Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-03-24
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOR MAR. 2S
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Text Of the Lesson. Neh. IN, 1851.
Quarterly Keyicw-GiIden Text,
Prov. NV. 3i-Commentary Pre-
Pared by Rev. ID. VI. Stcarns

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raei, Iudg. ii. 1-19. Golden Text. Hosea
xiv. 1. Il will heal their backsliding:
{ viii love them freely" God did
everything for Israel that infinite love
4 could do and asks So patheticaliy in
4 lisa. V. !. What could have been done
more to my vineyard that | have not
done in it, He asked only that they
( make 10 league with the inhabitants
of the land who were all idolaters. but
keep themselves wholly for Him.
Lesson II Deborah and Barak De-
liver Israel. Judg. iv. 4l6 Golden
! Text, rs. XSXiv. H.. 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 He delivered
them This time He uses Il woman.
but man went along who would not
! have gone without Deborah.
LESSON ili.-The Call Of Gideon.
.Iudg vi. l.lG 1910 Golden Text,
! rs. lxv, 4. Blessed is the man whom
I Thou chOoSeSt" Now the oppresSorS
are the Midanitcs and the oppression
is very serere-So great that IL a little
grain Is to he kept for ones own use
/ II must be thrashed in secret. Gideon
while thus occupied is visited 10y the
/ Lord verse "A and called to be the
deliyerer. strengthened by the asSur.
ance that the one who sent him would
be surely with him verses II 49,
LESSON ~ Gideon and the Three
Hundred. Judg vii Is. 1923 Golden
Text. Zech. is. q. 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 500 because all
/ the rest were afraid or loved their own
comfort was Il very unusual proceed
ing and suggests the question. How
many prOfeSSed followers of Christ
today are ready wholly 10 renounre
self and follow Him fully?
LESSON Y.-The Birth of Samson.
Iudg, xiii. SIC. "a 2G Golden Text.
Iudg. xiii. 4. Beware. pray thee. and
drink no wine nor strong drink" This
was the longest and in some respects
the worst of alt the expressions. forty
years under the phiiStnes. hut again
the Lord delivered. Again the Lord
came personally TO talk with the M
man agents this time 10 visit her who
was TO be the mother 81 the delivercr
and tell her the manner Of the man
LESSON VI--Euth Chooses the True
God. Ruth j. GlS. Golden Text. Ruth
/. III, Thy people shall be- my people
and thy God my God" All the dpliv
erers We're in measure typical at the
great Detiverer. but this is the story
Of one who came into the direct line
of our Lords human ancestry BY
the everything of human failure this
devoted Gentle plays wonderful part
in the great drama of history. the heart
Of which is His story.
LESSON Nit.-Samuel Called To BE
Prophet, Sam. iii. il3. 10. ~. Gold
en- Text. | Sam ILL., .. speak. Jehovah.
for Thy servant heareth The quar-
ter's lessons seem to be wholly on the
line of the Lord delivering or pre-
pairing or calling the delverer" Now
II 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 ia
Lukei
LESSON NllI.-The Death OF Eli and
His Sons, | Sam. iv. 1.13. IL. Golden
Text. JAS /. 80. BE We doors Of the
word and not hearers only. deiuding
your own selves" Poor old Eli was In
a 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 humil.
lated them by allowing the ark to be
taken. Israel defeated. Ellis sous slain.
LESSON IA. Samuel. the Victorious
Leader. | Sam vii. 3-1T. Golden Text.
| Sam. vii. IL. Hitherto hath Jehovah
helped US" After Samuel returned TO
Ramah. his birthplace, which he seems
to have done after Els death and the
loss of the ark. be led Israel back TO
the Lord In pcnitence and devotion and
so defeated the Philistines that they
came no more into the coast of Israel
all the days Of Samuel.
LESSON X.-SauI Amounted King.
/ Sam tx. Il; <. l. Golden Text,
| Pet II. L.. Fear God; honor the
King" That which God bad fore
seen now comes 10 pass. and the peo-
pie demand OF Samuel king tDeut.
xvii, IA. 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 Xl.-Snul Gains His King.
dom. ! Sam. ri. Golden Text PROV
xvi. 50. "IIe that Is slow To anger Is
better than the mighty. and he that
Euieth his spirit than be that taketh
a city" The Lord gave Saul victory
over the Ammonites and thus the es-
.eem OF the people lie also gave Saul