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7 “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the Lord God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads. The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel; that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 18 “And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an helpmeet for him. And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found an helpmeet for him. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.”
QUESTIONS.
(1) Review mentally the record of creation week. (2) Out of what was man formed? How did he become a living soul? V. 7. Note 1. (3) Who planted the Garden of Eden? For whom? In what part of Eden was the garden? V. 8. (4) What kind of trees were made to grow in Paradise? V. 9. (5) How was it watered? Into how many parts was it divided? V. 10. (6) Name these four rivers. Vs. 11-14. (7) What was man’s occupation in the garden? V. 15. Note 2. (8) What freedom did man have in this Paradise? V. 16. (9) What slight prohibition did the Lord place upon Adam and Eve? What would be the consequence of disobedience? V. 17. (10) Why did the Lord make woman? Vs. 18, 20. Note 3. (11) For what purpose did the Lord bring the animals to Adam? Did Adam name them rightly? Vs. 19, 20. (12) Was there anything among the animals “answering to Adam”? V. 20. (13) Describe the making of woman. Vs. 21, 22. (14) When the Lord brought her to Adam, what did he call her, and why? V. 23. (15) When was the marriage ceremony first instituted? What relation should exist between man and wife? V. 24. Note 3. (16) In their innocency were Adam and Eve ashamed? V. 25. Note 4. (17) Of what is this lesson an expansion?
Suggestive Readings.—“Patriarchs and Prophets,” pp. 48-51. Pamphlet, “Redemption,” by Mrs. E. G. W., pp. 5-9. “Christian Education,” pp. 207, 208.
NOTES.
1. In verse 7 is the inspired record of the origin of man. He was formed out of the dust of the ground, and then by the breath of God became a living soul. For continued existence Adam and Eve were dependent upon the tree of life (Gen. 3:22); so, being probationers in Eden (Gen. 2:17), they were not immortal even then, much less since that time. Man is now wholly mortal. “Dying thou shalt die,” refers to the whole man.
2. “The Lord knew that Adam could not be happy without labor; therefore, He gave him the pleasant employment of dressing the garden. And, as he tended the things of beauty and usefulness around him, he could behold the goodness and glory of God in His created works. Adam had themes for contemplation in the works of God in Eden, which was heaven in miniature. God did not form man merely to contemplate His glorious works; therefore, He gave him hands for labor, as well as a mind and heart for contemplation. If the happiness of man consisted in doing nothing, the Creator would not have given Adam his appointed work. Man was to find happiness in labor as well as in meditation. Adam could take in the grand idea that he was created in the image of God, to be like Him in righteousness and holiness. His mind was capable of continual cultivation, expansion, refinement, and noble elevation; for God was his teacher and angels were his companions.”—Redemption, E. G. W., pp. 7, 8.
3. “God Himself gave Adam a companion. He provided an ‘helpmeet for him,’—a helper corresponding to him,—one who was fitted to be his companion, and who could be one with him in love and sympathy. Eve was created from a rib taken from the side of Adam, signifying that she was not to control him, as the head, nor to be trampled under his feet as an inferior, but to stand by his side as an equal, to be loved and protected by him. A part of man, bone of his bone, and flesh of his flesh, she was his second self; showing the close union and the affectionate attachment that should exist in this relation.”—Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 46.
4. Adam and Eve being made “in the image of God,” and “but little lower than the angels,” the glory of God must have shined forth from them as from no other portion of His creation on the earth. They “were draped in light, as were the heavenly angels.”—Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 1, p. 41. “The robe of light which had enshrouded them, now disappeared.”—Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 57. This chapter shows that Adam and Eve talked with God in Eden. “The pure in heart live as in the visible presence of God during the time He apportions them in this world. And they will also see God face to face in the future immortal state, as did Adam when he walked and talked with God in Eden.”—Mount of Blessing, p. 43.
ADDITIONAL STUDY.
1. Out of what did the Lord make man? animals? plants? minerals? the earth? See note 1.
5. Why was it important that Adam and Eve should observe the Sabbath in Eden? “Patriarchs and Prophets,” pp. 47, 48.
6. Why was labor essential to the happiness of Adam and Eve in Eden? “Patriarchs and Prophets,” p. 50.
7. The Lord said, “It is not good that man should be alone.” Was it good for Eve?
8. Adam named everything over which he was given dominion. Who knows the names of all things? Ps. 147:4; Isa. 40:26; 45:3, etc.
