784 in the world but the manner of his com ing down usually reveals the true na ture of the case.— Eliott. Between heaven and earth. Neither earth nor heaven wanted him.— Comp. Bible. The mule that was under him. When the devil gets one caught he takes away their support.— S. & W. v. 10. I saw Absalom hanged in an oak. Dark though David’s trials had been and seemingly desperate his posi tion, he had not been left alone in its sudden horrors, for the fidelity of a few attached friends had cheered him, but when the hour of calamity came to Absalom it found him alone. Even Saul had his armor bearer at his side when he fled over Gilboa.— Exp. Bible. v. 11. Why didst thou not smite him? There was little hope of equity while the leader of rebellion reigned.— Sidney. v. 12. The king charged them. Although David would have spared his rebellious son if his orders had been executed, yet he could not turn the sword of divine justice in executing the just, righteous sentence of death on this traitorous son.—Treas. Scrip. Knowl edge. v. 14. Thrust darts through Absa lom’s heart. Compare 13:28, 29. Absalom killed his brother when he was helpless.— Sel. All our treatment of others is likely to come back upon our head with compound interest. It never pays to take counsel against the Lord and His anointed.— Sum. Bible. Joab’s act seems to have been justified by all the circumstances, for there could be no peace in Israel with Absalom alive. His death spared many lives.— C. W. Com. v. 15. They slew him. Being a vio lation of the expressed wish of David, it must have been doubly offensive to the king, nor was it ever forgotten (1 Kings 2 :5), and yet there is the strongest rea son for believing that Joab in doing it was actuated by sincere regard to the interests of David, both as a man and as a monarch.— J. F. & B. David’s Grief over Absalom. 2 Sam. 15:1-14; 18:5-15, 31-33. Memory Verse: "The way of trans gressors is hard.” Prov. 13:15. Approach: Let me see how many have a garden of their own? Charles what did you plant in your garden?
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Radish seed. What came up where you p l a n t e d the BEGINNERS radish seed? Are AND PRIMARY you sure it was not Mabel L. Merrill cabbage that came up? Why did the seeds you planted grow radishes instead of cabbage? Because you planted rad ish seed. If you wished cabbage to grow what kind of seed would you sow? Cabbage seed, of course. Then the les son we learn from our gardens is that what ever we sow is what will grow, so we want to be sure and plant the right kind of seed, don’t we? Our gardens will help us to understand bur story to-day. Prayer. Lesson Story: We have just been hav ing such lovely times every week hear ing about David when he was a boy, and after he grew up to be a man and was king over all God’s people Israel, and we have all learned to love David for he was so brave and true and one that God could always depend upon. Now we are going to hear about one of his sons whose name was Absalom. This son was one of the finest looking young men among all the young men of Israel, and many people praised him because he was so fine looking. David loved his son Absalom very much, but Absalom was not kind to his father, King David, and he was a very selfish man, that is he wanted to have everything his own way, and did not try to make it pleas ant for others. This young man Absa lom is sowing some bad seed, and we know he will have to reap just what he sows. Boys and girls does the Bible say anything about how children should treat their parents? Yes, indeed it does. It tells them they should honor father and mother, but Absalom is not obey ing God’s word, but is dishonoring his father. What do you think he did? My, we can hardly believe it was pos sible that any son could do such a mean thing, but Absalom wanted to be king, and put his father King David off
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