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page six stouffville ontario thursday september 1st 1938 sunday school lesson lesson for september 1 samuel simkitial ltkvlval golden text prepare your hearts unto the lord and serve him only 1 sam 73 the lessox as a whole by ii a ironside litt d pastor of moody church chicago approach to the lesson kveu before the death of kli it became evident that samuel was his j divinelyappointed successor as judge in israel and so after the dis- concertins experiences of the phili- stines in connection with the ark ofl the covenant led them to send it hack i to the people whose glory it was we find the young prophet coming im mediately to the front and through his ministry there was a revival of interest in the worship of jehova and a true return to god on the part of many clod works through human instruments and he always has the man ready when the hour of bless ing strikes the history of the great j awakenings throughout the cen turies first in israel and then in the church of the new dispensation is largely the story of the chosen ser vants prepared by god and subject to his will who have been raised up to call an erring people to repentance and to bring them hack to their only proper allegiance of these samuel stands out as one of the greatest of he ivhoie army of the reformers the historical setufcs for seven months the ark was in the country of the philistines after which it was placed by the philis tine lords on a cart drawn by two cows which though their calves were loft behind them coek tha straight load to the israelitish town of iteth- shemesh the people of which place erred in looking into it and were smitten in judgment so that they were afraid to keep it but notified the inhabitants of kirjathjearim to come anil get it they kept it for twenty years the time was prob ably 1141 bc to 1120 bc verse by verso 1 sam 73 put away the strange gods whether at tne close of the twenty years or as seems most likely very soon after the return of the ark we see samuel coming to the front as the inspired prophet of jehovah he called tie people to re pent of past wickedness and to re turn wholeheartedly to the lord only thus could they expect com plete victory over their foes verse 4 served the lord only it resulted in a thoroughgoing re vival the idols were abolished and israel turned wholly to the lord determined to serve him only verse 5 1 will pray for you samuel issued a call for a great convocation at mizpeh where he promis i to intercede oi iiif ue- haif and present their needs before the lord his was the energy of faith which inspired confidence in others verse 6 we have sinned against the lord at mizpeh in the pre sence of the great gathering samuei poured water out upon the ground a symbolic of their weak and help less state see 2 sam 1414 ana they observed a penitential fast to gether they confessed their sins as individuals and as a nation this is always the sure precursor to blessing samuel was recognized as their godappointed judge veise 7 the lords of the phili stines went up against israel when gods people seek his face and re pent cf their sins the enemy will al ways endeavour to hinder revival and messing so the philistines prepar ed to attack israel thus tilling the peoples hearts with dread verse s cry unto the lord our god for us in their distress they had recourse to prayer and besought samuel to continue to make inter cession on their behalf that they might be saved from the cruel foe verse 9 offered a burnt- offering divinely guided samuel took a little lamb the very ex pression of meekness and of weak ness and offered it before god as a burnt offering it was a type of christ crucified through weakness offering himself without spot unto god on mans behalf eph 52 as ikjs and yua ouk nae wmk uou make itii fot the extra packet attached to the half pound is free try it if you do not think salada is the finest tea you have ever tasted return the half pound for refund in full offer effective stouffville only and while supply lasts see yoniciroiiii t- uioke of the sacrifice ascended samuels prayers went up find who atisvverfcd accoidiug to to love of his heart for israel verse 10 the lord thundered as the solemn service was in pro gress the enemy drew near to attle against israel bat a sudden thunderstorm came up of such dis astrous character that it terrified the philistines and they retreated in dis may thus god acted for his people verse ii the men of israel smote them encouraged by the evidence of divine intervention the israelites followed me already dis comfited hosts of the enemy defeat ing them utterly verse 12 ebenezer returning in triumph to a place near mizpeh they set up a stone as a pillar of victory in recognition of the good ness of god they gave him all the glory crying hitherto hath the lord helped us the stone was called kuenezer meaning liter ally stone of help j verse 13 the philistines were subdued the victory had far- reaching effects so long as samuel ruled over the nation the enemy did not venture to attack them again verses 14 to 1g samuels circuit as long as he lived which includes most of the reign of saul samuel was recognized as judge he held a circuit court going in turn to the chief centers in palestine where the people could readily bring their matters to him for adjudication at ramah he built an altar and sacri ficed to the lord shiloh had been forsaken and zion not yet chosen so all was dispensationally in keeping the heart of the lesson god is always