The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-09-28
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson XV.-Third Quarter, For
Sept. 80, 1917.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text of the Lesson, Dan. TX, g. 19-Quar-
terIy Review-Golden Text, Pc. Gill, 8.
Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M.
Stearns.
LESSON I.-Isaiah's call to service,
lisa. vi Golden Text, lisa. vi, 8, Here
am I; send meP' eve often abbreviate
the Golden Text for lack Of roOm.) We
all need such vision as this or Rev.
Nv, 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 u.-Ahaz, the faithless king,
II Chron. xviii, 1-5, 2O-27. Golden
Text, Heb. xi, 6, without faith it is
impossible to be well pleasing unto
Him. Every king on 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.-Hezel1iah. the faithful
king, II Chron. xxx, 1-13. 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, ., 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, 1922, 1887.
Golden Text, Ps. XVII, 1, God is our
refuge and strength" 1t Is surely in
spring to see two men, king and
prophet, crying to God against such a
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 v-Gods gracious invitation,
lisa. lv, LA. Golden Text, lisa. ", 6:
"Seek ye Jehovah while He may be
found. Call 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 will do it through
Israel.
LESSON vI.-Manasseh's sin and re-
pentance, II Chron. xxxiii. GIG. Gold
en- Text, Isa ", 7, "Let the wicked
forsake his way; our God
will abundantly pardon" A great les
son to encourage great sinners to turn
to a great Saviour, who never turned
a true penitent away. He saved the
penitent thief and Saul Of Tarsus.
LESSON vII.-Josiah's good reign, II
Chron. xxxiv, 1-13. Golden Text,
Feel. xii, 1, Remember thy Creator In
the days Of thy youth" One Of the
youngest Of all the kings, who had a
very bad father, and yet he did right
In the sight Of the Lord, turning mel
Their to the right hand nor to the left,
and none ever turned to the Lord with
all his heart as he did QI Kings xiii
20.
LESSON VIII.-F1nding the book Of
the law, II Chron. xxxtv, 1873. Gold
en- Text, Ps cxix, 16, II will not for
get thy word" The word was receiv-
ed with meekness, the people humbled
themselves before the Lord, the great
est passover since the days Of Samuel
was kept, and great cleansing Of the
land from idols followed, including
some Of the idolatry started by Solo
mon.
LESSON IX.-The captivity Of Judah,
II Kings XIV, LIP. Golden Text, Eek.
xxxin, II, GAS live, saith the Lord
Jehovah, have no pleasure In the
death Of the wicked" Long did He
bear with them and many time for
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, Eek. x1xiv, 1927. Golden
Text, Ps. xiii, 1, Jehovah Is my
shepherd; l shall not want" Not only
did they return after the seventy
years, but they will return for good at
the end of this age and be one nation
In their own land and never be divided
or scattered again Then shall they be
a blessing to all nations.
LESSON XI.-Daniels purpose Of
heart, Dan. /, 500. Golden Text, Dan.
i, s, Daniel purposed In his heart that
he would not def1le himself" This was
because the food from the kings table
had been offered to idols and Daniel
and his friends would keep themselves
wholly for God. Thus thy purposed and
thus they continued.
LESSON XII.-The fiery furnace, Dan
lii, 1927. Golden Text, lisa. xiii 2,
when thou walkest through the fire
thou shalt not be burned" The same
Spirit who would not let them eat food
offered to idols would not let them bow
down to this image, even though 1t
might mean their death The same
test will have to be met by many at
the end Of this age, Rev. xiii
LESSON XIII.-Daniel In the lions
den, Dan. vi, 1923. Golden Text, Ps
xxxiv, 7, "The angel Of Jehovah en-
campeth round about them that fear
Him and delivereth them" The wick
ed are always watching the righteous
and seeking to STAY them, but their tri-
umph will be short, and the upright will
have dominion In the morning Cps.
xix, ~. If we are in the way and
walking before God In sincerity we
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