Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-04-27
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/ / ABSSAL
| All the pagan Jews in the territorie
of Judah and Benjamin went to Jero
boam. All the worshippersof the tru'
God among the ten tribes came to Reho
boam. Thenceforward, in the tw,
tribes under him, all the twelve tribel
were represented, and continue to b.
so among the Jewish people to-day, al
appears from the names of individuals
Christ chose twelve disciples, thai
each tribe might be represented in the
| Apostolic College. But Paul, rising
above tribal distinctions, a Hebrew ot
the Hebrews, bound the work of mis-.
sions into one great national unity.
In speaking before AgHppa he as.
sumes this fact: ..And now stand and
am judged for the hope of the promise
made of God unto our fathers. Under
which promise, our twelve tribes In
stantly serving God day and night
might hope to come"--Acts XXVI. II
is to these people that James writes, or
rather to the Christian element among
them.
The Epistle is entirely practical in
character. The writer does not dis
cuss. He counsels and decides kindly.
but with authority.
He assumes that thoughts, which are
the germs of action, spring up in words
and deeds. In our text he discusses
the power, abuses and uses of words.
He shows that things materially small
can, owing to circumstances, have
great power for good or evil. He uses
three illustrations, all subject to similar
conditions and exceptions.
ALI these illustrations are drawn from
the Old Testament SO as to be the better
understood by Jews. 4
The first illustration of controlling
force is from Psalms XXXII., 81. BE
not as the horse or the mule which
have no understanding, whose mouth
must be kept in by bit and bride, lest
they come near unto thee"
But the bride Bit will do no good,
unless guided by human intelligence.
The consent of the horse must be OBJ
tained. The horse may take the bit
in his teeth, and so control will become
a question of physical strength. with
the horse in the majority.
But there is a bride bit which the
horse cannot hold in his teeth. So the
idea of human control holds good.
The second illustration, is q ship
driven OF a strong wind, and yet obey
ing her helm. Here also, human INTEL
ligence is needed. The helm would be
useless without pilot And although
nineteen hundred years ago their ships
were mere shallops, compared to the
modern vessels, yet human genius in
controlling ships has exceeded its tri-
umphs in their construction, for naviga-
tion is more speedy, safe and pleasant
than it was then. Mans knowledge in
the control OF horses as well as of ships,
has improved The world has seen a
Maury, an Ericsson and Cramp, and a
Raney as well-Ps. CIVIL, 23-29.
The cases in which horse success
fully resists human control, or a ship
does not answer its helm, are exceptions
which only prove the rule. Now
comes the tug of war. God says thata
man that can control vicious horse
with strap and small bit of iron,
and ship in a storm with few square
feet of boards, cannot control the human
tongue.
The horse may weigh ton, with the
superadded stimulus OF great excite
ment; the ship may weigh thousands
of tons, with the added momentum Of
winds and waves. Yet they will be
controlled, when a human tongue,
weighing two ounces. will still rebel.
Here, as In the former case. the IL
lustrations are from the Old Testament.
The tongue is said to be q boasser.
Psalm XII. 5: ..The Lord shall cut of
all fiattering lips; the tongue that
speaketh proud things; who have said
with our tongue will we prevail; our
lips are our own; who is lord over usf''
Nearly akin to this, is the language of
Pharoah: WHO is the Lord that /
should obey Him. | know not the Lord,
neither will obey His voice.
The tongue Is said to be = fre.
Prov. XVI, q: IAN ungodly man
diggeth up evil, and in his lips thereis
q burning fire.
a fire may arise from q trifing cause,
and yet produce terrible ruin. April
10th, 1845. lighted candle carelessly
touched to the thatched roof OF an ice |
house about r. NJ, started . fire,
and before that night a hundred acres
Of the city OF Pittsburg lay IN ashes.
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