Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-03-24
aY SCHOOL.
son xIll.-First Quarter, For
March %, 1915.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.


Quarterty review - 1otceh e1t,
Prov. xiv, 34-commentary Prepared
by Rev. D. IA. Stearns.
LESSON I-God's Patience With Is
rael, Judg. ii. T-I9. Golden Text. Hosea
xiv, 4. Il will heal their backsliding;
l win love them freely" God did
everything for Israel that infinite love
could do and asks so pathetically in
lisa. v. 4. What could have been done
more to my vineyard that have not
done in ity' He asked only that they
make no 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. judy. iv. 4-16. Golden
Text, Ps, xxxiv. II. 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 woman.
but man went along who would not
have gone without Deborah
LESSON Ill.-The Call OF Gideon.
Judg. vi. 11-16. 33-4o. Golden Text.
Ps. lxv, 4. Blessed is the man whom
Thou choosest." Now the oppressors
are the Midianites, and the oppression
is very severe-so great that if little
grain is to be kept for ones own use
it must be thrashed In secret. Gideon
while thus occupied is visited by the
Lord verse 14 and called to be the
deliverer, strengthened by the assur-
ance that the one who sent him would
be surely with him verses 14-16,.
LESSON Iv.-Gideon ard the Three
Hundred. Judg vii. Is. 1923. Golden
Text. Zeeh. ". 6, Not by might nor
by power, but by My Spirit, saith Je-
hovah OF hosts" The sitting of an
army of $4,000 down to 800 because all
the rest We're afraid or loved their own
comfort was a very unusual proceed
ing and suggests the question. How
many protested followers Of Christ
today are ready wholly to renounce
self and follow Him fully?
LESSON v.-The Birth of Samson.
Judg. xiii SIG. "a. &c. Golden Text.
Judg. xiii. 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 the Philistines. but again
the Lord delivered. Again the Lord
no m fallr xr-tfb hA hr,.
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 VI.-Ruth Chooses the True
God. Ruth |. 6-1S. Golden Text. Ruth
!. 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 overriding of human failure this
devoted Gentle plays wonderful part
In the great drama Of history. the heart
Of which is His story.
LESSON VII.-Samuel Called to Be a
Prophet. Sam. Ill. 1-13, 10. 20. Gold
en- Text. Sam. iii. o. 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 deliverer." Now
1t is broken hearted. prosecuted wo-
man who is called to be the mother
Of the deliverer. and her song or pray
a r Ia CT 70 ha nf To- t.,
Lukei.
LESSON VIIl.-The Death Of Eli and
His Sons, Sam. Nv. 1-13. Is. Golden
Text, Jas. i, % BE We doors of the
word and not hearers only. deluding
your own selves" Poor old Eli was IN
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 sons slain.
LESSON IX.-Samuei, the Victorious
Leader Sam. vii. BIZ. Golden Text.
l Sam. vii, y. Hitherto hath Jehovah
helped u.s. After Samuel returned to
Ramah. his birthplace. which he seems
to have done after Ellis death and the
loss of the ark. he led Israel back to
the Lord in penitenee and devotion and
SO defeated the PhiIistines that they
came no more into the coast of Israel
all the days of Samuel.
LESSON KS Saul Amounted King.
| Sam. tx. Il: x. l. Golden Text.
/ 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 ,Deut.
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 XII Saul Gains His King
dom. Sam. ri. Golden Text. Prov.
xvi. 80. He that is slow to anger Is
better than the mighty. and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh