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LESSCN FOR APRIL 4
SAUL REJECTED BY THE LORD.
LESSON TEXT-I Samue! 15:10-23.
GOLDEN TEXT—Behold, to obey is bet-
ter than sacrifice.—1 Samuel 15:22.
Jonathan’s victory (ch. 14) brought
with it a sinning on the part of the
hungry, harassed Israelités in ‘that
they. ate of the spoils “with the blood”
(14:31, 32; Lev. 3: 17, 7:26). In the
emergency Saul erected “the first al
tar that he built unto the Lord” (ch
14:35), a rather dilatory act on tho
part of a God-anointed king. Saul had
resorted to the subterfuge of com:
manding the people “to roll a great
stone,” i.e., cut the throats of the ani
mals of which they had eaten that
they might bleed, and thus be an evi
dence that the animals had died be
fore being eaten. This the people did.
fearing Saul, but having no scruples
in transgressing God’s commands.
These same people rescued Jonathan
from the foolish vow of Saul, for it
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recurrence Of Easter has been
celebrated with various ceremo
nies and popular sports abd ob-
servances.
In the Netherlands, or Holland, a
country famed for its. flowers, especial:
ly tulips, blossoms play a large part in
the day’s celebration. For days before
the holiday the Dutch canals bear on
their placid surfaces many ‘barges
laden high with fragrant and ‘showy
masses of bloom.
Some ‘of the Easter’ customs in th
‘warious countries are ‘curious indeed:
In the north uf England you may still,
hear the old rime:
Tid, mid and misera,
Carling, palm and Pasch egg day.
The first line refers to Christmas, the
Epiphany and "Lent. Carlings are
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was his faith and valor that had chief !
ly brought about the victory.
I. God’s Sorrow, vv. 10-12. Samue!
had first revealed God's purpose in |
making Saul king, and likewise firs*
declared God’s purpose to dispose
Saul (v. 10). Saul’s actions (vv. 1-9)
had stamped him as being no longer
worthy of God's confidence. The
word ‘repenteth,” meaning “to sigh”
(v. 11), denotes a change of feeling
due to Saul’s actions and not to any
change in the character, purpose or
desires of Good. God was sorry that
Saul had proved himself unworthy.
A half-way obedience of God’s com:
mand only heightened his guilt.
“Whatever moral ET seem to |
lie, for a later age, 0. 8a mim
sion against Amalek, Prev e none |
such for him” (Vatighin) ). Man's re
pentance involyes yes £3 ¥ nges JoL ming 4
d re |
and purpose.
pented, chines the mstrament of his
because of the. change, ot
circumstances and relation. * God ‘is
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did thEiwiseithing I. taking it to ‘God |:
is often ‘bya :
show of piety (v. 13), but such acts’
cannot stifie the conviction of the
heart nor deceive the rightsous Judge.
Sin proclaims itself éven as Samuel's
sharp question ' ‘bronght conviction
from the lips of Saul’ 1. 14; Prov.
28:13). Saul thought to deceive Sam- |
uel by using a falsehood (v. 15). The
. only safe course is to confess our
“jstns (Ps. 82:15} L Jom 1:9).
"There
‘is an interesting suggestion | in the
way Saul uses the impersonal “they”
and “we” in verse 15, as if to lay
the guilt of his acts upon others. It
1s éasy for the sinner to blame others
and seek to minimize his own guiit
(Rom. 14:12). Verse 9 clearly in
dicates why Ssul and the people haa
spared the best of the cattle. To use
a part only forr God and the rest for
self in direct disobedience to God's
ey the rights of others is to
incur his righteous wrath (vv. 22, 23).
111. Saul’s Self-Rejection, vv. 20-23.
God set Saul aside because he had
rejected the sight and chose the
wrong, Facu to face with his sin
Saul ‘could not dodge the issue. Sam-
uel’s “wherefore” (v. 19) must have
aroused Saul’s guilty conscience. it
is a question which should reach every
tempted soul. Samuel characterize
Saul’s sin as being due to stubborn:
ness, rebellion, disobedience and a re-
jection of God (v. 19) Again Saul
seeks to evade his responsibility (vv.
20, 21). ‘'I'nen Samuel speaks plainly
(v. 22) comparing his sin of disobedi-
ence with witchcraft, stubbornness,
iniquity und idolatry. Plainiy he telis
Saul, “Because thou hast rejected the
word of the Lord, he hath also reject-
ed thee from being king” (v. 23).
Driven thus to a corner Saul made
a contession of his guilt (v. 24) bu
spoiled it all by acknowledging th: :
he had greater fear of the people th:
of God.
This is Taster Sunday, our reproach
has been removed, not at Gilgal but
on Calvary. The unchanging :- God
hates sin, which is unchangeable, has
condemned it on the Cross that the
guilty sinner may live.
The p istence of sin, the un-
changeableness of God and his un-
yielding hatred of sin are met by thas
culmination of Easter for, “By the
obedience of one shall many be made
righteous” (Rom. 5:19).
The whole root of Saul’s trouble
was his attitude towards the word of
God. Every man’s destiny hinges
upon what he does with the Living
Incarnate Word.
