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LESSON
(By BE. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of
Sunday School Course, The Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago, IIL)
LESSON FOR | APRIL 25
DAVID AND GC GOLIATH.
LESSON TEXT-I Samuel 17:3-51.
GOLDEN TEXT-If God be for us, who
is against us?—Rom. 8:31 R. V,
For forty days (v. 16) Goliath defied
Saul’s army, encamped near Bethle-
Hem. Three of the sons of Jesse were
in Saul’s army and to them David is
sent with food (vv. 13, 18, 19). These
brothers scornfully reproached David
when he expressed a wiliingness to
fight Goliath, accusing him of pride and
reminding him that he was but a shep-
herd (vv. 26-29). David's words are
carried to Saul and he is introduced to
the king.
I. Boastful Pride, vv. 3844. Fear
and dismay were aroused at the very
sight of this proud Philistine (vv. 11,
24, 32), yet such fear was foreign to
David, for his eyes were not upon man
but upon God (v. 37). He related to
Saul his exploits not as boasting but
as giving him assurance that God was
able to deliver him out of the hand of
this Philistine. Saul, who had once
been a man of like simple faith, is now
as much in fear as any of his army.
David was perhaps about twenty years
of age and verse 56 calls him a “strip-
ling,” hence it was that Saul’s armor
would not fit him (ef. 10:23). Human-
ly speaking, it was an impossible thing
David offered to accomplish single-
handed. Even Saul (v. 32) sought to
dissuade David, but David was not
trusting in man nor depending upon
the armor of the king (v. 39; Ps. 27:1-
8; Isa. 12:2; Rom. 8:31). David took
his familiar staff and sling (see 1
Thess. 5:2) and sallied forth, “strong
In the Lord, not in himself; armed not
with steel but with faith.” Crossing
“the valley” (v. 40 marg.) he prepared
his sling, with which every Israelite
was skilled (see I Sam. 13:19-23). On
came the giant, a man about nine feet
tall (v. 4), “a stalking mountain, over:
laid with brass and iron,” preceded by
his protector (v. 41). . Why such a sol-
dier after his period of triumph should
desire this added safety is not quite
clear. It suggests, however, the sin-
ner’'s timidity which reveals his essen-
tial weakness in that he trusts him-
#elf, takes no chances, and is even sus-
picious of his own supporters. What
This armored giant and
this ruddy-faced, unarmed youth, car
ying only the staff, wherewith he was
wont to fight wild beasts, and
dling! When God calls a fran he @ses
that weapon with which the man is
most familiar, and when thé ¢hureh or
the Christian soldier secks to fight in
the armor of another, or by using the
weapons of the world, it is foredoomed
to failure (Ex. 4:2; Judges 3:31).
II. Conquering Himility, vv. 4551,
David acknowledged Goliath’s su-
perior armament, yet armed with the
name of the God of the army of Israel
which Goliath had insulted, his confi-
dence overtops that of the Philistine
and he hurls back his broud boast.
Furthermore, the victory ws to be an
immediate one, “this day” (Zech. 4:6;
James 4:7). With calm assurance he
informs Goliath of the outcome of
their conflict, but takes no credit to
himself. David had naught but naked
faith and the sense of a just cause to
strengthen his arm. He would do to
Goliath and the Philistines the things
that Goliath had boasted he would do
to David (vv. 44 and 46) “that all the
earth may know that there is a God
in Israel;” see also v. 47. David's
seemingly insufficient preparation is
now revealed to be abundant, for he
had four stones more than he needed
(v. 40). It is thus that God chooses
the weak things to confound the mighty
(I Cor. 1:27).
Ill. Summary. We have before us
three lessons. First the lesson of indi-
vidual responsibility. A sinful king had
paralyzed the effectiveness of the
army of Israel. David, “a man after
God’s own heart,” refused Saul’s ar-
mor, crying out “I cannot go in these.”
Saul, bound by tradition, must use
conventional weapons. Every great
advance in the history of the church
bas been led by some man who struck
out boldly, incensible alike to the con-
ventionalism of his friends and the
gibes of the enemy. Ged would have
every man work according to himself,
not copying, not imitating, but with his
own equipment. Second, all the giants
of sin have not yet been overthrown.
We still have the giants of Intemper-
ance, Unchastity, Graft, Selfishness,
Ambition and the Inequalities of our
civic and social life. These can only
be overcome in the strength of God.
Bunyan mentions three giants.
Pride, Grim and Pagan; to these we
may add, Anger, Untruthfulness, Self-
ishness and Sullenness.
Third, Our Helper. Seé Golden
Text. Of all the gzmaces David pos-
sessed, faith was the root of each one
-—faith in a living God.
His active faith caused him with
nimble feet to attack this blasphemous
enemy (v. 48).
HAs faith in God characterizes his
entire life, resounds in his songs and
strengthened his life of service for Je-
hovah.
It is such faith that strengthens the
arm of the true saint of God, that en-
ables him to “overcome” in his own
life, to undertake for:God and to go to
the ends of the earth in his name.
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GENERAL NEWS.
The man of the hour in New York
medical circles at present is, Dr.
