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Vol. XIII. Los Angeles, July 30, .1908
No.5
VAUNTETH NOT H . . .
these and of
SALVATION depends on a revelation of sin, not a the Nazarene as Hts :vmce'to conserve and perpetuate a
covering of it. . . vital piety in the world. - Beloved, let us not miss Gdd's
.. WHETHER you-are-strong-or-w"eakr- make it-your-pur,- .oppo..r.tunity. .. _u&_ p.lqn __ _wi!'lely under the leading .
pose to let God have His way with -you. - artdolfglft.ortne'XlolyGllost, on Biole aoct-tinEfs-;-ni-e-tlro'dr
and experience, apd l_et us "all be at it and and always
at," untill God shall bless this co\mtrywiili .. a tideoi sal-
vation that will sweep hundreds of thousands into the
kingdom, . and then overrun the world with salvation.
The Reason for Decline.
WE have read recently, in one of -our -religious w eek:- . Amen.- - - . ---- - .. R. - P.
lies, that spirituality in England and Wales is declih1ng at
a rapid rate. and that there has been a great falling away _ S F - n t: t A- - bl
in Wale<3 during the past year, notwithstanding the great ail - ranCISt.O IS riC Ssem y'.
- awakening of three years ago. -One reason and another _
- been_ given fo:: decline, but none of t?em_ to our Third Annu'al Assembly of -the San Francisco:Dis-
mmd touches the real cause. One of the mam reasons, . . trtct met at Beulah Park, _ East Oakland, July 8, 1908.
" we think, for the decline of spirituality is, that when God. After singing-, Dr . . Bresee led th.e people . in. a .gracious
spoke <.io marvelously to England anq Wales, and poured prayer. -- . _ . '
ouL :His power upon thein, the did not take God's . 'The minutes of the previous year were thEm ,rea_d, the
oppqrti mity and push the work.:_irrespective of denomi- aQ.d after calling and corr-ecting the
-c the whole Britain and Ireland was roll, appointing the committees, and introdqcinga number
ablaze -with revival fires. Another main .reason why many of Qersons to the Assembly,_ General Superintendent H. F.
have not stood who were reached by that reviyal was, that Reynolds gavean address -on the work of the Pentecostal
it was not placed upon a solid foundation and Church of the Nazarene throughout the United States.
the converts 'led into the experience Of a pure heart. He: spo,ke oL-the -origin of the Pentecostal Church, some-
These were the things that saved England under . the thing Qf . t,he Church of the Nazarene, and' the union of
Wesleyan revival, and perpetuated the work, out of which. these t'wo ' bodies, together with the union of the
was born the great Methodist Church; and i-f the Method Southern Church. We are rejoiced . to see how God is
ist Church had kept true to its God-given mission- to working and are determined to doour part as a District to
spread Scriptural holiness over the land-it would have make the work tell for God and holiness.
swept the world before this. . _ Thursday and Friday mornings were given to hearing
The Methodist Church started out with a Scriptural reports of the ,Pastors. _These showed an increase in
doctrine and experience, which had in it the power of every charge. without exception, and preachers and peo-
perpetuation. It had a good fo'!-mdation-Holiness. Not ple got -blessed as they told of what God had done the
only were thousands saved by its ministry, but th-ey were past year. All spoke feelingly, and at times the Assem-
immediately urged to "go on to perfection." This expe- broke out in singing, shouting and waving of handker-
rience gaYe them aggressiveness-nothing could stop chiefs.
them. Persecution, ridicule, ostracism.or imprisonment, The report of the Statistical Secretary is as follows:
could not take away their experience, and this was their Total_nlJ_mber of Mt!mbers ................. ......................... ... 256
. motive power and confidence. Then Wesley. was a master Total ifu'mber Sunday School 'Scholars .. .. .. ......... .. : ......... 280
Total number Officers and Teachers ........... . _ .. .... .... .. ......... 42
systematizer, and he- thoroughly organized the work, so Total value of Church Property ................ ......... $20,300. 00
that the methods and work were suited to perpetuate the Total Indebtedness ........................... ..... , .. .... ......... 5,500. 00
experience which they had received, and keep ''religion on Amount rais'ed for Church Buildings .... ................... 5,910.55
Amount raised for Pastors' Support ......... : ............. 2, 983.55
fire." And ag-ain, Wesley adopted the Bible way_and Amount raised for Current Expenses .... ................ .... 785.20
method-the freedom of the glow of testimony,
the spiritual singing, and the outdoor and indoor Amount raised for Missions ...................... : ..... .. .. .... . : .. 315. 17 ..
