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Lesson
LESSON XI
Saul: Moral Failure
1 Samuel 10: 17-25; 15: 10-23;
28: 3-25; 31: 1-10
Printed Text
1 Samuel 10: 21-25; 15: 20-23;
31: 3-6
Golden Text—To obey is bettor
than sacrifice
1 Samuel 15: 22,
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time. --- Variously from 1100-
1056 B.C.
Place. --The location of Ramah
has not yet been exactly identified;
Mizpah was in Benjamin on the
read from Jerusalem to Shechem,;
Endor was four miles seuth of
Mount Tabor. Mount Gilboa, the
top of which is seventeen hunched
feet above sea -level, was on the
great plain of Jezreel in the cen-
tre of Palestine.
Saul was Israel's first king. The
same "Saul" is usually regarded as
the passive participle of the verb
"to ask," and so means simply
"asked". Saul was the son of Kish,
of the tribe of Benjamin, the fight-
ing tribe of Israel. Saul's home
was at Gibeah, usually identified
with Tell el -Ful, a town about
midway between Ramah and Jeru-
salem. Excavations carried on by
the American School of Oriental
Research in 1922 show that the
site was occupied in the Canaan-
ite period and was strongly forti-
fied at the time of Saul and David.
Sometime after Samuel's pri-
vate anointing of Saul, the prophet
called all of Israel together at
Mizpah.
Chosen King
21. And he brought the tribe
of Benjamin near by their fam-
ilies; and the family of the Mat -
rites was taken; and Saul the son
of Kish was taken; but when they
sought him, he could not be found.
Of the family of the Matrites
we know nothing, for it is never
referred to in the Bible outside of
this passage.
22. Therefore they asked of
Jehovah further: Is there yet a
man to come hither? And Jeho-
vah answered, Behold, he hath hid
himself among the baggage. Saul
shared the feeling that constrain-
ed Moses to shrink back when he
was appointed to deliver Israel
from Egypt.
23, And they ran and fetched
him thence„ and when he stood
among the people, he was higher
than any of the people from his
shoulders and upward. 24. And
Samuel said to all the people, See
ye him whom Jehovah hath chos-
en; that there is none like him
among all the people? And all the
people shouted, and said, Long live
the king.
25. Then Samuel told the peo-
ple the manner of the kingdom,
and wrote it in a book, and laid
it up before Jehovah. And Samuel
sent all the people away, every
man to his house. This was, as it
were, a charter at the beginning
of the Hebrew monarchy, probab-
ly defining the position of the
king, both in his relation to God
and in his relation to the people.
Israel demanded that the king
should possess all the natural at-
tractions which the Israelites
would desire in a king. He would
reflect their religious standpoint
at its best, but also he would rep-
resent their national failings and
the great defect of their religious
life, namely, a combining of zeal
for the religion of Jehovah and
utter want of real heart submis-
sion to the Lord. The people ob-
tained precisely what they want-
ed; and because he who was their
king so corresponded to their ideal
and so reflected the national state,
he failed.
Saul's Disobedience
Considerable time elapses be-
tween the. day of Saul's public
anointing before Israel and the
• story which we are now to con-
sider. Saul had completely reor-
ganized the army, had inflicted a
terrific defeat ti'pon the Philistines
at Michmash, and then had gone
out against Israel's old enemies,
the Amalekites. The time had
now come for the execution of
God's sentence of destruction de -
Glared many years before. God
had told Saul through Samuel
that he was to destroy utterly all
the possessions and property of
Amalek, and every member of the
tribe, every man, every woman,
every child, Saul carried out God's
instruction to destroy all the peo-
ple, but Saul and the people
spared Agag, and the best of the
sheep, and of the oxen, and of
the fatlings, and the lambs, and
all that was good, and would not
utterly destroy them. The sparing
of the prey was a matter of pure
greed, The sin of Saul was delib-
erate, It was the sin of putting
his will before God's will, and this
was the great moral tragedy in
Saul's life.
20. And Saul said unto Sam-
uel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice
of Jehovah, and have gone the
way which Jehovah sent me, and
have brought Agag the king of
Amalek, and have utterly destroy-
ed the Amalekites, 21. But the
people took of the spoil, sheep and
oxen, the chief of the devoted
things, to sacrifice unto Jehovah
thy God in Gilgal. 22. And Sam-
uel said, Hath Jehovah as great
delight in burnt -offerings and sac-
rifices, as in obeying the voice of
Jehovah? Behold, to obey is bet-
ter than sacrifice, and to hearken
than the fat of rams. 23, For re-
bellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
and stubbornness is as idolatry
and teraphim. Because thou hast
rejected the word of Jehovah, he
hath also rejected thee from being
king. Saul still continues, as guil-
ty people often will, to justify his
conduct, though, down in his
heart, he must have known that
there was no real justification. for
what he had done.- With a burst
of prophetic inspiration Samuel
rends asunder Saul's tissue of ex-
cuses, and lays bare his sin. Saul
now confesses his sin, and Sam-
uel had solemnly to tell him that
he could no longer go with the
king as he appeared before the
people.
