The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-03-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.


wherein is excess; but be filled with the spirit
-Eph. 5:1S
THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. See Lesson ",
Second quarter.
LESSON NOTES.
my SOM" The wise man now ad-
dresses his disciple, who Is to him as a
son. .'If thine heart be wise:" Better,
becometh wise. Wisdom is Unborn in
no one. true Arabian proverb says:
1.-THE wise man knows how the fool
feels, for he himself was once a fool"
The second part of the saying is: But
fool knows not how a wise man feels
for he has never been a wise man." /
heard this many years ago, from the
mouth of the American missionary
Schauffier, in Constantinople. Folly is
bound up in the heart of child, accord
ing to 22:15, which must be driven out
by severe discipline The wisdom must
be wisdom of the heart, true, deep, be-
longing to the very sources of life.
my heart shall rejoice:" Not only the
heart OF the son, but my heart-his
teacher, his parent, ''even mine"
le. "Yea, my reins (kidneys, shall re-
joice:" Here and elsewhere, the "reins,"
as being among the most inward Of the
onward parts" of the body, are looked
on as the seat of the deepest and strong
est emotions. "When thy lips speak
right things" As the fruit Of a right
heart and wise mind. Words are the
easiest outlet for the inner life, and,
when rightly judged, declare what the
soul is.
H. LET not thine heart envy, look
longingly, at the prosperity of sinners"
At first sight they sometimes seem to be
more prosperous and have greater
pleasures than the good, so that the
saying has arisen: "Be good and you will
be happy, but not have SO much fun"
When Socrates was asked what was
most troublesome to good men, he re-
piled: "The prosperity Of the wicked:"
Here, then, is great temptation. It
needs an antidote in reason. There is
no reason for this envy. They are not
truly happy. We look at them from the
outside; the dark discomfort of the
heart Is concealed from us.
But be thou in the fear of the Lord"
The fear, not of cowardice or repulsion,
but the reverence that recognizes the
greatness and goodness of the Lord, the
danger of disobeying Him, and the
blessedness of dwelling under the
shadow of His wings. "All the day long,"
One is not real servant OF God who is
one only occasionally, and one does not
belong to O school who merely goes
once in awhile through the building.
1s. "For surely there is an end" A
fl ,ure which will right all the wrongs
of the present; there is a glorious har-
vest in the days to come Of the seed
planted amid self-denials and trials; and
of this future tho expectation shall
not be cut or"
10. Hear thou, my son, and be wise:"
Listen to advice, and look at the re-
suits OF the two courses.
20. BE not among winebibbers:"
Who are wasting their bodies and souls
for the sake 81 temporary pleasures,
which have death 1t the bottom of the
cup. Among riotous caters Of flesh"
Gluttons ct feasts, eating merely for
pleasure, and who, by bad company
and gluttonous eating, are selling their
birthright of nealth, of character and
Immortality for mess Of pottage.
81, "For:" Avoid such company. be-
cause the results of their conduct are
plain. He that goes into bad company
has already more than half fallen. "Tbe
drunkard and the glutton shall come to
poverty" Drinking is the natural op-
posite of hard and honest work. When
the love Of it takes possession of a man
he is sure to become useless and un-
productive member of society. A
drunken people are In the end an in
capable people; their wealth declines,
their industries pass over to soberer
rivals, their qualities of brain and
muscle gradually disappear. This is
partly owing to the deterioration of
mind and body which results from the
excessive use of stimulants; but it is
still more due to wider cause. We
know quite well that ''he that loveth
Measure shall he a moor man. ha that