The resurrection of Jesus is the
seal of his authority, the evidence of
his power and our eternai: salvation
depends upon what: we do. with him,
John 3:16:
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hard that you can play 4t ball with
them, dyed with various colors and
often having inscriptions or land:
seapes traced upon them. :
‘Easter eggs symbolize the resurrec-
tion. As one old writer shys/“As the
bird imprisoned within the shell comes
-80 life and liberty at the appointed
time, so did our Saviour on Baster
‘morning burst the gates of the grave.”
The eggs Were at first dyed scarlet, in.
meinory of the blood of Christ shed
upon the cross.
A LEGEND OF EASTER.
The story runs that when Adam
felt death approach he called his son
Seth to his side and bade him ask the
archangel, the keeper of the garden.
for a- balsam that should save him
from death.
“The time of pardon is not yet come,”
said the archangel. “Four thousand
Years must pass. But as a token that
his future pardon is assured the wood
whereon redemption shall be won shall
grow from Adam's tomb.”
He then gave three seeds to Seth
and bade him place them in his fa-
ther’s mouth when he died. Adam died
three days later. Seth obeyed the di-
rections of the archangel, and the place
of his father’s sepulcher was Golgotha.
where in course of time three trees
grew from the seeds. One was a cedar,
another a cypress and the third a pine
It was with a bough from one of these
trees that Moses performed his mira
cles in Egypt, brought water out of
the rock and healed those whom the
serpents had bitten in the wilderness.
After a tirgy the three trees incorpo-
rated themselves with each other and
became a single tree, beneath which
David sat when he bewailed his sins.
In the days of Solomon the tree had
become the finest of all trees, so was
cut down to assist in the building of
the temple. But magic seemed to have
taken possession of the wood, for
nothing which it was wanted to serve
for would answer until at last Solo-
mon cast the tree over Cedron so that
all might trample on it as they crossed
the brook.
There it was discovered by the queen
of Sheba, and she, recognizing its vir-
tue, had it raised. It was then buried,
but the spot where it lay became the
pool of Bethseda and healed all the
sick who flocked to it. When the time
of the crucifixion drew near the beam
of wood rose to the surface and was
brought out of the water, and when
the executioners sought for a beam for
the cross they discovered this and
found that it fitted’ their purpose. So
the prophecy was fulfilled.
yi 3
Easter In’
violations they discover. iL re was then workig, have
| own home for 18 hours, the corpse of
| girl's neck was broken and there was
| evidence of a terrific struggle. Sever-,
| fence of the yard where the body
| en and 65 refugees taken
| gram received in New York, by the, town on’ Friday: on 98 Hig wa to” Pitts!
| Presbyterian Board of Foeign Mis. arg "5 n = : i foi
Eleven thousand Gorman dead have| ... CAEN AY H. Hensel and}
FRAGMENTS oF Ph Fa : CONFLUENCE. -
GENERAL NEWS! Mrs J. W. Clouse ‘is Siproving 3 at
A fined report issued at London the Markleton Sanatorium. i
by the American’ commission for re- Mrs. Mary Minder, Who ronidet’ tor
lief in Belgium, Shows that foodstuffs |thi® last forty years om a farm néar
to a total of $20,000,000 have been de- Utsiaa, moved into Confluence last
livered in Belgium since the incep-|Wee Ai
tion of the commission’swork. Nine-
teen million dollars worth of food is
now on the way to the stricken coun-
try or is stored for future ‘shipment,
Of the grand total, $8,500,000 was
provided by benevolent contributions
either of food or cash, and the bal-
ance of $30,500,000 was provided by
banking arrangements set up by the
commission.
The Methodist Ministers’ Associ-
ation of Cincinnati, has formed a se
cret body of 100 men who will report |
to employers ad parents, the names of
all of the young persons attending
dances; theatres etc. thought to be
improper. The investigators are vol-
unteers. They will report also other
ites ‘Hackney, of Homestead is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. C. McDonald.
He will likely spend the summer in
this vicinity . . .
Rolla Case, of Ursina, left Satur-
day for Macon, Ga., where he will
tbe band leader for Sun Bros.’ shows. |
Bar] Critchfield, manager of the
Confluence Planing mill co. has bought
|a five passenger Maxwell automobile
| He and Mr. Holliday went to Meyers-
dale recently and drove the car home.
‘The special services in progress
last week closed on Sunday with com-
munion on Sunday night.
‘Mr. and Mrs. John ‘Weaver, who
went to Connellsville several weeks |
'ago to do light housekeeping, where
returned here as Mr. Weave will
Six years ago, Mrs. Ellen A. Heim, now be able’ ‘to be at home. r
of Seattle, Washington., grubstaked L. 8. ‘Lincoln, of Uniontown and a
Jeremiah Wilson, a prospector and former resident of this place, was in
sent him to Alaska. Wilson struck it town a few days ago on his way up
rich and a court ruling has just or- the C. & O .branch on business.
dered an Alaska mining corporation | Quite a number of Odd Fellows from
to turn over to Mrs. Heim and her 16 ‘pore were in Rpckwood attending the
year old daughter, Marie, their share | contest in dégree * team work in
in Wilson’s discoveries. Their share , which several odges of the town par-
is $6,000,000. | ticipated,
Libraries of United States and Can-| Mrs. Jno. Seibert is visiting friends
ada receved $3,555,001.61 in gifts and in Ohiopile.