Many years have passed in
Saul's life, and we find him now a
man stripped of power, fearful,
walking in the darkness of his own
counsels, rushing headlong to the
doom that is immediately before
him. The episode recorded in
chapter 28 is one of the most fam-
ous in all the Old Testament.
Defeated And Slain
3. And' the battle went sore
against Saul, and the archers
overtook him; and he was greatly
distressed by reason of the ar-
chers. 4. .Then said Saul to his
armorbearer, Draw thy sword,
and thrust me through therewith,
lest these uncircumcised come and
thrust me through, and abuse me.
But his armorbearer would not;
for he was sore afraid. Therefore
Saul took his sword, and fell up-
on it. 5. And when his armor-
bearer saw that Saul was dead, he
likewise fell upon his sword,, and
died with hire. 6. So Saul died,
and his three `sons, and his armor -
bearer, and all his men, that same
day together.
Bell -Ringing
Bird Killed
Farm Hands Get Strange Creat-
ure After It Had Caught
Crow
WARDSVILLE, Ont. — With
their attention attracted by a wild
commotion of flapping wings and
the sound of ringing bells high
above their heads, harvest hands
working on the farm belonging to
J. A. King, second concession, Ald-
borough Township, were surprised
on looking to see a large bird evi-
dently of the raptorial order pursu-
ing a crow which it finally pounced
on in mid-air and bore to the earth
clutched in its powerful claws a
short distance away.
Frightened by the approach of
the men the bird flew to a nearby
tree where it sat perched watching
every movement of the men. D.
Lee, one of the workers, borrowed
a neighbouring farmer's gun and
later shot the winged killer while
its attention was centred • on the
men, The bird with a wing spread
measuring two and one half feet
was bluish -gray iu color and had
a small bell securely strapped to
each leg. Neither bell bore any
identification marks.
How Eyston Got Ready For His Speed Run
Captain George E. T. Eyston.•dons his gas mask before taking his
huge car for a speed run on the Bonneville, Utah, salt flats. He aver-
aged the tremendous speed of 345 miles an hour in his "Thunderbolt".
Are You Listening?
By FREDDIE TEE
HE SWEETENS SWING
Mark Warnow, dynamic young
CBS conductor, who reverses the
present day order of things by
playing swing music in the man-
ner of the old
classics, is cur-
rently heard on
the musical va-
riety program
he originated,
"Blue Velvet
Music," broad-
cast each Wed-
nesday over a
nationwide Co-
lumbia n e t
work (WABC-
CBS, 9:30 to
10:00 P. M.,
EDST). "Swing
Fugues", nurs
ery rhymes set
to music, and "Little Symphon-
ies," original miniature symphon-
ies composed under Warnow's di-
rection,
irection, are among his innova-
tions in the musical world. The
famous stylist made his musical
debut as a concert violinist at
Town Hall in New York in 1924.
He was director of the Massel.
Opera Company and led many hit
musical comedy orchestras.
NATIONAL FORUM
In order to give full expression
on the Canadian air to the main
conflicting points of view on mat-
ters of national and world im-
portance, the CBC will continue
to sponsor a Sunday night "Na-
tional Forum" on current Cana-
dian affairs, in addition to the
weekly presentation of an inter-
national round table discussion on
affairs of the world today. The
National Forum will continue the
main features of the "Whither
Democracy" series, broadcast last
season.
Mark Warnow
AIRLANES GOSSIP
During the past few weeks the
CBC has introduced a number of
popular artists on its 15 -minute
features from Toronto. Gordon
Calder, well known vocalist and
master of ceremonies, has been
placed on Mondays at 12.30 to
12.45 p.m. EDST.
The NBC Vox Pop program
will continue to be broadcast as
usual each Tuesday 9 to 9.30 p.m.
EDST over WEAF and the NBC
Red Network without any break
until after the show of September
13, when Parks Johnson and Wally
Butterworth will take a two -weeks
vacation before transferring their
sponsorship affiliation on Satur-
day, October 1, when they will
broadcast the first program in
, their new Saturday night series
over the NBC Red Network. This
will be the first vacation Vox Pop
has had in the nearly seven years
the show has been on the air.
