The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-01-13
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Overcome with Wine-Isaiah 2S;I-13-- |
Lesson for January II, 1892.
GOLDEN TEXT.-Wine is mocker, strong |
drink is raging; and whatsoever Is deceived |
thereby is not wise.-Prov. 20:l.
TIME.-This prophecy was spoken about b. |
c. 795 three years before the fall OF Samaria.
To WHoM.-It was spoken TO the people Of |
Judah and Jerusalem In view of the character |
OF the nelghboring kingdom of Israel and the |
punishment for their sins that was rapidly ap- |
proaching
PLACE IN BIBLE HIsToRY.-2 Kings II: 1893;
IS: Ito; Chron, 20, so.
KINGS Hezekiah, king of Judah; Hoshea
king OF Israel.
THE HISTORICAL SITUATION Shalmanezer
". had just succeeded Tiglath-pilezer 3D. G.
727) as king Of Assyria. This seemed favor
able moment for Hoshea, the king OF Israel,
who had been paying tribute to Assyria to
break away from his subsection, and, encour-
aged by Egypt, the great promtser, he refused
the tribute C Kings l7;4). The court and
leaders at the capital gave themselves up
more and moro to self-indulgence and luxury,
lay upon beds of ivory, drank wine from bowls,
Toasted to the sound of the viol, and even invent
the same time they persisted in regarding
themselves as secure" Amos 6: l3).-Rawlin-
son. But Isaiah saw the gathering storm In
the northeast. The Assyrian empire was
Still maintained by standing army Of vet
eran soldiers, commanded by able generals"
tSayce) and soon their legions would sweep
like hurricane over Israel, beat upon Sama-
ria, and Judah could not wholly escape its
fury. Isaiah therefore raised his voice to the
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from your wine bowls; look north. The sun
shine is still on Samaria, and your fellow
drinkers there are revealing in security. But
the storm crecps up behind. They shall GER
tainly perish soon; even you cannot help see
ing that Let it scare you, for their sin is
yours, and that storm will not exhaust itself
on Samaria. Scorners of religion and right
eousness, except We cease being sceptical and
drunken, and come back from your diplomacy
to faith and reason We shall not be saved"
George Adam Smith. Such was the situation
and the summary Of this prophecy. Within
three or four years Samaria was destroyed, and
the kingdom of Israel was no more forever.
LESSON EXPOSITION.
V. 4. "Woe:" not wish or prayer for
woe, but a warning that woe was COM
ing. "To the crown of pride:" the capt.
tai, so called because it crowned the
hill or because it's battlemented walls
resembled crown. "To better of the
drunkards of Ephraim:" put for the
whole kingdom, because Ephraim was
the leading tribe. "Whose glorious
beauty is fading flower" it was
kind of beauty that was liable to fade.
(which are (rather. isl on the head Tor
decks the head) of the fat valleys"
Samaria was built on hill of an oval
form, which rose up in the midst of a
fertile valley shut in by mount AIMS
Rawlinson. "Of them" etc. The posses
sors of this crown of pride and these
rich valleys were overcome with wine.
V. 2. behold the Lord hath" He
used the Assyrians as a rod wherewith
to punish these wicked people. "a
strong one" the Assyrian power. ga
tempest of hail destroying storm
-. a flood of mighty waters" describe
in vivid speech the irresistible violence
with which the Assyrians were about to
overwhelm them.
". 3. ''The crown of pride (of), the
drunkards:" their capital, their riches,
all they most ejoiced in would be "trod-
den under feet"
" 4. "As the hasty fruit" Rev. YER,
"the first ripe fig, before the summer, u
before the usual season for figs. Hence
it is eagerly seized and quickly eaten.
Such a delicacy, so eagerly desired,
would Samaria be to the Assyrians.
". 5. 'In that day." the day when
the drunkards of Ephraim persisted be-
cause they would not take warning ant
repent. Shall the Lord of hosts be
for crown of glory" He will sustain
defend and bless, beyond the power o:
the heart to conceive, those who obey
Him.
V. 6. For spirit of Judgment
of discerning the right and governing
with justice and equity. "For strength
to them that turn the battle to REV
Yer. at) the gate" These words arr
applied by all the later writer's to thos'
who drive the war back to the enemy
own gates, or, as it were, carry it int,
his own country.
-. But they also:" even those il
Judah, who saw the destruction of TIN
neighboring kingdom. "Have ere,
through wine:" they have erred from
Gods commandments, they have wan
; dered into sins of all kinds through tn
influence Of Intoxicating liquors. 9TH
priest and the prophet have erred
, strong drink bases and leads astra.
even the religious teachers of the land
"They are swallowed up of wine:" the.
, become absorbed in their appetite.
5 VS.. "Noplacc clean:" intemperanc'
defiles both mind and body,
V. II. For with stammering lips:
as beginner speaks II foreign Ian
! guage.
r V. i2. ITO whom He said: This i
t rest, "ctc, To these very persons God ha
4 pointed out where they could find lif
r at rest from fears.
V.l3. 1.-THE word of the Lord . .
line upon line:" God speaks slowly
!. He repeats His lessons by word and b.
, deed; and if they will not repent, Hi
{ warnings and His punishments pres
on the sinner till he falls backward
E and is SHARED and taken" That the
4 might co." as punishment and also
discipline.
= !. APPLIcATIoNs.-W We need repet
q ton of instruction to impress truth o.
$ the soul and to rouse it to action. e
By repetition is CHI aracter formed Is
/ We are enabled to see the truth on al
= sides by it's repetition in various ways
8 Hence every great truth of the Bible i
presented to us in every possible way