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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1903-08-28, Page 7Sapdtiy SclooL iNTIC]ftNATIONAL LESSON NO. AUGUST 30, 1903. David Spares Saul, -1 Sam. 26:6-12,21-26. Commentary Connecting Links. Whilci David was an exile be took ref ego in a cave near Aduilarn, only tw miles ,aotub from the valley of Flair where Goliath was slain, ?ind onl thirteen milers west of Bethlehem Where are numerous caveree ae-larg els an ordinary cpttage. "Being nea bits boyhood's home, David was prob ' ably, well acquainted with this cav ern. •Hare there gathered around him a large band of disoontented people racially victims of Se.,ul's oppressions, and of the growing discontent with ' his rules, on account of his recurring paroxysms of insanity, cense- comet conse- qut inability to rule his kingdon weal. They numbered 400 at first (I. Sam. xxii. 2) and', later on, 600 (I. Sam. xxv. 13, xxvii. 2). Among them were his own parents and bro- ,itherls—w,hom Saul probable perse- cuted an account of David—the pro- phetpro- phetGrid, the high priest Abiathar, the son of the high priest Ahimelech • (I. Sam. xxii, 22-23), and his nephew Abisehal, afterwards a great general (I. Sam. xxvi. 6), and eleven mighty man of valor of the tribe , of Gad (named in I. Chron, xis. 8.14), ' who were men of war, Iit for battle, that could handle ,shield and buckler. Whose faeles were like the faces of talions, and were swift as the roes upon the mountains." ;Not long after he was joined by twenty-three men of war from Benjamin, armed with bows and able to "use both the right hand and the Ieft in hurling stones 'and ,shooting arrows out of a bow.'" I. Dar in exile. These long years at vibe meet have been hard indeecl for David to bear, and yet they were important yea.r•,s in his life. The Lord has frequently seen fit to give those whom Ile has intended to perform some important work, just such a 001701'0 training—Moses was forty years in ththedesert and Paul was throe years in Arabia. These years with David were mast fruitful "as bis apprenticeship Tor the kingdom, as hie schools and schoolmasters.'• II. Saul's life in David's power (vs. 5-12). David, with 600 men, was secluded in the hill of Hachilah. The 2lphites informed Saul as to David's whereabouts, whereupon Saul took 3,0.0 ()chosen men — his select standing army—and went in search of David. When David heard of Saul's approach he :rent out epies to make sure that such' was the ease. 5. David arose—Probably soon after dark. Came to the place—Da- was not content with the report of his men ; he wished to survey the situation with his own eyes.— . Slbrry. The trench.'—"Tha place of the wag'one."—R. V. 6-8: Abishai Rath — These Men were brothers, David's neph- ews, sons al Zerulab, David's sister. ZAbishai distinguish'ecl himself by saving David's life its one of les Philistine wars (II. Sam. xxi. 17). J'oab w,ae put to death by Solomon's order (I. Icings, Li. '2i3-3,3). His epear—"When David and Abish'ai reached Saul's camp they saw Saul's spear stuck in the ground at his head." It was the custom for a king to always have his spear with him. Let ins smite tires—Abs, shai asked permission of David to smite the king, and promised that the execution would bee complete at the first stroke, that there would be no: need of smiting him the second time. 0. Destroy him not—Saul had been in David's power on a previous oc- casion (I. Sam. xxiv, 1-7), and Da- vid w,ouid not injure him. "There is a tendency in good to repeat itself ins the soul. of a good roan. 'The Lord's anointed—Saul having been Made ' King by, God's special ap- pointment, David looked upon it as a high crime to offer any violence to him, 10-12. The Lord slilall smite him— o He ;shlall die by a stroke of the Di - vinic judgment, or he shall die a na- tural death, which in the course of ' natut+� will. be before mine, or he C Shall fall in battle by; the enemies of his country.—Clarke. Cruise of water v- -=A. erne ji jar or fi e•r•k. `It resemb e.l� in some measure the canteens al our soldiers." Deep sleep from the Lord —The word used here is the same as that used in Gen. ii. 21, to describe the sleep which God caused to !all upon Adam, when He lormed Eve out of ills side. --(Clarke. Thus we see that divine providence favored David in this enterprise. III. A conversation between Saul and David (vs. 13-25. It w -as pro- bably early, the next morning that David took his position on a hill so a valley would be between them, and called to Saul. "The people in these mountainous countries are able from long practice so to pitch their voices as to be heard distinctly; at distances almost incredible." --Thompson. Dav- Idd expostulates with Saul and refers the whole matter to God as the vin- dicator of the oppressed. 2a-25. I 'have sinned—David's words had a good effect on Saul. The king saw- his wicked course, and admitted that he had sinned ; but this did not pardon past offences or cause him to live right in the Suture. Saul needed what every, sinner needs,—a new heart. Played the fool— Saul humbles himself exceedingly,. The Lord ren- der, etc.