The Progress., 1893-04-29
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VI, SECOND QUARTER, INTER.
NATIONAL SERIES, MAY 7.

Text of the Lesson. Prov. III. II-2i-Mem-
ory Verse;. t3-I7-Golden Text. Prov.
iii. 5-Conwrntory by the Rev. u. ".
stearns.
II. My son. do-pise not the as'ening of
the Lord; neither bc weary of His corrcc
ton" The apostle, in his cpstle to the
Hebrews, quotes this and the next vers,
also in connection with his admonition tc
run with patience looking into Jesus. and
TO consider Him that endured such contra.
diction lest We he wearied aud faint in our
minds. lie tells MS also that all Cod
Chastenings- to make us par akcrs OF
His holiness HIeb xii. ;, 1O) Itisintercst
ing TO notice that the word translated
'chasten" IN these verses i'm Hebrews is in
Eph vi, I, translated nurture" and in
III Tim. iii, lG, instruction"
12. For whom the Lord loveth ne cor
rectetb, even as n father the son In whom
he delighteth." In Rev. iii. 10. we hear
Jesus saying from heaven, "As many rs
love rebuke and chasten," and this aso
agrees with Heb XII. Z, IF We endur,
Christening, God dealeth with you as with
sons, for what son is he whom the father
get the end i'm view, which is 10 make u,
more holy, more couformod 20 the image oi
Gods dear Son tRom. viii. %. 90. whom
some day we shall bc like Il John iii, y.
- Happy j. the man That flndcth wis
dom and the man that getteth understand
ing" For she says again, Whose Gudctl
me findeth life aud shall obtain favor OF
the Lord viii, 80. Nov 10 is also written
I.,t L. 81
that hath not thc son Of God hath not
life n John 81, - And again. Christ ouI
Life Uol III. -. So we see that wisdom
and Christ a.. son Of God aro synonymous
rs shown i'm the last lr.4uu-Chrl.t tn,
wisdom of God = Coz. j. 3D.
Il. For tuc merchandise Of H. s. better
than the mcrchaudi-o Of silver and the pair
thereof than fine gold. Paul counted al
things but loss for the rScclcucy of Che
the knowledge Of Jesus Christ. and David
says that hi Judgment, Hrc more tp br de
sired thnn gold yea. thGn much fine gold
phil. III, g, @, Is. xix, 1W.
-. "She is more precious than rulics
and al the things thou caust desire are not
10 be compared unto her" Sec almost tn,
same words in chapter viii. II. and compar,
Job xviii, IS, aud the context. Then con
is Gods Eift to sinful man. "If any OF yor
lack wisdom, let him ask of Col. and il
shall be given h IA" CJas. /, -. The pif
of God is eternal life" Rom vi. %. Rubic
must be left behind if we die. atI ri VIC
can desire, even if we could obtain. ,roull
prove unsatisfying The preacher saws
Whatsoever mine eyes desired kept not
from them; withheld not my heart from
f,.r- Ii
vexation of spirit" (Eccl ii. 10, ID.
10. Length Of days is I'm her riuht hand
and i'm her left hand riches and honor Or
as IL is in chapter viii, 1s. "Riches and
honor are with me-yea, durable riches nrC !
Our Lord Jesus says from
the glory, II counsel thee to buy of me poIC |
tried in the fire that thou mayest be rich |
(Rev. iii, 49, As to length of dnvs W.,
shall have In these mortal bodies. all that |
lie sees we can use for Him, and Wonder IL |
is true that when we have been there ter
thousand thousand years, bright shininga as
the sun, we've no less days TO sing His /
praise than when we first begun Christ
Himself our Life. our wealth and our glory.
L. Her ways ere ways Of pleasantncss
and all her paths are peace" Being paths
If Righteousness. they cannot but be paths
10 lA't''fAilNhNNH anu tfNtit. All lnt lltlIft
Of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such
as keep His covenant aud His testimonies
The path Of the just is as the shining light
hat shineth more and more unto the per
feet day (Ps xiii. 3; XIV. 10. PROV. iv. tSl
The whole difficulty is in our ways aud
paths of our making or choosing. But il
re follow closely and fully in VISIONS
ways we shall find it as written.
Is. "She is n tree of life TO them that las
lold upon her, and happy is every one that
'etaineth her" 10 lay hold and hold fast
8 cur part-or, in other words, TO receive
md cleaye unto, or enter and abide, or be
ieve and continue lie does not force Him
elf upon any one, but offers Himself foI
'Ur acceptance aud will increasingly re-
real Himself where lie sees a longing foI
lin (lleb. Vi, is. Rev. ii, XIV; John /, xii
Nets ri. 23; Isl. ii. 10; John 2. xviii; John
2, -; viii, 3D. +,
10 THE Lord cf Wisdom hath founded
he earth. By understanding hath lie Is
ablishetl the heavens" Hear Him in