The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-05-22
Sunday School
Lesson
UNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
FOR MAY Is, 1920
list Samnel 9:15-25 and 10:1.

LIST Samnel 9:15-25 and 10:1.
But may l say to get a clear un-
Outstanding of the lesson, we must
20 back to the first five verses OF
chapter s. |
God had made Samuel leader Of his
people and they rejected him. 30
Samuel thought, and he wept bitterly
because Of it, but God said: 1T Is not
you they are rejecting, but it is me-
Then he told Samuel to give them
q king since they were set on it. Ny
reader must bear in mind that God
will to this day give his people their
desire if they are determined-even
il it be to their own hurt. They had
| two rasons for asking king.
First Samuel was old. Has thu
devil ever made my reader foo
enough to reject the counsel Of a
Cody old gray-headed man? II So
here is your picture.
The second reason was: other ma
lions had king" II my reader IL
Christian and be wants to be dressed
like the world; to act like the world;
to read novels instead Of the Bible
and other books that will help him
in that; if he likes the foolishness OF
the world rather than means OF grace
then here is your picture.
i God told Samuel to be sure and
tell them the first thing he did, that
this king was going to be very ex-
pensive proposition; that he'd take
their young men to serve him ana
send their maids into the field; he
would take the tenth Of their sheep,
Of their vineyards, and they should
| be his servants. Say, did you ever
see anything more literally fulfilled
than all this in this last war? am
a union man, but let me say here
I and now, we can organize all we like
!! but we shall rot, we can not, find 4
way out until we 60 back to God. HI
has no axe to grind; He is for US
Rom. 1881. But despite the faithful
warning, they cried out the more TO
a king. 1t is the story Of the nation
from the beginning until now. On
has said, "The way Of the wilful 1
the highway Of the children Of men.
How often children reject the advic
Of Cody, thoughtful parents an
neighbors to their own hurt. T.
like to take more space for Saul tina
Z shall be able. But in him web av
! great object lesson.
! God did blessed work in him an
! for him. He could have been a grea
Z blessing to he whole nation. Nc
7 many Of us have an opportunity q
4 great, but his success was his VI
< doing. I heard Bishop Mural in
Z prayer, say: Lord, give us success,
I and he stopped; he was still for tn
] longest time. looked up to see II b
Z was still there. After a Will b
I started again by saying "And, Lor,
! that is the thing we need to be afrai
I Of" Fullness will make a flowe
I droop its head, but it makes man
I head go up except by the grace {
! lis father that was worth while. H
I God.
q There was time when he was q
( right. He had been sent on a trip
! Twas mindful of his Fathers anxiety
I He was an humble man. Saul m ear
{ same as Samuel-ask of God. f
I was head and shoulders above 9th,
xmen; in that he was just the man ar
xlration would so gladly demand;
- fact, he was giant. But, with 1t al
- he failed outright. Why? Disobed
I ence! Go to the prison and ask: WI
Z are you here. The answer could
4 given in one ord-disobedience ia
J 2:10-"To offend in one point
< lis guilty of ALL" They are locked ,
Z as tight as If they had broken Il
\ whole ten.
I'll Now a look at Samuel.
III Without kick he Amounted Sa
I to take his place. Jealousy is like
! the greatest hindrance in Christi
y work.