Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-04-28
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON v, SECOND QUARTER, INTER.
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 30.

20. Wisdom crieth without; she utterett
her voice in the streets" When we read r
ile New Testament such words as these,
Christ, the wisdom of God, ""Who of God
IL made unto us wisdom q Cor /, "a, 30).
we have no difficulty in understanding who
Is meant in this book by wisdom Just rs
Jesus Christ is both the living personal
word and also the written word, so He is
wisdom ar to His person and as to His ut
terances. II is no wonder, then, that it is
written, Wisdom is the principal thing.
therefore get wisdom Gv, ..
q "She crieth in the chief place OF con
course, in the openings of the gates. In the
city she uttereth her words, saying" The
great multitude are in the broad way Of
self and self pleasing With little or no
thought of "A hereafter and II day of iudg.
ment They care not for the fact that
Whatsoever man soweth that shall ho
also reap" and their only thought is pleas
ure and prosperity here and now (Math
vii, ID; Gal vi y. Wisdom is represented
AS calling unto them as they hurry along
their downward road.
% How long, ye simple ones, will ye
love simplicity, and the scorners delight in
their scorning and fools hate knowledge"
Simple ones, if they believe the devil are
easily led astray If they believe God, they
are easily led Alright If they go astray,
they are soon among the scorners and the
fools. Yet wisdom loves them and cries
unto them; "How long," "fIow long shall
thy vain thoughts lodge within theey"
How long wilt thou refuse to humble thy
self before Me" der. iv. ii, FIX. X, 3)Y
% Turn you at My reproof: behold will
pour out My Spirit unto you will make
known My words unto you" He calls so
lovingly, so patiently, so perseveringly
Come unto Me; return unto the Lord
turn, o backsliding children; take with
you words and turn to the Lord" These
are some of the many words of the Lord to
the erring ones as He entreats them to
come unto Him lisa. w, 3, Z; Jer. iii, |, Z,
II, IA, Hos xiv, y. He only asks us to tuln
to Him, and He will do all the rest, giving
His words and His Spirit, His words which
are Spirit and Life (John vi, 3d.
"a. Because have called, and We refused
have stretched out my hand, and no man
regarded" 1t does not seem possible that
people who had been so wondrously dealt
with could so treat such love, but the hu
man heart is still the same, and the same
love on His part is turned away from by
those to whom His hands are imploringly
stretched out How is it with you?
% But ye have set at naught all My coun
sci, and would none of My reproof" They
Knocked the messengers of God, and de
spised His words, and misuscd His prophets
until the wrath of the Lord arose against
His people, till there was no remedy
Oil Chron. XXXvi, 49, They even went SC
far as to say. I'VE have made covenant
with death, and with hell are we at agree
ment; we have made lies our refuge, and
under falsehood have we hid ourselves
lisa. xviii, l5) Like the men before the
food, whose houses God filled with good
things, they said unto God, depart from
us, what can the Almighty do for u.s.
Job xii, IL 49,?
26. 81 also will laugh at your calamity ]
will mock when your fear cometh." What
soever man soweth, that shall he also
reap, and he that soweth the wind shall
reap the whirlwind" gal. vi, Z; Hos. viii,
y. Concerning all who take counsel
against Him it is written, HE that stitch
in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall
have them in dersion" (2s. H. y, and if
His loving invitations are persistently de
spised we must remember His words,
None of those men which were hidden
shall taste OF my supper" duke xiv, 24).
% when your fear cometh rs desola-
ton and your destruction cometh as a
whirlwind: when distress and anguish
cometh upon you" In due time these things
will come upon all who despise His love
and make light of His salvation. Because
there is wrath, beware lest He take thee
/ fif II Hic or pl
cannot delive. thee dob xxxvi, lS).
rs. Then shall they call upon me, but
will not answer; they shall seek me early,
but they shall not find me-" Then shall
| they cry unto the Lord, but He will not
hear them; He will even hide His face from
them at that time, as they behaved them
selves i'll in their doings (Mic. iii, ~. He
told jeremiah that the intercession of Moses
! and Samuel could not save the nation, and
| He told Ezekiel that the presence of Noah,
Daniel and Job would be of no avail (Jer
XIV, /; EZek. xiv, II, 20). Sin may become
so great that nothing will do but judgment.
20. For that they hated knowledge and
did not choose the fear of the Lord" They
say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire
not the knowledge of Thy ways Dob xxi, 14).
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
wisdom, "A foundation of life, great treas
ure prov. i, Z; tx, 10; xiv, 81; Isa xxxiii, g.
But they had no reverence for God, no re
spect for His ways, no gratitude for His
gifts The fool says there is no God, and
many one who would not say this wishes
that there was no God The carial mind
is enmty against God (Rom. viii, y.
80. They would none of my counsel; they
despised all my reproof" Our Lord Jesus
said that whatsoever heard His words, but
did them not, was like a man building on
sand, only to have everything swept away
(Math. viii 90, 27).
81. wherefore shall they eat of the fruit
of their own way and be filled with their
own devices" Their own wickedness will
correct them and their backslidngs re
prove them. Hear, o earth; behold, will
bring evil upon this people, even the fruit
of their thoughts, because they have not
hearkened unto my words der. H. 10; vi
l9). If people will not receive the truth
God will let them receive delusion and q
lie Oh Thess. ii, l0-l2). He simply lets them
have their own way, with its consequences
if they insist on having it.
32. For the turning away of the simple
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