Arizona republican., 1920-08-07
international Uniform Sunday School
 Lesson for August 8, 1920

Lesson for August 8, 1920
 Thirteen verses of second Samuel and chapter eight, verse 15.
 Subject: The Kingly Kindness or David.
 Text: And David reigned over all Israel: and David executed Judgment and justice unto all the people.
 And Divid said Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that may shew him kindness for Jonathan sake2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was 2iba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, art thou Ziba? And he said. thy servant is he. And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that ] may shew the kindness Of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king. Jonathan hath yet a son, which IS lame on his feet. And the king said unto him. Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king. behold. he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in 1o-de- bar. Then king David sent and fetched him out of the house of Machlr the son of Ammiel. from To -debar- Now when Mephizosheth, the son of Jon athan. the son of Saul was come unto David. he fell on his face and did reverence. And David said, Mephib- osheth And he answered, Behold thy servant. And David said unto him, Fear not. For I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul, thy father: and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. And he bowed himself. and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such dead dog as I am? Then the king called to Ziba, Sauls servant and said unto him, I have given unto thy masters son all that pertaineth to Saul and to all his house. Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits. that thy master son may have food to eat; but Mephib- osheth thy masters son shall eat bread always at my table. fNow Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.) ) Then said Ziba unto the king, accord ing to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant. so shall thy servant do. As for Mehpfbosheth. said the king, he shall eat at my table as one of the kings sons- And MephlD- osheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt Tn the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat contin- ually at the kings table; and was lame on both feet"
 This lesson is closely related to the last two. It is about the middle of David's reign. He is firmly established on the throne of Israel. His wars are all ended. It may have been after his great sin It was likely one of the things David did to ease his con- science.
 The setting of the lesson is in Jeru- salem Mephibosbeth lived across the Jordan.
 Ever since David was crowned king of all Israel he had been fighting the Philistines or rather they had been fighting David David did not want to fight but could not get out of it. He loved peace but he was not too proud peace by temperament and religion but a man of war by necessity. That has always been the case with our country grant that it shall not be- but may we utter a prayer that we may not turn yellow if we are called upon to fight
 David's tact, diplomacy, kindness and generosity are the outstanding ideas that catch our attention in this his tory It is a striking contrast to the habits of kings usually Our Mexican neighbors furnish the most immediate illustration of the opposite practice. We have watched one generation Of revolutionists revolute, come to the throne and carry out their brutal pro gram of murdering all the leaders of the opposition. Just now the stage is being set in Lower California for an- other act in the drama.
 Even English kings were not im- nune froSl this revengeful method Shakespeare and other dramatic writ CTS back to Sophocles relate chapter