The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-02-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10.
ELISAH AND NAAMAN THE
SYRIAN.-I. Kings 5:1-27.
Bless Jehovah, o my soul
And forget not all his benefits;
Who fOrgiveth all thine iniquities;
Who healeth all thy diseases.-Psalm
1882, 3.
MAKERS OF THE MAID.
Ahab was dead, and Jehoram, his
son, on the throne. The menace of
Assyria had overshadowed all the po-
litical sky and nominal peace existed
between Israel and Syria. But border
raids never ceased any more than in
a Kentucky feud. One of the most
winsOme stories in the Book is the
result of one of these fOrays in which
an Israelitish home was broken up
and little Hebrew girl added to the
list of slaves in a Damascus house
She was a child an alien and a slave,
And yet she exhibited a devotion that
dwarfs that of many a Christian and
a forgiveness that takes no account OF
wrongs piled up against her. CHEEKY
at her tasks. thinking of the sorrows
of others rather than whining about
her own hard luck, helpful beyond the
limits of her appointed stint, she
flames like the cardinal bird that is
fitting across my snowy lawn. Ger
tainly, she was no "Topsy." Somebody
was responsible for a character like
that. Religion does not thrive in
Goddess home, so one may Judge the
sort from which she came. Nor is it
the characteristic of children where
parents may love God but make no at.
tempt at religious training for them,
else there would not be so many child
less pews in the church today. The
moral side of the child must be taught
and trained as carefully as its intel
lectual one if right results are Sc
cured. This girl knew the preacher"
and his power and had the utmost
faith in God that had not been lost
in her transfer to another land and
life. The parent in the home or the
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