—David here refers to him- seLf. "He is not sounding his own praises, but, as before (chap. xxiv. 12), is declaring his confidence that God will eventually recompense him for Iris ti right behavior."—Cam. Bib. So let my life—He prays that God would show mercy,' on him and spare hie Iife lata he had spared Saul's. Blessed by thou—Saul perceived that it was useltere, to contend longer against David, whom he saw God intended for "great things." 'To his place—To his home in Gibeab. They never met again. PRACTICAL SURVEY. •t od delights in noble characters. "Hast thou considered my servant Job?" is full proof of this. The char- acters he portrays in the Bible ex- hibit many admirable phases, He is pleased to say that David is a man after His own heart. Painful as it must have been to Him, God paints the one great sin of David's life in Lurid. colors. God's pictures are al- ways true to life. Aside from this one .blot David is a noble character, challenging our admiration more and more as we study it. The traits of character brought out in our lesson are well worth our special notice. Personal courage. David furnishes Numerous examples of his personal courage. It was not a email matter for him, as h. lad, to kill a lion and a bear while defending his father's !lecke. The encounter wall Goliath Will ever stand a monumorit to his personal bravery. When Saul sought to .have him slain .by the Philistines, the task set for him In order to secure Soul's daughter -as his wife was eagerly accepted and doubly per- formed. 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No disposition to retaliate was aroused in David by this cons duct, We must believe David possessed of more than average mental acu- men, All of his conduct indicates this. He had shown hinrsel.t a 'suc- cessful warrirer. He had slain Go- llath. This praise and prowess had been sung by the nation. He had been made a member of the royal household. IIo was son-in-law to the king. He had been anointed by Samuel. Notwithstanding all this, nothing in his conduct indicates see - seeking ler any effort on his part to do aught else than let God choose for him in all things. Da.vid's unwavering faith in God is manifest in all that he did. He glad- ly endured all ,,the humiliation and hardships of a fugitive until God should set Saul aside' without any interference on his part. Ile rested in full eonfidenco that in God's good time he wou]d bring these, things to puss. C Eh? 9 Well, magi folks do, and this is wbiy • ' 1 ! r- I ; i Ceylon GREEN Tea Se making Japan Toa take a back seat The people recognize "Pare" Tea. Sold in the same form as the celebrated "SAL - ADA" black tea, in lead packets only. 25e and 40c per lb. By all gro- cers. Work i f Fan t ng IJ♦• m 3 ` ach i es (d f e . i ideadt ciat LG+��ttrtAM 1+iI.VeeseifElQdSeefeeieseee/l ekaerirareesy'‘ae Farm machinery may some time i one is familiar with the mower, t do work for us that will be worth tedder and the horserake to save tl $1,00(4,000,000 a year, nays the hay crop. To these have been adde World's Work. Theoretically it is al- the hay -gatherer and stacks ready saving us nearly three-fourths drawn by horses, and a press opera that sum, for as far back as 18J11, if ed by horse -power. all the crops to which machinery is To harvest and to press a ton adapted could have been planted and hay by hands requires 35 1-2 hoc gathered by hand, they would have of labor; with modern machinery., cost nearly $700,000,UU0 more than hours and 34 minutes. The greate if 'they had all been planted avid saving is in the cutting and the cu ge,tllc,r•ed by machinery. It has not ing o1 the crop, which, by band r only a"buued so much to our wealth. bat it has made us the foremost ex- porting nation, and it 1s changing the character of the farmer by freeing him from monotonous hand -toil. Afore than that, it is fast changing the immemorial conception of agri- culture and the pastoral and idyllic it be" possible. A. professor from t University of Michigan goes to tin University of Chicago, and Immedi ately a, prize heifer advertising canal paign is inaugurated to entice hi students to fellow him. One wonders only that the Harper University eon tented itseif with merely offering Prof. Mechuni's post -graduate courses to the Ann Arbor' seniors. What was the Matter with Chicago's premium department ? Could no business alli- ance be foamed with one of Chicago's famed industries by w,hich the Michi- gan student who presented so many wa,ppers of So-and-So's laundry soap should receive a post -graduate course free of cost ? Are there no additional Inducements to be offered to the Michigan student who forms the greatest number of words out of thee letters of Dr. Harper's name ?" The still air of delightful studies ought not to be stirred by therm tempests of innuendo and