The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-01-16
OVERCOME WITH WINE
LESSON IN. FIRST QUARTER. INTER!
NATIONAL SERIES, Jan. ~.

LESSON ~. FIRST QUARTER. INTER,
NATIONAL SERIES, JAN. ~
Fest % the Lsssss. sss.. sxvIli. Its.
Ms.sry vsrsss. S-s-Goides Text.
Prov. n. i-cs..s.sary ~ the Rev
o. n. Ssssrss.
A most OF the verses In this lesson are
too loux TO quote In full these brief
notes ! nus hey the reader 70 perrse with
Bible in hand. n should always he done.
otherwtse leason helps may b~come . suare
and hindrsncs.
/ Woe to the crown Of pride. to the
d~runkardS OF Ephraim, . overcome
with wine." This N = iexson Of warning
70 the xens'lous. self indulxeut uni,elievesx
In ixrael-a curse p~ronOunced upon them
instead Of the hleasinx which might have
been theirs had they only been willing and
obexiient lisa /. 10. 2Ol. Observe how this
aud the next three chapters begins with
'"Woe!' then behold . righteous king
(xxxii. u. another o . Judgment. and
theu the Kingdom comes txxxv. l. tO).
( "BehOid the Lord hath n mighty and
strong Que. who shall csst down 70 the
earth with the hand" Read ver-es ii. II
and see what the mighty and strong one
might have been to them had they built
upon Him. but what lie will b becauxe Of
their sin.
1.-THE row Of pride, the drnukards Of
Ephratm. shall he truiden under feet"
Nations and individuals cho0xe their own
destiny II willing now to find their Joy
In God and in His will, proving tina, His
love IL better than wine tCaut. /, y then
all the joys Of Hin Kingdom shall he theirs,
but II they prefer the joys Of the vine Of
the earth. they must expect to suffer the
wrath OF God Rev xiv, IL 10
4. And the glorious beauty which u on
the head NJ the tat valley shalt BE- a fading
flower" The terraced aud iuxuF
riantly fruitful hills Of Samaria are q
symbol OF excessive worldly iu~xuriance
and pleasure. Israel was placed in = lapd
flowing with milk and honey that she
might glorify God AZ the author and gives
Of every gift she enjoyed. but when she en-
joyed her luxuries and forgot tio<t she oiiy
wrought sorrow for herself. discarding IN
eternal for n present JOY which proved only
. fading flower.
& I'm that day shalt the Lord OF Hosts
be for n crown OF glory. and for . dixdem
Of beauty. unto the residue NJ His people,
Cuto the remnant who shall b~ left after
the Judgments have fallen (iod shall BE- an
eternal excellency. They are spoken Of n.
but = third part Of the nation. but they
shall be His people and H will be their
God. tZsch xiii. ~ Not only shall He be
their t"own Of glory, but they shall b. Ills
crown OF glory, aud . royal di&dsni In His
hand (ima. xii. -
n "AnG fnP n anSN&H - S,~A.s-~- A.
Him that stitch In Judgment, and for
strenRth to them that turn the battle to
the gate" He will be wisdom to the rulers
who rule for Him, AMI He will be the
strength Of all who fight for Him aud drive
the enemy from their xstex. The Lord IL a
God Of Judgment lor discernment) chapter
XXX u, n all who rely upon Him will
have wisdom given hem to decide rightly
"But they alSo have erred through
wine. and through strong drink are out Of
the way They err IN vision they stumble
IN Judgment" And these were the priests
aud prophets who should have led the DO
pie In the right way There Iva wisdom
Of this world which intoxicates and blinds
people to the truth Ut God. many teachers
aud preachers thus err aud stumble now
adayx and multitudeS are led xytrxy by
them. Test all ny Lsa viii. ~. K. Y
& FOR all tables arr full of vomit aud
h~lthineaA. 10 that there IL no place clean"
A. disgusting and abominable ~ such re
suits OF Drunkenness are. 10 II all spiritual
u~ucieanness. aud unhOlinexs In the sight OF
God A. Is refined aud temperate persou
abAors the company Of the drunken and
prOfxne. We may in some small measure
imagine how lORthH0nr to God muxi te the
worldly aud pleasure loving who bear His
name. He says He will spsw them out Of
Hm mouth REV. lii. 10.
.. whom shall He teach knowledge,
and whom shall He make to understand
dOCtrinee them that ART weaned from the
milk and drawn from the hreasts." This
may h the sneer Ut the drunkardx at the
prophet. whom they think talks " then,
. II they were children Or 1t may he the
Spirit OF the Lord seeking such IN He may
guide into the truth II. the latter, We
cannOt help thinking Of Paul'x difaculey
with sOme believers (see ! Cor. iii. |, &.
Heb. V. ~ H. and praying that W may
not H. babe+ like them, bat able 70 eat
solne Strong meat. ..-
~ For precept must b upon precepe,
precept upon preoept; line upon liue, line
upon lire. here a little aud there Z little"
50 blind are We ~ spiritual things, and 20
allow ~ learn that We must have the same
truths repeated over and over again. Thus
the Saviour taught, and VI We must teach
also. with patience and perseverance, and
loving kindness. relying upon the Spirit 70
make us "apt to teach" III Tim. Il, ~.
II "For with stsmmsring lips and "a,
other tongue will Hsspsak to this people"
Az they ntammer In their drunkenness. 90
He will speak to them by those who In
their estimation are stammererx Paul
was considered by some to be, ~ TO his
bodily presence. weak. u n 70 hts speech
contemplate Ill Cor. <. TO-. So also were
the nacssaxe they carried lJer. ri. 10. II, y.
IL ITO whom He said. This u tho rest
wherewilh ye may the weary TO rest,
not hear" He would give them rest aud
fullnsss Of joy. but HM word WAS 70 them
. WEAKNESS, \ series Of trivial commands
and they would not hear. In quietnsss
and confidence might they live II they
would only return 70 and rest In Him, but
they would not llsa. K ~. 30 also did
Jexls complain Of them.
Is "Rut the word Of the Lord va unto
them precspt upon precsps that
they might Ko. q fall backward and he
broken and SHARED aud taken" The same
Gospel gives life and causes death, gives
blessing or curxing, Joy or sorrow-tbe
6rst II received. the last II rejected I'll
Cor Il. IL. IL. Msth. xiii. Il. Is. La. vi, y,
~ Let all who live only Tor the present,
and are thus in~tenaperats. whether given
20 wine or not, take heed to this warning,
hear the word Of the Lord and learn 70 dc
light in Him T.&a :
Put we might also a.k, Il II not q plain.
~ written that "Except 4 man be horn
from above he canno see the kingdom Of
God" tJohn III. 81. and yet nlultitudes Of
church goen and church nlSn.oers who