The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-06

re.sasL Truth -seihshness y we source o.
-f.rcd evils for ourselves aud others
'.r. Anruf II. c. "a. Five or six yearp
.m- ~ lasi lesson and four years before the
dss,. ~Samarla he capital. and JezreeL
~,rrstc royal residence. twenty-five miles
'g es~rssrns-Ahah King q Irscal. u. {. sis 20;
,1~-h. pAaf. ~ .u---. y, e vifsss' benn' lai
IL 4, !. Dsrn HAnD PrAcEs-i. after these
IT, ~ wars described In the previous
ia-. II ..The Lord forbid H." Nab0th re
.-.t r,r.use Il was his home. and the home
80 4.ther. moreover. a wascontrary 70 Jew
N i.w % part with T. except I'll the lnui.o
49, r~x. 3 - ~. 4 She wrote letters 10
49,, r.me: and therefore he was resronst'
$50 WAT she did. a. he gave her permission
Vi ...stin- M 70 her his seal. sealed them
~ v. s~al:' In the East all Letters ar docu-
~ arc stamped with q seal, instead " sign
- .nn name as we DO. Elders and mobiles; inc
Y. assembly that tried such cases. NDeut.
i. = proclaim a fast: A asif a great danger
...,p-a the city on account " some great
set Nabofh on high" l. a.: bring him
&c., The assembly as a prisoner ~. Two
tecause the law required two witnesses
$500 anv one could BE- executed Deuf i4;ci'
.So,sof Hellal:' Bcliaii - not proper name ons
-. wor,hlcssnrss. They were worthless.
,ss fellows. "Dlaspheme God " had revilcd
.~.aa evil o. the God 81 Israel. And ne
- he had probably condemned Ahab's
-r.eAnexs and idolatry. That he may die
XII s1ns also we're pu, 70 death - Kings s-sb'.
~ .A.t Ne would have no heirs, and. as was
.ehrrsin custom. the property would revert ~
r,-st Stcp.-The weak King. lie was
xe.E 4 we'll az wicked. The story
n..n~s ont both 81 hess traits Of charac-
s.1r rn,+n1 ~.
vineyard OF a certain Naboth 20 add %
fS backgrounds a. a garden 81
h,-f-- He made a fair offer 10 his
nni-nhor. of purchase or exchange. But
x.hasa declined the offer, as he had a
rrf.rt light To do. on the ground that
ir ALL not wish 20 part with his anccs-
ri, larf,. So there the whole matter
ssor.d have rested. But babyish Ahab
~ \. bitterly disappointed. that he
,ar,n into his ivory palace. threw him
atfiise a spoiled child on his bed. and
mns..i. 1t i ! pity he could not have
hem soankcd sonndiy. and put on bread
ana 2ater for a week. ANY man with
horsssani ehariots, and palace. and gar
den,. Who Lad no more s~elf-con,rol than
~ ha8. should have been thoroughly
ashamed of himself.
Thousands ~ such weak people are
s.iilisyinr. They have set their hearts
On soracthing. trifing enough in isself.
81. when they can not have II they
uoa4 a. Ahab did. All that they nos
49, seems now worthless. merely be-
cAs.e .tis new desire Is not rratilird.
lAe child refuses TO play With her Old
store ~ piayt.inEs. because b can
no. have The new toy that has filed her
vision. The man becomes surly. be-
Cause hc fails ID win some distinction
wn:en ~ had coveted. ann frrts himself
aiMa-t SICK IN his account. The woman
f r life sourcd. because a certain
AZ passed her by in the sending
cfi sxitatlons to a party. Va Ahab.
n l#lnx = = baby on his bed. dcspicable?
Soana se modern weaklin-s thorough
III contemplate in their pusillanimous
conpiainings.
second >tep.-The wicked Queen.
How utterly wicked she was the story
shows clearly. Bribery. perjury. in
limitation. murder. thnfr-all these 70
herr we're mere nothiDgs. and seemed
"triaes light as air" Size was bound to
have the vineyard. and 20 be reycnged
on Na1ofh FOR daring to decline the offer
Of his sovereign. FIN all this j. :. Just
I possible that she justified herself BY
4 nasii's terrible example in the case Of
lrial2 III 50. what an example that
would BE- OF the self-pcrpetnating ma
t-se n sin.l 80 she planned vigorously
arl executed relcntlcs,ly. carrying out
hfr ai.i Is tho bitter end. Her feelings
iEAt we'll have been expressed in tho
weris ~ the unjust judge: II fear not
chi, nsither regard man. But in all
iaiS MAS Ahab guiltless2 Impossible.
for Ac knew well that there was no
hpAfst way % getting hold ~ that yine-
ya-l. and hc knew just as wcll his wifc's
Satanic character. 80 when he let her
r. ahead 10 40 what he dared not do
hinSelf he was a participation in her
CINE. He guilt was bis guilt, because
teacrlincd 10 Withstand her. His let
trg her uSe hi> seal was an indorse-
nAeai u any iAing she uirht do. NJ
tce that this wickrincSS 81 the 9ucen
HAs covered under legal forms. Il was
asa4icial murder. But il was murder
none The less.
Aias. that still men h0uld be wicSed
enosgh 70 sin through the form 81 the
Law. A. truly As Jezebel did. One Of The
crying cnormitics Of our times i JUS
THIS: that men use the courts as shields
q iniquity. and lawyers often use theil
skill 70 defend criminals and 70 dcfraus
honcstfolk- Many bills that men try 4
pass through our Legislatures are pat
ent swindics, and as devilish in theil
way as was Jczcbel's plan in her way
-, neither the Jczcbels nor the Ahab
are dead vet.
The wrathfnl prophet. All thi
tine Gcd was watching Jezebcl. an'
marking AL that she n Anab did
when the time came. he sent Elijah y
me King. just as Ahab was going TO real
TIE fruit OF his wife's evil scheme. Di.
Ahab enjoy the possession Of the vino
yard ncw2 Nay. just As be was about Z
reap the benefit OF this plan. 1t al
turned into gall. His hated enemy
Elijah. appears and wrathfully de-
nolfces him. lie has sowcd the wind
and now he must reap the whirlwind
90 Al who disobey Gods avs will in'