Passaic City record., 1893-04-29
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
APRIL so.
Lesson Text: "Wisdom's Warming
Prov. j.. 2O-33 - Golden Text:
Heb. xii, documentary.


her voice in the Streets When we read in
the New Testament such words as these.
ssChrist the Wisdom of God" Who of God
is made unto us wisdom q Cor. l., "a, 30.
we have no difficulty in understanding VINO
is meant in this book bv wisdom. Just as
Jesus Christ is both the living personal word
and also the written word, so He is wisdom
as to His person and as to His utterancss. 1t
is no wonder, then. that it is written, wis
dom is the principal thing; therefore get
wisdom" Gv., y.
21 'sShe crieth in the chief place OF con-
course in the openings of the gates. In the
city she uttereth her words, saying" The
great multitude are in the broad way OF self
and self pleasing, with little or no thought
of hereafter and day of judgment. They
care not for the fact that 'wnatsoever
man soweth that shall he also reap" and
their only thought IS pleasure and prosper
itv here and now (Math. vii, ID; Gal. ", q.
Wisdom is represented as calling unto them
as they hurry along their downward road.
% s'How long, ye simple ones, will ye
love simplicity, and the scorners delight in
their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?'
Simple ones, if they believe the devil, are
easily led astray. If they believe God, they
are easily led Alright. If they go astray,
they are soon among the scorners and the
fools. Yet wisdom loves them and cries
unto them: s'How longw '.How long shall
thy vain thoughts lodge within thee"
.snow long wilt thou refuse to humble thy
self before Me- tJer. iv., IA; Elk. K. 81?
%. s.Turn you at Ny reproof; benold |
will pour out My Spirit unto you: l will
make known Ny words unto YOU" Hecalls
so lovingly, so patiently. SO perseveringly.
.sCome unto Me: return unto the Lord;
turn. o backsliding children; take with you
words and turn to the Lord" These are
some OF the many words OF the Lord to the
erring ones as He entreats them to come
unto Him lisa. w., 3, Z; Jer. Ill, /, Z, II, IA;
Hos. xiv, p. He only asks us to turn to
Him, and He will do all the rest, giving His
words and His Spirit, His words which are
Spirit and Life John vi. 63l.
"a. because have called, and ye refused,
/ have stretched out My hand, and no man
regarded 1t does not seem possible that
people who had been SO wondrously dealt
with could SO treat such love, but the human
heart is still the same, and the same love on
His part is turned away from by those to
whom His hands are imp.oringly stretched
out. How is it with you.
25. '.But We have set at au2ht all Ny
counsel, and would none of My reproof."
They Knocked the messengers OF God and
despised His words, and misused His proph-
cts until the wrath OF the Lord arose
against His people, till there was no remedy.
dI enron. xxxvi.. 16). They even went so
far as to say, 1--WE have made a convenant
with DEATH and with hell are we at agree
ment; we have made lies our refuge, and
under falsehoo1 have we hid ourselves lisa.
xviii. 15D. Like the men before the flood.
whose houses God filed with good things,
they said unto God, "Depart from US; what
can the Almighty do for us' Dob xxi., Is.
49,?
26. II also will laugh at your calamity; /
will mock when your fear cometh." What.
soever man soweth, that shall he also reap.
ami he that soweth the wind shall reap the
whirlwind' gal. vi, z; Hos. viii, y. Con-
cerning all who take counsel against Him it
is written, "He that sitteth in the heavens
shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in
derision" FPS. H., A., and if His loving invi-
tations are persisJentlv despised we must re-
member His words, 'sNone OF those men
which were hidden shall taste OF Ny sup
per" duke xiv. "a.
q. when your fear cometh as desola-
tion and your destruction as whiriwind;
when distress and anguish cometh upon
you" In due time these things will come
upon all who despise His love and make
light of His salvation. Because there is
wrath, beware lest He take thee away with
His stroke. then great ransom cannot de-
liver thee JOB xxxvi., 49,.
2S Then shall they call upon Me- but
will not answer; they shall seek Me early,
but they shall not find Me-" Then shall they
cry unto the Lord, but He will not hear
them; He will even hide His face from them
in their doings (Mic. iii, A.. He told Jere-
miah toat the intercessicn of Moses and
Samuel could not save the Nation, and Hs
told Ezekiel that the presence of Moan.
Daniel and job would be of no avail DER.
xv., l; Ezek. xiv, ii, 20,. Sin may become
SO great that nothing will do but iudg nent.
49, For that they hated knowledge and
did not choose the fear of the Lord.n They
say unto God. Depart from US, for we desire
not the know edge of Thy ways Job xxi,
14J. The fear of the Lord is the beginning
of wisdom, a foun lation of life great treas
ure PROV. l.. Z; tx, 10; xiv. 27; 1sa. xxxii.,
O.. But they had no reverence for God, no
respect for His ways, no gratitude for His
gifts. The fool says there is no God, and
many one who would not say this wishes
that there was no God. The carnaI mind is
enmity against God Rom. viii, q.
30. "fhey would none OF My counsel; they
despised all My reProof." Our Lord Jesus
said that whosoever heard His words, but
did them not, was ike a man building on
sand, only to have everything swept away
(Math. vii, 26 27.
81. Therefore, shall they eat of the fruit
Oh their own way ard be filed with their
own Devices Their own wickedness will
correct them and their backsiidings reprove
them. Hear. o earth; behold. will bring
evil upon this people, even the fruit of their
thoughts, because they have not hearkenei
unto nv words Jer. ii, 10; vi, 19). Ii
people will not receive the truth. God will
let them receive delusion and lie I'll Thess.
IL, 10-12). He simply lets them have their
own way, with its consequences, if they
insist on having it.
80. s'For the turning away Of the simple
shall slay them. and the prosperity of fools
shall destroy them" To turn way from
God is to turn ones back on the only source
of love and light. 1t is to choose darkness
rather than light John ill.,. 19,.
SO. But whose harkeneth unto Me shall
dwell safely and shall be quiet from fear of
evil" What a wonderful salvation our
wonderful Lord has provided for His enc
mics if they will only turn to Him In true
penitence. Life, eternal life, abun liant par
don, forgiveness of all sins, with the assur-
ance of there being no more remembered,
an inheritance incorru otible, joint heir
ship with Jesus Christ, with the promise of
all things temporal and spiritual that we