The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-05-19
Sunday School Notes
SIDELIGIITS on NEXT SUNDAYS
Lesson for Teachers and Pupils.
Edited by CHARLES X. MEYERS

May 90. The Selection of Leaders.
Israel's First King. l Sam. 8, 1921.
Our lesson for this week brings us
some Of the history of the great prophet
Samuel, and introduces us to the first
king of Israel, Saul. First, turning our
attention to the history of the case. AS
we know Samuel was for many years
the prophet and leader of the Children
of Israeli In due time he became old
and the people were not satisfied that
his sons should any of them take his
place They therefore, came to Samuel
asking that he make a choice for them
of a king to rule over them. This was
of course an attempt to take the reins
OF guidance out of the hands of Je-
hovah, who had UP to this time provid
ed leadership through Moses, Joshua,
Eli, Samuel and other judges and high
priests.
Samuel was at first very much griev.
ed over the action Of the people. He
went to God in prayer and was told
that the call for a king was a rejection
of the leadership of Jehovah, but to
accede to the wish of the Jewish
spokesman and help them chose a king.
The lesson verses are devoted to telling
the circumstances under which Saul
came before Samuel, God pointing out
that Saul was the new king, and the
d
words of Samuel in informing him of
the high future in store for him. In
brief SauPs father lost certain asses,
and Saul went to hunt for them. He
had no success, and q servant suggest
ed that ne consult the prophet as TO
stne whereabouts Oh tue lost dIiillltls:
They were near town Where samuel
happened to be and decided to see him.
Samuel was divinely told that the king
TO lie would come into his presence at
certain time that Gay. Ihus When
Saul came Samuel greeted nm as enc
whom he would honor, telling MN to
go up TO the hish place. ana lhat ne
would eat with him. When 1T seemed
to Saul that ne was honoretl, ne sad
there must pe mlstaKe' lor ne came
IRON q very small tribe, that OF Sen
jamin. and was from most humble
family.
There are some verses also from the
gospel and the Acts which tel or the
choosing OF the twelve dlsclples, ana
OF the apostle Paui. me WORDS lrom
Acts tell OF the command 10 laltnlui
CHRISTIAN, Anafiias, TO Visft otui after
ms ARRIVAL IN damascus. AlliiiiiaS dld
not know OF the experiences OF Paui on
the way, and Thought OF nm as the not
ed prosecutor OF the peleVers on Jesus,
and did not want to go TO see MN. GOD
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