The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-04-29
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson V.-Sec0nd Quarter, Fer
May 2, 1915.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.


| pared by Rev. D. NJ. Stearns.
The work OF the devil is not pleas
ont meditation, but it is necessary that
we should know our great adversary
so as to successfully resist him. The
topic of the lesson today is Saul trying
to kill David. and ever since Cain
| killed Abel the devil has been very
busy killing people. He is spoken OF
in Heb. ii, i. as having the power of
death; but, although he has been per-
mitted to follow his occupation so long.
| the time will come when he shall be
sent to the lake Of fire forever and
there shall he no more death on this
earth tkey. Ky, 10; xxi, 4; | Cor XIV.
! 26). Meantime it is the believers priv
| ilege to be delivered from fear of
death and from all bondage in connec-
ton Herewith OIatt Y, IS: Heb. ii.
| 10. All envy and Jealousy and strife
are also of the devil and should not he
! tolerated in 4 believer JAS. iii. 14-1G:
Eph ", 80, ;,1)
Although chapter xix OF part Of il
| is our lesson chapter, we must look 1T
| xviii for the connection. The first four
| verses OF chapter xviii are thril.ingly
| beautiful III their assurance and mani
! festatOn c! the love Of Jonathan and
| David, but Ne shall come to that topic
| iii our next lesson. After Dayid'S vic
tory 6yer Goliath Saul set him over
! the men of war, and he was accepted
| i'll the sight of all the people, and the
| women sang his praises, magnifying
| him much Iaore than Saul xvii, 90
| This made Saul angry ana Jealous. and
| twice he tried to kill David with Il
| Javelin, but each time David escaped
| xviii. SID. While God may allow His
| saints TO he sorely tried prosecuted
| and even slain, 10 real evil can befall
| them, for il the resurrection they shall
| be as manifestly without injury as
We're DanieiS friends when they came
out of the furnace or Daniel himself
when he came out of the lions den.
Because the Lord was manifestly
| with David and he behaved himself
! wisely Tor prospered. xviii, ), II, mar
GIN Saul became afraid of him. re
moved him from being head of the
army and made him captain over Il
thousand. But all Israel and Judah
loved David xviii. 12-1Gl. The rest
of chapter xviii tells how saul sought
to get rid Of him 10y subtlety; but, fail
ing i'll that hCme, lie became David's
continual enemy. Chapter Xix opens
!, i L.,
the servants that they should kill Da-
yid, but Jonathan advised him to hide
a little while until he could talk with
his father. The result of this inter
view was that Saul sWore to Jonathan
that DAVID should not be slain. so Jon
athan brought him back, and he was
in Saul'S presence us in times past
xix, 10. so far SO good, but Il man
liable to give way TO an evil spirit at
any moment cannot be trusted. How
sadly suggestive the opening words of
verse g. And there was war again."
So it has been, and so it shall be until
the devil is removed from the earth
and the air, and the whole age in
which we are now living is described
by our Lord as time of wars and ru-
mors Of wars, famineS, pestilences and
earthquakes (Aatt. xiv, 6, y, but the
time will come when the nations shall
learn war no more, for He who alone
is able to do it will make wars to
cease unto the end of the earth.
In the war with the Philistines Da-
vid was victorious again and slew
them with a great slaughter, and the
Lord wrought another great salvation
for all Israel oversees ., -. But there
was war again in Saul's heart and
home, for the evil Spirit was yielded
to, envy and anger had control. and
the javelin almost did its deadly work
with David oversees 8, 10). Again the
Lord was his shield and deiverer. and
the weapon did not prosper lisa. liv,
10. AS some one has said, the devil
is very persistent, and 50 David had
not much peace. Now he seeks to
kill David i'll his own house. and his
wife, MichGl. proves to be his human
deliverer, helping him to make his es
cape through window and putting an
image in his bed, for when she said tG
the messengers that he was sick Saul
then sent to bring him on his bed
Saul was so angry when he found how
his daughter had deceived him that he
spake of killing her oversees 11-10.
What fearful control of Saul the dew
il did obtain. And it is 50 still that if
the Spirit of God is resisted the ad
versary comes in with great power. If
people will not receive the truth God
allows them to receive a lie I'll Thess.
ii, 1912. David, seeing himself so
perSistently prosecuted, fed to his
friend Samuel ut his home in Ramah.
and they both went and dwelt in Mai
9TH Three times Saul sent to take
him there but each time the Spirit of
God hindereI and even took hold of
Saul himself as he went after him
oversees 1921. We have a right to sing
from the heart: IF God be for us. who
can be against uS?' The Lord is my
light and my salvation. Whom shall |
fear? The Lord is the strength of my
life. of whom shall | be afraid|'
(Rom. viii. 81: Ps. xvii. H.
There is great comfort also in lisa
liv, II, NO weapon that is formed
against thee shall prosper, and every
tongue that shall rise against thee in