ing .. to men's souls unde.'l." the power of the Holy Ghost Amount for other Benevolences-.. , ..... ... .. .... . 1,093. 60
awakened thousands to a need of salv.ation. Tot&:! raised . .': ............... ....... ....... ... 11,770.78
constant spiritual decline in any system The needs of the District were set forth in the repor-t
that has not for its . main object the elimination of sin, S{f of the District Superintendent. He said:
as to make the heart pure for the indwelling of the Holy "We need two things-1st, Holy Ghost filled, fire-
Spirit. A Church is--not the Church because it has great baptized and glory-crowned men and women-- with the
numbers or wealth, but is the Church because it is' fulfill- cause of God and holiness on their hearts; who will stand
ing God's plan in the world, that"of bringing the blood of in the thick of the fight without flinching: We must have
the) .. amb.as the remed-yfo,rthe malady of the world-SIN. men arid women with the martyr. spirit in those
. God is_: speaking. again to the-- 'Yorld, . we believe in . who .. will - hold back : nothing'. by way of time, labor,
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strength, money, sacrifice, etc., . but will put all they have and encourageme!lt will .be long rerilembered by the mem:
and ar.e into the work. . hers of the Assembly . .
''2nd, We need and want money.' work is crip- The reports of . the Deaconesses, Lay Deleg:ates and
pled in noe having suitable places in which to worship. Preachers were heard with interest.
We must have our own church property. To pay big rents Bro. Shepardson was present and inspired the people
and be always ready to move out when landlord says so, with his message -of faith and love. We delight to listen
will riot do. Had we a few thousand dollars we could to those :whom God has used and who have fought sue-
secure good properties in these various places, and then cessfully the good fight of faith and ready to
we would be in condition to push the battle on. Alameda, exchange the armor for .the crown. . . .
San Francisco, San Jose and othe:r; places need church We.were peculiarly fortunate in having both our Gen-
buildings of our own. And by the grace of God we shall eral Superintendents with us. We love them both. May
have them.' ' the Lord bless them in their wo:rk. .
A-number- of-persons.:.. w.er.e. r_e..ceived -into we gath?red abput
amidst 3s gracious burst of rejoicing among them Revs the altar-m-a-elosmg,. -season .of . prayer for God 11 blessmg .
. . . . . ' : ul?on .the and people 1!-nd upon the of the .
Hornf Langstaff and w1fe, and later on Rev. District and that God may contmue to forward this work
Nead. . in this place for His own Name's sake.
Dr. Bresee spoke helpfully at different times through- H. ORTON WILEY; Secretary
out the Assembly, and.' his words of instruction; caution H. ___
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''mustgo the way of the earth,'' but about, and enemies (within and
'-./I was serving a kingdom that was to without) finding they can no longer
CONSECRATION.
Here, Lord, I come and give to Thee
AU that I and hope to be.
I love Thee more than all beside
In Thy 'great love let me abide.
My all to Thee I now resign,
So now to Thee I give my time;
For I am Thine, and Thou art mine;
Now on Thy breast let llle recline.
what can I of Thee more.?
Thou art the God whom I adore.
Now, precious Lord, I want to be
Entirely given _up to Thee.
And now to Thee I will confess
That I am all unrighteousness,
Yet one day _I expect .to be
My Lord divine prepared to see.
be perpetuated, if his descendants dominate are seeking tolerance. We
would show the same fidelity to God; \'even find those who like Joab, refuse
"there shall not fail thee a man on to leave the altar, but tr.ue manliness
the throne of Israel." Solomon was does not : tolerate . any violation of
a young man, and upon him were . God's law even there.
falling David's kingly auties. They < David's . words are cominanding.
were and rearmarihood was He don't say "try to be strong," but
necessary, that judgment be not "be thou strong therefore." We go
swerved by sentiment, prejudice or through the Word from Genesis to
fear. - Revelation and everywhere is the
Many a man has shown himself a .. exhortation, "Be strong." ''To the
tower of strength in times of great old men, be strong;" and "To the
peril, and yet has been so warped by young men, be strong."
sentiment or prejudice that his oppo- We have obstinate men and women,
nents found it easy to thwart his but our is need strong men -strong
success by prevailing upon his sympa- people who are men (and women).
thy or petting some of his prejudices Solomon counselled with the old
Thou hast bought me full well I know; a little. David especially men who had counselled with his
Now in Thy knowledge let me grow,
Mak.ing.me to be more like Thee, some duties to Solomon, and prefaced father, took good heed to David's
Thou who died on .Calvary's tree. his instruction with words of . the admonition, and we have to look back
My gracious Lord, now let me be. text. Hardly had the sacred services upon the greatest kingdom known.
