The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-21
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for Scp:embcr s3s
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,.oLD~. TAXI Daniel purposcdi IN his heart
tha, he would "a, dctic himself Dan. Is
TIME-D q. cu'-S. The beginning ~ the
sescaty years captivity
PLACE babylon Oh the Luparaies, nvo
hundred miles Gust ~ icrusalcsn
kULfns -Jchoialim. king OF Judah Neb-
uchadncsyar. ~ babylon.
DANrEL-At ,hi, time fourteen years old.
born ut Jerusalem. OF noble parcatare. carried
captive T. lbabyioi., whore he lived all the
seventy years captivity A great statesman.
a learned scientific man. true prophet OF tho
noblcst character. he lived AZ least I'LL ID G.
a.. and died At the are OF eighty 1--we or moro.
VICTORY OVER TEMPTATION.
The Captivcs. We learn from tho
verses previous 10 the lesson that King
Ncbuchadnczxar ordered that from
among the captivcs should he selected
n number from the highest families.
and such a. should give the best prom
Use Of taien. and ability to be trained
in the language and literature of the
Chaldcans. The object of this sclec-
ton was that they should be held rs
hostages. Four were selected from the
Jewish captivcs. the chief Of whom was
Daniel. The others were the Shadrach,
wards were cas-. into the fiery furnace
and escaped unframed.
The Temptation. l'urposed
that he would not defile himself with
the kings meat" What was the
wrong in eating the kings food? l)
The dietary might comprise articles Of
food. such as the flesh of swine, hares,
etc. which the law interdictcd to tho
Israclitcs LEV. -. 60 The flesh may
not have been perfectly cleanscd from
blood. SO as u be allowed by the jew
ish law lDeut l2:e3-.5). Jews. even at
this day. have their own butchers. and
regard as unclcan the meat prepared
in the ordinary way. CD The universal
custom among the heather of conse-
Grating each meal by offering a portion
of it To their idols AID pouring out Ii
bations of wine in their honor. az The
luxurious diet provided by the king
would corrupt the body and diminish
the vigor of the mind. Nor with the
wine" lie has probably seen O. its ef-
feet on others: a. the bad company and
danger into which it led. Probably
these were far worse at Babylon than
in Palestine.
Tempted to What.-The four cap
tives were tempted ~ 70 do that which
was debasing and degrading: (sl to dis
obey the law Of their God: l3l 10 deny
their religion and God. and yield To the
popular idolatry Of the day: and a.
thus to lie recreant to their country,
and their nation. and all the promises
and hopes which belonged to them.
Temptation by What.--tll by appe-
titc. The love Of the kings Injuries
and vines. CD by their ambitions and
hopes Of success How could they cx-
pcct 10 succeed with heather king.
when they were 80 set in religion
which condemned him and his
conduct? ~ BY the kings com
mand. Why should they not yield
as 10 an inevitable necessity
their very life might depend upon it.
ti) by the love of popularity. Their
course would make them appear odd,
and subject them to ridicule. and bring
them into many troubles. 90 They
were tempted by their change of names.
(Sce V. 81 Their own names were all
compounded with the name of God.
Daniel-God is my Judge: IIananiah--
God is gracious; Mishael-This is rs
God; Azariah--'iod is a helper The
new names were compounded with
those Of royalty or Of idols Daniel
was named Bcltcshazzar by
Bel or Belts. the great Babylonian god
and goddess. These changes were
doubtless made as one means Of trans
forming them into Chaldean heather.
and To lead them to forget their coun-
try and their God.
Note that the temptation Is not
merely TO strong drink. That IS but
one Of the strongest and most visible
Of temptations. The temptation is to
every bodily appetite and every wrong
feeling Of the mind. The question with
every young person Is: What shall
rule? What shall be king and sit on
the throne Of my hcart?" Shall passion
and appetite control my nature. subduc
my conscience, guide my life and de-
eide my future? OR shall conscience.
and reason. and love to God and man
control my body and govern my whole
lower nature? What rules the soul dc.
cidc~ its quality and its destiny. The
only way to be safe against the tcmpta-
ton 70 strong drink Is 10 subduc all the
bodily appctitcs. and make God our
king. and his love our life.
TIE DUTY OF TEMPERANCE.
|. One fundamental principle Of tenn.
pcrancc is not to deflc ourselves
>. Temperance is not merely total
abstinence from all that can intoxi-
cate. but from all excess all wrong use
Of the appetites, all indulgence in that
which dctlcs or Injuries the body.
3. 1t Is our duty to care for the
health Of the body, because il is a
temple Of the Holy Ghost and an in.
strumcnt for doing Gods work.
4. The advantage Of temperance has
been tested by multitude Of facts.
TEMPERANCE AND ITS ALLIES. TIE WAY
or SUCCESS.
1. Gods favor to those who love and
obey Him.
.. Good character. strong. true to
principle. upright. overcoming tcmpta-
ton.
3. Amia bility. courtesy, wisdom in