The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-01-14
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
0eercome with wIno-1saiah 2e: -13--
Lesson for January II, 1909.

GOLDEN TExT.-Wino Is o mocker, strong
drink is raging and whosocver is deceived
thereby Is not wisc.-Prov. O:l.
TnR.-This prophecy was spoken. about n
C. ga three years before the fall Of Semaria
~ WHoM-It was spoken to tho people OF
J1eAh and Jerusalem in view Of tho character
q che neighboring kingdom Of Isrnel and tho
pvndshment for their sins that was rapidly ap-
prgaphing.
Place IN BIBLE HIsToRY.-2 Kings II; I.23;
15- t10; Q Chron. %, 3d. FEtL LsX
RIsGs- s--Hezekiah, king OF Judah; Hoshea,
hing OF Israel
THs HISTORICAL SITUATION N--Shalmanczer
w had just succeeded TiG.ath-piczer (B. c.
sH7l as king OF Assyria. This seemed a flavor
ntse moment fer Hoshca, the king OF Israel,
uho had been paying tribute to ASsyrfa, TO
hrts7k away from his subjcction. and cncour
sSsa by Egypt, the great promiser, he refused
the tribute g Kings i7:4). Tho court and
leaders at the capital gave themselves up
m3rc and mere to sclfindulgcncc and luxury,
tlaF upon beds Of ivory, drank vino from bowls,
fcasaed TO the sound of the vio and even invent
I'D Sresh instruments Of music (Amcse 9: 4, 81. At
tthe Same time they persisted In regarding
themselves as sccufo" (Amcs 6: 13).-Rawlir-
laom. But Isaiah saw the gathering storm tn
the northeast. The Assyrian empire wos
.st7H s.naintaiacd by standing crmy Of vct.
ora1 soldiers commanded by Dblc gcncrals"
CSaycc, and soon their lc;,ions would sweep
,lilce . hurricane over Israel, bent upon Sarna.
H12> ana judah COulQ not wholly escape us
ifu1p- Isaiah therefore raised his voice to tho
KnaUnates OF Jcrusalcm: Lift your heads
fvgm your vine ebowls; look north. Tho sun
shine Is still en- SamGria and your follow.
drinkers there are rcvelling in security. But
The storm creeps up behind. They shall GER
tadnly perish soon; even you cGunot holp see.
Ing that Let it scare you. for their sin Is
yours and that storm will not exhaust itself
On 5nmaria Scorners OF religion and right
eoIsneas. except yo cease being sccptical and
ursnl,en- and come back from your diplomacy
10 toith and reason, yo shall not be savedF"-
George Adam Smith. Such was tho situation
md the summary OF this prophecy. Within
'thrss OF four years Samaria was destroyed and
'the Kingdom Of Israel was no moro forever
LESSON EXPOSITION.
W.. "Woe:" not n wish or prayer for
woe, but warning chat woe was COM
ing. ITO the crown Of pridc:" the capi-
tai, 50 called because it crowned the
hiN or because it's battlemented walls
.resembled crown. ITO (better off the
.slrnnkards of Ephraim:" put for the
lwholc kingdom, because Ephraim was
the leading tribe. Whose glorious
beanty is fading 1owcr:" it was q
kind of beauty that was liable to fade.
i'-Wnich are (rather, Isl on the head (oP
G1eeacs the hcad) of the fat valleys"
SaJnoria was built on hill of an oval
form, which rose up in the midst OF a
fsrtile valley shut in by mount ains.-
KaasInson. "Of them" etc. The posses
SETS of this crown of pride and these
rich valleys were overcome with wine.
". .. "Behold tho Lord hath" He
used the Assyrians as q rod wherewith
tD punish these wicked people. IA
st~ong one:" the Assyrian power. "a
tempest of hail :. destroying storm
-. (. q food of mighty waters" describe
I'm vivid speech the irresistible violence
with which the Assyrians were about to
Ooerwheln them.
VS.. 1.-THE crown of pride (of), the
G1nnlzards:' their capital, their riches,
aN they most rejoiced in would be "trod-
den under feet"
". 4. "Aa the hasty fruit:" Rev. Ver.,
ssthe first ripe flS. before the summer"
before the usual scasonfor gigs. Hence
it is eagerly seized and quickly eaten.
Ss,ch 4 dcl;cacy, so eagerly desired,
'uc1ld Sanaria be to the Assyrians.
4 VS.. ''Ir that day." the day when
The allupl1ards of Ephraim perished be-
Camsc they wou!d not take warning and
repent. ''Shall the Lord of hosts be
fer a crown of glory" He will sustain,
defend and bless, beyond the power Of
the heart to conceive, those who obey
Him
Y. 6. +'For spirit of judgment"
OF discerning TIE right and governing
with justice and equity. For strength
To them that turn the battle to (Rev.
'Ner. at) the gate" These words are
applied by all the later writers to those
ubn drive the war back to the cnemy's
Own gates, or, as it were, carry it into
bis own country.
w. But they also:" even those in
Judah, who saw the destruction of the
nejghboring kingdom. ''IIavc erred
through winc:" they have erred from
Gods commandments, they have wan.
dercd into sins of all kinds through the
influence Of i-toxicating liquors. 1.-The
priest and the prophet have erred"
strong drinl. biases and leads astray
eren the religious teachers of The land.
'eThey are swallowed up of wine:" they
become absorbed in their appetite"
". s. ''Noplacc clean:" intemperance
defiles both mind and body.
v. IL. For with stammering lips:"
as beginner speaks u foreign Ian
gnagr.
Y. 12. ITO whom He said: This is
rest, etc. To these very persons G cd had
pointed out where they could find life
NJ rest from fears.
v. 49, ''Ihe word of the Lord /. :.
line upon linc:" God speaks slowly;
He repeats His lessons by word and by
deed; and if they will not repent, His
warnings and His punishments press
on 4he sinner till he ''falls backward"
and is '-snared and taken" THAT they
might Go:" as a punishment and also a
discipline.
APPRENTICESHIP We need repeti-
Zion Of instruction to impress truth on
The soul and to arouse it to action. (2)
by repetition is ch aracter formed. (3)
We are enabled to sec the truth on all
sides by its repetition in various ways.
. Hence c.yarv Crrent tr1lth of thp Hih1e is