Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-06


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Long life, wealth. honor, peace and pleas
ahtness behold the eiements of true pros
pefity
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tite changes Wisdom ID like tree Il
there here reference u The tree of life IN
Edeni Notice, not ali lay hold Of wisdom,
and therefore not al are truly alive. He
who lives In sin and folly is dend In wis
dofn's sight A life that Is not religious Ia
viewed ss death. To lay hold Of wisdom Is
10 believe In Gods way Of salvation. Only
the good and wise man truly lives Adam
was deed In sin when he was prevented
from eating Of the tree Of life. There will
be grove Of the tree Of life IN the heavenly
paradise See Gen III, %; Rev II, 7, xii,
g. (b) Wisdom when won is to be held fast.
There II no promise TO the backslider or
the apostate. (c) Happiness II the reward
Of fidelity and perseverance,
8. Wisdom Ia divine. ta) Jehovah BY
wisdom founded the earth As Schultz
says, "tn The Old Testament the relation OF
the world to God Is declared to be that Of
the Creator to the creature" This was
settled question. When God made the
world, He knew what He was about A
blind force, q cropping tendency, a mere ev-
olutiofi, is unknown 90 the Hebrew sages.
God In wisdom made ell things. Wisdom
is therefore divine, and when men are truly
wise they are most like God. (b) Jesus is
really the wisdom Of Solomon. Compare
John l., I. 8 with Ps. xxxiii O. (c) Two
great deeps there are-the cloudy sky above,
the ocean beneath-and both are under the
control Of God. BY His knowledge He
rules the waves and regulates the dews and
the rains that revive the earth.
IIf-W1sDoMs SAFETY. (Verses 2t-24).
1. Wisdom to be retained. (a) So impor-
tant Is the holding fast to wisdom that the
fatherly admonition to do so is repeated.
Compare verse IS. (b) The mode OF re-
tanning any acquision is to keep it always
In view. SO is it here with wisdoms teach
ings. (c) Genuine wisdom and discretion
must be 30 priced as to be held fast Watch
them as priceless treasures.
2. Wisdom possessed Is life. (a) This, too.
is repetition-life indeed, life to thy soul
(b) Grace Is the outshining of life in the
soul--the ornament Of holy life.
Q. Wisdom secures safety. (a) Walking
In life's ways, the wise man, the true Chris
tian, is kept by the grace of God bringing
wisdom from stumbling. He walks safely
(b) Resting under the protection Of God, lie
rests In safety. (c, He sleeps In sweet con-
6dence, like n babe In its mothers breast
sound, tranquil, safe. Compare Ps. cxxi
3, 4; xci, 1-3; Deut. xxxiii, "a; Pa. iv, 8;
lisa. 1vii, 20, 81.