The Arvada enterprise., 1920-04-29
LESSON FOR MAY 2

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LESSON FOR MAY z
THE COY SAMUEL.
LESSON TEXT Sam. l:3%-cS: tia
GOLDEN TExT-My son. give me thine
heart. and let thine eyes observe my
waya-Prov. 13:as.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Sam.
lain; 3:l-ss.
PRIMARY roP1c-rh. Child Samuel
In Gods House.
JUNIOR ToPIc-A Boy Who Listened
and Obeyed.
INTERMEDIATE AND sENloRT TOPIC
Training for Religious Leadership
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Religious Capacities In the Training Of
Children.
!. Samuel Given 70 the Lord Il r.
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Samuel was given to Hannah In
answer to prayer. His name means
asked Of God" For q time he was
cared for BY his mother In the home.
In asking God for q son she vowed
10 dedicate him to the Lord. Accord.
ingly at an early age she took him to
the sanctuary and gave him over to
The charge Of Ell. Thus In his tender
years he ministered to the Lord.
u. Features Of lsrasrs History n
Tals Pssisd.
L A demoralised priesthood. ~
he priests were actuatsd By greed
2:121O. It was Gods will that
those who ministered at the altar
should live Of the things Of the altar,
but they broke through the divine rsg.
ulatSoos touching this matter and
wRs securing their selfish ends By
force. (O The priests polluted the
courts Of Gods house with the gross.
ct immortality (2:22).
Z An alienated people. The only
thing which separates people from
God 10 sin.
& A cessation Of divine revelation
(S:O. God was silent-'.The word Of
God was precious in those days; there
was no open vision" The message
from the Lord was more q matter Of
memory than an active experience.
The same thing In principle IL true Of
the individual life today: some who
once enjoyed fellowship with God no
longer hear his voice speaking to them.
10. oed Calls Samuel e :2-l0).
In striking contrast with the desea.
eraey Of the nation We have brought
before US the beautiful life Of Samuel.
We 80 God cutting ready for the 70
generation Of the nation. Dwelling
within the sacred courts and minister
ing before the Lord with Eli u the
innsocent Samuel. who u to be The
SAVER Of his people. In Samuel W
have . striking pattern Of child 70
llgion. The Lord gave him In answer
to Hannah's prayer. From bis birth
he was dedicated to the Lord. While
quite young his mother took him to
the sanctuary Of the Lord where he
served and slept. It 10 good thing
to have much sin forgiven. but It u
better far to grow up without sin.
Two traits in Samuel's charactss
stand out In this call: namely. hia
cheerful obedience to the Lords call
and his surrsndsrsd viii. It was no
saV thing to respond cheerfully "a
the thrice repeated call II may have
seemed to him to b unreasonable
but each time he obeyed In simplicity.
". samvsrs Firss Prsphstss Me-
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Up to this time Samusl obsysd tn
go who was over hin. but the time
had aow come when hs must directly
hear and obsy the Lord. Ths arst
message entrusted to him % . most
terrible one. To deliver II 70 q most
1yiAS task. He hesitatsd to tell Il q
nj. but when pressed By him b. man
Tested tAe tsus courage which WIN
lying hack Of his fear. II must havl
been Q bitter sting to Eli to 80 Sam
uel recognised and himself passed By
bSt be was submissive. Hs knew
that the slight was just: be could moi
tail to interpret II thus In view Of thu
appearance Of the man Of God to hin
(2:27-S6). This fearful visitation up
on Ell's house was due to the sins Of
his sons. He was held accountable
for not restraining them. Parsntal
laxity 10 most cruel. There 10 an an
in which children may b restrained
bot when passed over the power to 70
strain goes with It.
v. osmvei Establishes In ths Pee'
pAstle once 8:1O-21).
"And Samuel grew. and Tie Lord
was with him. and did let none Of bill
words fall to the ground. And I'D
Israel, from Dan even to Beefshsba
know that Samuel was established u
be . prophet Of the Lord" This 10 q
vseiaeatioo q the saying "Him that
hooors me I will honor" Little did
Hannah realise that the boy who had
ben given In answer to her prayer
vsuld one day become tho bead Of thu
nat3oa. This new position brought
meat danger 70 the boy. but the 0ed
NJ raised him up was able 70 sus'
tiaa him.
Paith and WAITING
n most dimcult business b ~