Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-13

Ing after vanity, evil and ifnpufity. Heeu
late the thoughts, aud you regulate the lie.
WISDOM Wins MASS AprRovAL.
(verses G-f0)
1. Life saving. ta) The words of the wici;
ed are deceptive, treacherous. breathinfSde
ceit like the lying In wait Of robbers TO snetl
blood. They mean malice; they are the ex
preston Of a bloodthirsty and murderous
disposition" as zockler says. Now, add "a
this the doctrine OF our Lord that hatred is
murder, and we can see that the words oi
those lacking love and truth are akin TO the
snares Of the robber and the murderer
Their own gain prompts their deceit. (bl
On the other hand. the wise words Of the
righteous deliver them from the snares OF
the wicked. On the deceitful words that
slay, read Gen. xxxvii, 1890; Math. II, 7, 9,
and Ps. xxxvii, 10, 20, and on the wise
words delivering the righteous read Luke
xxi, IA, Is; Math. xii, 49, Make the schol.
ars turn to these passages, read them and
show how they illustrate the lesson. o.
The next maxim depends on the fact that
evil Is bound to be overturned and the
wicked to be no more on earth, or have no
more place among men, since Gods gov
ernment Is righteous Some suppose that
Sodom and Gomorrah are referred to, but
IL Is rather law Of Gods providence that
Is stated (c) On the contrary, the house,
meaning family and posterity, Of the right
eous shall stand. Compare Gen. vi, 8; Ps.
xxxvii, IS, 80, with I Kings Nv, 4; Rev. Ill,
10; Math. vii, 24-c7.
2. Wisdom praiseworthy. (a) Wise men
are respected even by fools. They are ap
proved by God and all good people accord.
Ing to their wisdom. So much wisdom 90
much praise--that is the rule. (b) Tho man
that is CROOKED" in heart is despised In
proportion as he Is crooked" It Is worth
remarking that American slang calls a
criminal crock" and crazy man u
''crank, )" both words meaning departure
from what Is straight. Joseph, David.
Daniel. show how the wise were respected.
Judas, Herod, PLATE, Caiphas, are exam.
Piles Of Crooked hearted" persons--twisted
souls, perverted from truth and righteous
ness, (c) The ninth verse is hard to con.
strue. It may be rendered, Better is he
that is highly esteemed and hath q serv
ant than he that honoreth him.
self and lacketh bread" This means
that a respectable competence, with com
fort, is better than greater pretensions with
misery. The other rendering is, think,
quite humorous and very striking "Bet
ant than he that glorifies himself and
wants bread" The Variorum Bible gives
as authorities for this rendering the Sep
tuagint, Peshitto Syriac version, the Vul
gate, Ewald, Hitzig and Bickell. This
sense is very good. 1t magnifies the dig
nifty of honest toll. Our Lord was just
such oharacter-a king and yet carpen
ter. How many a useless person thinks
hf,r,o al nh ~ h
dignity or that of his ancestry! Think of
the banished and beggarly mobiles of the
old French nobility during the reign of
Napoleoni How many become swindlers
rather than harden their hands with hon.
est work. The honest laborer is a most
character.
8. Righteousness is kindness. a. A good
man is kind to everybody. Love to all is
the root of goodness. A good man loves
even the lower animals. John Wesley is re-
ported to have said that he would not give
much for the religion of a man whose dog
and cat were not the better for it. Yet it is
not much more than go years since Mr.
Martin. the member of parliament for Gal
way, Ireland, brought in his bill for the
prohibition of cruelty to animals In Eng
land. Long before Christ came, the law of
Moses commanded kindness to the beasts
They are included in the fourth command
ment as sharing the weekly rest. See Elk.
Xxx, $40; xiii, 10; Deut v, IA The utmost
mercy to both bird and beast was incul-
Gated. See Elk. xiii, 4, 8; Deut. xxi, g, Z;
XIV, l. How much do we here In America
need to obey these old laws of kindness to
The poor creatures subject to man may be
geen from the periodical called "Our Dumb
Tho righteous man has mercy
on his beast, but those that are cruel are
really wicked. The Hebrew says, 1.-THE Just
man knoweth the soul of his beast" Here
We infer that cruelty IL the result of igno-
rance, that justice calls for tenderness to the
beasts that serve us-a tenderness com
manded by God--and that God loves those
who love all living things, as He does him.
self-a similarity Of sentiment creating
between God and man. See
Jonah iv, II. (b) The very tenderness OF
The wicked is cruel-their kindness 10
pain, or, "a Plumptre puts 1t, their feel
ngs, emotions, all that should have led to
mercy and pity toward man." is perverted \
10 cruelty. The text does not confine this
,ruelty to man.
HI-THE WISE FEEL SELF APPROVED.
Verses 1l-15.)
/. Enjoying the fruit Of ones labor (s)
The tiller Of land Rruws the food that he
,ats. Work procures bread. (b) The vain.
vagrant Is vUid Of good Saving
common sense" else he also would find
'weet satisfaction In working for his own
wants. Idlencss is folly. (c) Benisch rem.
iers the next maxim thus, "A wicked per
ION coveteth the booty of evil men"-thst
8, they desire to enrich themselves with
he piunder OF others who rob. The right
,ous stay where they are. SO rooted that
hey bring forth fruit tor their needs. desir-
ng no evil gains, desptsing all plumber.
B. Right speech. (sJ A bad man betrays
himself by the offenses Of his lips. Others
AXE the meaning to lie, "He who seeks to
'uin others by evil speaking Of others Is Of
en ruined by his own words" On the 9TH
II hand, the righteous overcomes the trou-
DE caused by false accusations. (c) The
ruit of the wise mans mouth is the good
hat he can do by giving council. encour-
Igement or knowledge to others. This, too,
5 satisfying to the one that can give such
Instruction. There IL q delight In impartr |
ng wisdom, as all true teachers know.
What one works for. whether by tongue or
lands, that he gets. His wages are sure
iere, In the satisfaction Of well doing: here !
Ifter, in hearing Gods well doner'
3. Guided by higher light (a) The |