9. Who will have a right to the tree of life by and by? Rev. 22:14.
10. What two sacred institutions are as old as the world? Give proof.
11. Do you know what it is to walk and talk with God?
Lesson III.—Sunday, July 17, 1898
The Sunday School International Series
Lesson III.—Sunday, July 17, 1898.
Elijah on Carmel.
Note.—The time of the great event considered in this lesson was at the close of the three years and a half of drought which had come upon the land of Israel in answer to Elijah’s prayer that it might not rain. Elijah had returned from Zarephath, in Zidon, to meet Ahab. He had made an agreement with the wicked king to test on Mount Carmel whether the Lord or Baal was the true God. The people were gathered in great numbers, and there were 450 prophets and 400 priests of Baal. The God that should answer by fire was to be acknowledged as the true God. The priests of Baal had tried from morning until the time for the evening sacrifice to get an answer from their god, but had utterly failed. Then it was Elijah’s turn.
30 “And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me; and all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was thrown down. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, 32 Israel shall be thy name. And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood. 34 And he said, Do it the second time; and they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time; and they did it the third time. 35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. 36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening oblation, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that Thou art God in Israel, and that I am Thy servant, and that I have done all these things at Thy word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that Thou, Lord, art God, and that Thou hast turned their heart back again. 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; 40 and they said, The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God. And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.”
Golden Text: “And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, The Lord, He is the God; the Lord, He is the God.” Verse 39.
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.
(1) When the failure of the priests of Baal was thoroughly manifest, what did Elijah say to the people? V. 30. (2) As the people came near to him, what did Elijah first do? Same verse. Note 1. (3) How did he proceed to repair the altar? Vs. 31, 32. Note 2. (4) When this was accomplished, what did he do? V. 33. (5) What command did he give? Same verse. (6) How often was this process repeated? Vs. 34. (7) What was the result of this profusion of water? V. 35. (8) What time of the day was this? V. 36. (9) What evening sacrifice is here referred to? See Numbers 28:2-4. (10) Then what prayer did Elijah offer? Verse 36. (11) What was the special object of this prayer? V. 37. (12) With what wonderful manifestation was this prayer answered? V. 38. Note 3. (13) How were the people affected by the scene? V. 39. (14) Then what command did Elijah give? V. 40. (15) What was the result of this command? Same verse. Note 4. (16) What important lesson may the disciples of Christ learn from Elijah’s example? Note 5.
NOTES.
1. The altar had been broken down either by the decree of Ahab and Jezebel, or by the voluntary act of the people, who gave themselves up to idolatry all over the land. See 1 Kings 19:10. But the famine had at last done its disciplinary work, and the object lesson of the failure of Baal’s prophets to procure relief from that source had brought the people to some sense of their terrible condition. They were now ready to give heed to the prophet of God.
2. The twelve stones were significant as representing the twelve tribes, recognizing their oneness in religion, tho politically divided. It showed that God was still the God of Israel, notwithstanding their departure from Him.
3. “The fire of the Lord fell.” It came like lightning from a clear sky. All could see for themselves that there was no deception, no hidden fire, but that the answer was indeed from the God of heaven. Thus God witnessed to the fidelity of His servant, who had remained steadfast through so much apostasy and persecution. And so He acknowledged the sacrifices of His servants in the past. Gen. 4:4; Lev. 9:24; Judges 6:21.
4. The slaying of the prophets of Baal was according to the Word of the Lord as expressed through Moses: “The prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.” Deut. 18:20.
5. Elijah stands as a striking example to the disciples of Christ. He maintained throughout, against the king and the people, the principle announced by Peter, “We ought to obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:29. To this principle he stood in opposition to the law of the land, in the presence of the masses of the people and the king himself. The majority was against him, thousands to one. The political-religionists of to-day would say, at least by the principles they advocate, that he ought to have yielded to the majority until the sentiment of the people was changed to the right. But God vindicated the minority who stood out for His law, as He has done on many other occasions, and as He will do in the final conflict. The encouragement that the true servant of God gains from this lesson is that Elijah triumphed in the end, and received a crown of life for his faithfulness.
