The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-05-11
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.


international Lesson for May IL, 1893
Fruits of Wisdom-Prov. 12; lilo.
arranged from Peloubets Notes)
GOLDEN TExr.-The fruit OF the righteous Is
tree of life, and he that winneth souls is wise.
Prov. II: 80
THE PALACE OF WISDOM AND THE PAVILION
OF FoLLY.-In the ninth chapter we have
picture of two personages with their invita-
tions to men which are as real now as in Solo
mons time. There is Q kind Of competiti
between Wisdom and Follyk between Right
eousness and SIM between Virtue and Vice;
and the allurements OF the two are disposed in
an intentional parallelism; the coloring and ar
rangerlent are Of such kind that 1t becomes
incredible how any sensible person, or for that
matter even the simple himself could for O mo-
ment hesitate between the noble form of Wis
dom and the meretricious attractions Of Folly.
The two voices are heard in the high places Of
the cfty each Of them invites the passers-by,
especially the simple and unsophisticated-the
one into her fair palace, the other into her foul
and deadly house. The words of their invita-
ton are very similar: "Whoso is simple, let him
turn in hither; as for him that is void
of understanding, she saith to him;"
but how different is the burden Of the two
messagesi Wisdom offers life, but is silent
about enjoyment; Folly offers enjoyment,
but says nothing of the death which
must surely ensue. The Palace of Wisdom is
very attractive; well built and well furnished,
"
WITH its open colonnades, it seems of itself to
invite all passers-by to enter in guests. 1t is
reared upon seven well-known marble pillars
in quadrangular FORM with the entrance side
left wide open. There is no shifting tent or
tottering hut but an eternal mansion that lacks
Through the spacious doorways NAV be seen
the great courtyard, in which appear the prep
arations for q perpetual feast And now the
beautiful owner of the palace has sent forth
her maidens into the public ways OF the city to
invite with winning friendliness, to offer this
rare repast-
The Pavilion of Folly stands also near the
street of the city, and with every meretricious
and tawdry attraction calls to the passers-by
TO come to her secret pleasures, inviting them
not to leave of their simplicity, but rather that
their ignorance may be confirmed into vice.
Her house is indeed haunted with ghosts, and
when man enters her portal he already has his
foot in hell
THE SERIES OF CONTRASTS.
The School of Wisdom versus The
Paradise of Fools.-1. "Who SO loveth
correction" instruction, discipline,
schooling, loveth knowledge. Because
the discipline is the only way by which
to obtain knowledge. But he that
hateth reproof is brutish:" Is as insen-
sible to higher aspirations to regret for
the past or hope of amendment, as a
brute beast.
The Favor of God versus Condemna.
tion.-2. "A good man" Good in the
sense of benevolent; man who acts ac-
cording to the ruling motive of self
sacrificing love. ''Shall obtain favor
of the Lord" For he is like the Lord,
who is love, and is always good to all.
The Transient versus the Eternal
8. "a man shall not be established by
wickedness:" His fortunes shall be tran
sient, his prosperity short lived, his
pleasures fleeting, his mind restless,
his memory shall perish. But the
root of the righteous shall never be
moved:" The righteous, on the con-
trary, have their root in God; nothing
can tear them from the ground in which
they are rooted; they are as trees which
no storm outroots.
The Family Crown and Cross.L"A
virtuous woman is a crown to her hus-
band:" She is crown adorning and
beautifying his life; crown of honor,
of happiness, of success. "But she that
maketh ashamed, or doeth shamefully,
is as rottenness of his bones:" Under
mining and destroying the very sup
port of the family, ''saps his exist
ence," "deprives him of strength and
vigor."
The Souls Fountain. ''The
thoughts of the righteous are JUST" Be-
cause they flow from a right heart and
true character. "But the counsels:"
Their plans, their carefully thought
out schemes and measures. Are de-
ceit:" False, deceiving others and even
themselves.
The Power of the Tongue.-Vers. 6,
13. 6. 1.-THE words of the wicked are of
lying in wait:" j. e., they mean malice,
they are the expression of blood
thirsty and murderous disposition.
"The mouth of the upright shall de-
liver them" l. e., those whose lives are
threatened by the goddess.
13. "The transgression of the lips is
snare:" Gets the wicked into trouble.
''But the righteous" shall escape, be-
cause his words are right and true.
The Permanent versus the Evanes-
cent. ''The wicked are overthrown,"
etc.: There comes from some quarter
an unparalleled overthrow which over
whelms the goddess; thus no rising up
again is to be thought on, it is all over
with them; while, on the contrary, the
house of the righteous withstands the
storm which sweeps away the goddess.
Approval by Others.-s. "a man shall
be commanded" etc.: A man who gives
practical proof of wisdom by life and
character, whose words and actions
show that he is actuated by high views,
is praised and acknowledged by all.
Empty Honors.-9. 'Better is he that