Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-08

(xxxii, y, another woe, Judgment and
then the kingdom comes txxxg, 10
2. Behold the Lord hath a mighty and
strong -one. who shall east down to the
earth with the hand Read verses It, II
and see what the mighty and strong one
might have been to them had they built
upon Him. but what He will be because of
their sin
3. "The crown Of pride, the drunkards Of
Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet"
Nations and individuals choose their own
destiny II willing now to find their Joy
in God and in His will, proving that HIS
love is better than wine Cant. /, q then
all the joys Of His Kingdom shall be theirs,
but If they prefer the joys OF the vine OF
the earth, they must expect to suffer the
wrath of God Rev xiv, IS, 10
4. And the glorious beauty which is on
the head of the fat valley shall he fadi.g
flower" The tcrraced aud luAu
riantly fruitful hills Of Samaria are a
symbol OF excessive worldly luxuriance
and pleasure Israel was placed in land
flowing with milk and honey that she
might glorfy God us the author and giver
of every gift she enjoyed, but when she en-
joyed her luXuries and forgot God she only
wrought sorrow for herself, describing an
eternal for present JOY which proved only
fading flower
3. "In that day shall the Lord of Hosts
be for crown Of glory, and for a diadem
OF beauty, unto the residue of His people
Unto the remnant VINO shall be left after
the judgments have fallen God shall be IN
eternal excellency They are spoken Of MS
but a third part of the naUua, but they
shall be His people and He will be their
God, Czech xiii. 8, 81 Not only shan He be
their crown OF glory, but they shall be His
crown Of glory and royal dadem in His
hand lisa, xii y
G. "And for q spirit Of judgment to
Him that stteth in Judgment, and for
strength to them that turn the battle to
the gate" He will he wisdom to the rulers
who rule for Him, and he will be the
strength OF all who fight for Him and drive
the enemy from their gates The Lord isa
God of Judgment tor discernmentJ chapter
xxx, 10, and all who rely upOn Him viii
have wisdom given them 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
and prophets who should have led the peo
pie in the right Wav There Is "A wisdom
of this world uhic4 iatoXcates and blinds
people to the trut5 oe God, naany teachers
and preachers thus err 1HG aS9mble now
adays and multitudcs ure lpd nstray by
them Test all oy lisa viii, 20, r. Y
s. "For all tables are full of vomit and
flthiness, so that there is no place clean
AS Disgusting and abominuble rs such re
suits of drunkenness are, so is ali spiritual
uncleanness and unho.jness in the sight of
God As refined and temperate person
abhors the company of the drunken and
profane, we may in some small measure
imagine how oathsome to God must he the
worldly and pleasure loving who bear His
name. He says He will spew them out of
His mouth (Rev. ill.,, 49,
o. "Whom shall He teach KNOWLEDGE
md whom shall lie make to understand
doctrineP them that are wcaned from the
milk and drawn from the breasts" This
may be the snecr of the drunkarrls nj the
prophet, whom they think talks to them
as if they were children Or it NAV be the
Spirit of the Lord seeking such as He NAV
guide into the truth If the latter, wa
cannot help thinking of paul's difficulty
with some believer, jsee Cor iii. l. .
Heb. v, l2-l4) md praying that we may
some strong meat,
10. "for preccpt must DO upon precept
preceDt upon preCepG line upon line, line