Just 'fhy love slave, bound fast to Thee; o.f David's funeral passed when Solo- "Be thCJu strong . therefore, and
Tiiatfrom -Theelmay- never stray, --- moii's enemieS"'arrd-the---enemies- of--show- thyself a man," that the
Out of the straight and narrow way. righteousness began their sympa- "kingdom of David" may be perpet-
.- .tl .tl- W. E. Green. thetic pleas and connivance for uated in us.
STRONG MEN NEEDED. tolerance. What timely and Godly Seattle, Wash.
DE LANCE WALLACE. admonition that Of David, "Be thou $ $ $
"Be thou strong therefore, and show thy- strong therefore, and show thyself a A CALL FOR PERSONAL WORKERS.
self a man."-1 Kings 2:2. . man." c. E. CORNELL.
These words spoken by King David We love. sympathetic people. Our The Church of Jesus Christ needs a
to Solomon, his son, "are written for Lord is touched with galaxy of. holy men and: women. who_
our admonition, and are profitable "He saw my lost estate, He flew to will do personal work. Thousands of
for instruction in -righteousness." my relief." But true love and com- souls have been won to Christ by
Strong men have always been needed passion does not always grant the personal effort. Earnest per-
to push great work, and any work is object of sympathy its petition. sonal solicitation, specific prayerfor
"felt" according to the strength of . What God has condemned, we must individuals, an occasional
the man who is responsible. Israel not allow; hence in this great work /brotherly letter filled with loving
is God's peculiar nation. God had to which God has called us
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we need. admonition and warning, are imppr-
called David and anointed him -king, to be strong; .. therefore, a'nd . show. tant agencies . used of God to bring
done great and mighty things for and ourselves men. men to ..
through him untiJ, because of his Those whp have stood at the front H. Chiy Trumbull, the late editor qf
fidelityno man or ldngdom so strong of the battle have under God brought the Sunday-School Tim.es, was a sys-
had yet been known. usto a point pf greatne.ss, fear has thorough .personal worker.
David was . now an old man and come upon all the nations round For. forty years he made . a . practice of
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singl{ng . individuals and talking of the downfall of the ancient w.orld:
with them about thejr.:. souls. Iii ' his When the Star of Bethlehem appeared
vl:tltfable book, "Individual Work for in the heavens the Empire was
Individuals," .he relates how wonder- already honeycombed to the core. It
fully God blessed his effortS:- - is true, with Christianity a new Rome
Another celebrated soul-winner who appeared, but it was saturated with
. believed in direct personal solicitation, Pagan ideas_ and Pagan idolatries,
was Dr. J. 0.-Peck. He won hundreds which p:r;oduced the Dark Ages. In
of men_ to Christ in this way. Bishop the fifteenth century when sQciety
Goodsell relates this incident concern..: was groaning under. the .. spiritual
ing him: darkness as the result of this union,
_ of holiness to all the - _
.holiness. Live _ holinesS. -It is. the
only that goes to the root of all ..
the-'.sin.and misery that has'for six
. thousand years been wrecking . and
ruin-ing millions, undermining nations
a.nd populating hell. Holiness in the
individual, society, and in the
is the reme4.y.
.. .il ..
. _ THE STREET PREACHER.
' 'While I was pastor at First Church, Savonarola came to the front and
OSCAR J . RAISOR.
