The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-12-20
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lnsssnnusssa S1ndav .School I,ssssa ~
DessmbsT -, 1858.
Especially as1aAeod fsom q. q Cuartsfly.1
eCnsrruRn LsssoH-0 Golden texts Of the
quarter.
{. DAnr RsADHes = The lessons Of the
quarter.
PzaloD or rms cosquzsr- -Yeven years,
B. @. 1l51-1444 tM =. IS
Pr1roD OF rHs JuDeEs- Including Joshua
after the Conquest, go years, B. O. 1444-
1904.
TxRRrroaY-The land Of Palestine on both
sides Of the Jordan.
P.RsoNs--Joshua, Caleb, Achan, Gideon,
Samson, Ruth.
A GLANCE FoRwARD-The lessons Of this
quarter extend over almost three hundred
years Of o very interesting portion Of the his
tory Of Israel. There was no king. The gov
people were being gradually disciplined for
their work and place In the world. With
our last quarter we left the Israelites upon
the banks of the Jordan overlooking their
promised land. With this quarter we onter
upon tho conquest Of the land, which took
seven years, and then take here and there
portion Of the history Of tho Judges The
lessons give us real history, but history
from the Divine standpoint, and therefore
history with meaning for our own land,
and containing principles which apply to
our own lives and conduct.
APPLICATION Toi TRMPERANCE--Compar
the enemies In Canaan to intemperanee and
It's allies. Must they be overcome In order
to have happy and prosperous nationa
viii God help usi fs there need Of cour-
age and faith and mutual helpi What
would Achan represent In this contestl
| Why is strong drink an accursed thinga
| Can we overcome this enemyl What do we
learn from this quarters lessons Is to the
means Of overcominga
TIE Vow OF TIE NAzARITE-Num. 8:14
GOLDEN TExT-I beseech you therefore,
brethren, by the mercies OF God, that ye
| present your bodies o living sacrifice, holy,
| acceptable unto God, which is your reason
| able service. e.-Rom. 1871.
CENTRAL TRuTH-Total abstinence from
| oil that can intoxicate for the sake Of God
| and man, and our own souls.
TIME-The law Of the Nazarite was given
toward the lattcr part Of the time tho Israel.
ties were before Sinai, B. G. 1890
AN ANCIENT TEMPERANCE ORDER.
I. ITS NATURE Tvs. 1, ~. u) Voluntary
| q When either man or tcOnndn shall scpdrdt
themselucs. it was entirely voluntary wheth
er one should become Nazarite or not One
forced to be Nazarite would lose all the
spiritual meaning and benefits, and keeI
only a dead form 80 ono should be tota
abstainer from choice, or he will be like the
inmates of State prison VINO are com.
PEELED to abstain from all intoxicating
drinks. (2) A vo,p. A solemn engagement
or promise, or the conservation OF person
or thing to some particular use or service
You of the Ndzaritc. Heb, ndztr, from thu
root, i,azar, to separate, denoting one wit
was especially separated and set apart eithe
by the act Of his parents or his own, to th'
worship and service Of God. (a) This poi
was either temporary or for lVc. t4) wds
reltytous serpice. 1t was to be to the Lord.
II. ITS PLATFORM. Q Letting the hal
grow without cutting. (Y Avoiding tn
touch of a dead body, whereby pollution
might be contracted. (3) Total abstinenc
from wine and every thing that could intox
icate, for-3. lie shall separate htn,sct fror
ptne and strong drink: Shskdr. Strong drin
made from the juice Of any kind Q
fruit. Vinegar Of winc, utncgdr Q
strong drink: implying acid ferments
tion. Both these drinks were forbidde
because they had virtually the same intox
eating effect with the principal liquor
themselves. Liquor Of grapes. The impol
of the original is that Of something mace
ated or stepped in water almost to solution
. Grape skins stepped In water after the juic
il pressed out form the drink here allude
, TO- az Nothing that y made Of the vtns tss
from the kernels Tor stones) to the husks Il
outer skin): A sour drink was made frol
/ the stones of unripe grapes; and cakes wer
, also made of the husks. These were ne
dangerous in themselves, but were forbit
den, to keep those who had made vo'
, from temptation, and to avoid every appear
ance of evil. 1--WE are not only to avoi
Tin with the utmost care and caution, br
every thing that borders upon it an
leads to it, every thing that would servo q
! an occasion, or operate as temptation,
it," The Chinese have proverb that on
should not stoop down even to tie his she
in cucumber or melon garden; for thoa
who looked on would be sure to think tht
he was plucking the fruit, however innocer
he might really be. The application TO ten
peranoe people is obvious.