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Progress of the War.—
A war balloon was sent to Cuba with the expedition under General Shafter, and will be given its first test in actual service......On June 15 the battle-ship Texas, with the Marblehead and Suwanee, entered the bay of Guantanamo, and destroyed a fort at the town of Caimanera......At daylight on June 16 and 17, Admiral Sampson’s squadron bombarded the forts at the entrance to Santiago harbor for the third time, and it is reported that the vessels did great damage to the fortifications. On two nights previous to the bombardment the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius threw 250-pound charges of gun-cotton into the harbor and upon the fortifications......General Shafter arrived off the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, on June 20, with 16,000 troops, landing part of them at Bacquiri with but little opposition, June 22......An American cable office has been established on the soil of Cuba, at the camp of the marines who were landed near Santiago last week. This was accomplished by taking ashore one of the cables recently severed, and making the proper connections. Admiral Sampson and General Shafter are now both in direct communication with Washington......General Blanco has announced that he will entertain no proposition for the exchange of Lieutenant Hobson and his men, and that hereafter any American vessel coming within range will be fired upon by the forts, even tho under a flag of truce......It is reported that a member of the Havana volunteers attempted the assassination of General Blanco a few days ago, but only succeeded in giving him a severe flesh wound......The American supply ship Zafiro, which arrived at Hongkong on June 20, was at once ordered out of Chinese waters by the Chinese collector of customs, without allowing the usual twenty-four hour stay......Native volunteers in the Spanish army in Manila are continuing to desert and join the insurgents. Chief Aguinaldo has completely surrounded the city with an army of 30,000 men, and it is reported that up to the present time he has taken 4,000 prisoners. The Philippine militia are said to be nearly all now fighting in the ranks of the insurgents. On June 12 an assembly of the natives was called at Cavite, when a declaration of independence was formally made by Aguinaldo, together with an acknowledgment of an American protectorate......The rebels have captured the governors and garrisons at Bulucan and Batangas, comprising 750 men, and have surrounded the garrison of the province of Pampanga......Augusti, the Spanish captain-general of the Philippines, has resigned his position, according to recent report, so that the surrender of the city would not devolve upon him......The steam launches of the Marblehead and Dolphin, on June 21, fished up seven submarine mines which the Spanish had planted in the channel of Guantanamo Bay.
International.—
The house of the Spanish consul at St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, was stoned by a mob of negroes on the night of June 18. He had rendered himself obnoxious by securing the imprisonment of a number of editors for printing the Iowa’s battle hymn, and by inducing the government to prohibit the singing of “Marching through Georgia.”......A bill granting a franchise to the Pacific Cable Company for a cable from Honolulu to Japan has been passed by the Legislature of Hawaii. The franchise is conditioned upon the company securing a franchise within eighteen months for a cable between the United States and Hawaii......A cargo containing 1,300 tins of opium was seized by the authorities at Honolulu recently......In the Berane district of Albania 700 houses belonging to Servian Christians, have been burned by the Turks, who are said to be committing many atrocities in that locality. The Albanians and Servians have taken up arms, and a battle occurred between them on June 18. The Servians were pursuing the Albanians at Berane, when the former were fired upon by a Turkish battery, and lost many in killed and wounded. Said Edin Pasha has been sent to restore order and rebuild the burned villages......The Senate of Hawaii has passed a bill to license the sale of opium. * The vote was unanimous, in spite of the opposition of the islanders......Australia’s pest, the rabbit, is being exterminated by the thousands through the inoculation of chicken cholera. After being inoculated the rabbits are released and spread the contagion rapidly among their kind......A band of forty brigands has abducted the sister of the sultan of Turkey......A telegraph line 2,000 miles long has just been completed between Cape Town, South Africa, and Blantyre in British Central Africa......France has now a new cabinet under the leadership of M. Ferdinand Sarrien. It is announced that the foreign policy of the nation will be unchanged......Italy’s new cabinet which went into office on May 31, has resigned, and it is felt in Italy that this sudden resignation of the new ministry foreshadows an important crisis.