ready to visit his people in blessing and grant revival ind spiritual refreshment when they judge their sins in his presence and cry to him for the deliverance they need oh that we today might be stirred to realize the great need of the whole church of god so that that there would be a mighty cry of entreaty going up to the throne accompanied by an honest purging ourselves from all known sin and a true returning to place of obed ience to his word who can say what blessed results might yet ho vouch safed to his people and what the glorious effects might be upon a god less world outside w davey 8 stanton ave to our good friend mrs geo lee who celebrates her birthday august 29th we extend many nappy returns mrs e j hill of newmarket is visiting her sister miss davey island grove lake simcoe vaughan blueman took the church services at birchcliffe united church and toronto jail on sunday august 21st kingston ontario at one time was the capital of canada from 1841 to 1844 this is jubilee year at the canadian national exhibition when on the grounds no better place can be found to secure go j mul than the girls friendly society cafeteria this may be found near the old crystal palace it is the only church of england orga ization on the grounds a d the funds raised by this cafeteria are for gfs building extension tribune readers had full i measure last week ten full j pages of interesting news at the same price our editor has now returned and after his trip is roaring to go show us another place the size of stouffville with a weekly paper that can boast of a ten page edition all up to date and interesting news the best cf friends must part and what animal is thought more- of than a faithful dog thursday of last week the cor respondents boston terrier paddy died mr lane blueman has shin ned 14 head of cattle down to his fcrm on scugog isiand dsmxz t a demilo permanent wave before going on your nimmer vacation lasting curls hat will renuire little attention for months prfced from s250 to s750 east end beauty shop phone 176 theft charged continued from page one were jews demanded i2 each we told them at the start that it would be more or less a gam ble did bob martin who was the leader take anything into the dance hall no sir how was it that you couldnt take the drums back in your car if you brought them up were there more people in your car no sir i made two trips up do you remember a conver sation before the dance at the booth about the drums there was a little discussion but not about money if i had known there was money owing i wouldnt have left the drums alright thats all i wanted to know hutchinson who is the band leader was the next witness he explained that whatever was taken in this night would be divided equally between the or chestra and mr connor he had gone to the farm where mr connor lived and saw his son fred no arrangements about money were made but he had just engaged the hall for the one night mr greer did mr connor make any claim for rent at the time no he didnt did vou receive a bill fromi connor no statements were received by me this saturday night i went to the lady who was selling the tickets and she told me 4 and some odd cents had been taken in a couple of the boys wanted their money so i gave them 2 each mr connor took some money out of the till first but i dont know how much it was mr greer then produced a hand bill which stated that bob martins orchestra would play three nights a week at this hall hutchinson admitted posting these bills but stated that he wasnt sure theyd play that of ten it depended on the money taken in the first night mr greer you gave con nor no allowance for the hall hutchinson nothing what ever did you inspect the hall when you arranged to play i looked around was there a piano no sir mr conner said hed get one and put a stand up and bought a license for us then you still stick to your version that connor wasnt to receive anything for this yes sir the saxophone player donald robertson was called but stat ed that he had nothing to do with the arrangements about renting the hall mr connor was called to the stand he explained that two of the boys came to his farm to rent the hall for the remainder of the season and he agreed to give it to them eighteen nights for 7000 on condition that he would get a piano put up a stand and buy a license for them and he was to receive the 70 on saturday night he had paid 28 for these three things and on the saturday when the boys came to play they had told him that they had no money when he refused them the hall they said they would leave the drums as security and they were to come back with the money for he drums on wednesday but chey did not come the follow- j ling saturday they sent the drummer up but connor would i no givo tiiin the drums as he had no money with him connor was a 2d if he had goiivi into the lil and he said that he just wanted the money that he had given th j for change delbert shaw who is employ ed by mr connor a the farm and who sells hot dogs at his booth when he is busy was the next witness he had overheard the conversation between the orchestra boys and connor about leaving the drums for security he had some difficulty in rem embering the names of the men who had also heard the conver sation magistrate i have heard enough of this case its a mat ter for the civil courts the drums will be released to the accused man business directory medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien 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