The Progress., 1893-05-27
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON X-JUNE 4-REVER-
ENCE AND FIDELITY.
Golden Text: Not SIothfuI In Business.
Ycrvent In Spirit, Serving the
Iord-ECcles. lie.

NJ Vanity Of V.nitics ............ Eccles. III
L The SearCt for Wisdom . .........i 1918.
W. Tive for Everything .......... ill l-l3.
Il Reverence in Worship .-........v. -.
L. Trust in Providence. -....- ......-..N $40
: Keep Silence ......... .... Psalm xxxix IA.
= COvCtOusrCss ...............I Luke Xii 1891
!. Reverence ia Worship, verses II
]. Keep thy foot when thou goest to
the house of God" Go to the house
of God not rashly nor thoughtlessly,
but reverently and with a due sense
of the solemnity of the place. BE
more ready to hear than to give the
sacrifice of fools" BE more ready to
learn and to give heed to what you
learn than to offer such sacrifices as
fools do-sacrifices that have no heart
in them.
2. BE not rash with thy mouth. "
DO not begin to worship without re-
Election. For God is in heaven" etc.
He is far above thee, and should be APP
preached with a feeling of awe. Let
thy words be few" Men are not
heard in heaven for their much speak
ing.
3. "A dream cometh through the
multitude of business" The fact that
men dream about certain things is a
sign that those things occupy their
waking thoughts A FOOLS voice is
known 10y multitude of words" Just
as the dream is a sign of engrossment
in business, SO a multitude of W )rds is
Che sign that il is a fool who is talk
ing.
I. "When thou vowest VOW unto
God, defer not to paw it." Neither re-
fuse absolutely to pay it nor put off
the payment of it. "IIe hath no pleas
ure in fools " That is, in those who
are so foolish as TO make promises and
then not keep them.
.. Better not vow, than
not pay" For thus you escape the
added sin of a violated pledge.
G. suffer not thy mouth to cause
thy flesh to sin" Either by eating
with ii what thou hast promised not to
eat or 10y making promises which thou
art not likely TO fulfill Neither say
thou before the angel, that it was an
error" Do not tell the recording an
gel who takes down thy vows at the
time when they are made that he did
not understand thee, and that he took
thee to mean more than thou didst in
tend. Wherefore should God be an
gry?' etc. Why shouldst thou, by
such prevarication, tempt God to be
angry with thee?
IL. Trust in Providence. verses S-12.
s. The thought of this verse in brief
is as follows: The fact that you wit
ness much injustice in the earth must
not disturb your faith in God; for he
himself. 1.-The higher than the high
est" takes note of such matters, ''re-
gardeth" them, and will sooner or
later straighten them out.
Q. The profit of the earth is for
ALL" etc. Not only should our conf
dencc in God make us hopeful in the
midst of social disorders, but we
should also get comfort from the fact
that as all rulers, even kings, derive
profit from the cultivation of the
fields, they are also interested in the
justice and good government that
make the profits of labor secure.
TO- "Shall not be satisfied with sill
ver," etc. There is nothing in it that
fully meets the wants of the human
heart.
il. "When goods increase, they are
increased that eat them" A rich man
must have retinue of servants and
dependents. What good is there,
saving the beholding of
them?" The rich miser can look at
his money, but he can draw no other
delight from it.
H. The sleep of laboring man is
sweet" Because when he lies down
he is weary with honest toll. "The
abundance of the rich will not suffer
him to sleep" He is worried and dis
turbed with the care of his great es-
tates.
Things to Be Remembered. IL we
think before we speak when we come
into the presence of some great man,
how much more should we do so when
we come into the presence of God!
The man that talks overmuch shows
that he is fool.
Too much readiness to make prom
ises to God implies too little Likelihood
of keeping them.
God regards" all the injustice in
the world, and will set it right.
Happy is the man who works till he
Is tired enough to go to sleep
EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE.