Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-09-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson xIY.-Third Quarter, For
Sept. 80, 1917.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson, Dan. tx. 3-f9-ouar-
terIy Review-Golden Text, Ps. CHI, 8.
Commentary Prepared b. Rev. D. N.
Stearna-

Stearns-
lisa. vi Golden Text. lisa. vi s, Here
am I; send me- I'VE often abbreviate
the Golden Text for lack of room.) We
all need such vision as this or Rev.
iv, and these are written that we may
have them and know God and hear
His call TO us and respond as Isaiah
and jeremiah and Ezekiel did, speak
His words faithfully and leave results
to Him.
LESSON ll.-Ahaz. the faithless king.
III Chron. XVIII, Is. 20-2T. Golden
Text. Heb. xi. C. without faith it Is
impossible to he well pleasing unto
Him" Every king en- David's throne
was expected TO represent the Lord
there and be king for God. Believ-
ers are expected to represent Christ In
some measure as He did the Father.
Are We good or evil In His sight?
LESSON III.--Hezekiah. the faithful
king, II Chron. xxx. lib. Golden Text.
Heb. xi, 6, HE that cometh to God
must believe that He Is" There can
be nothing better than to do right In
the sight Of the Lord xxx. p, make
His house or His kingdom our FIRST
thought and do all We can to gather
people to Christ our passover. who was
sacrificed for us.
LESSON Iv.-Sennacherib's invasion
Of Judah. II Kings xix. 2o-22. 2S-3,.
Golden Text. Ps XVI. /, God Is our
refuge and strength. 1t is surely In
spring to see two men, a king and a
prophet. crying to God against such
host OF enemies and to see one mes
senger from God taking $4,000 OF the
enemy Off the earth In one night. Let
US spread all our troubles before God
as this king did
LESSON y.--God's gracious invitation.
lisa ". LA. Golden Text, lisa. ". 6:
Seek re Jehovah while He may be
found. Cali upon Him; He Is near"
The worldwide thirst can be quench-
ed only in Gods appointed way. and
that Is by Himself. the fountain. No
bread can satisfy but the Living
Bread. He only can win the nations
to Himself. and He win do it through
Israel
LESSON yI.-Manasseh's sin and re-
pentance. II Chron. xxxiii 9-l6 Gold
en- Text. lisa. ". I. Let the wicked
forsake his way: our God
win abundantly pardon" A great les
son to encourage great sinners to turn
to great Saviour. who never turned
true penitent away He saved the
penitent thief and Saul OF Tarsus
LESSON yII.-Josiah's good reign. II
Chron xxxiv. 1-13 Golden Text.
Ecci. xii. /. Remember thy Creator In
the days of thy youth One of the
youngest Of all the kings, who had
very bad father. and yet he did right
in the sight OF the Lord. turning nei-
Their to the right hand nor to the left,
and none ever turned to the Lord with
all his heart as he did Gil Kings xiii.
2J).
LEssoS vIII.--Finding the book of
the iaw. III Cllron. xxxiv. II 23, Cold
en- Text. Ps. cxix. l6. Il will not for
get thy word" The word was rcceiv-
ed with meekness. the people humhied
themselves before the Lord. the great
est passover since the DAYS of Samuel
VAS htttts anu "a E4test Va tt1
land from idols followed. including
some of the idolatry started by Solo
mon.
LESSON IX.--The captivity OF Judah.
II Kings XIV, l-12. Golden Text. Eek.
xyxiii. IL. "As live. saith the Lord
Jehovah. / have no pleasure In the
death Of the wicked" Long did He
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gave them. but notwithstanding the
zeal Of Hezekiah and Josiah and the
entreaties of Isaiah. Micah and Jere-
miah they would not hearken. and
the captivity came
LESSON X.--The shepherd Of captive
Israel. Ezek. xxxiv. 1l-2T. Golden
Text, Ps. xiii. l. Jehovah is my
shepherd: shall not want" Not only
did they return after the seventy
the end Of this age and be one nation
In their own land and never be divided
or scattered aenin. Then shall they be
blessing to all nations
LESSON XI.--Daniel's purpose Of
heart, Dan. 1. $50. Golden Text. DAN
l, s, Daniel purposed In his heart that
he would not defile himself" This was
because the food from the kings table
had been offered to idols and Daniel
md his friends would keep themselves
wholly for God Thus thy purposed and
.hus they continual
Lesson XII.--The fiery furnace. Dan.
Ill, 1921. Golden Text. lisa. kill. .
"When thou walkest through the fire