10 be wholly on the
line of the Lord delivering or pre-
pairing or calling the deliverer." Now
1t Is a broken hearted. prosecuted wO.
man who Is called to be the mother
Of the deliverer. and her song or pray
er Is very similar to that Of Mary In
Lukei.
LESSON vIII.-The Death Of Ell and
His Sons. / Sam. iv. 1-13. 1S. Golden
Text. Jas. i. 90 BE ye doers Of the
word and not hearers oily, deluding
your own selves" Poor old Ell was III
measure out of fellowship, and God
had to speak to him through Samuel.
The elders also were out Of fellowship
and relied upon the ark rather than
upon the Lord. so that the Lord humi-
lated them by allowing the ark to be
taken. Israel defeated. Els sons slain.
Lesson TX Samuel, the Victorious
Leader. | Sam. VII. 3-17. Golden Text.
| Sam. vii. 12. Hitherto hath Jehovah
helped u.s." After Samuel returned to
Ramah, his birthplace. which be seems
to have done after Ellis death and the
loss of the ark. he led Israel back to
the Lord in penitence and devotion and
so defeated the Philistines that they
came no more into the coast Of Israel
all the days Of Samuel.
LESSON X.-Saul Amounted King.
l Sam. IL. II: <, !. Golden Text.
I Pet. II. II. Fear God; honor the
King" That which God had fore
seen now comes to pass. and the peo-
pie demand of Samuel king tDeut.
xviii. 14). Samuel felt greatly hurt, but
committed all to the Lord and was told
to grant them king. but under pro-
test. Then the Lord sent him the man
and afterward controlled the lot so
that the people elected him.
LESSON XI.-Saul Gains His King