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OVERCOME WITH WINE.
LESSON III, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JAN. II.

Memory Verses. b-7-Golden Text,
Prov. TX, documentary by the Rev.
ID. NJ. Stearns.
As most of the verses in this lesson are
too long to quote in full in these brief
notes must beg the reader to peruse with
Bible in hand, as should always be DONE
otherwise lesson helps may become snare
and hindrance
l. "Woe to the crown Of pride, to the
drunkards of Ephraim, overcome
with wine" This Is lesson of warning
to the sensuous, self indulgent unbellevers
in Israel-a curse pronounced upon them
instead Of the blessing which might have
been theirs had they only been willing and
obedient lisa. /, 10, 20). Observe how this
and the next three chapters begins with
"Woep then behold a righteous king"
(xxxii, y; another woe. q judgment. and
then the kingdom comes (xxxv, 1-10).
O. "Behold the Lord hath mighty and
strong one, who shall cast down to the
earth with the hand" Read verses 16, II
and sec what the mighty and strong one
might have been to them had they built
upon Him. but what He will be because Of
.heir sin.
g. "The crown Of pride, the drunkards OF
Gphraim, shall be trodden under feet"
Nations and individuals choose their own
destiny If willing now to find their JOY
N God and in His will, proving that His
eve Is better than wine Cant. 1, q then
All the Joys of His kingdom shall be theirs;
hut if they prefer the joys Of the vine of
Me earth, they must expect to suffer the
wrath Of God. Rev. xiv, IS, 10.
t. "And the glorious beauty which is on
the head of the fat valley shall be a fading
Tho tarracad and In, y11-
riantly fruitful hills of Samaria are a
symbol Of excessive worldly luxuriance
and pleasure. Israel was placed in a land
flowing with milk and honey that she
might glorify God as 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, discarding an
eternal for present JOY which proved only
a fading CoWer.
8. "ln 1t day shall the Lord of Hosts
be for a crown of glory, and for diadem
of beauty, unto the residue OF His people,"
Unto the remnant who shall be left after
the judgments have fallen God shall be an
eternal excellency. They are spoken Of as
but Il third part Of the nation, but they
shall be His people and He will be their
God Czech xiii 5, 81. Not only shall He be
their crown of glory, but they shall be His
hand lisa. xii, 81
6. "And for "A spirit of judgment to
Him that sitteth in judgment, and for
strength to them that turn the battle to
the gate" He will be 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 is a
God OF judgment Tor discernment) chapter
xxx, is, and all who rely upon Him will
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
ana prophets who should have led the peo-
pie in the right way. There is a wisdom
of this world which intoxicates and blinds
people to the truth Of God; many teachers
and preachers thus err and stumble now
adays aud multitudes are led astray By
them. Test all py lisa viii, 20, r. V.
S For all tables are full Of vomit ant
flthness. so that there is no place clean.
As disgusting and abominable as such re
suits OF drunkenness are, so Is all splrltua
uucleanness and unholiness in the sight @
God. As a refined and temperate person
abhors the company Of the drunken ant
protauc, we may in some small measur,
IMAGINE how lOathaome to God must be the
worldly and pleasure loving who bear Liz
name He says He will spew them out o
Hi. mouth (Rev. iii, lG)
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