The Jones County news., 1920-10-07
IMPROVED UvropM INTERNATIONAL
SUNLNYSGIOOL
LESSON
by REV q. tITzwArER q. p.
Teacher OF English Bltie IN the Moody
bihle Institute of Chicagol
copyrishg, 1s2t. Western Newspaper Unionl
LESSON FOR MAY 30
JONATHAN AND HIS ARMoR-
BEARER.

LESSON TExT--l sam. lsl-te
GOLDEN rENT-For the promise y /
INTO you and your children and 70 an
hat are afar on even as many as tho
Lord our God shnn caii-Acta x.ss
ADDITIONAL MArERiAls,~l sam. IL
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PRIMARY roprc--A story Of q Brave
Prince
JUNIOR ToPic--How Two Men Put an
Army 10 flight
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC |
-Our Foes and How 10 Overcome Them.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC !
The Value OF Initiative in Christian
Work.
/. tsraers Reduced Condition .tvvv
l-s).
The Phllstine oppression had he
come so terrible that The king had
only about 900 men, amt they were
completely dsarmed except that Saul
and Jonathan hnd each sword and
spear. Lest the lsraelitcs should
mike unto themselves swords and
spears the phtllstines took from them
their smiths; they only left them q file
to sharpen their Instruments of hus.
bandry. THIS left them under the ne
cessity OF going to the phlllstines TO
have their tools sharrencd Sau him.
self was In hiding. Because he had
presumptuously lntruded INTO the
priests Office God rejected him. While
1 10 this desperate condition God moved
Jonathan 10 90 againsi the Phllistlnes-
ii. Description Of the Passaaeway
Between Israel and the Philistlnee
/ wv, 4, 81, ..s. ,.-~ -.-y're
Over aTninsi The wny which Jona'
than and his armorhenrer bad TO tray
crse on either side lay shnrp rocks
called Bozez and Sench The opposing
camps were proximity three miles
apart. 1t required great effort 70
scale the clG The feat Of Jonathan
and his armorhearer was one OF the
most daring ever attempted.
I III Jonathan's Resolution 70 Go
Against the PhIllstlncs tvy- 6i0J
|. Jonathans summons 70 the yonne
man ". 81. Here the thought of verse
one Is resumed. verses two to tive be-
ing parenthetleai Jonathan did not
doubt but that the Lord wns leading
him. He recognized his covenant re
laiionshlp with Cod and therefore his
claim upon hlms ns against the unclr
cumcised phiiistincr, inserting thai
There Is no restraint 10 The Lord &
save BY many orrby few" God Is all
powerful. so with him numbers cur no
figure. Whatever he wills for us he
can do. one with God Is o majority.
(Deut 81 ;3O)
O. The noble response Of his arnor-
hearer (y. y, He was actuatcd by the
same faith and courage us Jonathan
ana entered heartily into the under
taking When two agree together as
touching anything IN the name Of
Christ II shall be done (Mau. 1919,
20)
3. Watching for the will Of God fvv.
S-i0) Doubtless the same Spirit who
had moved Jonathan 20 10 had IN,
structed him 10 watch for the Divine
leading. The sign that God would de
liver the Phillstines into their hands
was the invitation for Jonathan and
his companion TO come up to tie Phil
istines They did not go forward untl
the sign Of divine leading was given.
W. Jonathan's Marvellous Victory
wv. ll-l6).
Being assured Of the divine leading,
Jonathan with his armorbearer sprang
forward saying that the Lord had de.
livered The enemy into the hands Of
Israel. He did not say Into our
hands.F but into the hands OF Israeli
1hls II fine touch Of humility: II
shows that II was zeal for God. not
selfish ambition that impelled him TO
20 forth. God interposed by great
earthquake. causing CONSERVATION
among the Philistines. moving them 70
destroy each other.
" saups Foolish Behavior wv.
l7-46).
l. His carnal zeal wv 1929. After
the Lord had given the victory at the
hands OF Jonathan. Saul called for the
ark Of God to be brought, after which
he went forth IN pursuit Of the enemy
who had already been routed.
2. HIS foolish obligation Imposed
wv. 24-30) II was that curse would
be upon any one Of his soldiers who
should stop to eat on that day. Fast.
Ing is proper at times. but It was the
height Of folly TO demand strenuous
service Of his soldiers without the
necessary nourishment
B. His determination to Kill iona
than. Jonathan not having heard this
rash oath. parfook Of the honey as he
pnssed through the woods and was
greatly refreshed. When this was re-
ported to Saul he was about TO tske
the life OF bis own son. who had SO
gloriously wrought in the deliverance
Of his people.