The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-06-15
Lesson for juno II.

Lesson for June II.
PROV %: 20-:5
GOLDEN TEXT -aLook not thou on the
wine when IL Is red. Nv. 81.
90 Who hath woe? VINO hath sorrow?
Who hath contentionsf Who hath COM
plaining2 Who hath Wounds without cause?
Who hath redness OF eyes?
30. They that tarry long at the wine;
they that go TO seek mixed wine.
81. Look not upon the wine when IL 10
red. when II giveth It's color In the cup.
when IL goeth down smoothly.
81 At the last It biteth like q serpent
and stingeth like an adder.
% thine eyes shall see strange things.
and thv heart shall utter forward things
81 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth
down In the midst OF the sea, or as he that
lieth upon the to- OF a mast.
IS They have stricken me, shalt thou
say. and was not hurt; they have beaten
me, and felt IL not: When shall awakef
will seek 1t yet again.
We hay given here the temperance
lesson suggested in the Peloibet Sc
ries. 1t is accor, ing to the more accu-
rate and luminous rendition OF the Re-
vision, the special change, being seen
at verses thirty-dne and thirty-fve.
The Douay Bible reads thus at the
thirty-frst verse: Who hath wo?
Whose father hath wo? Who hath
content o Is? WHO falls into pits? Who
hath wounds without cause? Who
hath redness of eyes The variation,
whose father" occurs through the
simil irity in the Hebrew between the
word for "iather" ard "sorrow, as in
the King James translation. The sec
ond variation, "who falls into pits, Is
likewise int sting in its supposable
derivation. The word is originally to
sink dCwn, hence into "a pit" (Douay)
or into depression o spirits, /. g., COM
planning" or "babb ing" as in King
James.
Another notewort' y variation in the
Vulgate is at verse thirty-four: And
as pilot fast aisle ep when the stern Is
lost" This last reading also occurs
through the re -emblancs in the orig
inal, between the noun mast and the
necessity OF occasional revision.
The rendition of verse thirty-frst.
"Wl en- it goeth down smoothly" is
justified by the Heb ew, which reads
literally, glideth or mCveth with even
ness. Douay: "goeth in down pleas
antly." The whole is st ikingly real
istic account of a drinking DO It and its
attendant features AMI results. Who
is so foe lish as to put him elf to such
voluntary debasement and shame?
Missionary Lesson The Amounted King.
Ps. ,: IL?
(S,c Quarterly f,r text)
The scene sketched here is 10 less
moving: it is thoroughly realistic. The
heather "tumult iously assemb ing"
the people "meditating' margin now
but die measures laying weak hands
on iron cords AMI adamantine lands
it is a strong picture of the Intellectual
wrath of man. On the other hand
there i, in the verses that follow, a no
less stirring glimpse OF the might of
the Lamb. How sudden the announce
ment yet have I set my King" 1t Is
like a trumpet note. Now let right
eousness take Leart-there is some
thing fixed and certain. In holy Zion
n King is set, and thereby our slipping,
sliding feet are set upon a rock.
GOLDEN TENT ASK OF me. and shall
give thee the heather for thine Inherit
nnce "-Ps 2: s.
ASK of me-" SAYS the decree" It
cones right after the declaration,
Thou art my Son." Now, to whomso-
ever this word OF kinship is spoken,
the promise of kin hip in asking is
so given. Ouc adoption as sons gives
sure basis for effe -tual prayer. Be
lois" then ask"
Hints and illustrations.
The missionary le son will give many
II Q opportunity desired for the re-
bearsal of those facts and incidents
which have come before US regarding
worldwide evan gelism through the
recent meeting of the great denomina-
tional societies The fact most impress
sive, perhaps, is that some seventy APP
plicat ons for foreign service are Now
ia the hands of the Missionary Union;
aud yet, in view of the stringency OF
the times and the consequent povery
of resources, the society was not able
to I resent one accepted candidate for
the work abroad We have asked for
open gates. and they are ours; we have
asked for workers, and 10, they come.
Now let prayer arise for means with
which to send the workers through
the open doors and TO strengthen their
hands while they labor. 1t Is time
for much of prayer and sacrifice.
Either lesson is timely. The lessons
of temperance cannot be too often in
culcated in these days, and our main
ho @ now is in the young. A genera
ton, we trust, is growing up, who will
not | e subsery lent t. the rum power in
political raths, and whose solid indoc-
tr nation rs TO the vice of st ong drink
will nerve .hem to wi thstand encroach-
nent in social and commercial ways.
Next LessoI-Review.
Daily Readings.
NJ. The Anointe King. Missionary
Ps. ..
L. The Heather Shall Fear. Ps.
102: 1922.
w. Whosoever. Acts 10: 3i-i3.
II. Salvation for the Gentiles. Acts