The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON FOR SUNDAY. MARCH 10
Fimeiy Admonitions." Prov. xiii, Is.
~ Golden Text: Eph. w.,
ID. Comsmntary.

Note: A Missionary Lesson has also bes1
suggested for this date. Title. Gods Tiat
Men Make" Isaiah Xiv; 9-2O Rev. Mr..
Stearus has prepared his co nmeutiry in the
Lesson Helper for this lesson.
o. They that make craven image are
sll OF them vanity. and their deiectabls
things shall not profit" Jehovah will yet
be known In all the world. and 10 80 far as
we by word aud deed make known that
Jesus Is jehovah. the only true God ami
! only Saviour. we have the missionary spirit.
Israel was God's chosen people to be Ills
witnesses. hut idols were witnesses unto
themselves that they were vanity. Com
pare verse with this verse. Thoss wno
know not 60 may Worship vanity. but the
people OF God are to worship Him in sp rit
and in truth.
10. "Who hath formed god or molten
a craven image that is profitable for moth.
ing" Surely only those who are blind and
foolish and God has pronounc ID woe upon
all SUCH liab. H.. Is. 10. Israel. Hts own
people. He commanded not to- worship
craven images lex. xS., T. 81. aud yet they
forsook Him and did the very thing Hs
commanded them MT TO do. He has com.
manded US 10 be- His witnesses In the power
OF His Holy Spirit facts o., ~, telling us of
old that His work cannot be done by might or
wisdom Of man. but only by Ills spirit
lIech. ~ ~. vet we. like Israel. turn from
Him aud think more OF rneu iui moueJ
than of Him.
II. Behold. oil his fellows shall b,
ashamed: and the workmsu, they are q.
men, Nothing but shame aud confusion
can attend those who turn from God to men,
for without God nothing eau tie done Johu
w, ~. Real WORK that will stand must bs
God working in US 60 will and to DO OF HIS
good pleasure; all else will come to naught
Tho loftiness 81 man shall bs bowed down
and the hsuyhtincss OF men shall be made
low. aud the Lord alone shall he exalted"
-. He i hungry md his strength faileth.
he ornketh no water AMI is faint" This IL
the smith VINO with fire and hammer and
tongs fashioned the metal OF tue image TO be
worshiped, but lis god which his hands
make cannot siren ythen him nor give him
drink. Contrast the true God, who giveth
power 20 the faint aud u them tnat have no
might. He increasath strength. lie pours
water upon him that is thirsty and floods
upon the dry ground Usa. xl., -: xiv, -.
lj. "The carpenter maketn II after tue
figure OF man, according to ths beauty W
a man. that IL may remain IN the house" A
wooden man, made 10y n man and yet wor.
SHIPPED as god-and there are lots of them
in the world still. We profess to know "A
man, who was also carpenter ani at the
same time true God--tioi manifest in ths
iesh; who died for US and rose again from
the DEAD anu Is now at tho right hand VI
God, truly Col and truly mau. havinx all
power. IL We do really know Him as our
own Saviour and God, then He live, in cur
bodies as Hts abO 10, nnd being In the i:ou,e
He cannot be hid; out how Is it lao Is 50 lit.
tie seen
IL. "He heweth him down cs1ars. hs
plautetI an rst, an l the rain doth nourish
IT. He uses trees which the truo God make
10 grow, aud which are nourished by rain
from heaven. but knows nothing OF trees OF
Righteousness, the painting OF the Lord, that
He might be gloritiei lisa. Xxi, 81 Aud
whyp Because the men who ought 20 bs
like trees planted by the rivers OF water.
bringing forth fruit in season, are forsakiug
the only fountain aud turning away from
God lPs l., 3; Jer. H., 49,.
10. "He mHkett ~ "A craven image and
falleth down thereto" Ths same wood with
which he wPrms himself and bakes his
bread he woi ships as his god. He dos not
know rSNo gives him life aud breath aud all
things, and seems not To have hoard OF tho
God VINO fed Israel for forty years with
pread rom heaven Jesus says TO Us that
lie Is the Breat OF Lite which came down
IRON heaven. and thar Ho gives Himself Tor
the life OF ths word ID ohl vi 81
10. He eateth icsn. ho roas;vGh roast an
Is satisfied Neat aud drink aud the nOur-
ishment OF his animal life are all he cares
tor. He lives like the brute Dessts, lik,
those to-day who say they have no time for
church ana religion; they must earn liv-
ing. aud think that things of heaven ara
only Tor those wno ars SICK aud uying, OF
uged people aud little chill rsu.
IL. And the residue thereof he mlketh
goo, and worshipsth II, ani prayetn unto
it, Are we reading OF south Sea islam Ter,
or OF people from the heart o. Atrc,, who
know no better; No, wearereailus OC peo-
pie near o. Israel AMI of mani in israel.
that Nation wnicn Col eX lltsi above all
Nations, that through them He might bs
known, and this tells how they had fallen.
Tat walt, % church OF Cod ers you con.
damn Nnaft
and brought forth iruit unto himself (Hos.
4, u. What are you doing with your on.
tertainments aud lectures aul line ,ic anl
works OF mems hearts and hanis, bowing
down TO these things aud TO people OF Gu.
lure and influence, instead vi bowing to Goi
alone.
Is. They have not known nor under
stood, FOR ne hath shut their eyes that they
cannot see. - Tns greatest thing ON eartn
Is the knowledge OF God: II i better tnau
all earthly wisdom or rlcles o. might iJar.
ix., 23, 2N jesus said, This l. life eternn',
10 know Thee, the only tru' God, and Jesus
Christ, whom Thou hast sent tJohn xvii,
-. And Paul counted ali things but loss
for the excelency OF the knowledge OF Jesus
Christ phil ill.,, 81 Because Israel delib-
erately ana willfully turned away from her
God He therefore shut her eyes aud hard
ened her heart. Compare lsa. vi, =, lu
Msth, xiii, l3.
~. AM none tpnHlucItlu ih h''N'
No one seemed 10 have senss enough To say,
Here is wood OF which make "A firc to warm
me, and bake my bread, and roast my meat,
ana the rest worship as "A god, falling down
TO the stock of tree. When once men turn
away from the word Of Gol, they are ready
TO believe any delusion. and they will hnd
plenty Ill Thess. H., lO-l2l.
90. HE feedeth on ashes, deceived heart
hath turned him aside that he can not de-
liver his soul" Ii we heed not promptly
and only the word OF God, satan viii con-
tinually deceive us and give US ashes for
bread. See how the church is deceived to-
day. fancying that she Is Israel, and that her
mission is 10 convert tue world, and that she
has plenty OF time 20 do 10 in. See how the
people follow those who destroy the Word,
and leaven their food till IL seems as II tbs
whole was leavened already. Let us turn
eyes and hearts 10 Hin who is expecting
till HIS enemies he made His footstool'
Heb. T., 1877, and filed with His spirit live
10 make Him known, obeying 10 the utmost
His command, go ye into all tue world and
preach the Gospel 10 every creature then
shall We realiz, His "Lo, | am with you
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