The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-03-11

LESSON iuH AANcH -, ln4-.
...rx rrxr-A new heart also Will give
80. ana new spirit VII put within you
Il. Tnrrm-A new heart ana q new
~. -. no rscd and the hope 81 the world
"r~~rfr1 was the son u ljuxi. u pricstly
30 living ia or near Jerusalem. lie WAS
-, sboui d. q. Ca. was carried captive 20
s,.sr,,nia with ling Jchoiachin. nc t9S and
49,, IA the river ChcbsK . branch Of the
Euphrafes 80 miles north o. babylon Hc
s",,n 10 prophesy In ga. when thirty years
~ a. a. and prophcsicd for - years o20:is)
~ ras married but bis wife died about tho
.',e that Ncbuch adnexxnr began his last yege
a. Jerusalem GAL. 10.
rur hook or EzEKIEL covers g years.
re.-t his divided into three parts: chapters
,,osi before the siege Ct Jerusalem; chapters
eto 81 during the siege; chapters 70 70 ~
AFTER the siege. full Of promise. comfort. and
hope 10 tho cxiies.
cosrExroRAnY Prophets. Jeremiah IN
Jerusaicu and Daniel In Babylon.
PLACE m EfpfE HIsToRy.-2 Kings. chaps
- Is: Chfon.. chap. %
DATE or TINS LEssoS.-soon after the de-
s,ruction Of Jerusalem between b. C. IS
Cs:e,l and 81 COED.
pfacr-Wrfftcn on the banks or the Chebar
thc modern khabour. . large branch Of the
Eurhrafes catering that river at Carchemish.
rms PROPHECY has liz FIRST application to
thc cxllrs hut the same principles apply to
me church q God In all ages. Only through
new hearts can The world be redeemed
HELPS OVER HARD PLACES. --e5 Them"
when God would restore Israel 20 their own
rand Clean water" as symbol Of cleansing
from sin ~Fi.thincss:" sin - iiithy. vile. IN
el.an .'All your idols:" After their return the
Isrselitics never again fell into idolatry. 20.
"a new heart" the heart Is the center and
source of life. sending the life blood 10 every
part OF the body. New heart here l. new dis
POSITION. Ecw character. new love. stony
heart sinful heart Is cold hard. and dead
like stone. e. Ny 81 !rit;" the Holy Spirit;
fulfilled at pentccost ana ever since. The
source OF life Judgments laws things God
Judges 10 be right 20. Save you." etc. he
repeats that only By being saved from sin can
they enjoy t'.eir laad 81. Remember your
own evil ways" Gods goodness and love will
make them 10 see the vilencss OF their sins.
'Loathc yourselves" sin Is not merely wicked:
Il Is vile. loatllsonnc. hateful. g.. mot for
your sakcs:" not because you deserve IL. Sal
walton is Gods free Ii:s. 90 las the holy
noclr;~ the Inhabitants shall be many. like the
sacred Cocks drivcn IN great nurabers to the
sacrifice Of the passover.
THE FrLFrrIxESr OF these prophecies W.
partly en- the return from exile. still more when
Carist came. and the complete fulnllrient will
b. in the new Jerusalem and the redeemed
word
LESSON COMMENT.
In il we end Ezekiel prophesying that
The time was to come when God would
give Israel = new heart. and would re-
store her TO the land of her fathers. and
give her renewed prosperity. This God
proposes to do. not because Of the fact
that Israel deserves such blessings at
His hands, but on account Of His own
love and favor. Remember that all this
was said after both Israel and Judah
had gone into captivity for their sins
and were in : far-on land. slaves. as
they had once been in Egypt. This
will give much point 70 the words Of
the prophet, who himself was also y
captive by the great river.
Now 20 anyone looking al Judah In
her dcss:t.'ion and captivity. it might
seem str &c that the prophet dwclls
40 much on great blessing that is some
day to come to her, and then says that
the blessing is TO be one TINT shall be
purely spiritual. The natural man
would say that what J udah needed more
than anything else was some powerful
ustion that would take up its cause and
Afeat the Assyrian. and iiberate them
rpm their captivity But in reality
this would not have helped Judah to
any permanent prosperity
Now suppcsing that God should raise
up for them some powerful ally. and de-
liver them from their captivity, and
bring them back 10 the land from which
they had SO recently marched. but
should leave them in the same evil
heart Of unbciicf. would it have been
any permanent blessing? Would they
not have gone back to their idols and
al their former iniquities, 50 that God
would have again been forced = send
them into a second captivity? Assured
II. This shows that the one thing
that they needed. above all others, was
something inward. and not anything
outward
Now the experience Of Israel is a
kind Of object lesson for Individual
Christians all the world over. What
they experienced as nation. that i
true for us Is individuals. There are
thousands Of roor and destitute people
N this world. made so by their own
sins Drink alone has done this ia null
ttudcs Of eases. Now 70 raise money
and clotlie and honsc and feed all these.
would not really do them any good.
They would simply 20 on in their sin.
and not be radically helped. Many
ran is poor to-day because he has
serandcrcd his money in foolish or
riotcus living. What IL 1t that lie needs
most of al? Not food. or rent paid. or
garments. but something inward and
spiritual. II he gets new heart then
AL che will come right in course Of
time. Eut 80 loag as lie goes with
out that. nothing will ever como right:
ioT the fountain source Of al il corrupt
Van you set sweet water from Z foul
iocntairf? No more can you ret a sue
cessfrl life from foul and corrupt
heart This l. why all the injunciions
of ihc'B Bible aim at the heart Of man: for
out q the heart are the issues Of life |
what we then need. most Of all. Is TO see
70 i that our hearts are right before
'od; for while they arc wrong. all is
wrong. Rev. A. Il. Schauflicr. DID.
LESSONS From EZEKIEL.
!. Gods promises are sure, with |
aear and also larger fuliillmcnt
y The moral change must prcccdc 1