insults. But Dr. Harper can smile placidly at the heat of the loser. It is a new certificate to his own success ingot - ting customers. He draws like a magnet, like a mustard plaster, like a house afire. He is the Pied Piper of Hamelin and the Michigander youths have to follow him. Like fxlasgerion in the ballad, "a Harper he he is good," and of his advertising le we might almost say, without hyper - d bole, what the ballad says of the r, performance 'of his prototype: t- 'He ,harped the fish out of water, The water out ce a stand, of The milk out ,o' a maiden's breast; rs 'That babe had never none." 11 The University of Michigan cannot st afford to waste time and breath in r- railing at this dexterous snapper -up e- of professors and students. It must 1 meet his business methods with simi- lar or more effective methods. He is the acknowledged champion college "barker." 'Why doesn't the Univer- sity of Michigan employ in every city i- a corps of irresistible "pullers -In'' ? Here is a new opening for the energy of college athletes and a new means ld of enlarging universities.—New York f Sun.. quire 11 hours and by machinery hour and 38 minutes. .Reaper and Binder. But it is the harvesting of the tw great wibeat crop's, wheat and cor that the greatest advance in agr cultural mechanics has been mad_ astsooiations that have gathered Drawn by horses, the self -binder cut about it sfie an eight -foot swath across the ince the time of Abraham. of ripened wheat. But instead o 1Vew,lth, Indu.stry,: cornmetee, the leaving it strewn behind as th character of hien and even their sen- timent, are all affected by it. e INFORMATION WANTED about the man who has never heard of Painkiller. Sold for over 60 years. Is the beat remedy Tor cramps, colic and dysentry, and unequalled an a lini- ment for cuts and wounds. Avoid sub- stitutes. There is but one ' Palnkiileir"- Perry Davis'. mower does the grass, it gathers it and automaticallybinds it in bun - All the great craps are now plant- dies. Or, if a (Leder be prefererd, ed and all except cotton are gate- the heads of the standing gra•[n are eyed by macbinery. Let us follow; a taken off cleanly and poured in a crop throughout a season's work and steady .s't'eam through a chute in 'the changes that have Dome in to this wagon that is driven beside its treatment. it. But even more than these—the Gang Plows. most .spectacular scene of agricul- The ploughman no longer trudges turret progress is the combined har- slowlyy and wearily back and forth Susten and tlireeher watch! is used on across bis field. He rides a sulky the great grain ranches in Califor- pleughh with a spring seat. There are ilia. As far as the eye can reach special. ploughs for every need; turf stretches a sea of golden grain. It ploughs, stubble ploughs, subsoil Ls a glorious sight, this immense plain ploughs, ploughs for heavy work, of ripened wheat—the food of a na- ploughs for light work and gang tion awaiting the hand of the reap - ploughs turning three furrows at er. Where are the harvesters who once. So mmple are many of them shall garner a crop so large ? Meats - that a boy may drive ane. Plough- cared by the methods of small east- inrr eam is not commonly prat- ern farms, the problem of .saving such tised in the middle west, but on the a crop seems hardly less than th great wheat ranches of the Pacific emptying of the great lakes with a coast it is common. On the tale dipper. But the 'steam harveste lands of California a GO -horse power ;moves steadily forward into it. On traction engine drawing 21 feet of 'one side the grain falls in a great disk ploughs will break the ground I swath, It melts away before the to a depth of ten inches at the rate majestic advance of 'the machine. On of 45 to 60 acres a day. With mould- !the other side with the same regular - board ploughs, designed especially ilty drop melee of grain ready for the for this work, a strip 28 feet wide :miler. The ranehman following with can be broken. This means that a 'his team picks up a sack filled with man and a pair of horses with a 1 tba.,eshed and winnowed wheat from single mould -,board plough would ithe very spot where but five min - have to cross a field 28 times to do the sante work that the traction engine docs by one trip of its ploughs. A farmer of the central west who uses a small traction engine 'and a fhinoh plo 0r says that itcosts mmto 62 cents per acre to break his ground. Be considers steam economical. The plougbing done, the manure spreader replaces the hand -fork and its backache, While the farmer with a pair of horses drives back and forth across the fields, from the rear of his wagon the fertilizer Is mechanically spread evenly over his land. Manure, commercial fertilizer, cornstalks, straw, line, ashes or Litter from the barnyard are spread with greater economy because with greater evenness, than by band, to say nothing of the saving of time and of toll Automatic Seeders. The land made ready for the recap. tion