Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-14
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY
CONSIDERED.
4 Scholarly IMPOSITION Of the Lesson-
Thoughts Worthy Of Calm Rsnscsion-
HALF IN Hours Study OF the scripturss-
Time Well Spent.
Lesson for june IL.
An m ~

a1sms Wen Spent
Lesson for june II.
| PROV. 20: 29-a5
GoLDEN TExr-sLook not thou on tho
wine when IL IL red. W. 81
90 Who hath woe? Who hath SORROW
Who hath conten tions? Who hath COM
planning? Who hath wounds without causef
Who hath redness OF eyes?
90 They that tarry long at the winei
they that go to seek mixed wine.
81. Look not upon the wine when ~ 10
red. when II giveth its color In the cup.
| when It goeth down smoothly.
81 At the last 1t biteth like serpent
and stingeth like an adder
ga Thine eyes shall see strange things.
and thy heart shall utter forward thinsa
"a Yea, thou shalt be as he that iieth
down in the midst of the sea, or as he That
lieth upon the top of q mast
as They havo stricken me. shalt thou
say. and was not hurt; they have beaten
me. and felt IL not: When shall awakeF
| i will seek It yet again.
We have given here the temperance
lesson suggested in the Peloubet Sc
ries. 1t is according to the more accu-
rate and luminous rendition OF the Re-
vision, the special changes being seen
at verses thirty-one and thirty-five.
The Douay Bible roads thus at the
|
Whose father hath wo? Who hath
contentious? Who falls into pits? Who
hath wounds without cause? Who
hath redness OF eyes" The variation,
whose father" occurs through the
similarity in the Hebrew between tho
word for father" and sorrow" as in
the King James translation. The sec
ond variation, "who falls into pits, Is
likewise int esting in its supposable
derivation. The word is originally to
sink down. hence into "a pit" (Douayl
or into depression OF spirits, !. e., COM
planning" or 1babbling" as in King
James.
Another noteworthy variation in the
Vulgate is at verse thirty-four: "And
| as pilot fast asleep when the stern Is
lost" This last reading also occurs
| through the resemblance in the orig
| inal, between the noun mast and the
verb lose or destroy. 1t illustrates the
necessity OF occasional revision.
The rendition of verse thirty-flrst.
| "Wbon it goeth down smoothly" Is
| justified by the Hebrew, which reads
| literally, glideth or moveth with even
ness. Douay: "goeth in down pleas
antly." The whole is astrikingly real
! istic account of drinking DO 1T and its
| attendant features and results. Who
is so foolish as to put him. elf to such
| voluntary debasement and shame:
Missionary Lesson The Anointed King.
Ps. 2: LIP.
(see Quarterly fer text.)
The scene sketched here is 70 less
moving; it is thoroughly ~callstic. The
| heathen unanimously assembling"
| the people 'meditating' tmarginl now
L. 4 L.. II han nd lie
| on iron cords and adamantlne bands
| it is strong picture of the Intellectual
| wrath of man. On the other hand
| there Is, in the verses that follow, nc
less stirring glimpse OF the might OF
| the Lamb. How sudden the announce
ment yet have / set my King 1t Is
| like trumpet note. Now let right
eousness take hoart-there Is some
thing fixed and certain. In holy Zion
| King is set, and thereby our slipping,
sliding feet are set upon a rock.
GOLDEN TEXT. ASK Of me. and shall
give thee the heathcn for thine Inherit
ance "-Ps .: s
"Ask of me-" says the decree" It
comes 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
also given. Our adoption as sons gives
| sure basis for effectual prayer. Be
| sons" then ASK"
Hints and illustrations.
The missionary lesson will give many
| the opportunity desired for the re-
| hearsal of those facts and incidents
which have come before us regarding
| worldwide evangelism through the
recent meeting of the great denomina-
! tional societies. The fact most impress
| sive, perhaps, is that some seventy APP
| p|ications for foreign service are now
| in the hands of the Missionary Union:
| and yet, in view of the stringency of
| the times and the consequent povery
| of resources, the society was not able
| to present 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
hope now is in the young. A genera
tion, we trust, Is growing up, who will
| not be subservient to the rum power in
| political paths, and whose solid indoc-
| trination as to the vice of strong drink
will nerve them to Withstand encroach-
ment in social and commercial ways.
| Next Lesson-Review.
Daily Readings.
NJ. The Amounted King. Missionary
| Ps. 2.
7. The Heather Shall Fear. Ps.
102: 1922.
w. Whosoever Acts 10: 3i-43.
| T. Salvation for the Gontiles. Acts
13: 444g.
+. The King Cometh. 2ech. 8: Oil.
! s. A Scepter Of Righteousness. Heb
| 1: ella.
S. Crowned with Glory. Heb. 2:
6-l3.
| Breakfast or Pillow Verses.
| M. "Why do we sit still?" jeremiah.
L. "By mercy and truth iniquity Is
purged. Solomon
| ". 20, Lord God, remember me,
pray thee, and strengthen me. Sam
| son.
T. Unto thee, o Lord, do l lift up
my soul. David.
+. mo man can serve two masters. Z"
| Jesus.
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