Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-01-13

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Lesson Tor January II. 1904.
golden rxxr-wine Is . neckcr. ssrous
drink Is raging; and whatsoever "a deceived
thereby Is not wisc.-Prov. so:i
T1xk-Tnis prophecy Was spoken about n
c. ia three years before the tai, OF Samaria
TO WHoh-it was spoken 20 tho people Of
Judah and Jerusalem In Wow Of the character
OF The neighooring kingdom Of Israel and the
punishment Tor their sins that was rapidly ap-
preaching
PLACE IN BtnLx HIsroRY.-s Kinxs n, i-os,
Is; ITO, Chron- 20 -
krSos.-iiczeiiah. king OF Judah: Hoshsa
king OF Israel.
THr HISTORICAL SITUATION -shai,nancser
Nv. had Just succeeded Tlg.ath.piicxcr tR c
.ss) rs king of Assyria This seemed n favor
able moment fer HoshcA tho king of Israel
who had been paying tribute TO Assvria TO
break away from hts subsection. and. sncour>
aged by Egypt the great promtscr he refused
the tribute g Kings is:sl. The court and
leaders At the capital gave themselves up
more and nero TO selfindulgencc and luxury.
las upon beds OF ivory. drank wine from bowls.
ieasted 10 the sound OF the vioLand even invent
Cd fresh instruments of music Amos @: e. %. Al
TIC same time they persisted in regarding
themselves as secure ,Arics O: tS).-Rawlin
SON bu, Isaiah saw the gathering storm IN
The northeast The Assyrlan empire was
stii maintained by u standing army CT vet.
Gran soldiers. commanded by able ,-oncralS"
tSayccl and socn their lcgons would swocp
ike hurricane over Israel beat upon Sauna.
ria, and Judah could not wholly escape ia
iury. Isaiah therefore raised his voice to the
nagnstcs of Jerusalem: Lift your heads
from your wine bowls; look north. Tho sun.
shine Is stiil en- Samarla, and your fellow.
drinkers there are revealing In security But
the storm erecps up behind They shaliscer-
tainly perish soon; even you cannot holm see.
Ing that Let IL scare you. for their sin "a
yours. and that storm Will not exhaust itself
ON Samrria- Seorncrs OF religion aud right.
eouSness. except 70 cease being sccptical and
drunken. and como back from your diplomacy
60 faith and reason. yc shall not be saved r"-
George Adam Smith. Such was tho situation
and the summary 81 this prophecy. Within
three or four years Samnria was DESTROYED and
tho kingdom OF Israel was no moro forever.
LESSON EXPOSITION.
V. 1. Woe" not n wish or prayer for
woe, but n warning that woe was COM
ing. ITO the crown OF pride:" the capi-
tai. so called because 1t crowned the
hill or because its battlemcntcd walls
rcsemblcd "a crown. ITO tbctter of the
drunkards of Ephraim:'' put for the
whole kingdom, because Ephraim was
the leading tribe. Whose glorious
beauty is fading fiower:" IL was n
kind of beauty that was liable To fade.
Which are trather, is) on the .,cad Tor
decks the head) OF the fat valleys"
Samaria was built on hill of an oval
form, which rose up in the midst OF n
fertile valley shut in by mount aims
Rawlinson. ''0f them" etc. Tho posses
sors of this crown of pride and these
rich valleys were overcome with wine.
v. 2. Behold the Lord hath" lie
used the Assyrians as n rod wherewith
TO punish these wicked people. "a
strong one:" the Assyrian power. "a
tempest of hail 4. . n destroying storm
=. a flood of mighty waters" describe
in vivid speech the Irresistible violence
with which the Assyrians were about To
overwhclm them.
V. 3. The crown of pride (of), the
drunkards:' their capital. their riches.
all they most rejoiced in would be '.trod-
den under feet"
". =. "As the hasty fruit" Rev. Yer,
1.-The first ripe fg. before the SUMNER"
before the usual season for figs. Hence
IL is eagerly seized and quickly eaten.
such a dclicacy, so eagerly desired.
would Samaria be To the Assyrians.
V. o. I'm that day." the day when
the drunkRds OF Ephrnim persisted be-
cause they would not take warning and
repent. "8hall the Lord OF hosts be
for n crown of glory" He will sustain,
defend and bless. beyond the power Of
the heart To conceive. those who obey
Him.
". "For n spirit OF Judgment"
of discerning the right and governing
with justice and equity. ..For strength
TO them that turn the battle TO (Rey.
Yer. at) the gate" These words are
applied by all the later writers to those
who drive the war back to the enemy's
own gates, or. as 1t were. carry II into
his own country.
V. Z. ''But they also:" even those In
Judah, who saw the destruction of the
ncighboring kingdom. Have erred
through wine:" they have erred from
Gods commandments. they have wan
dcred into sins OF all kinds through the
influence OF Intoxicating liquors. 1.-THE
priest and the prophet have erred"
strong drink biases and leads astray
even the religious teachers of the land.
They are swallowed up OF wine:" they
become absorbed in their appetite"
" s. "Noplacc clean:'' incompetence
defiles both mind and body
" IL. For with stammering lips:"
as q beginner speaks "a foreign Ian
guage.
" 10. ITO whom lie said. This Is
rest, etc. To these very persons G cd had
pointed out where they could find life
at rest from fears.
V. -. THE word Of the Lord
lire upon line:" God speaks slowly;
lie repeats His lessons by word and by
deed; and II they viii not repent, His
warnings and His punishmcmts press
on the sinner till he falls backward"
and is "snarcd and taken" THAT they
might go;" as "a punishment and also a
discipline.
APPLicATIoNs.-Q) We nd rcpeti.
ton OF instruction To impress truth on
the soul and 10 arouse IL 10 action fg)
BY repetition Is ch aracter formed. (Gl
We are enabled 20 see the truth on oil
sides by its repetition in various ways
Hence every great truth Of the Bible IA
presented 10 US In every possible way,
b. statement. BY logic. By historical
example. Ia poetry. in parable. IN b.
ography. 90 God teaches the terrible
truths slowly 50 that mon may turn
from sin early and not 20 on 70 the Bit
ter end GU All this clearly applies "
Temperance
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STUB ENDS or THOUGHT.
MoLAssEs IL honey TO the contented