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He believes that God will give them vic tory, v. 12. There was a great slaughter of the enemy, v. 13; Judges 32:30. Practical Points. (1) While Saul sulked under a tree, Jon athan sallied forth to triumph. (2) Through disobedience Saul incurred the displeasure of the Lord, and was de serted by Him.
(3) When out of fellowship with the Lord, fear fills the heart and failure marks the life. (4) when faith fills the heart, the hand feels the hilt of the sword. (5) The command of the courageous leader is “Come, let us go.” (6) Numbers are as nothing with God; one man with Him becomes mighty. (7) The time to strike is when God gives the sign.
REVIEW. MARCH 28, 1915. G od ’ s M er c ies to D iso b ed ien t I sra el . LESSON XIII. G olden T ext : “Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” —Prov. 14:34. DAILY BIBLE READINGS
Monday, March 22.—Judges 2 :7-19. God’s patience with Israel. Tuesday, March 23.—Judges 6:33-40. The call of Gideon. Wednesday, March 24.—Judges 13:8-16. The training of Samson. Thursday, March 25.—Ruth 1:14-22. Ruth chooses the true God. Friday, March 26.—1 Sam. 3 :1-10. Samuel called to be a prophet. Saturday, March 27.—1 Sam. 7:3-17. Samuel, the victorious leader. Sunday, March 28.—1 Sam. 9:17-10:1. Saul anointed king.
The lessons of this quarter cover a period of something over 300 years, or if we leave out Lesson I, of about 225 years. They have brought before us four judges,—Barak, Gid eon, Samson and Samuel; one king, Saul; one prophetess, Deborah; one prophet, Sam uel; a number of priests, Eli and his sons, Samuel and Ahiah, and one prince, Jona than. The best way to review the lessons of the quarter will depend upon the class. A good way would be to take up the various characters found in the lessons of the quar ter and assign to different scholars, the dif ferent judges, prophets, priests and heroes of various kinds and require them to study briefly what light the lessons throw upon their characters and what lessons are to be learned from their lives. It would be well to ask each scholar to bring in what he thought to be the most important lesson contained in all the passages studied during the quarter and also what he regarded as
the central truth of the lessons of the quar ter, i. e. the one truth about which all the lessons seemed to center. For many classes a profitable method of review would be by doctrines, asking the Sunday before the Review the scholars to be ready on the next Sunday to state what the lessons of the quarter teach about Je hovah, what they teach about prayer, what they teach about sin, what they teach about the Holy Spirit, what they teach about the Lord Jesus. Get them, if possible, to write their answers out and bring them in to the class. Have them ready also to answer the question, What particular sins are exposed in the lessons of the quarter, and to be ready to tell what the lessons of tire quarter teach about the Word of God. A more elementary, and also less satis factory, mode of review would be by taking up each lesson briefly and asking the prin cipal subject of the lesson, principal people (Concluded on page 235)
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