Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-03-26
LESSON TExT-IsA. 6:1l.@

LESSON TEXT-Isa- 6:1I-23
GOLDEN TExF-Drunkenness reVelings and
such like-they which do such things shall not
inherit the kingdom of God.-Gal. sci.
CENTRAL acknowledgements sggrsvates
and increases many other evil habits.
LESSON HELPS.
THE DRINK-HABTT Tvs. II, 12). ~ cha
bitual drinking" ". III. "Woe unto them
that rise up early" /. E., who begin to
drink in the morning and continue until
night. But whosoever drinks intoxi-
eating liquors at all, is in danger of
coming to that state where drinking is
his main business. (2) Social drink
pipe, flute. All the powers of music,
and feasting, and social life are joined
to enhance the enchanting and attract
ing power of strong drink. Here lies
one Of the greatest dangers of intern
perance.
WHAT Cop HAS DONE TO SAVE MEN
FROM IT'S PowER.-Read the parable in
VS.. 1-6. Each persons life is like a
vineyard or orchard, full of great posi-
bilities, able to produce all the fruits of
the Spirit, all the blessings of the
Heavenly paradise. God has done all
that is possible to aid us to bring forth
these fruits.
TIE FRUITS OF THE DRINK-HABIT Tvs.
12-23.) ~ Blindness to Gods work.
They regard not the work of the Lord"
They will not look around them and
see what God is doing to save them, nor
the punishment He sends upon those
who continue in their course. (2)
''Chains and captivity" Il. 49,: They
become the slaves of appetite, driven
into all excuses and crimes by their
task-master. They are exiles from the
kingdom of God and the home of virtue.
(S) Ignorance. Because they have no
knowledge" Intemperance dulls the
intellect and deadens the conscience.
(4) Poverty. Their honorable men,"
Even the greatest and most honored,
who yield to the wine cup, fall into pow
erty and want. How much more the
lesser ones. (5) death and ruin" IA.
Therefore hell" Sheol, the place of
the dead, opened her mouth, like some
monster ravenous to destroy. "And
their glory" etc: Every good is ruined
by intemperance. This is all the result
of Gods laws ". 16), laws made for the
purpose of encouraging righteousness.
(6) Loss of property" II. "Then
shall the lambs feed after their man
ner," rather, Gin their PASTURE the
city shall become but a rural pasture
land. "The waste places of the fat
ones" where the few. sheep in wide
pastures grow fat. "Shan strangers"
foreigners. (O "Strong desires for sin
full things" Is. "That draw iniquity
with cords of vanity" OF false reason
ing, of deceptive excuses. A
strong cord. with a cart rope"
So strong is their desire for
forbidden things that only the strength
of a cart-rope can express it. (s) Fool
hardy defiance of God" 10. ''Let Him
God make speed" Let God come to
punish us If He will; who fears? Ex-
pressing utter unbelief in Gods threats.
(9) Perverted moral sense" 20. Call
evil good" They advocate the cause
of strong drink as promoting temper
ance and liberty. They do not say:
spirit of wine, thy name is devil" but
thy name is joy, pleasure, prosperity,
life. People will sell liquor and let
their buildings for saloons, and yet not
seem conscious Of sin. (i0) ''Self-con-
ceit." 81. 'Wise in their own eyes"
Wine makes people seh-confdent. The
drunkard is often the last person to
know how much he is under the power
Of liquor. (1D "Excesses" ". 22).
The appetite grows with the years.
(12) "Perversion of right" %. (Which
justify the wicked for reward" Who
for the sake Of votes, or money, or In
duence give wrong judgments in court,
help the wicked to escape justice, make
bad laws.-Rev. A. f. Schauf1er, D. D.