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IN TERNA T IONA L H SU N D A Y SCHOOL LESSONS Hi p S
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J. H . Hunter
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H E A R T ofthe LESSON , T . C . Horton
“ M Y G IRLS” - Mrs. H . J. Bald-win E L EM E N T A R Y - Mabel L. Merrill
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NOVEMBER 3, 1918 APPETITE AND GREED (TKeWorld’sTemperance Lesson) Golden T e x t . “ Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.” 1 Cor. 9:25. lesson T e x t ■ Gen. 25:27-34. (Additional material, 1 Cor. 8:1-13; 10:23-33; Heb. 12: 15-17).
(27) And the boys grew : and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. (28) and Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat o f his venison:, but Rebekah loved Jacob. (29) And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was- faint: (30) And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, X pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: there fore was his name called Edom. (31) I. The Birth and Boyhood of the Twin Brothers. 1. The Loving Parents. In contrast to his father Abraham before him, and his son Jacob after him, Isaac had but one wife, the beloved Rebekah, about whom we were study- i n g last week. EXPOSITION There is never a LESSON hint in the narra tive that the peace ful love of the home was ever broken. Isaac himself is the type of the quiet, home-loving man. There is no record of his ever having engaged in battle. When the Philistines strove with him about the wells he quietly moved off to another location. Rebekah seems to have been a model wife in the home. 2. The Empty Home.
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. (32) And Esau said, Be hold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do me? (33) And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware. unto him: and ' he sold his birthright unto Jacob. (34) Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage o f lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up. and went his w ay: thus Esau de spised his birthright. There was but one lack in the mar ried life of Isaac and Rebekah. For twenty long years (cf. vs. 20, 26) did they live together without any child being given to them by the L obd . The days were quiet enough, but what would they not have given for the sound of childish prattle and laughter. No home is complete without a child. Nothing helps so much to pray, “ Our Father.” Nothing draws the parents closer to God than the realization, of their need of wisdom and grace to train the children rightly, both by pre cept and example. In the case of Isaac and Rehekah moreover, the lack of a little son meant that there was no one to whom the patriarchal blessing could be passed on, and that there was no one of their flesh and blood through
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