Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-06
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practical btisitess ~ life N is wisdom
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lated life. Let us hear The sage's praise Of
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WISDOM r. PROFITABLE. VERSES IL
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T. Christening Is profitable (a) An nd.
vice II given, and the reason for obeying
this advice IL added. The sages do not al
ways speak In logical form, but the logic is
thefs notwithstanding. God deals with us
as reasonable creatures; therefore the com
tnand has feason annexed TO IL. Nay,
more, God uses tenderness In His style Of
address. Not only does heavenly wisdom
give ,is reason for her advice, but she
dweIls IN God, who speaks TO us as "Our
Father which art In heaven" Ponder the
first words, my SON" He might demand
our obedience by n show Of might, but lie
would rather win ~ by the tenderness Of
parents love, (b) The command is given
In the form of parallellsm, as Hebrew
poetry is generally given, one part along
side Of another. I. Despise not the correc-
ject II. "Correction" or "chastening"
Fiction of pain for The benefit and improve
meDt Of the sufferer. "Of Jehovah, and
therefore right, wise and loving. 2. 'Joath
not His rebuke"--do not feel impatient
moody, obstinate, III natured sick at heart
The Hebrew word means loathing such
as one might have when sick In regard TO
ones food. Thus we are neither, on the one
hand, 20 despise, reject, refuse Jehovah's
correction, nor on the other, loatbe, abhor,
sickeb at 10, but receive II, NJ It really is,
for our good. (c) TO chasten a
child II by no means proof Of unltind-
ness. Take care, however, Of the false In
ference that every sufferer Of pain Is child
under the correction Of u fatberly hand
The criminal In Jail II punished for an ex-
ample. His reformation II secondary
But the parent that corrects
u child bas always the good Of the child In
view. Such good kind, loving, tender ~
thcr God Isl lie chasteDs us for our profit
This beautiful pagsago II Of perpetual use
In consoling Christians suffering under The
rod Of Providence. William Arnot says;
'"The very gems that sparkled In the din.
dem Of David's son appear again reset In n
circlct Of glory round the head Of David's
Lord. Heaven and earth shall pass away,
but none of these precious words shall fail"
When the author OF the eplstle TO the lie
brews wished 10 comfort Jewish Christians
he could find nothing better than this pas
sage and upbraids them for seeming TO for.
get It's teaching Heb. xii, D, 9, and compare
Ps. xcIv, ~; job v, II; Jas. v. II; Rev. Ill,
10, and Ps. cxix, 81, ~. This was not "a
new idea Of SolomOn's Sec Deut. wifi, ..
Now He comforts the individual believer
and corrccts him for his good
Q. The pleasures Of wisdom. (a) The
hymn 20 wisdom begins with beBedic-
tion. 1.-THE bappiDesses" "ashei'--the same
word ~ IN Ps. I. l. Multiplied pleas
urcs and blessings are his who finds wis
dom. Wisdom brings with her rich dover
OF blessings. (b) Found" implies not
only that he got but that he keeps wis
dom. He possesses II permanently I'm
derstnndIng" ~ n branch Of wisdom; II
means that the finder Of wisdom could
distinguish good thing from what was
either useless or evil (c) The word get
teth" In Hebrew means "draweth out" w.
the marginal rcadinR shows IL means
that the wisdom that he got, the under
standing that made him wise, he drew out
OF Gods store OF spiritual goods and OF
practical experience In life.
8. The gain that wisdom bcstows (a)
The merchandise Of wisdom" Is rather
difficult phrase Many expositors take II
literally, ~ II IL meant that one buys wis
dom with the labor Of searching for II, but
that such merchandise II more profitable
than ordinary trading. DR.. Plumptre sees
here an ailusioD ~ Solomon's commerce
with foreign lands-ships going 10 Tarshish
and 10 Ophlr for the precious metals. To
seek and find wisdom Was more profitable
commerce than even that. But Zockler
renders II, "Better is her .ocamulation than
the accumulation Of silver" This would
intimate that, apart from tho wealth that
wisdom brings, the search for IL, the gath
ering OF II, the increasing Of II, are dc
Light. Many have thought with Sir VII
liam Hamilton, that the search Tor
trutb--the requirement Of wisdom
lis more intense pleasure than the
possession Of II. The rich man has
more pleasure IN gaining wealth than In
looking at IL when gained. 80 II Is with
truth and the search for truth. Only God
has all wisdom. Our search for more and
more Of II II the happiest activity OF our
minds. (b) The possession OF wisdom Is
compared 20 "rIbIes" II Is disputed wheth'
er pearls or rubies or red coral or sardius,
be here meant. Rubies accOrds best with
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