of the seed, machinery still does the work that muscles used to do. The sower goes loath to sow, but not as he once did, dropping the seed into the soil, trudging baok- Ward and forward from dawn till twilight. His grass or his grain is is broadcasted or drilled in with me- chanical evenness, and the machine automatically registers the acre- , age sown. In like manner his corn TURNED HIS HAIR GREEN. Curious Result of an Application Followed by a Bath. "Did you ever see a man with greets hair?" remarked a man to a write* for the New Orleans Thnes-Demo- crat. "I have a very good friend whose hair bas turned perfectly green, and it is a source of great annoyance to him, as all his boon companions have had fun galore be. cause of it. His hair is not green e by nature, but by accident, and in time it will probably resume its or, ✓ igina[ color. His experience is a warn-. urg to those who let strange bar- bers put things on their heads. Myj friend had very nice hair before experience. Although he is atively young, It h featly white, and • distinguished urday he trip o Mond On 1 bet' r utes before the wheat stalks stood in: -tee sunshine, ins the boad path oetween the standing grain and the line of broan sacks has passed one of the greatest triumphs of American machinery, the combined harvester and thresher. CHAMPION COLLEGE BARK The New York Sun's Tribute to Harper, of Chicago. The Hon. Floyd ,Russell Mee formerly Tappan professor of In the University of Michigan, been induced by Dr. William boy Harper to emigrate to county and become a memb the faculty of the law sola the University of Chicago. D per, perhaps th'e best, mos nesslike and most successful vertising •college presiden cleverly "featured" Prof. Knowing that competition life of trade and that adv pays, Dr. Harper has sent seniors in the laws school University of Michigan a sweet with that soduo suasive eloquence and ent ivliich ho is the greate master, "Chicago Univers is drilled in, listed or planted in hills, School," the circular says his potatoes are quiet pride, too high for ar his cabbage, bis cauliflower and his ern onill its iacult ave the mobs Proi tobacco plants from the seed -beds September, Prof. �Meeheen's are set out by machinery, and the Michigan needs no comruenl work is done better than it could him facilities for post -1, possibly be by hand—this, besides the work will ,be offered at C saving of time and toil. Even in the Could a hint be gentler, °getable garden seekers for all La tion more discreet ? Chi kinds of seeds are now extensively to have the fainoue Prof. used. The machines are pushed in The mention of the tact is front of the operator, and they au- In the great days of the ni tonaatically drop and cover the universities students would seeds at the desired distances and In droves after a favorite t eptits and at the same tune mark from Oxford to Padua, fro off the next row, manta to Paris. Dr. Harp° Promptly after the crop is plant- scholar as well as an adv ed come the wIeeds. They once meant e has a genial desire to the hoe, blistered hands, weary to his university and thebacks, and, in a wet season, a long the world, If the imports t and weary. battle. To -day, the farmer ous Prof. Mechem from en hos choice from a great variety of he haus a right to expect t cultivators, either guided by' handles, Arbor will "throw some bu the driver walking behind, ormade way," With. wheels and a seat, the driver It is painful to see the riding in front. Time corn and po- jealous rage with whichtatoes are Aged up and the ground troit Free Prose receives ' kept clean and in good condition. attar of the best college here are hand cultivators, worked in the country. We co n the same principle as the hand- a manly sorrow for tit edors, and there is a great var- of' the famous Prot. sty of hoes; rakes and ploughs for such coarse langeag o cultivation of special crops, Makes us shudder, Inch have supplanted the ()Id band " This patent me ole on the groat seed farms and university edvertis arket gardens: istio to Chicago tut it le when we come to the lar- short, to the las ast that we .find the greatest mar- in the liocke e le Inonhanloal ingenuity, :Every learning and d Of the many lessons that may be drawn from this sketch of David's life, one of the most important is that of letting God choose for tis, new) many lives aro full of unrest because of what they consider a lack of opportunity for service. Trow many are unhappy in the belief that their abilities are not appreciated as they should be. How many preaebers seek for themselves a wider field, not for the glory of God, but personal aggrandizement, All these should learn from David's life, the lesson of quietly resting in God, and of letting Him(0hoose for them. 3. Emory Coleman. 15 T 0 00 i th For blou�aes Liberty silks and mulls to and in white, ivory and pale tints of m pink. green and biu,e, are trimmed With beautiful laeaas, and. shirred and v tucked into ch,a,rming creations, r 1s