Frank Black is one of radio's
greatest hobby -collectors. He col-
lects antiques, rare music manu-
scripts, marine paintings and let-
ters from great composers of long
ago.
"BIG TOWN" RETURNS SOON
Edward G. Robinson, Radio's
No. 1 Rackrtbuster, returns to
the Columbia network with his
"Big Town" series on Tuesday,
September 20. (WABC-CBS, 8 to
48.80 p.m. EDST.—rebroadcast to
the West at 11.30 p.m., EDST.)
The dramatic sketches starring
Robinson, supported by lovely
Claire Trevor, will continue to be
heard each Tuesday at the same
time. Whether portraying a gang-
ster as he did in the film "Little
Caesar," or a reformer as he floes
in radio's "Big Toga", Robinson
carries a force an,0 conviction
that has made himt one of the
most admired actors' in the enter-
tainment world today. Opposite
him in the broadcasts is Claire
Trevor, blonde charmer who re-
cently married the program's di-
rector—Clark Andrews. Robinson
is cast as Steve Wilson, managing
editor of a newspaper, The "Iilus-
trated News".
Cow Gives Birth
To Three Calves
DI3MONTON, Alta. Giving
birth to triplets may be something
to ;be proud of, but Daisy Belle,
Holstein cow owned by Adolph
Busse, apparently doesn't think so,
Daisy Belle, who recently became
the mother of two bulls and a hei-
fer, has refused to have anything
to do with her sons, showering all
her affections on the daughter.
Since their birth, Mrs. Busse,
who named the offspring Pete, Re-
peat and Repeater, has fed and car-
ed for the bulls.
Multiple -births among cows is
unusual, but the fact that all three
are thriving despite the unusually
high mortality rate makes them a
rarity.
Furry
Sea Mammal
HORIZONTAL
1 Pictured fur-
covered
animal.
5Itisa --
animal.
9 Kingdom,
1 Form of "a."
12 Cetacean.
13 In the middle
of.
'15 To scatter.
16 Goblet.
19 To seat again.
21 Insane.
'22 Price.
23 Its -- is
valuable for
coats (pl.) ,
25 Destiny.
28.Either.
29 Inlet.
31 To hasten.
33 Laughter
sound.
34 Obese.
35 Sorrowful.
37 Membranous
bag.
39 To leak.
41 Pierced with
Answer to Previous Puzzle
horns.
43 Shape.
45 Aurora,
46 Sick.
47 Pale.
49 Ratite bird.
50 To revolve.
52To count again
54 Skin diseases.
56 To argue, A
57 It is a —
animal.
VERTICAL
1 Chair.
2 Sovereign,
3 Soft -finned
fishes.
4 Cover.
5 Myself.
6 Vence bar.
7 North
America.
8 Finished.
10 Speed contest.
13 Chinese sedge.
14 Ten cents.
17 Sunk fence.
18 Currency.
20 Leather strip.
22 It lives in , ---
regions.
24 Expensive.
25 Unable to hear
26 Exclamation.
27 Itis one of th4.
few aquatic
—5.
30 Neuter
pronoun.
32 Exists.
34 Pugilistic.,
35 Sun.
36 Moisture.
38 Sky
phenomena,
40 Plant part.
41 To gather
after a reaper
42 Challenger.
44 Part in a
drama. -
46 Passage
48 God of
wisdom.
51 Data.
53 Greek letter.
55 Note in sdale.
56 To accomplish,
The far-seeing busineess lead-
er thinks more of initiative than
of tradition. Not "Yes, you are
right," men, but "Yes', I'lL• do it,"
men are the ones he looks out for.
Dr. Bowie, Principal of the Dun-
dee (Scotland) School of Econ-
omics, recently gave a list of the
points that make a good business
manager, and a further list of
causes of waste. Briefly summar-
ized they are: The ability to dele-
gate authority, to make decisions,
to give clear-cut instructions, to
understand his staff, to accept
suggestions; to value initiative, to
depart from tradition where neces-
sary, to have a sense of humor.
1 THIS CURIOUS WORLD BF .gulson I
Stud OF BIRDS
WHOSE SUMMER RANGES COPR. 7538 BY NEA SERVICE, INC.
ARE THOUSANDS OF (yam
MI'LE5 APART„ ARE
TO BE FOUND- IN THE
54ME riesE IN TN IR
WINTEPZ RES Oar
MORE THAN
45,000,OOO,.
HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED `'- --i
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PR°ZE
A WOWS.
414,
SOUTH and Central America presents a strange array of bird
life'in the winter. Birds whose, summer habitats are entirely dif-
ferent, hobnob together during their stay in the tropics. More
than 200 species of North American birds are known as winter
migrants in Guatemala.
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