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saying" JONAH,
name does not G
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abiding upon j.
does not seem ttv 90
His name is fo,d
this prophecy, &6S .
Old Testament q
Of him twice M 90
prophesied abol
and is one Of thu
first, of the SOC
exist.
2. "Arise, go -
and cry against
come up befor
Tigris, nearly A
walls were abou
100 feet high, wi
high. Accordir
were 12O, 900 littI
time, which wo,
less than 600, oOO -
8. but Jonah
from the presend
to Joppa." Ts
across the sea, ha
Africa. Joppa, /,
about forty milec
interest in conne.u
and also in conna
apostle Peter.
4. "But the Id
into the sea-" Sd
| doing wrong even
Jonah may have At 1t a favofd
to find ship a. about to san
shish. But how 3 may seem to
in our disabed rod is watchinI
controlling, an ve be sure that q
or later our SID jill tus out.
5. Then T. mars were afraid
| cried every mst 1ntis god" Herd
servant Of Gy tisdient to his Ma
and bringing bic those who knew
| God, as whei ter, disciple of Ch
caused Malch o sr. If, as Christi
we co wrong, ares the only ones
will suffer by chaement lovingly
upon US.
And he la d wast asleep" "
these heathen ors doing all in {
power for the " the ship and al
board, and cal opir gods, which '
no gods, the OF Pne board who knew
only living and le q Is fast asleep.
not picture 10 iority of Christ
| nowe
9. "What M ct ~, o sleepers
was well me juke. 1t would
good if the peo] Pf t world would ret
processing Chr tsiore often.
z. They cas- Ind the lot fell U
Jonah" 1r the way it would seem ,
Joshua discover eAan Josh. vii, 14,
Saul found out han Il Sam. XIV,
AZ, and an apo' Sas chosen instead
Judas (Acts l.,
s. Tell us, pr hyee, for whose cause
evil is upon us NAT is now awake; .
in the hands of d ite Upon whom he
brought trouble. hey! have found him {
and now question: rm as. to his occupat
and people and Rrtry
0. ~ am an Ref and fear Jehov
the God of heavenlsyhi.h hath made the
and the dry landE b, does better Il
Peter when he ran Iwayfrom his Master 6
warmed himself d the servants fire;
J perhaps Peter MID / haze done better, t
If he had found bib self the midst OF
raging storm at seewithdeath staring b
in the face. L
10. "Why hast { fou due tnisw A sear
ing question, to Rhich his answer Is
given.
II. "What shall p1e do INTO Thee that
sea may be calm rdto uss' Sin must be p
ished. Ali nations 'ecognze that the ira
gressor must sufRes and pt there are tn
in this enlightened n nineteenth centu
dwelling in our ciies, in tie very centers
light aud intelligence, w1o say and te
that sin is phan ON, a nonentity, and t
punishment for sh is MOTTO be thought
thus believing in God OF less wisdom {
Justice than the fsathn IN darkest Africa
than these sailorsof the days Of Jonah.
12. ''Take me Up and cast me forth /
the sea, so shall be sea be calm unto y
for know that or my sake this great Il
pest is upon yd." He is convinced Of
sin and ready D accept the consequent
He is ready tolie that those whom he
brought into treble may be delivered.
reminds us by catrast Of Jesus, ready to
for those whoI he had not brought i
trouble, but whu being in trouble by I'll
own sin. He camto save.
13. "Neverthess the men rowec hare
bring it to theand, but they could NJ
This labor was VII meant. They were so
FOR Jonah: they dnot Eish to be the mea
of his death, bu their we'll meant ehol
we're all in vain, or Jona must suffer
ID. "Whereforthey cried unto the Lor'
II Is not now ''e,ry man unto his god,
in verse S, but unedly they cry to Jehovs
the Gcd Of heavi, earth and sea, the Lc
God Of the Hebres.
Is. 80 they tok up Jonah and cast b
forth into the se:and the sea ceased fr'
her raging" Specifically the sea rep
sents nations an nations in tumult u
xviii, Is; lisa. viii!0. Why may not Jor
renresent Israel, ad his individual disobe
ence their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., on accol
of which they al now cast forth into
sea of nations, ah are swallowed up by
monsters of unedly governments (Sa
vii. 3-17), in due me to be cast forth fr
all nations upon teir own land, there to
nationally conver,d, and then spread
Glad tidings of salStion to all the Gentle
16. Then the len feared the Lord
ceedinply, and ofred sacrifice unto
Lord. and made pws." Jehovah, God
heaven. whom Jonh feared, was the sa
who long afterwards God manifest IN
aesh stiIled the ston on Galilee (Luke Vi
2N' and these men, seing His great power
tha storm and in te sea ceasing from
RACING. are led to wrship Him by sacrl
and VOWS. 1t looks s if they had really
| come believers in thdrue God.
II. snow the Lob prepared great
RI swallow up Jonah he is as able to
nare a great fish as awind or a gourd Oh
worm. l see no diffiulty in believing {
this fish was special9prepared Tor tnis Z
nose. as the words irply. Or 1t may o
been one Of the great harks OF that sea,
cerning which we art told that IN one
found 400 pounds of !ndigested hsn. m
other whole horse While from the stom
| Of another sailor waTescued ahVe.
"And Jonah was in the belly Of the
three days and three nights" The fact
Jesus speaks of this asan actual eVent saI
be enough to satisfy eTery believer anu
ever end all controversy about tne 9ooi
its story. Humbl! accepting him VINO
for our sins, was hlried, and rose ;s3sll
third day, let US b His willing and opsol
servants, ready t. do whatsoever be
apro roint. nt.-LeSson Helper.