New Haven, Dr. Peck having sue- hurled thunderbolts of divine wrath
my cus- -at_eyihdo_etil,_and_t.ri_ed to-bring about less- bon
tom to go to New York on an early a reform. But -he was unsuccessful ored-by-the-world-th:an-th-e-curbstone-"-
. train Monday morning to read. proofs died a -martyr. In the beginning He is a figure
of. a-. in_ the Christian of the sixteenth century, Luther by the surgmg with
Advocate,. of which I then had charge. pinned his immortal thesis on. the Some pass him by
... One morning-I- m-et- Dr-:-Pec k-be fore - cn:urch-=ooor, wliiCn set alrCnristen- witlL....a- feehn_g- of-
6 o'clock, plowing his way through dom ablaze with reformatory light. have a false pity, w_hile there are a
the sand a foot deep. 'What calls you Savonarola str uck at the effect, Luther who to . and
out so early, doctor?' I 'I am struck directly at the cause, the root still who_ his !Je
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going to see a man who lied to the of the then-prevailing crimes, viz: not seekmg his own IS mmd_ful
Holy Ghost, and speak with him the false theology and government of only of_ the cause of and dymg
he goes to his work. He promised the Roman Church which sustained humamty:-. hves are at
God and me yesterday that he would them and reform was the natural opportumties passmg; death active;
seek pardon at the altar last night, .. result. ._. .. : . deception ptev.al:nt"and Jesus' coming
and hedid not come and I am-going Wh W
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. d . h . soon . . He r _eahzes the value of a
. , en es ey appeare m t e sev- h - 1 d h b f .
to see abdut it., I shall never forget enteenth century -the Church was - . t . _/f
the wonderful light in his eye and his enveloped in --ecclesiaa-t;klsm and dead man s t prot.a Ion. d chis;
determined stride . as he plowed on f )' . . H t k d . . - I . earnes ac IOn, an ristiamty IS
. _ . _ , orma ISm. e oo struc 1rect y at t' 1 Th - f J
after that neglectful soul. Is . it any the root, the theology of the Church, t wHitnesses _otr, ' lelsbus
wonder that he was a great evangel- d h f . h rea Ize a w en e comes I VJ'I e
. ?" . an anot er re orm swept over t e like "as in the days of Noah." If
Ist . land. . . .
Here, then, is a great ana impera- . the saved then, depicts -the
tive need of the church. It requires What is the situation today? Do of the final -
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more than ordinary courage and skill we need a new theology? No! The alarmmg to . contemplate . . This IS
to do this sort of work effectively. Church permitted men to preach who enough t? convert ev_ery sanctified
The blessing of Pentecost coupled with did .not have sin killed in them, and person mto a veritable
. good common sense will insure sue- ere long they denied the possibility of preacher.
cess. My friend, wi ll YOU become a . an experience they did not possess, It is beneath the dignity of many
personal worker? and, "like pastor, like people." Is it preachers to proclaim the Gospel on
. "' .$ "' not true that our ministers and reform. the street. I-t- isn' t conducive to pop- J
GO AFTER THE CAUSE. ers are. conscientiously laboring to ularity, and doesn' t pay in dollars
-- BESSIE CObbiNs-. ---- -- --staunch-the- flow- of- the- gigantic- and- cent!:!-. - This- -' 'highfalutin_u__
This is an age of new_ and startling stream of social and political corrup- preacher lacks that passion for souls
things. Ever and anon, new inven- tion that is slowly but surely under- so characteristic of full salvation.
tions and new discoveries are behrg mining our nation. Then why are Noah was a sort of street preacher;
made which entertheindustrialworld they not more successful? .Are they likewise Jesus and the
and make its pulse beat faster and blind to the real facts, or are they They preached the Gospel to the poqr.
gives it a still higher degree of mate- ignorant of the remedy? Experience There are myriads of people who do
rial development. teaches the well-established truth not hear the "from all sin" . soul-
--Fast ages with all their glory never . that it is only the man who has the saving salvation preached from the -
equalled the present in material per- well-cultivated mind, j oined with the _ popular pulpits, since it does iwt
''iection. .The Pagan world reached a pu'rified heart, , who digs down_ until emanate from tha.t source. The sen-
high degree of civilization and he find _the root, instead of spending timEmi here is popularity rather than
duced scintilhitin'g stars. all his time . fighting .. the prjnciple, arid dollars rather than
trious .glory has never been surpassed To such a spiritual one, the difficulties dy,,ing humanity. Higher critiCism,
in the field of art literature. The of the removal of the brazen evils of advanced thinking--, and sociology are
.. principles o:f morality which were today, would cause- a feeling akin to supplanting Christianity. and
embodied in the old civilization. were despair, but_ that we. .know there . .is a .. the.app.ellation.oL this..Church.is_ sig- .. _
the product of not revelation, that - kills the . root as well as nificantly "ichabod. "
and never at the root of sin; takes of the branches. All other There are many church sign boards
hence sin sprung up and flourished re_medies are - but plasters to soothe which read " Strangers . are welcome
like a green bay-tree in a soil S<' the pain, but will not kill the disease. -seats are free," but ev.er allow the
genial to it, Its is the. history But holiness will. Unfurl the bal}ner Nazarene sign to be ''The poor are
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welcome, and salvation is free." - _ of -- I>.ride,- self-will and
Amen. - hell,'' and Christ and His atonement
"Go out quickly into the streets was preached with such assurance
-.. Thank God for the- -Pentecostal ---
Church of tbe Nazarene, which God
sent forth in the fulness of time:
and lanes (alleys) of the city, and that souls - FRED ST. CLAIR.
