The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-01-08
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Especially Arranged from s. 8 QusrterIy.,
LssooN TKxr-i Kings is;e5-sa
0oLD1N TExx-Thou snA;t nos 0she unto
thee any craven imHge.-Ex. e0A.
CEnxnAL TRurH-The brigi test hopes are
ruined hy disobedionce. @s Via
TtMn-B. O 81. Jeroboan reigned twenty
two years. till L GA
PLACB--Khg ~ isrseL Tie capitd Of
Shechem, and Tuzah; th. v-nters Of worships st
Bethel and Dan
PARAi LhL ACCOUNTS Chron. chu-o II. ~
HELPS ovLe HARD Pi-AcEs-ss. "Bnift:"
built up, fitted for his capital ''Shechem:~ the
largest town in ,pi air. bis own tribe; cen
trally sitratcd for tis cnt ital mount Eph-
raim:" the bill co, ~ q Ephraim. "Penuer'
(face Of Go y cast %. = q 'or,ian on TIE book
Jabbok. Tvs Tor u q f'l.e Of his caet"rn
borders. Il re- j. cob b v rcstled tle
ANGEL ice !. 32:s4-}D = III this p cpe do
sacrifice" etc. Il Jvru orr should Goa nue
to be the rclig.u =. "a. anu The REQ lc " Mt
up there three 'l" t. var comm ndcd
there woull soon h ~ u ion of the king .oms.
Kill me-" Jerobo III. o make the reunion
possible. i8 "rv caves" probably oxen
with wings. imitati ms sf the clerubm m over
the ark, and the &C ONES N Solomons
temple Il KinCs 6;s ). Of whose four faces
was that Of an OK | "a ied his worshi' to tho
old. They were not nd,'t to be false gods
but symb ols Of Jcliuvth 20. "B thef' thouse
OF Cod an ancient place Of worship on tile
southern borders OF inhraim. tw I've milss
north Of Jerusalem d n an old henthen
shrine in the extreme no ii VI Tie ources OF
the Jordan. (See judy. i6:i2 10. Became
q sins" az 1t brCk TIE second commandment;
(2) It led to idolatry: Is, II made the people
irreli1ous: () Il led to the immoralities OF
idol worship. 81. Lowest Of the pcople:"
the Levites had gone over to Rehoboam. q
Chron. l1:l31+) 81. Feast in the eighth
month"; November. instead Of feat Of Tab r.
nacles. their thanksgiving day, In the seventh
month ss ordained BY God Their harvest was
later than the harvest Of Judah
LESSON COMMENTS.
Jeroboam was afraid lest his people,
II they went to Jerusalem to worship,
would revolt against him So to avoid
this result he committed great sin. II
Jeroboam had only had more faith in God
he would never have adopted 80 wicked
course. For God had promised him II
he everoame 20 His throne that ''If thou
wilt hearken unto all that command
thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do
that Ia right In my sight. to keep my
statutes and my commandments, -
David, my servant did, then will be
with thee and build thee sure house,
Is built for David, and will give Israel
unto thee" Il Kings 1889 But the
wicked King thought he knew better
than God, and SO he forsook Gods law
and established idolatry.
Did Jeroboam's evil device for estab-
fishing his kingdom. really help him?
No; for Though hand join in hand, the
wicked shall not 60 unpunished" prov.
11:21). In the very next chapter but
one we are told how the anger OF God
burned against this wicked King. God
said: ~ will bring evil upon tho house
Of Jeroboam" because Of his iniquity.
That sin, which Jeroboam thought
would. help him. in reality was the
stumbling block over which he fell into
ruin.
Jeroboam's sin consisted in "doinR
evil, that good might come therefrom,"
and just here lies the sin Of great
many people in modern days. There
arc many people, for example. who deal
dishonesty In their business, and then,
- an excuse, they cay: I'VE must Live"
That they must earn : living ID true,
but It 10 not true that in order
TO do this they must bs dis
honest. For the same bad reason
many break the Sabbath day,
and keep their stores open, plead
ing the excuse that, unless they do
this, composition will ruin them. This
same excuse leads others into telling
lies. Then there are many more who
have not oven Is good An excuse ~ this
10 offer. They sin openly. merely 80
that they may 'get on" faster in this
life. So Satan deludes them ss he de-
luded Jeroboam. In the very face OF
Gods solemn warnings, Satan promises
them success In their sinful undertak-
ings. .. ur
Are such evil courses ever suocessfulf
Yes; for . time many Of them seem to be
very prosperous. Many, indeed, fail
very soon, for he must have . long NOM
ory, who is 70 be successful liar; and
many thief or dishonest man ends his
days in Jail. But some seem to succeed.
This thought made the Psalmist very
sad once. He said: II was envious at
the foolish, when saw tho prosperity
Of the wicked. Behold these are the
ungodly who prosper in the world; they
increase in riches" He could not ct
drst understand this, and was tempted
to think that 1t did not pay as we'll to
be honest as to be dishonest. 30 Satan
leads many young man to think ,-day.
But the Psalmist saw it all in its true
light, when he went to Gods house.
Then "he understood their end" Thus
he was led to exclsim in awe and won-
der: "How are they brought into desola-
ton, as in q momentl They are utterly
consumed with terrors" FPS. 73). God
does not square all his accounts with
sinners on this side Of the grave. But
his warnings will none the less prove
true; and the punishments He has
threatened upon evil-doers will be full
filed in eternity, as surely as Jeroboam
was puaished, or as Rehoboam had the
kingdom torn from him. "The mills of
God grind slowly. but grind exceeding
small" and "though hand join in hand,
the wicked shall not 60 unpunished."-
Rev. A. F. Schauffler, d. D.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
1. God gives us many bright prospects
and blessed hOpeS for this life and for