369 Lesson Story: You watch me this morning as I draw and see what story it makes you think of? First I will make a lot of marks for soldiers, and you see these soldiers are away up on a high cliff; then over on this side of the cliff climbing up to where the soldiers are, we see two men all alone. Some of the soldiers are near the edge watching the two men as they climb up. (Permit children to tell the story of last week’s lesson aiding their memories if neces sary. This is a good way to review without them realizing your aim.) My, how we love this story about the brave prince and his armor bearer because they were so brave and true, and today we are to have a story about the brave prince’s father who was the king over God’s people, and his name was King Saul. We remember the story of how God chose Saul to be king over Israel, and for a while King Saul did well and made a good king because he obeyed God. There was a nation of very wicked people who hated God and would fight God’s people all the time, and did many wicked things continually, so one day God told King Saul to take his army and go against these very wicked people and destroy them, and God told the king not to save any of the cattle of the wicked people. So King Saul gathered together a big army of men and fought against the wicked people, but he saved a num ber of the sheep and cattle, and also spared the life of the wicked king who was the leader of the people in their wicked acts. The Lord was very much displeased with King Saul, and He sent the Prophet Samuel down to talk with Saul. When Samuel came to the place where King Saul was and spoke to him, King Saul told Samuel that he (Saul) had done what the Lord had asked him to do. Samuel of course knew that Saul was not speaking the truth for God had told Samuel. Then what do you think Samuel heard? He heard the bleating of the sheep, and
THE K I N G ’ S B US I NE S S ferent reason from the former he had assigned.— Jamieson. v. 25. I pray thee pardon my sin. Saul repents, but it is plainly not before God, but only for personal advantage, (v. 30-35). His repentance was to save his face.— Echoes. That I may worship the Lord. Under the influence of his painfully agitated feelings he designed to offer sacrifice. It was but a political scheme that Samuel might be betrayed into countenancing his design in reserv ing the cattle for sacrifice.— J. F. & B. A King Who Disobeyed God. 1 Sam uel 15. Memory Verse: “We must obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:29. Approach: You know children there are some boys and girls that are always a joy to father and mother and their teachers and to ev- BEGINNERS erybody that knows AND PRIMARY them. Now if you Mabel L. Merrill will listen I will tell you the secret so you, too, can be a joy to everybody, and I can tell by the look in your bright little faces you wish to be just that kind of boys and girls. The boys and girls that bring joy wherever they go are those who always obey, that is who always do the things father, and mother ask them to do and what their teachers wish them to do. Our story today is about a king who did not bring joy to people because he did not obey God. Prayer.
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