bring in hither the poor, the. maimed,
the halt and the blind." -Luke 14:21.
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. ''Plunged beneath the purple flood, .:. Jl .
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And rose to all the life of God.'' , KEWANEE, ILL.
A spirit' of prayer was upon the peo- Again I feel)ed of God to report
. ple. The first began at 5: 30 victory in the narpe of the God of
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Correspondence ;) - and souls wrestled with God until they battles .. Y.esterday 'was a gracious
prevailed. -Bro. Welts of San Fran- h .. day__ on tS\CC,punt of-the manifest pres-
SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT CAMP- cisco led the morning meeting and ence of the Holy Spirit. _Six souls
MEETING. Bro.- Garrett and Sister Yorba the knelt at the altar in the afternoon
____ sin?ing was . _and-prayed through amidst the shouts
of the San Francisco DistPict was a led oy 'Bros. Cornwell
- great meeting. Beulah Park, noted people all sang. Soine one has altar-call was given in the eyening
for its many precious revival seasons, said the w_ay to get our people to service,' four. responded . and ... got .
_ wonderful displays of sing is to let them sin?. It was . so. through. The was -
God's mercy. This was a remarkable here, and-as-they, sang, It seemed ___ and __ __ home, I noticed
meeting in many ways. the intensity befitting a redeemed a "Nazarene . Baptist" . :sister-talking
. It was the largest meeting held here soul. The children were not forgot- to my son Dallas, who soon headed
for some time. About 100 te'nts were ten. Si_ster Linaweaver conducted a for the and plead and cried for
on the ground, being well arranged, special service for them each day at God to save his soul. Well, amen.
clean and attrac-tive. The restaurant 1: 30. Bro. Reynolds also gave God answered prayer and came in, _
was in. charge of the Camp-meeting one afternoon. but he was so by .the power
Board this year, and- under the man- . . . Bro. W. J. Rogers led the young of God ihat he not stand on his
agemerit of Bro. Thomas Wilsoh of people's meeting, and together with 'feet and after awhile-was taken home
Alameda, was a credit to us as a peo- . conduct_ed the mission- in a_ shouting and praising
ple. Those who knew said that in all ary meeting. ..Bro. Langdon sang, God. Praise God for the Saints that
. their camp-meeting experien_ce they and Bro. Coleman. rooted and and _ refuse
had never found_ a place where the and sold to get off firing hne. _
food wasmorewholesomeor the meals ent P. G. L1naweaver presided at all A. T. HARRIS.
served in a more attraetive manner. the sessions and gave the Spirit full Jl . .- '.-
The altar work was deep and thor- right of way.- PHOENIX, ARIZ.
ough. People came to the altar under . over
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00 souls knelt at the altar for I 'glad to read. an article in the
conviction and prayed through. Some conversion or entire sanctification. NAZARENE MESSENG.ER concerning
remarkable things took place, and the -- ---T-he love-feasts conducted by Revs. the union that we hope \viii be per-
leaders were forced at times to quench S. B. Rhoads and H. F. Reynolds were fected between the Pentecostal
the of curiosity that arose: Out- seasons of great rejoicing. The dea-_ Church of the Nazarene and the
"siders crowded around to see seekers singers, local preac}:lers and Holiness Church of Christ at Pilot
come Thank God -for an -- all_ the peo:ple helped, and everybody Poirit, Tex., . next October. Now we
altar where things take place, sang, prayed, shouted and know that thousands of holiness peo-
conversioris and entire sanctifications _It wa_s truly a meeting, and pie have been praying for just such a
---are so .. clear _and definite tbat With mingled feelings of sorrow and union as this Now I have been a
know about them. .",
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NAZARENE PUB. CO., 730 San Pedro St. los Angeles, Cal.
July" 30, 1008]
leveis for living by!" laughed tne
Out Young People little boy, watching him.
