The Arvada enterprise., 1920-07-08
LESSON FOR JULY II
JONATHAN ssrR,Enos DAVID.

JONATHAN OGFRlENps DAVID.
LESSON TExT-I Sam. ~
GOLDEN TEXT-A friend iovsth at an
times; and . brother 10 born for advss-
sity.-Prov. l7:l7.
ADDITIONAL MArERIAI-l Sam. i'
Is, l7.10; ISI.N.
PRIMARY ToPIc-A Story Of Two
Friends
JUNIOR TOPIc-pavid and His Friend.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
-Friendships That Are Worth while.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-Eriendship: What II 10 and What II
Does.
The friendship between Jonathan
and David In peculiar in that II &C.
Cured between two men Of rival
worldly interests. Jonathan was tho
crown prince. the heir to the throne.
David was tho heir according to divine
choice and arrangement. Jonathan
knew this and ina unanimously waived
his natural personal rights to the one
whom he knew that God had chosen.
Following the Interview Of Saul and
David after the victory over Goliath.
Jonathan's soul was knit with thnt OF
David. He loved him M his own soul.
While there was mutual love. yet this
pleasing trait stands out more In Jona-
than than In David. because II meant
great loss to him-the loss OF tho
throne. hut immense gain to David
the acquisition Of the throne to which
he had no natural right. The genuine
friendship was shown:
I. BY diving TO David his Court
Robe end Equipment t1S:A).
These belonged to Jonathan M tho
crown prince. Following the lOve-cOve-
nant between them (1s:S) Jonathan
stripped himself Of these and rave
them to David. This act was virtual
abt,ication In favor Of David. Love
seeketh not her own" II Cor. 1850.
u. ey Defending David Against the
Frenzy Of Saul II Sam. 1910.
According to oriental custom. tho
women met David and his soldiers "a
they were returning from their victory
over the Philistines. and with sinGing
and dancing they ascribed moro praise
TO David than to Saul. This stirred
up the murderous envy Of Saul and
moved him 10 thrice attempt to Kill
David. In his third attempt Jonathan
defended David before his father and
evoked from him the oath that David
should not he slain (10:6) Thus no
exposed himself to tho anger Of his In
furiated father. for David'a sake.
When one In willing to lay down his
life for another he proves that his
friendship In real. "Greaier love hath
no man thnn this that man lay down
his life for his friends" tJohn 1919.
~. BY Revealing to David sauFs
Murdsrous Intent Il Sam. 70 :N-%O).
The beginning Of n new moon was
celebrated by sacrifices and feastinE.
Mt which all the members Of the family
were expected to be present ". b.
Dnvid's excuse for absence was 70 n
home TO st,sud tie y.nrly sncriiice of
d.. snurs family. This annual feast
was more important than the monthly
fenst.
Matters were now 10 serious that
they renewed tho covenant between
themselves. In It's renewal the terms
were projected beyond the life Ut
Jonathan wv. ~. 49,. Snul'S anger
WINS now sO fierce that for Jonathan
Ia be found In company with David
wns dangerous thing. NO he cleveriy
plans 10 give David n sign by which
he could know Saui's purpose. We
prove our friendship by warning thOse
who nrc exposed To danger. David's
henri responded 10 JOnathRn's love by
pIctlginx himself to deal faithfully
with Jonathan and his sessi forever.
Later history proves that this wal
faithfully carried out I'll Sam. OF. 81.
Some Observations On FrisW6shIps
]. Friendships should he made while
| the parties are yOung-whiIe ths
hearts are capable Of bstnx knit Ia
gether.
2. Real friends Rre few; therefore
be careful In the formation Of the tiea
Of friendship. Friends should be ~.
Iected. We should love everybody. hui
We Gun have but few friends.
g. There should IN anne variations
In the temyrra ments In tha~e wh&
would be friends. Friendships should
he formed for the purpose IT mutual
~ helping each other. 10th parties
however. must pOssess real merit.
4. Both parties must bs God.fearins
David and Jonathan both recognized
their obligation To the Lord and that
hin help wss essential TO the weifsrs
Of both. without = deep religions Iifs
there can be M frieadship. There ara
times when one party must absolutely
renouncr hin interests In behalf Of ths
other. Genuine love IL the basis e oil
friendship.