The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-15

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crf1E y ragi.-; and whosocver q deceived
thereby 4 not w..e.-Pros. el;i.
TIA 4A.s prophecy was spC,cn abrrt Il
/ T. ia three year. before the fail of S.aar.a
70 Hnoh-it vas spoken % the people a
J1i-h and Jerrs2ier IN sisw q the character
% ~ rcirAnorsrg k!ngtom OF Israel Ird ITO
punt Y ment for their sins that was rapidly a.
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II PLACE a. BInrE HlsToRy-3 Kings III i.c,.
4 -; ~. carcn %. -
4 kIScs -tlezckiah. Alag Of judah: EosAea
4 king ~ Israel
I ~. h.d Just succeeded Tl-.ath. rilezer G3 G.
\ - - king % AssyriA This seemed favor.
l 1nle moment fer Hoshea, the king o. Israel
\ who had occn paying tribute 70 Assyria 70
break away from his subJectlon- and. enconr.
4 aged % Erypt. tho great pronisc-. be refused
the tribute q Kings is:t. The court sni
/ teAAfrs a. the capital gave themselves rp
| Eno-e nnd mere 20 relflndulgence and luxury,
| lay urcH beds o. ivory. drank vine from tcnls
feasted p the sound ofthe yiol. and even invent
cl fresh Instruments % music lAr1cs g: 4 s. Al
the sane tine they persisted In regarding
themselves Is secufc" Amos q: i3}.-Raxlin
son But Isaiah saw the gathering storm IN
tho northeast The Assyrfan empire uas
stlA maintained 81 standing army of ret
Gran soldiers. commanded b. able generals
sSaycei AID socn their icgions would succp
like hurricane over Israel beat upon Sana-
ria and judah corid not wholly escape iis
fury. Isaiah therefore raised his voice 20 the
r1ax-atcs OF Jerusalem: LII your heads
from your vine bowls look north. The sun
shirc i sill cn sansria. and your fellow.
drinkers there are revealing In security But
tie storm crccrs up behind They shall Ger
tain.y perish soon; even you earaot help see.
ing that Let IL scare you. for their sin Il
yours. and that storm will not exhaust itself
IN Sar12r1a- Scorners or religion and right
crusnsss. except 70 cease being sceptical and
drunken. and CONE back from your diplomacy
% faith and reason We shall no: be saved \ -
George Adam Smith Such was the situation
and the summary Of this prophecy. virhin
three or four years Samaria was des truyec- and
lie kingdom u Israel Was no more forever.
LrssoS EXPOSITION
VII Woe" net a wish or prayer for
woe. but warning that woe was com.
ing. ITO the crown Of PRIDE the capi-
tai. 50 called because il crowned the
hill or because its battlemented walls
rrscmblcd a crown. ITO (bctter of the
drunkaris Of Ephrnim:- put for the
whole kingdom. because Ephraim was
the leading tribe. Whose glorious
beauty is fading flowcr:- il was q
Kind 81 beauty that was liable to fade.
Which ere (rather. Isl on the head Tor
decks the head Of the faf Valleys"
Salaria was built on hill of an oval
form. which rose up in the midst OF
fertile valley shut in BY mount aims
sawlinson. "0f them etc. The posses
sors Of this crown ~ pride and these
rich valleys were overcome with wine
v .. --Echold TIE Lord hath He
used the Assyrians as q rod vhcrcwlth
70 punish these wicked people "A
strong one the Assyrian power. "A
tcnpest of hail destroying storm
floDd Of mighty waters describe
in vivid speech the irresistible violence
with which the Assyrians were about 10
ovcrwhelr1 them
" >. The crown Of pride to1. the
Lrunkarr.s:" their capital. their riches.
al they most re joiccd IN would be ''trod-
den under feet
VA As tho hasty fruit Rev. YER.
'-thc lrSt ripe &c. before the summer
before tho usual season for figs. Hence
i Is eagerly seized and quickly eaten
Such a delicacy. so eagerly desired.
would Scenario be 70 the Assyrians
VS.. TN that dav:- the day when
tho drunlsarsls of Ephraim persisted be-
cause they would not take warming and
repent. '-Shali The Lord OF hosts be
for crown Of glory He will sustain.
defend and bless. beyond the power Of
the heart u conceive. those who obey
Him.
y. g For spirit Of Judgment
OF discerning the right and governing
with justice and equity. FOR strength
- them that turn the battle 20 Rev.
Ncr. ati the gate These words are
applied by I'll the later writer's 70 those
Who drive the war back TO the cncmy'f
own gates. or. as II were. carry il into
his own country.
". '.Eut they ALSO even those il
Judah. who saw tho destruction Of the
ncighboring kingdom "ilIvc erred
through winc:~ they have erred from
Gods commandments. they have wan
ticrcd into sins Of al kinds through the
influence IF Intoxicating liquors The
priest and the prophet have erred"
strong drink biascs and leads astray
even the religious teachers Of the land
They are swallowed up 81 wine:- they
bccosac absorbed in their appetite
" ;. "Noplacc clean" intcmpcrance
elcllcs both mird and body.
v. II. .For with s.ammering lips"
IS a beginner speaks = foreign Ian
-uagc.
v. IL. ITO whom lie said: This Is
rest etc Tothese very persons O cd had
pointed out where they could End life
1T rest from fears
" IL Tie word Of the Lord
line upon line God speaks slowly;
lie repeats His lessons by word and ~
deed: and If they will no; repent. Ills
warnings and Ills pnnishmcnss press
on the sinner till he falls backward
and j. SHARED and taken That they
might go:~ as punishmcnt and also .
discipline.
ArtrIcArIoSs--tD We need rcpeti-
ton 81 instruction 70 impress truth on
the soul and 10 arouse il % action t.)
~ repetition Is character formed 90
We are enabled to see the truth ON all
sides b. its repetition in various ways.
Hence every grest truth Of the Bible is
presented 70 Us Ia every possible way.