Domestic Miscellany.—
The claims of Canadian sealers against the United States for seizure of sealing vessels, were settled on June 16 by the payment to the British minister at Washington of $473,000......Professor Haupt, of the Nicaragua Canal Commission, appeared before the Senate committee on the Nicaragua Canal, on June 16, and reported that the building of the canal was entirely feasible, and placed the cost of its construction at between $90,000,000 and $95,000,000......Count Cassini, the new Russian minister to the United States, arrived at New York on June 16......One hundred Alaskan prospectors are reported to be at the head of Portland canal, unable either to proceed or retreat. The report states that the entire company is in danger of starvation......The one million acres of land recently wrested from the Southern Pacific Company by a decision of the courts, will be thrown open to location by the United States as soon as actual settlers have proved their claims......A monument is to be erected to ensign Worth Bagley, the first officer in the American navy to fall in the war with Spain......An X ray plant is to be shipped to Manila for the use of the surgeons of the army, and others have been shipped to Tampa for use in the Cuban expedition......Three tons of smokeless powder were blown up at the Kings Powder Mills, near Springfield, Ohio, on June 20. The explosion is attributed to spies......Fifty unsuccessful gold seekers arrived in Seattle on June 22 from the Copper River region, having lost their entire outfits in attempting to ascend the river, while reports of great distress come from the prospectors who are seeking to get to the gold regions over the Sticken trail.
Casualties and Calamities.—
At Wetumpka, Alabama, on June 17, five negroes who participated in the murder of three aged people, were taken from the sheriff, hanged to a tree, and their bodies riddled with bullets......Gangs of Austrian peasants attacked and plundered the shops of the Jews at Fenyaztak, Austrian Galicia, on June 16, and wounded several. The police fired on the mob, killing six of the rioters and wounding five. Riots of a similar nature have occurred at Gorlice, in the same province......During a hurricane which raged along the coast of Australia from the 8th to the 10th of May, thirty persons are known to have lost their lives, and nearly 100 vessels of various kinds were wrecked or badly damaged. The steamer Maitland went down with thirteen passengers and a crew of seventeen......A serious epidemic is raging in the group of islands east of Australia known as the Loyalty Islands. It is said that the disease is terribly fatal to the natives......At the launching of England’s newest first-class battle-ship, the Albion, at the Thames Ship-building Yards, on June 21, forty persons lost their lives. The ship’s plunge into the water created a great wave, which caused the collapse of a staging occupied by about 200 people, and all were precipitated into the water. The sailors present foolishly attribute the disaster to the fact that the Duchess of York refused to break the customary bottle of champagne over the vessel’s bows at the launching......One of the small boats of the Russian steamer Bay of Naples capsized off Noumea, Loyalty Islands, on June 22, and fourteen of the sailors were devoured by the sharks.
Fires.—
A despatch from Yokohama states that the ancient Japanese temple of Dianen-butsuji, which was erected 800 years ago, at a cost of nearly $4,000,000, was destroyed by fire on May 22. The East Henwan Temple at Kyoto was destroyed on May 25, at a loss of $100,000, together with a warehouse valued at $150,000......The grand opera house at Albuquerque, N. M., was destroyed by fire on June 19. The building and its contents were valued at over $200,000......The town of Tracy, California, was almost entirely destroyed by fire on June 19. The loss is estimated at $100,000......The great silver mining camp of Park City, Utah, was entirely wiped out by fire on the morning of June 19. The buildings destroyed include eighty business houses, four churches, the city hall, and post-office. The loss is placed at $750,000.
Religious.—
The sultan of Turkey, according to the Frankfort Zeitung, has purchased 3,000 square yards of land near Jerusalem, which he will present to Emperor William as a site for a monastery......Ministers from various churches of San Francisco and neighboring towns have organized a society known as the United States Army and Navy Christian Commission of California, the object of which is to spread the Gospel among the soldiers, sailors, and marines going to the Philippines.
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A university for the higher education of women is now being erected in Tokyo, Japan, at a cost of $200,000. The project has the support of the emperor, empress, and the nobility......Mrs. Elizabeth Kelly has donated $75,000 for erecting and equipping a new dormitory for women at the University of Chicago. It will be called Green Hall, in memory of Mrs. Kelly’s parents......During the past week three comets have been discovered by observers at the Lick Observatory. All are small, however, and invisible to the naked eye.
