Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-06-29
rEurERANcE LESSON ron JULY 1
LucrA T. T. KiMpALL.
God's Covenant with Israel. Exodus
2l;i-i2.
Golden TpNi Heb. $40,


Golden Tex Heb. $40,
PRACTICAL ArrJ tcATIoN.
|. Gud's covenant Is The basis 1T our
hope IN the temperance reform, as III nll
efforts for the ongning uf Iiis kingdom.
made far back in these early days, and
most gloriousy confirmed and fulfilled in
the gilt Of His Son.
9. II il not possible 10 rightly compre-
with the proceeding chapters, beginning
with Ex. 90. Amid the awful splendor
Of sinai God had given to Moses the ten
commandments. The Book of the Cove
nant read in the audience of the people
| (verse y seems to have been n simple and
practical application to everyday life of
the principles embodied in the command
ments. 1t was kind OF supplement for
legal and governmental purposes Of the
moral law contained in the Decalogue. II
is worth while to study carefully and rev.
erently Gods method of law-sivine, both
as regards ethical principles and the
| more ueunile iHHructlon be"TiHP upuH iHt
relation of mnn to man. 1t is urged in
oppositon TO the enactment of prohibiiory
laws against the liquor traffic and the to-
tai abstinence pledge, that il Is nnwise to
set around individuals and communities
positive restrictions. 1t is sometimes
claimed, and by intelligent people, that a
command or law not to do thing rouses
the desire and determination to do il. To
all such reasoning as this, proved false by
| the highest and trnest human experience,
| we have the answer Of Gods method in
His code of government given 10 His an
cient people and the world. Clear and
emphatic with forceful reiteration rings
through the Decalogue, "THoU SHALT
NOT" Nor is our supreme law-giver less
explicit or more sparing Of the imperative
"thou shalt" and "ihou shalt not" in "di-
vers laws and ordinances" contained IN
the Book Of the Covenant, which begins
with chap. 20.21. Will any finite mind
venture 10 improve infinite wisdom
Rather shall we not strive with utmost
diligence and earnestness TO make human
government in accord with divine govern
ment through law fashioned alter Gods law
aud individual training, based upon "thus
saith the Lord ?" Would that the tench-
ing in our Sunday schools upon this sub
iect might be 30 practical and emphatic,
that those who are TO come after us shall
grasp the deep meaning of the command
ment given in Ps' 97:10, Ye that love the
Lord, hate erii. Can any clam that the
liquor traffic is other than hideous, gi-
gantic evil? And yet its growing power
is due largely to the fact that many who
profess 10 love the Lord do not hate it, in
a masterful, uprooting way at least. IL Il
| not also due 10 thi lack of real enmIty on
the part of good people that Isaiah's words
seem titly TO describe the arrogance OF the
rum power even in this Christian land
"Because We have said, We have made a
covenant with death, and with hell are we
at agreement; when the overffowinG
scourge shall pass through, it shall not
come unto us FOR we have made lies our
refuge, and under falsehood haye we hid
ourselves" las. 2S:15
8. Verse records: "And when Moses
came aud told the people all the words OF
the Lord, and all the Judgements and all
the people answered with one voice, and
said, All the words which the Lord hath
said tciH pe do" If such response should
go up from all who will study this lesson
and who have new and better covenant
Heb $500 in regard to coming up tc
Gud's help against the mighty foe O
drink, how soon would the prophecy o
Isalsh become a blessed verify; Judge
ment also will lay on the line, and right
eousness 10 the plnmmet; and the hal
shall sweep away the refuge oil lies, and
the waters shall overflow the hiding place
. And your covenant with death shall b,
disannuled, and your agreement will
hell shall not stand" lisa. 2S:l7. IS.