"Yes, there are," said the father,
'LtrrTLR TREASU.RES. earnestly. ' 'You will find them in
"LITTLE masteries achieved, . the Bible. Try all . your actions by
Little wants, relieved, that. Mark them true, straight, and
Little words iii love expressed,
Little wrongs at once confessed, no guesswork in thein.' '-Selected.
Little graces meekly worn; . .ll .ll .ll
Little slignts with patience borne, The Sunday . SChool. Lesson.
These are trea.sures iliat shall rise BY IsAiAH RE1i>.
Far beyond the shining. !"kies:"-Selected. August 9, 1908
.JI .- .,. David and Goliath .
1 Sam 17:38-49.
NICE ON ONE SIDE. . Read l- sa:m-.--17:1=18:5.
--Gommit- ver8es'-48;=49;
lVJ. "Oh, well, you did not think GOLDEN TEXT.-In the Lord put I my ..
trust.-Paa. 11:1.
about it long I hope." HOME READINGS.
"Yes, I did; I thinked- 'bout it all Mon., Aug. 3, 1 silm. -17:1-11. Tues.,
1 d'd k Sam. 17 : 12-27. Wed., 1 Sam. 17:28-37.
the mornmg so 1 not now my _Thu . _F.ri., . LSam ... 18:15.-
1essons-;" sat., :Psa. 144: 1-10. sun., Eph. 6:10-18.
"Now s-ee here, little girl, when Suggestive Notes and
you take up a good looking apple and . STATEMENT.
find a worm in it, what do you do?" Though David had ]:Jeen crowned, he
had never been inaugurated. Saul w_as
"Why, I spit it out frow it . JStill on the throne. The anointing of
away, 'course." David seemed to be private, initiatory and
preparatory. He cou'ld not be inaugt!rated
''But when you pick up a new while altbther king was on the throne, and
friend and'find a worm of selfishness, by no means was his anointing his coro-
nation. As yet the people did not know
you spend a whole morning thinking him as anything but a young man,_ like
' about thisthing." any other young man. The incident of o
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. our l esson seems to be a beginning of his
"But Mabel isn't Ike .a being shown to the people apd his intro-
.. , apple, ,s>u know; she's very, duction to publiJ:llife. Saul seems
nice on one. side. lost his former courage and leadership on
battlefield . . In his delay and hesi-
. ''Then think about t'hat sideal.lthe. tancy David appears on the "field, turns
d b d' t t to the tide of battle, and in one . decisive
time, an t e rna can ge In stroke, delivered Ieracl and won the hearts
-your mind. "-Missionary Worker. - of 'the people.
.ll .JI .Ji COMMENT.
Rea<l up closely from the last lf,lsson, f'or
CA!tRY YOURSELF'w'ELL. introduction and explanation as to
); how David came to be on the battlefteld,
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HE girl who carries herself well and for what Saul was trying on David
is more apt to command respect his own armor. One would .think that a
than the air} who trudges along _w.ith king, warrior, and great general as Saul
.,. was, would be ashamed to be found trying
her head inclined forward and her t o encourage a ooy, and _yet a soldier,
shoulders in a stooping position. The to do what neither himself nor any of his
army dared to do. It was in fact, a pub-
-possessor 9/- a, graceful, erect carriage lie admission of his failure as k i ng and
- unconsciously impresses us as having leader of his people.
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battle . . Go learn how to sling first. "Not
a novice,' as Paul says, or the giant be
fore you will never be like a grasshopper.
Go to school and make ready.
"He took bis staff," etc. David went
into the fight prepared beforehand. Ile
took (1) his staff, (2) five smoot}l stones,
(3) his scrip, ( 4) . .}lis 'sling. He rebukes .
the "open thy mouth and God will fill it"
type of so-called preachers who have per-
verted !)f Divine words, and
argue, ''He does not need schooling,'' or
''other _l;lQoks than th11 Bible' ' and oi;ten _
he can get along without much of either.
When God is at pains to tell us how to go
equipped as his soldier, is it not wise to
take he.e.d f . . . . .
- TJi:e man who bore the shield went on
.before--hive .o.n. th.edield,.
it will be seen that there is a prepaJ:ed,
armored enemy to contend with. Not only
God, but the en-emy, expects God's soldier
to come into battle armed, and to know
the tactics oJ war.