“bequests during 1914, according to an Mrs. Thos. Crowe, an aged lady of
announcement in Chicago a few days this place, met with a serious acci-
ago, by Geo. B. Utley, secretary of dent recently by falling through a
the Library Association. The Carne- haymow to the stable beneath.
gie Corporation contributed $1, 718, J. T. Reynolds of the West Side,
195 of this sum. The largest single is having a bath and a heating system
gift of the year was $450,000 to the installed in her residence.
New York Public Library by the willl David Cronin who has been ill with
of Mrs. Henry Draper. The same in-!grip continues poorly.
stitution received $100,000 by the will pleasant social was held in the
of Jno. L. Cadwalader. Groton, N. Y.! Christian churcsh on Friday evening
received a bequest of $100,000 for the for the new members. A large number
foundation and maintenance of a of the membership was present and
public library from Dr."Miles D. Good- | the occasion was enjoyed by all.
year.’ |W. W. Savage, of Friendsville, Md.,
Lying within a’ stone’s throw of tier |was here a day or two ago on his
way ‘to Pittsburg.
Miss Margaret ‘Mullan, daughter of | 'J."W. Clouse who has been ve-
Mr. and’ Mrs. William T. Mullan, of for several months, has been
Cumberland, Md. was discovered It ! to the’ ‘Markleton sanitarium
‘Sunday afternoon, while ‘a city wide !
search was being made for her. The
ure Biglar, of Salisbury was here
on her’ way to Somerfield where the
sale of the pesorial property of her
1a
The police believe that the girl met
her death elsewhere and the body
was carried to Whereis was |
number of people were in
T day last ‘week to attend the
of 30¢ Tuney; the livery ° “man,
has returned home after looking over !
x his farm at’ Addison.
“MM. 'H. Dean,''of Adddison was, in h
French and Americhn
been hanged on gibbets e
‘mission yards, according to a cable:
been taken from the trenches won by
the French during twenty days of
fighting in the Champagne county in
‘France. German losses in killed
in prisoners and in ‘wounded are es-
timated by the French military au-
thorities at 50,000. German wastage,
they ‘say, has been two to one com-
pared with the French losses, be-
cause the Ge ns would try to re-
gain lost grou by counter attacks,
repeated again and again, with ob-
stinate courage. It was in these coun-
ter assaults, supported by inadequate
artillery that so many fell. The
graves in which they are buried by
fifties and by hundreds are thick up-
on a narrow front of some fifteen
miles.
daughter, of 'Frfedens visited H. M.
| Bittner’s over Sunday.
“The Misses Marion, Leah and Eliz- |
abeth had a real feed at F. We-
ybreck’s on Sunday.
8S. R. Leydig is the proud father of
a new son born Thursday nght. The
mother and babe are doing well.
Mrs. Cal Sturtz is spending a few
weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Raupach.
Mrs. W. H. Miller was a Meyersdale
caller on Saturday.
Mrs. J. T. Leydig went to Meyers-
dale on Saturday to attend the fun-
eral of Mrs. Wilson Poorbaugh.
Bill Hasselrode made a sad mistake
when he painted his wagon sky blue;
the Dutch will pick him off first shot
when they come across.
Pittsburg and New York have noth-
ing on our town when it comes to
“bean parlors.” The, Inn is not ad-
vertised but it acted in this capacity
on Sunday night.
C. B. Bittner was a business caller
|! in Meyersdale and Hyndman on Sat-
urday.
Dr. Beachy, of Cumberland
Wednesday here
PETITION FOR DISCHARGE
OF ADMINISTRATOR.
IN RE ESTATE Of Samuel||
K. Weimer, Late of Green-|
ville Township, Somerset]
County, Pennsylvania, de:
ceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that|
an application was presented to the!
Orphans’ Court of Somerset County patch.
by the undersigned administrator, c.|
a of the estate of the said Samuel Mrs. J. L. Snyder and Mabel were
K. Weimer, deceased, for discharge | © Berlinson Friday,
as such administrator, and the Court | Mrs. Francis Smith, of Johnstown
has fixd Monday, 17th day of May, | is visiting relatives here.
1915, at 10 o’clock a. m. at the Court Mrs. W. H. Bittner spent the week-
House at Somerset, Pennsylvania, as end with her son, Charles of Meyers-
the time and the place for the hear-| dale.
ing of such application when and| The “ever faithful” Charles made
where all parties interested may a] his weekly journey across the Alle-
pear if they see fit. | ghenies to see the “Fair One” on Sat-
OZIAS WEIMER, { urday.
Administrator c. t. a. of | pe pigges Ruth and Mabel Bitt-
SAMUEL K. WEIMER, Dec'd. | ner attended the Wellersburg school
| entertainment a few evenings ago.
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