The National tribune., 1893-04-20

coneourse; openings Of the city gates: on the
avenues within the city walls. There is won
| derful cosmOpolitanism about Wisdom. She
! has no arist0crstic headquarters. Nobody can
plead ignorance. No one can offer as excuse
| that be did not know Wisdom could be found
/ Rev. George Coles says OF Wisdom "Shs 70
4 everywhere; everything that surrounds a.
/ breaches to as with the voice of Wisdom in one
| way or other. We need only open orr eyes
and ears to see her footsteps and TO hear her
| voice. The frost in Winter; the flowers in
! Summer; the sun by day. and the stars by
| night all proclaim the wisdom and power of
| God" Conscience lifts up her voice; the Holy
/ Scriptures instruct; ths Church warns and en-
/ courages; parents admonish: everywhere ars
lessons. "Creth." (Ys 20. 21.) Wisdom
makes great effort 70 DO heard. She is in real
| earnest. She speaks out; speaks in plain
wOrds easily understood speaks on. loud. so
as to attract general attention; speaks to all
classes Of persons, aud in all kinds Of places,
and in all sorts of languages. "She uttereth
her voice." 20; words" 81; strains her vocal
/ powers the more. as TO attract attention.
B. Gates (21l. The gates were at the entrances
to the city through walls. The great gather
ings OF citizens-publie business transactions,
harangues we're mainly at the gates. Wisdom,
eager to reach the masses stationed herself sc
such points of general eoncourse.
4. Simple ones (22). Fools. We sec evident
contrasts made With tho paragraph above iva
| 7-l9.) See fools. (V ~ The words wisdom
and fooishaess used in moral senses; 50
wisdom does not relate so much to knowledge
nor foolishness TO i"5oranee. man may BE-
wise In some rec u and very foolish In
others. A man may be foolish who yes has
much knowledge. man may know the best
ends and show much folly in means. man
who despises wisdom and instruction ". u is,
no matter how much he knows, foolish in .
religious sense. IL is implied when man de-
Z - ~. L
IS. man cannot dsspise an unrealiZed thing,
a something which does not enter into his coz
seriousness. To know wisdom, to have oppoI-
tunity to be instructed and not to avail ones
self of such facilities. betoken want Of good
sense
s. knowledge (22). Men do not hate kzowI-
edge per Sc. We have knowledge herein v.
y ia the sans reproof. They want stten-
tiou brought to bear on their evil.
s. Scorners (22). Scorners are men who bring
religion into contempt-who try to make fun
Of piety-who ridicule the Church, the Bible
religious customs. They are far gone in sin
". 22l, for thoy have reached point whsn
wlckedness becomes pleasure and they ind
real satisfaction In wrong-doiug. They delight
in seorHing.
z. ReproOf (23). Evil men are very sensitive
about admonitioa. Repreof is bringing to
light of their wrong doing-it is a knowledge,
". 22' and they hate such knowledge. But
they cannot escape Gliding Their conscionces
will not permit them to be quiet. The nens-
~ Of religious instruction &C home and church
pains them. The order Of the universe, and
the dealing Of Providence, affect them seriozs-
~. Men have gotten to a pitch when IL can ~
declared Of them as in v. 25
8. Ths 81" in verse "a stands for wisdom,
aaa that in turn is the representative Of Christ,
the Word.
9. No man regarded GA Not to notice.
the call Of one whom you hear is very insult
ing. To refuse to heed his reiterated appeals
for attention is outrageous. Wesee how earnest
Ged is 70 get our minds interested. 81 have
stretched out my hand" ga. Not getting
attention by the voice, He adds emphasis BY
gesture. He initiates the orator, who, the
mora TO move his audience to give heed, font
ishes his arms snaps his fingers, strikes his
desk. God does all this. aud yet some men
give no sort of respectful attention. lisa,
G6:4.)
TO- Calamity C26). We have a more de-
tailed account in verse q. There is Iecksn-
ing-time. There is no escaping the ultimate
evil consequences Of Wickedness. That can be
trising thing which Is described as fear, deso=
lstien, destruction, distress, anguish. The
Gospel Is not for impenitent sinners. 100: ID
In the present life there are limitations es
Gods displsasure with sin and determination
to punish it. A fact misleading to thoughtless
naen Is that punishment for evil does not ina
mediately follow its commission. The tendency
of sin 10 destructive (5t. James 1:15; 81.
Luke, 10: 22-30; Heb, 9: IA; II: 22-2 5.)
IL. Laugh 1867. See Ps, ga; 81 Is. The
meaning is that mems sins and opposition and
contempt will not cause God to waysr at all in
carrying out His grand purposes of justice and
mercy. There Is the idea of composurs, .
sense OF rightness on the part of Deity, q coz
sciousDess of human inability to disturb Gods
program in the line Of events relating to His
purposes.
l. Suggestions.
I. We see the need Of acting on the spot in
the direction of Gods laws and plans. We
have this thought summarized by Thomas Full
Ter: ain Nebuchsdnezzar's image, the lower
the members the cosrser the metal; the far
Their off the time the more unfit. To-day is
the golden opportunity. tomorrow will be the
go on till at last shall come to the toes OF clay
Omar Khaygam wrote:
To-morrow's fate. though thou be wise,
Thou canst not TELL yet surmises
Pass, therefore, not to-day In vain,
For IL will never come again."
2. Live thoughtfully. Have reference TO the
end of life and its splendid purposes as planned
by our Heavenly Father
" so live, that when thy summons come TO ioin
The innumerable caravan that moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
HE chamber in the silent halls OF death,
Thou go not like the quarry slave At night
Seourged to his dungeon, but, sustained AID
soothed
BY an unfaltoriug trust, approach thy grave
Like one that draws the drapery of his couch
AbOu: him, and lies down to pleasant dreams"
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