The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-03-17
the SUNDAY SCHOOL.

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International Lesson for March 10. 1905
Timely Admoutttons-Pr -; 1888.
Golden TExr-And be not drunk With wilma
wherein is excess; but be niled with the spirit
-Eph STA
THE BOOK or PRovEnB2 SEQ IAssoa ".
Second quarter.
LESSON NOTES.
"My SOM" The wise man now ad-
dresses his disciple, who Is TO him a. .
son. III thine heart be WISE" Better.
becometh wise. Wisdom il Unborn in
no one. A true Arabian proverb says:
1.-THE wise man knows how the fool
feels. for he himself was once fool"
The second part Of the saying Is: but
q fool knows not how q wise man feels.
for he has never been wise man." /
heard this many years ago, from the
mouth of the American missionary
Schaufiler, in Constantinople. Folly Is
bound up in the heart Of child, accord
ing to 22:15, which must be driven out
by severe discipline. The wisdom must
be wisdom of the heart. true, deep, be-
longing to the very sources OF life
my heart shall rejoice:" Not only the
heart of the son, but my heart-hiS
teacher. his parent, ''even mine"
TO- yea. my reins (kidneys) shall re-
joice:" Here and elsewhere, the ''reins,"
as being among the most inward of the
inward parts" Of the body, are looked
on as the seat of the deepest and strong
est emotions. when thy lips speak
right things" As the fruit of right
heart and wise mind Words are the
easiest outlet for the inner life, and,
when rightly judged. declare what the
soul is.
II. LET not thine heart envy, look
longingly, at the prosperity OF sinners"
At first sight they sometimes seem TO DO
more prosperous and have greater
pleasures than the good. so that the
saying has arisen: "Be good and you will
be happy. but not have so much fun"
When Socrates was asked what was
Piled: 1.-The prosperity Of the wicked"
Here. then, is a great temptation. Il
needs an antidote in reason. There Is
no reason for this envy. They are not
truly happy. We look at them from the
outside: the dark discomfort of the
heart is concealed from us.
but be thou in the fear of the Lord"
The fear, not Of cowardice or repulsion,
but the reverence that recognizes the
greatness and goodness of the Lord, the
danger of disobeying Him, and tho
blessedness of dwelling under the
shadow of His wings. IAN the day long"
One is not a real servant of God who is
one only occasionally. and one does not
belong to a school who merely goes
once in awhile through the building.
IS. "For surely there is an end" A
future which will right all the wrongs
of the present; there is glorious har-
vest in the days TO come of the seed
planted amid self-denials and trials; and
of this future the expectation shall
not be cut off.
10. Hear thou. my son, and be wise:"
Listen TO advice, and look at the re-
suits Of the two courses.
20. BE not among winebibbcrs:"
Who are wasting their bodies and souls
for the sake of temporary pleasures,
which have death at the bottom of the
cup Among riotous eaters of hesh,"
Gluttons at feasts, eating merely for
pleasure. and who, by bad company
and gluttonous eating. are selling their
birthright Of health, Of character and
Immortality for mess Of pottage-
81. For" Avoid such company, be-
cause the results Of their conduct arc
plain. He that goes into bad company
has already more than half fallen. Tho
drunkard and the glutton shall come to
poverty" Drinking is the natural OPP
positc of hard and honest work. When
the love of it takes possession of q man
he is sure to become useless and UNI
productive member of society. A
drunken people are in the end an in
capable people; their wealth declines.
their industries pass over to soberer
rivals. their qualities of brain and
muscle gradually disappear. This IS
partly owing to the deterioration of
mind and body which results from the
excessive use of stimulants; but it is
still more due to wider cause. We
know quite well that "he that loveth
pleasure shall be a poor man; he that
loveth wine and oil shall not be rich"
Drinking is, after all. only a pronounced
symptom of large vicc-self-indul-
Hcuce, anu scll-lHuuiktitt - AWAY .
fatal in the long run to all the habits
and activities which men very properly
honor. "And drowsiness." The leth-
argy. long sleeping. which necessarily
follows life of riot and revelry.
% "IIearkcn unto thy father" For
he has seen more Of life and is anxious
for your good. One of the first steps
and a long step it is-to ruin, Is dis
obedience to parents, doing in secret
those things which we know they
would disapprove.
3d. Buy the truth" Truth is free to
all, but. like all the best of Gods gifts,
demands sacrifice and labor in order To
obtain it. These are its price. Truth
clearly seen. the highest spiritual truth.
the truth experienced, wrought into tho
character. can be obtained only ut .
great price in labor, self sacrifice and
perseverance. But 1t Is worth moro
than il costs. "And sell il not:" Men
sell the truth for pleasure, for idleness.
for appetite. for riches. for worldly sue
cess. Whatever leads them TO give
up the search for truth. the love