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SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
MARCH 10. s
Lesson Text: "TimeIy Admonttfons"
Prov. kill, 16-2S-Goiden
Text: Eph. ', 1S-
Commentary.

Prov. xiii, 15.23-Golden
Text: Eph. v, 49,
Commentary.
Note: A Missionary Lesson has also been
suggested for this date. Title, Goods That
Msn Make" Isaiah Xiv; 9-20. Rsv: Mr..
Stearns has prepared bis commentary In tho
Lesson Helper for this lesson.
8. 'They that make craven image are
all Of them vanity, and their deleotable
things shall not profit" Jehovah will Jet
oe known in ali the world. and in 30 Tar a.
We by word and deed make known that
Jesus Is Jehovah, the only true God and
only Saviour, we have the missionary spirit.
Israel was Gods chosen people to Be His
themselves that they were vanity. Com =
pare verse 8 with this verse. Those who
know not God may worship vanity, but the
people of God are to worship Him In spirit
and In truth. Lya y,
10. "Who hath formed god or molten
q craven image that Is profitable for moth
ingp Surely only thoss who are blind and
foolish, and God has pronounced q woe upon
all such Hab. IL l8 19,. Israel, his own
people, Ha commanded not to worship
graEsu images tEx. X, 4. s.. and yet they
commanded them not to do. he has COM
manded us to be His witnesses IN tho power
OF His Holy Spirit tActs l., g.. telling us Of
old that His work cannot be done by mightoc
wisdom Of man, but only BY bis Spirit
lZech. w., o., yet we, like Iraa, turn from
Him and think more Of mon and money
than Of Him. #.i'&
II. behold, all his fellows shah b
ashamed: and the workmen, thsy are d
men," Nothing but shame and coufudoa
can attend those who turn from God to men.
xv., 81. Real work that will stand must be
God working In rs to will and 10 do Of His
good pleasure; all else will come to nsught.
''The loftiness Of man shall be bowed down,
and the haughtiness of men shall b made
low. and tbs Lord alone shall be exalted"
10. "He ishungry and his strength faileth;
he drinketh no water and ts faint This is
the smith who with; fire and hammer and
tongs fashioned tho metal Of the image TO be;
worshiped, but his god which his hands
make cannot strengthen him nor give him.
drink. Contrast the true God, who givsea
power to the faint and to them that have no
might. He increaseth strength. he pours
water upon him that is Thirsty and floods
auon ths dry ground Gsa. Il, 80: Xiv, 81.
Is. s'Ths carpenter maketh Il after the
figure Of q man, according to the beauty OF
q man. that 1t may remain in the house" A
wooden man, made by man, and yet wor-
SHIPPED as q god-and there are lots OF them
In the world still. We profess to know q
man, who was also carpenter, and at the
same time true God-God manifest In the
aesh; who died for us and rose again from
the dead and is now at the right hand OF
God, truly God and truly man. having all
power. II we do really know Him as our
own Saviour and God, then he lives In our
bodies as His abode, and being In the house
He cannot be hid; but how Is 1t He Is 20 ht-
tie seen?
IA. "He heweth him down cedars; he
planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish
it,n BE uses trees which the true God makes
to grow, and which are nourished BY rain
from heaven, but knows nothing Of tees OF
Righteousness, the planting Of the Lord, thaS
he might be glorifed Elsa. lxi, q. Ana
whyf Because the men who ought to %
like trees planted by the rivers OF water.
bringing forth fruit in season, are eforsadng
the only fountain and turning away from
God (Ps. l., 8; Jer. H., 49,.
ID. "He maketh 1t craven image ana
falleth down thereto" The same wooo WIN
which he warns himself and bekes his
bread he worships as his god. BE does NOT
know who gives him life and breath and all
things, and seems not to have heard OF ths
God VINO fed Israel for forty years with
bread from heaven. Jesus says to us tnat
he is the Bread Of Life which came down
from heaven, and that He gives Himsslt Tor
the life Of the world tJohnlyi., 81.
is. "As eateth flesh, he roasteth roast and
il satisfied Meat and drink and the nour-
ishment OF his animal life are all ne cares
for. he lives like the brute beasts, nke
those to-day who say they have no hme ior
church and religion; they must earn nv
ing, and think that things OF heaven arg
only for those who are sick and dying. OF
aged people and little chilrrsu:
IL. "And the residue thereof he maketh
god. and worshipeth 1t, and prayetn unto
IT," Are we reading Of South Sea isianaess
or Of people from the heart OF Africa, VINO
know no better? No, we are reading OF peo-
ple near to Israel, and Of many IN lsraei.
That Nation which God exalted above AL
Nations that through them he might be
known. and this tells how. they had fallen.
But wait, o church OF God, ere you con-
denim them. Israel became an empty y.ne
and brought forth 1ruit unto himself lnos.
Z. II. What are you doing WITH your On,
te,tajnments and lectures and fine music and
vorks of mems hearts and hands, bowlnS
down to these things and to people OF cui,
ture and inf uencs, instead Of bowing TO Goo
alone. 5.-
is. "They have not known nor under
stood. for he hath shut their eyes that they
cannot see." The greatest thing on ear1l
is the knowledge of God: 1t Is better t9al
all earthly wisdom or ricnes or might IeE
ix % 2a,. Jesus said, This is life eternal
to kuow Thee the only true God, and Jeso'
Christ, whom Thou hast sent (John XVI,
81. And Paul counted ali things but ioes
for the excellency Of the knowledge OF SeSus
Christ Phil. lii, g.. Because Israei oato. no.
erately ana willfulIy turned away from 6e'
God IA therefore shut her eyes and hard
ened her heart Compare Isa. vi, O. 10;
Math, xiii, IL. n
10 "Aau none copsidereth in his heart
No one seemed to have sense enough 70 say,
Here ia wood of which makea fire to war "a
me. and bake my bread, and roast my meat,
and the rest worship as god, falling down
TO the stock Of tree. Whan oncs men turn
away from the word OF God, they are resoy
to believe any delusion, and thsy VIII nn'l
plenty III Thess. H., 10-12,.
co. "He feedeth on ashes, deceived neare
hath turned him aside that he can not de-
liver his SOUL" II we heed not promptly
and only the word of God, satan Will con-
tinually deceive US and give US ashes tor
bread. See how the church is deceived To-
day tancying that she is Israel, and toat ner
mission is to convert the world, and that she
has plenty of time to do it in. See now tne
people follow those who destroy the Word.
and leaven their food till it seems as II tue
whole was leavened already. Let us turn
eyes and hearts to Him VINO is expecting
till His enemies be made His tootstoor
Heb. 4, 49,, and filed with Hi. spirit i've
to make Him known, obeyinx u the utmost
His command, "Go ye into all the woria .sne ano
preach the Gospel to every creaNre; tnen
sh.Ii we realizs His 40, I an with you
alway.r-Lesson Heiner
How He Knew.