Harry Plotz, a young bacteriologist
of Mt. Sanai hospital, who announced
recently at a meeting of the New
York Pathological Society that he had
discovered an anti-typhus vaccine.
In view of the recent spread of this
dretad disease in Serbia, where many
American physicians are leading in
the fight against it, the discovery was
hailed as timely as well as important.
Twenty masked robbers early on
Thursday held up in true Western
style a New York Central fast freight
train near Sanborn, Niagara County,
escaping with 10 auto truck loads
of valuable silks worth $70,000. The
train was from Boston, bound for
Chicago via the Michigan Central at
Niagara Falls. The daring of Engineer
Moss in cutting out his engine under
Bridge prevented more
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extensive
As a rsult of the enforcement of
the new law against the traffif in hab-
it forming drugs ten young men who
said they feared they would become
insane because they could not obtain
drugs were under treatment in Belle-
vue hospital in New York, last week.
‘Many others applied for admission to
that hospital. ' One young man
who could not obtain drugs fell dead
narcotic pill sold him by an Italian
peddler.
There is plenty of work in Mary-
land for men who are willing to work
“I can find a job at fair pay for any
man who wants it. There is no reason
for hard times in Maryland, because
we have more jobs than we have men
to fill them.” The preceding was the
statement of John A. Tschantre, sec-
retary of the Maryland State Bureau
of Immigration, who has direct charge
of the employment work of the bu-
retau in Baltimore. Since the arrival
oi the supposed hard times he has
found positions for more than 1,000
men and has other positions waiting
“The trouble with the most of these
men who are complaining about not
being able to find positions,” said Mr.
Tschantre, “is ‘hat while looking for
jobs they are praying not to find any.
I have been raked over the coals time
and again during the last winter by
farmers to whom I sent supposed la-
borers. The farmers tell me that these
men work two or three days and fill
themselves up with good food and
then beat it.
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
by the undersigned administrator, ec.
t. a. of the estate of the said Samuel
K. Weimer, deceased, for discharge
upon the street from the effect of a |
as such administrator, and the Court
has fixd Monday, 17th day of May, '
1915, at 10 o'clock a. m. at the Court
House at Somerset, Pennsylvania, as
the time and the place for the hear- |
ing of such application when and |
where all parties interested may ap- |
pear if they see fit,
OZIAS WRIMER,
Administrator ¢. t. a. of
SAMUEL K, WEIMER, Dec'd, |
WILLS PROBATED.
The will of the late Harrison T.
Lohr, of Shade township, was probated
last week. He left a life interest in
his estate to his wife, Martha J. Lohr,
at whose death the same is to be e-
qually divided among their children:
Annie ‘Gerhard, Irvin Lohr, Luther
Lohr, Newton Lohr, Emma Croyle,
Harry Lohr, Nellie Lohr and Park
Lohr. Newton Lohr was appointed ex-
ecutor. The will was dated Septem-
ber 27, 1912, and witnessed by Irvin
Lohr, Ada uster and A. L. Living-
ston.
Mary Tipton, late of Lincoln Town-
ship, bequethed her property to her
husband, Jacob H. Tipton, who is
named as ecutor. The will was dated
March 22, 1915, and witnessed by
Jere S. Miller and Alice Tipton.
Letters of Administration.
Letters of administration have re-
cently been issued as follows:
Sarah A. Gerhard snd Francis 8.
Gerhard, estate of Nelson Gerhard,
late of Somerset Township. Bond
$10,000.
Sarah E. Hyatt, estate of William
H. Hyatt, late of Addison Township.
Bond, $150. :
William W. Miller, outate of Rebec-
ca Miller, late of Summit Township,
Bond, $100.
R. F. Hammer, estate of Jacob
Spielgel, late of Jenner township,
Bond $14,000.
S. L. Livengood, estate of Jeremiah
J. Livengood, late of Salisbury. Bond
$2,000.
Catherine Queer, estate of Levi
Queer, late of Brothersvalley town-
ship. Bond. $2,000.
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First Boy The brave, the wise, -
the good.
Second Boy Supreme in war.
in council and in peace.
Third Boy - Valiant without
ambition. discreet without fear.
confident without presumption.
Fourth Boy : ln disaster calm, :
in success moderate, in all him
self.
Fifth Boy—The patriot, the §
Christian. the father of nations.
the friend of mankind. who.
when be had won all, renounced
all and sought in the bosom of
his family and of nature retire
& ment, 2nd in the hope of religion
immortality.
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Watches Over Them Daily Till They
Co to Roost.
Jefferson City. 3Mo.—A cat -that cares
for a brood of chickens is the property
of Mrs. John P. iordon., wife of the
state auditor
The cat attracted the attention of
neighbors some time ago by its pecul-
iar conduet. At first it was thought it
was following the chickens around to
kill one for a meal. This idea was
soon dissipated when day after day
the performance was repeated.
Then it was observed that the eat
attached itself to a brood of late “‘fry-
ers,” now about half grown. It watch-
es over this bunch of chickens with
apparent motheMy solicitude, follows
| them about all day and never leaves
them until they go to roost for the
night. Then the cat returns to the
| Gordon residence.
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| Giordon ‘neighbors.
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