"He disdained him." The bully nev'er'
-understands faith. Not .
how faith ean contend with muscle, Go-
liath is incensed that a red-headed, fair-
faced, smiling boy should be sent afield to
match him. It put a false estimate on
him. ''Am I a dogf '' he says. He
cmrses and brags. Both are bad omens.
''I come to thee in the name of :the Lord
of Hosts, the God of the ;lrmies of Israel,
whom, thou hast defied.'' This is the key
t.o David and his victory. This clause in
verse 46 settles t_his, '' all the earth
may know' that there is a God in
. , AS TO TEAC]JING AND RECITING.
' 1 (a) Goliath personifies a host of
giant sins. (b) Davi4 peraoniDes many vir-
tues . and pha11es of .Christian . life and
character. (c) Every sonl has . its own
giants to 'fight. Turn- to for
the list of .these giants, and to Eph. -6:12
for the only kind of tactics by which we
can win; Have members of the class
name our practicaf giants which we fight.
nowadays. (2) Christianity is a world
.-battle for conquest. Rev. 13:11. Rev . .12:
1' 12. Christianity. hll,!l a leader and cap-
tain, Isa. 9:1-7. Christianity has soldiers,
2 Tim. 2 :3, 4. Christianity has arms to
fight with, 2 Cor. 10:4. Ephes. 6_:13-19.
Christianity has victors and heroes, - Heb .
11. Christianity has sure promise of vic
tory, Isa. 54: 17. (3) Sometimes one David.
fights the battle alone for a whole army
auu a nation. One Elijah, one Luther, one
\Vesley, one Deborah, one Joan or Arc, one
Goliath was of the race of giant men,
______________ ,we- have- s everal- aecounts- o:f-as- belOlrgin g---:-
praying mother in Israel. ( 4) Sometimes
the killing of
great victories and new life. (5) David
had what the world called great offer:s There are many nob_le-hearted girls, to the original inhabitants of Ca,naan. His
height has been guessed at, rather -than'
says a recent writer, who really do definitely given, as between nine( to
injustice by the awkward eleven feet, and his armor at 157 pounds,
while the head of his' spear is put at 19
way carry themselves. . pounds. The pitting of a. mere boy, not
.ll .JI .ll yet a _ soldier, _ .against such .. an abnormal ----
type of a man, . is .Jike counting on the
A SPIRIT LEVEL TO LIVR BY. miraculous to take place.
A
LIT'TI-LE. boy saw his father "I cannot go with these," Saul was
" head and shoulders above ordinary men.
using a spirit level to See if the To put a youth in such heavy ::.nd clumsy
board -he was planing was "true" and armor would only insure defeat. It is not
t
h so much what we may put on, as what is
S t. withi n us that turns tho tide. David
"What's the use of being so care- merits our admiration in his common sense
ful, papa?. he asked. "It. is pretty. and good judgment: One must know how.
he c a nnot do, as well as how he ca n do:
good, I guess. It looks so." He understood himself and so knew how
"G ' ll d to 1111derstand the other fellow. David
. uessmg WI not o tn carpenter had . faith in . God, he knew Goliath had
work," said the father, "sightifig" not. He_ knew his sling could r t>ach
along the edge of the board and shav- farther than Goliath's long sword and
pondt>rous spear. We see also that David
ing it the least bit in the world. had learned how to use a sling long before
"You have to be just right. . Folks . he met the giant. Some of the would-be
spiritual soldiers of our day .migh,t get a
guess - at too many things. God . lt>sson here. The pulpit is the llo,ttlefield, ' .
doesn't like .that way of liVIng," not the place t!> drill. To be able .to kill
"G giants, and bave stones . that will do the
uess ariy __ spirit business, you--must get -- them before the
promised him if he should win: (a) riches,
(b) royal marriage, (c) Christian freedom;
but his mind and heart was on the honor of
God; and the success of his kingdom. We,
too, have exceeding great and precious
- promises,-but-our eyes are- on . the king;-not
on his rewards. For him, not for his gifts
alone. (6) All are (a) evil, (b)
gigantic, mate rially considered;. (c) boast-
ful. (d) proud, (e) malignant, (f) unac-
quainted with the armory of God's _ ap-
pointment, (g) don ' t know what God ean
a eeompliRh through a man of faith. (h) So,
though David seems to him eont emptible,
he d O<'S not know. he Carries the sling of
God thntcan kill him. . (i) Don't know
. that bra g. and ' threat, and contempt <' an-
not affect faith. '
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