Note—Daily Readings (Page 512) are connected with the Sunday School Lessons
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COMM EN T Keitk L. Brooks LESSON PICTURE, C . A.KiWnski ELEMENTARY - Mabel L. Merrill -
EXPOSITION A N D PRACTICA L PO IN T S ofthe LESSON , T.C.Horton ILLUSTRATIONS - W. H. Pike
MAY 2, 1020 THE BOY SAMUEL Golden Text: “ My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.” Prov. 23:26. LESSON TEXT 1 Sam. 3:1-13, 19, 20. (Read 1 Sam. 1:24-28; 3:1-21; Ps. 84.)
child. (9) Therefore Eli said unto Sam uel, Go, lie down, and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. So Sam uel went and lay down in his place. (10) And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. (11) And the Lord said to Sam uel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. (12) In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end (from the beginning even unto the end.) (13) For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the in iquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile and he re strained them not. (19) And BSamuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. (20) And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord. The first book of Samuel is the first book to declare the incarnation of Christ as king, and the first to make known that the kingdom, in Him raised up from David's seed, will be universal and everlasting. The conditions in Israel manifest the failure of the Theocracy. Joshua had no successor and Israel drifted from bad to worse. Religious life was at a low ebb and is reflected in the conduct of the sons of Eli. Four words express it, — selfish, sensual, worldly and idol* atrous.
(1) And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no |open vision.' (2) And it came to pass in that time when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes be gan to wax dim, that he could not see. (3) And ere the lamp of God went out, in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; (4) That the Lord called Sam uel; and he answered, Here>am I. (5) And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me.^ And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. (6) And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And | Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I ; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. (7) Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the^ word of the Lord yet revealed unto him. (8) And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose ^nd went#to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the Introduction. A helpful word for busy teachers: The books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles, known as the “ three doubles“ , constitute a continuous his tory of one great LESSON period of the He- EXPOSITION brew m o n a r c hy. T. C. Horton These books are a compilation of docu ments—not always in chronological or der which is sometimes confusing and perplexing.
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