Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-08-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson vIl.-Third Quarter, For
Aug. IS, 1915.


Text OF the Ieseon, ] Niu0s xiss Zo-3S.
Memory vsrsse. "a 29-Goidsn Text,
Elk. XIX, 4. 5a-commsntaey Prepared
BY Rev. .. NJ stsarns.
When we hear Jeroboam saying In
his heart, Now shall the Kingdom re-
turn to the house Of David. they
shall kill me and go again TO Reho-
beam, king Of Judah" verses 26, 20,
and remember that God had said to
him II he would walk In His ways and
do right In His sight He would be with
him and build him sure house Xxi. 81,
3s), we cannot see any evidence In
Jeroboam OF any faith In God or any
and made the calves of gold and set
them UP at Bethel and Dan for Israel
to worship, saying. Behold thy gods.
o Israel, which brought thee up out Of
the land OF Egypt" oversees -. 2S,. be
proved himself an idoiator and liar
and true child Of the devil He pre-
ferred hts own way to Gods way.
darkness rather than light, the service
Of the devil rather than that Of God.
His sacrifices and his feasts, his altar
and his incense. were all the device
Of his own heart verse 33i, and X b
written Of him again and again through
all the story OF the ten tribes, "Jero-
beam. the son Of Nebat. who made
Israel to sim" He never turned from
his evil way. but did worse and worse,
and after reigning twenty-five years he
died and was succeeded by his son
Nadab. who followed In his fathers
footsteps xiv. 20; Nv. %. 3D. Reho-
beam reigned In Judah seventeen
years, but be also did evil in the sight
Of the Lord. and led the people into
idolatry and into all the denominations
Of the nations which the Lord cast out
before the children Of Israel XIV, 81
"a.
This is story OF long ago. but u be
Ing repeated on all sides before our
eyes today. and as truly a. the time
came when both the ten tribes and the
two tribes went into captivity for their
sins, 50 the time win come. u even
now drawing near, when the Lord win
spue out Of His mouth the protesting
church because Of her sins and set up
His kingdom Of righteousness and
peace ON this earth REV. III. 1420.
The church, the company Of believer,
b expected to represent Jesus Christ
on this earth. a. Israel was expected
to represent the Lord God Of Israel:
70 walk In HIS wayS and do right In
His sight From the beginning God
has wrought By His Spirit and Hh
word and His own power. Thus He
created al things IN the beginning. and
thns He restcrsd IN things aftsr the
catastrophe Gen. 1 1: q. .: Pa xxxiIi.
o. In an H. history Of Israel He ~
dssmsd. He ted. He guided He said
to HIS apostles. II b NJ ~ Tat
spsak. but he Gp1E1k - y0ur Eakhsg
which spsaksth n you" (Aatt I. %
Il b written Of Stephan. -Thsy vese
NOT able 10 RESIST the visdom and ~
epfrk By which he paks- (Aets VI 10.
Whsn ~ cons1dsr ths worldly abom-
inaf3cns which ar found h H.
churchss Of our day and TIE false
teaching. such - H. dental q ths ~.
GIN birth. tie de1ty u ChFise. HI
v1raxious stooAmsnt lF7ls suffering ~
our sins n Cur stsAdl. Hi litaFai rssus-
rscfssa from he dad. prsssnt ministry
a inHssesssicn Tor HI people. and
coming aon1n toe HI own and latsR
with M 0wn 10 ~ up Hi Kingdom.
6oes n not sssm - n many a u
leaders, q our DAY ar, With ths1r h
usassd nshs. woe.s IN thsix ideiatry
and unbslief than were Jaoboam and
Rehoooamf In an aees God hAs I'D
His own faithful onsA though aiways
only . rev comparatively. One day -
ynoboam stood By hi altar at Bethel
Do burn incense thsss came Q nan a
God out Of Judah with q Message from
the Lord. and he said that one would
rome from the house DAVID. eallsd 10
Eiah. who would burn the bones a tn
false pgieses upon that altar: ana - {
nm that Il would b. - ths altar waa
then rent and the ashes scattered
yesuboam attempted 30 ny hold q
TIE man Of God, but his hand dx1sd
up, and he could not draw Il bach
aeain until The man Of God prayed ful
him Then be asked the man Of God
to 70 home with him that he might ~
mesh him with FOOD and give him Z
Nward: but he replisd mat he wal
charged By the Lord MOT to DO THU
shortly after this IN Old prophet Of
Bethel. who had been told By his SOM
Of th1s Incident saddIsd hi 90 and
found the man AZ God sitt1ng under
m oak and invited him home, but tn
man Of God replied - be did % Zero
boam- Then the cd prophet said thei
IN angel had told him to come fos
him and to bring him home. Out tn
I'D man nd, To this ne man Of God
y1eIded and went home WIN - ~
prophet. A. they NJ at tabss stsaaoI
uannnnne came throun6 tha ~ nsur,hnf