Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-28

ms father, or the voice OF MS mOtner, ana
that, when they have chastened him, will
not hearken unto them. -. Then shall
his father and his mother lay hold on him
and bring him out unto the elders OF his
city, and unto the gates OF his place. 20
And they shall say unto the elders OF his
city: This our son is stubborn and rebel
lious, he wiz not obey our voice; he is a
glutton and "A drunkard. 81. And all the
men OF his city shall stone him with stones,
that he die; so shalt thou pat evil away
from among you and all Israel shall hear,
and fear.
GOLDEN TExr.-Be not among wine bib
bers; among gluttonous eaters OF flesh; FOR
the drunkard and the glutton shall come TO
poverty and drowsiness shall clothe a man
with rags.-Proverbs xiii: 20, 2l
CENTRAL TRUTH.-The soul that sinneth
it shall die--Ezeiiel xviii; 4.
TEACHING PoISTs.-lts sinfullness, V. IL;
its correction, VS.. Is and 20; its punish
ment, v. 81.
TIME.-B. G.. 1851.
PLACE.-The place OF Moab.
AUTHoR-Moses, through whom we have
the first five books Of the bible.
CEs.-Deuteronomy means
the second law, or the repetition Of the law.
1t consists mainly of three addresses which
Moses made TO Israel in the last few weeks
of his life He repeats the principal
/ facts in their history since leaving Egypt,
especially TO reinforce the law Our les
son occurs in the second address, and has
10 do with the commands of the second
table.
NOTES
!. It's Sinfulness VS.. Is. Stubborn, head
strong, obstinate and unreasonable; rebel
| lious, unruly and lawless resisting authorl-
| ty; will not obey, fixee habit OF disobedl-
ence: father or mother, repeating his OF
! Tense first against one and then against the
| other.
2. Its correction, vs.. 1920. When they
! have chastened him, by earnest and cody
| rebukes, by denying him for time certain
| rights or privileges, by corporal punish
ment for his sin, or by all combined Will
not hearken unto them incorrigible and
! beyond restraint. Lay hold on him, i'm
! plies force, and for such a son would be
| necessary; bring him unto the elders, when
every effort his parents could make has
been despised and their authority dopied,
! then this last resort. An appeal TO the
civil authorities. The elders were the mag
istrates Of those days. Exodus xiv, {;
! Numbers XII, 49, The gate OF his place
the common place of resort in the East,
both for social intercourse and public bust
ness. The judges sat in the gates. CDeut.
xvi, IS; Samuel iv, ls). In this public
trial the parents add to the charges Of
stubborness, rebellious and wilful disobe-
| dince; that he is glutton, or a riotous liver,
one who squanders his time, his substance,
and his strength, in sinful lusts; and "A
drunkard, gluttony and drunkenness are in
the nature of the case often Joined togeth-
er (proverbs xii, 20, 81; Matt XII 10;
they account for his obstinacy and disobe-
dienc. A drunkard is one who has lost
control of himself, being mastered by
strong drink. One who is poisoned and
defiled in body, mind and spirit. A drinker
is always in danger of becoming drunk
ard. No drinking, no drunkard.n
3. Its Punishment, V. n. All the men OF
his city; filal disobedience and drunken
ness are sins also against society, hence the
civil law must take action upon them; shall
stone him with stones that he die; a terrible
death; "a mode Of punishment in Moses
day that lasted until after Christ's death
(Deut Xiii:l0; xvii -: Acts vii $500.
Parental Partially would keep this law
from abuse and we may well rejoice that
there is no record Of its execution. Put
evil away: the object was TO vindicate tn,
law and suppress the sin; all Israel shall
hear and fear, a second object was that al
other disobedient children might be warnco
and all parents admonshed not TO permit
the spirit of dsobedience to grow.
PRACTICAL THOUGHTS.
Disobedient children make poor citizens
Disobedience to parents is dishonor Il
God.
Irreverence and ingratitude are twin in
iquities.
A son whom the rod does not change may
be caught by the halter.
Slipping mild () drinks smoothes the way
for strong drink.
Filial disobedience is as wide gate TO q
broad road ending in death.
! IL il the source OF most OF the crimes
with which the state has 10 deal.
Sin may be drawn rs with a cart rope
but VIII not 20 unpublished.
The fine silk of sinful disposition may
grow into great cable of evil habit
Resist the beginnings" In no vice is
this proverb more important both TO parents
and 10 children
Drinking is IA sowing to the wind. certain
TO reap the whirlwind.
The excuses of youth are drafts on the
health of old age, payable with heavy in
terest some twenty or thirty years after. =
SUMMARY OF TEACHING.
Filial disobedience has its roots in the
evil heart Matt. XIV, 49,; its fruits offend
the parents, the family, society, the soul
itself, and God. Disobedience, stubborn
ness and rebellion, sins which appear very
early in the child-life, are often followed
by gluttony and drunkenness.
Note stubbornness as the marginal read
ing in Deut. xxx, 10; Jer. vii, "a xvi, II
xxxii, II, and in the texts of the revised
versions. See it joined with idolatry in |
Sam. XIV, %.
To be cured they must be nipped in the
bud; their growth will be as sad as il is
rapid.
Parents to correct their sons should pray
with them as well as for them Alas for
those who must appeal TO the civil law
against their own children.
Punishment respects not only the one of
Tended, but society also. The state must
suppress those whom parents cannot re
strain, and that which is the cause of their
offending.
LIGHT on THE LESSON.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary
madness.-Seneca.
A sensual and Incorporate youth h1nds
over a worn out body To old age.-Cicero.
Drunkenness is fiattering devil. a
sweet prison, pleasant sin, which who
soever hath, hath not himself; which who
ever doth commit doth not commit sin, but
he himself is wholly sin-Augustine.
On, cursed, cursed sin traitor 10 God
And ruiner Of man mother of woe,
And death, and hell wretched, yet seeking
worse:
Polluted most, yet wallowing In the miro
Most mad, yet drinking frenZy's giCtdy cup,
Depth ever deepening, darkness darkening
still Pollok