Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-04-06
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
AN INTERESTING AND INsTRUo-
TIVE LESSON.
Reflections OF an Elsvating Uharactsr--
wholesome Food for Thought = study
ing the scripturai Lesson Inteliigentiy
and Probably.

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Aniiction sanctified.
The lesson for Sunday, April 9th, may
be found In Job v. 1927.
INTRODUCTORY.
No matter when Job was written, or
by whom. 1t Is present day transcript
OF the deepest experiences OF the human
heart, and 1t is dictated In very truth
for US by the Holy Spirit. The lesson
Of It lies at lower depth than some OF
US have been imagining. 1t is trusting
God In the dark. Job Is brought TO see
that. even though he be surrounded by
blankest mystery, even though he can
see no personal advantage in righteous
ness, still for Gods own sake and for
goodness sake 1t pays to be righteous,
TO be good. Precisely there where he
lost sight of self taI abhor myselfs)
and saw only God, his captivity was
turned. So was yours. Unto the up
right there ariseth light in darkness. >
POINTS IN THE LESSON.
Happy" is good, but blessed Is bet
ter. The same word Is used at Psalm
t., 1 {" Blessed is the man.. 1t Is not
easy to be happy under correction. and
yet one can feel himself blest.
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Christening of the Almighty" is a pic
turesque one. Literally it is reject or
refuse not the binding or instruction,
and its original reference seems to be
to the tanning of animals for service.
The horse that keeps spurning the bit,
the OK that kicks against the pricks,
each is conceived OF as missing its best
estate and bringing added evil on itself.
The man who most readily receives
Gods discipline and profits thereby is
the supremely wise man.
Have you gotten to the seventh.
trouble? You never will. The man
who abides with God through six
troubles will not know 1t as trouble
when it comes to the seventh. Deliv-
cred six times, he has reached a stage
which is patience, If not perfection, and
there the evil scarcely touches him, or
as the Hebrew has 1t, reaches him. He
ia beyond it. Brother, sister, do you
know this haven calm?
What is God but strength and Re-
deemer?" He loves TO deliver, he loves
to redeem, which is something more,
The ordinary ills of life are but meth
DDS of trial and means Of glorification,
Is it famine? 1t is opportunity: is it war!
| 1t is opportunity; is 1t worse still, gos-
sip and libel? still 1t is opportunity
| Hold on to God. Or rather let his hand
hold ain the hollow"
~In league with the stones. The
stars fought against Sisera. That was
n league of the wrong sort. The earth
helped the woman; that was something
like it, Here it is in full, in Paul's own
utterance this side Pentecost: al
things work together (co-work) fol
| good to them that love God. A goot
couspiracy-all conspiring for the mar
who loves G cd, and is called Of God. is
J 1t in this sense that the meek shall in
| herit the earth? Then let us claim oul
heritage at once. II God b. for US, al
things are on our side, all things arr
ours. Fasten faiths eye upon the things
| of earth. Learn to rejoice in tribula
ton also.
This Eliphaz, the wise man, hal
searched out and learned from wide
induction. And now hear the persona
appeal with which he closes. Hear /
and honor thou it Tor thy good. Or
do thou know it for thyself. goot
motto this for LIES work. There ar
great many wise maxims floating
ubouu; much of truth has Deen uttvr0'
in the sagacious sayings OF Eliphaz
The question is, shall this truth be ap
out to its legitimate conclusion in tn
life? Only thus do men get help iron
motto or maxim In the lessons whicl
follow from Job we shall see how tn
man Of Uz went forward with the lrutl
and even bettered his instructions.
HINTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
Let us be careful. The tendenc
used to be to take everything said b.
| ~ Inh
truth" On the other hand, the trend O
critical thought seems to be now towar
a large II not total disparagement
They are, forsooth, all wrong. Their
is no occasion for such wholesale re
Fiction. Honor the truth wherever yo
see it. Because job came to a cleare
conclusion at last Is no ground for say
ing that all that went before was false
It was rather truth, and IL not "th
whole truth" was coming at the Who'll
, truth, and was undoubtedly "nothin
but the truth" So esteem the word
of Eliphaz here. He Is from first
last speaking Gods truth. The implie
deductions of their censorius attitud
toward Job in individual applicatio
may have been wrong, but in facts {
existence they brought forward the
: were certainly not amiss. Job himse
led out into the light on stepping-stone
OF truth thrown out by these mel
though half unwittingly. Teacher, yo
need not apologize to-day. This
truth. If you can get up somethin
better, be about it.
Human nature being such as 1t Is.
J Our friend was saying, Human natur
being such as 1t is, you can expect jus
so much as this from the, ordinar
church member" and then he went o
to indicate the doleful proceeds. "Bl
how about the divine nature?" some on
. whispered to his neighbor-he ought
have spoken IL out loud. Surely we al
!, not to leave that out OF the accoun
] our brother does not, dare not. Pete
e says we are made "partakers OF the d
. vine nature" II he is wrong about |
1 and we have not a bit of the divine nj
. ture given to us, then the writer, I,
one, throws up his commission. i
I, has been misled; failure Is certai
Somewhere we have read it: "W
/, wrestle not with flesh and blood, b
< with principalities and powers, /. G
/ we are contending with Satan. VIII
then? This: Set Jehovah, God, ov
n against the adversary. Let the Lo
o fight for US. Here is the secret of el
= durance in trouble and affliction.
God be for us-who Is he that is again
y usl"
Trust the Divine Providence. God
: working out vast designs, and II '
n walt we shall yet see the purpose of
q what II God should, after all, fail you
they said to the old saint. Then he
II do xuoo thn of~