The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-05-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Ncbucha dneszar's Dream--Dan. 2i00-4O-
Lesson for May 20, 1s92. ".

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GOLDEN TExT.--All things arc mixed nnd
open unto the eyes OF Him With whom VIC have
to do.-Ecb. 4:13 SAX t l.t.
CENTRAL TRurn.-God proves His Word d.
vino By forctelling future events.
TIME.-B. c. Go36oa Tho second year Of Mob
uchadnezzar's sole reign, three years nftcr
Daniel was taken captive.
PLACE.-Dnorlor, ut the height Of It's glory.
KISos-Johoiakim. son Of Joseph king Of
Judah; Ncbuchadnezzar, king c. Babylon
LANGuAGE-Tbis lesson In the original Is in
Chaldcc, one branch Of tho Aramaic.
HELPS OVER HARD PLACES. - strange
vision wes sont TO Ncbuchadnczzar, which
passed from his mind on awakening. He tested
the reality Of the wisdom Of his wise men by de-
manding them TO tell tho dream ns well as Its
meaning. When thcy could not do II he ordered
them oil TO be slain. Thon Daniel offered TO do
It Ho and his throc companions prayed, nnd
Cod revealed tho answer. Tho dream Is given
IN the verses previous TO the lesson 81.
Thou :. Ert q king Of kings:" no ruled ovor
nearly oil the thcn known world. "Powcr -.
and glory" Babylon was tho richest and most
beautiful city thon existing. Few hnve over
surpassed II. 50 Thou art this head Of gold:"
he represented tho world kingdom Of Babylonia
which existed pu: scort the Sf::r his dcpth
1t lasted from y. c. Cot cr c.J IL o,3-s!xtJcs.t
years 49, The second kingdom, Of silvor the
breast and arms Of the image, was tho Mcdo-
Persian, beginning with Cyrus, d. c. 5SS, and
lasted almost two hundred years, till 800. 20
Tho fourth kingdom" the body and thighs Of
brass was tho Macedonian empire, begun by
Alexander the Great. He rct5ned ton years,
but tAc kingdom lasted till about d. G. Ga Or
It was tho Roman empire 43 "Mln3le thcrn-
selves:" ally themselves by marriage. ~
"1n the days of these kinss:" Of the
fourth kingdom. God set up king
DOM" that brought By Jesus Christ "Never
te destroyed" its principles aro right and shall
never fail. That X lrSdorn has been growing
| over since, and already holds sway over moro
| than onc-Quartcr Of the world and three quar-
tors of its power and glory. IS ''Cut out
without hands," not Of human, but Of Divine
and mysterious origin. 40. "Sat In tho gates"
whore tho court was held lie remained In the
city, tic kings chief counsellor "Tho gate Of q
city in tho cast, being chief place Of coucourso
| was place whore courts were held and public
| business was usually transacted. Tho phrase
sublime porto'-that is sublime gate'-is still
| employed at Constantinopie TO denote tho gov
| ernment Of the sultan for in the earlier days
| Of Ottoman rule, tho reigniag sovereign, as is
| still tho case in some part; Of the cast, held
| courts of justice and lovcos at the entrance Of
his residence"
| One reason for sending this dream to the king
! and It's Interpretation through Daniel, was
| doubtless that By Daniels promotion, end by an
| influence upon the king, the Jewish cxes might
| be cornfortod and encouraged; be confirmed in
| faith and allegiance to God; be strengthened
| with hope; and that the hGrdships Of the exile
| might be alleviatcd and the people left free TO
| serve end worship God.
LESSON NOTES.
suppose that, Of all the nations Of
the earth. the frcest and the most moral,
oil things considcrcd, is that in which
we live. Yet even here, we see so much
that it is cvil, t,lat it makes our hearts
sick. We see on every hand tho cursed
saloon and tho gambling house. Cor
ruption in politics abounds on every
hand, so that one sometimes Is tempted
| to doubt whether we have any real
patriots In political life any more. Evil
| In gigantic proportions may be seen on
every side. II we were to sum it up in It's
true colors, we might almost give up hope
| for our own dear land. but cvon when we
| put q good face on 1t, it seems as though
we were as far Us ever from perfectly
pure government Shall we then give
| mp hopo, and come TO tho conclusion that
mon arc ever doomed to live on in this
way? No; the believer knows that all
these governments are one day TO como
to On end. One day the stone cut out
without hands is going to come and
strike thcm all, and thoy arc to DO
brought to o perpetual end. God is not
going to let such iniquities live forever,
and when His time comes, He will put
sudden end to them all, and set up His
kingdom on this earth Exactly when
that will be VIC cannot say. But that
1t is sure to come we may be confident,
for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken
It.
What kind OF q kingdom will that be
when It comes? 1t will bo o kingdom
Of Righteousness and peace, kingdom
In which there will need to be no stand-
ing armies, and in which iniquity of
every kind will come TO perpetual
end To live in thnt kingdom will bc
as much pleasantcr thar 70 live In Dos
ton as row It is pleasanter to live in Bos-
ton than In dreadful Africa Imagine It
II you can! No jails, no drinking holes,
no thieves, no evil-mindcd men to harm
others, no quarrcls Of any kind, to raar
our peace and happiness The fact Is,
that that kingdom will be Heaven on
earth. Would you like TO live In such
kingdom9 "Oh, yes, say all. Woll, thon,
try and help to bring on that blessed
reign by living out those same prin-
ctples here and now. II you are not
willing TO do this right here, and at
once, 1t shows that that Is not tho kind
OF a kingdom you Ike, and that though
You would prefer to have this govern
ment little better than IL Is ut pres
ent, you are not ut ell anxious to have
1t perfect one. You want IN II room
enough for your own crooked thoughts
and unkind words and evil deeds, or
You would at once cease TO indulge in
them When we look at things In this
way, 1t Is kind OF revelation to us of
our own evil characters, Is it not? No;
the fact is, that in our deepest hearts
we are not at all anxious 10 have things
much better, unless VIC arc true Chris
tians. But, whether we desire it or no,
1t Is surely coming; aud whether we are
to havo part in that kingdom or be
shut out from its blessed reign will de-