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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 14 1902 ft sa1ada tea coffee this weeks sunday school lesson truckmotorcycle accident sends lads to hospital on friday night a light truck driven by is year old warren bid- well of milhken crashed into motorcycle on the ttn concession of markham and hagermans side- road thomas knox 21 and jim borland 2s both of agincourt were rushed by ambulance to east general hospital with undeter mined injuries the bidwell vehicle was proceed ing west and the motorcycle was headed in a northerly direction when the accident occurred both passengers on the motorcycle were hurled from the machine by the force of the impact according to constable bill shearn the truck had the right of way slick strangers try new racket vaughan township police are investigating a new racket un covered recently two well dressed strangers visited an old couple in a the township and said they were collecting back taxes fortunately the couple refused the urgent pres sure of the 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tragedy of avl golden text to obey is better than sacrifice and to hearken than the fat of rams i sam 1522 the lesson as a whole by j c macaulay d0 approach to the lesson what began best cant end worst so wrote one of our poets the truth of the statement depends on what one means by began best if by that we signifv an outward appearance of promise we may be sorely deceived if ever anyone had a promising start to a career it was surely saul the soil of kish out searching for colts he stumbled into a king dom the people over whom he was called to reign rallied to him almost to a man they were proud of his regal appearance confident in his prowess he had a great prophet and man of god for his counsellor and his humble gener ous spirit endeared him to all there was a great surge of opti mism and expectation that the old enemy the philistines would at last lick the dust and that the tribes would be strongly united in a kingdom which could meet any challenge to all appearance things were well begun yet it would be difficult to imagine a worse end ing prom a witchs shanty saul went out to a suicides death on mount gilboa leaving his nation smarting under the scourge of the philistines while three of his sons fell in the same calamitous battle the answer surely is that des pite appearances sauls kingship was not well begun it began in selfwill the selfwill of the people who demanded a king when the lord god was their king 1 sam 1212 it began in a desire to be like all the nations chap 85 in other words in a desire to be conformed to this world rom 122 there can be no imagining how badly a thing will end which springs from so base an origin when lust hath conceived it bringeth forth sin and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death jas 115 we had better not be deceived by propitious beginnings but let us see to the source of our conduct and our projects and make sure that they are rooted in that good and acceptable and perfect will of god rom 122 verse by verse 1 sam 15 17 when thou wast little the lord anointed thee for indications of sauls humility see chapters 9 21 10 16 2123 gods anointing is only for humble people verse 18 and the lord sent thee on a journey destroy the sinners the amalekites it was a mission of divine judgment v 2 see exod 17816 deut 251719 no mere national quarrel this is why there was to be no quarter and no booty verse 19 wherefore then didst thou fly upon the spoil saul treated the operation as a national matter in which spoil would have been legitimate in stead of as a divine judgment verse 20 yea i have obeyed the voice of the lord and have utterly destroyed the amalekites saul apparently went on the prin ciple that the part is equal to the whole a proposition just as false in obedience as it is in mathe matics where obedience coincided with his own good pleasure he obeyed but that is not obedience verse 21 but the people took of the spoil to sacrifice unto the lord thy god three errors in one statement first saul lays the responsibility on the people whom he ought to have command ed second he tried to cover dis obedience with a pious motive to sacrifice third he called the lord thy god samuels god not his own god verse 22 behold to obey is better than sacrifice and to hear ken than the fat of rams sacri ficing was a sort of fetish with saul to which he linked no ethical values see also chapter 13 812 chap is 6 the women came out of all cities of israel singing and dancing here was a spon taneous celebration of the victory over the philistines recorded in chapter 17 and an opportunity to acclaim the king verse 7 saul hath slain his thousands and david his ten thou sands davids victory over goliath had fired the public to a frenzy of admiration in which the king was thrown into eciipse the song of the women was innocent enough but they did not realize how sensitive saul wouldbe in the light of samuels statements chaps 13 11 1523 verse s what can he have more but the kingdom it was a natural conclusion considering his knowledge that his successor was already chosen chap 13 14 he was apprehensive of anyone who overshadowed him verse 9 and saul eyed david from that day and forward friendship and gratitude were turned to suspicion and envy see how there was no submission to gods judgment but a determin ation to thwart it poor foolish saul chap 313 and the archers hit him the king who had gone the face of god did not have god for his shield verse 4 saul took a sword and fell upon it he possibly would have died anyway but he hastened his own death to escape the mockery of merciless foes the heart of the lesson the lesson is well entitled the tragedy of saul to see one brought so low who began so promisingly is tragedy indeed where did it all begin surely in this that sauls heart was never really right with god alexander whyte writing about saul in his bible characters points out that it was sauls servant not saul himself who knew about the man of god 1 sam 96 and that sauls first thought about the man of god was that he wuld have to be paid v 7 whatever was in volved in the spiritual experience related in chapter 109 10 it is evident that saul never went far with god nor sought to know him the sacrifices of god were not to him holy acts of worship but a fetish to avert bad luck chap 138 9 so that he actually intrud ed into the priestly office in his impatience and fear again he had a low estimate of obedience because he had smitten the amalekites he loudly protest ed that he had obeyed the word of the lord although he had saved agag their king alive and brought away the best of the spoil cover ing his disobedience with a pro fession of pious purposes the pronouncement of gods judgment upon his desecration of the priests office and upon his dis obedience did not humble him he did not submit himself under the mighty hand of god in confession and repentance but fought against gods decree determined to thwart and overturn it that is the secret of his sustained efforts to destroy david whom he recognized as gods anointed to take his place poor foolish saul of course one who is fighting god cannot seek his face in time of trouble when national calam ity loomed therefore saul had no recourse to god so he cut clean across gods law and his own decree chap 2s3 and sought out a witch to bring up samuel to counsel with him it was sad news that he got instead vs 1519 a man so divorced from god so filled vyith fear so utterly unmann ed was a poor leader for such an hour israels forces were scattered and saul wpunded hastened his own death and went to a suicides grave here is the price of not waiting of not obeying of not submitting how are the mighty fallen business directory rennies transport phone 121 stouffville sand gravel loam screened stone any elze daily service to toronto phone va 9003 toronto auctioneers sellers atkinson ph agin 201w2 ph stouff 36 licensed auctioneers 25 year experience sales conducted anywhere specializ ing in farm stock furniture and 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