The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-11-21
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International Lesson for November -,
1895 = The woss Of lntemperancs-
Isaiah 6t11.s8.
Specially Arranged from Peioubet's Notea
Note from the committee, giving the reason
for placins this lesson on this date: IN B.
The London Sunday School union 10 endeavor.
Ing TO secure the Observance Of the fourth
Sunday In November .: Temperance Sunday
throughout she world
GOLDEN TExr-woe unto them that rise up
early In the morning. that they may follow
strong drink lisa S:il.
LESSON NOTES.
II. "Woe unto them:" Not wish, but
q warning; not vengeance, but plain
statement Of fact. "That rise up early
in the morninQ:" The first thing they
think Of, the first and most urgent
business Of the day is: More strong
drink" "They are already gone into
captivity" ". 18). THAT they may fol-
low strong drink" They do not wait
for its fumes to tempt them, but seek
the tempter. "That continue until
nights" Drinking is the chief business
of the day. 1t absorbs body and soul;
and whosoever drinks intoxicating
liquors at all is in danger Of coming to
that state where drinking is his main
business. "Till wine inflame them:"
1t sets him on fire Of hell. 1t kindles
every bad passion. 1t excites him SO
that he sees nothing as it really is. He
is no longer himself. It burns up body
and soul.
10. "And the harp, and the viol:"
The latter word, generally rendered
''psaltery," was stringed instrument
played with the fingers, perhaps Tyre,
perhaps a dulcimer. "Tabret:" tam
BOURNE or timbrel. "Pipe:" flute. All
the powers of music, and feasting, and
social life are joined to enhance the en-
chanting and attracting power of
strong drink. Here lies one of the
greatest dangers of intemperance. The
music and song intended to elevate the
soul and move the nobler emotions Is
made to be the procuress of vice. "They
regard not the work Of the Lords" They
will not look around them and see
what God is doing to save them, nor
the punishment He sends upon those
who continue in their course. Warn
ings are on every hand, but they will
not notice them. Strong drink Is an
opiate to the conscience, and blinds the
eyes to the laws Of God.
19. MY people are gone into captiv-
ity." The northern kingdom was car
ried captive by the Assyrians while
Isaiah was preaching to Judah. This
was warning they should take note
of. For lack of knowledge" which
they might have possessed. They were
willfully ignorant. Sin is always IRA
tional. The course of true wisdom is
that of piety.
IA. Therefore hell" Sheol, the place
of the dead, ''hath enlarged herself, be-
cause so many more perish through In
temperance, who would have otherwise
continued to live many years. Sand
opened her mouth" like some monster
ravenous to destroy, or as the earth
opened in an earthquake to swallow up
Dathan and Abiram (Num. 10: 80-S2).
sand their glory" etc. Every good is
ruined by intemperance. Not only are
the common multitude dried up with
thirst" but ''their honorable men are
famished." 1t brings all to temporal
and spiritual poverty and famine.
15. "The mean man shall be brought
down" far lower than he otherwise
would be, and ''the mighty man." re-
joicing in the pride Of his strength,
"shall be humbled." Like death, intem-
perance loves a shining mark.
II. "Then shall the lambs feed after
their manner:" rather ''in their pas
ture;" the city shall become a rural pas
ture land. ''The waste places of the
fat ones:" where the few sheep in wide
pastures grow fat. "Shall strangers"
foreigners.
1s. "That draw iniquity with cords
of vanity" such as false reasoning, de-
ceptive excuses. "With a cart rope:"
So strong is their desire for forbidden
things that only the strength of a cart
rope can express It. They are magnets
drawing every sort Of sin toward them
selves; or a vast maelstrom which all
sorts of wickedness are sucked down.
10. 'Let Him (God) make speeds"
Let God come to punish us If He will;
who fears? Expressing utter unbelief In
Gods threats. They do not believe that
the evil threatened will ever come.
20. "Call evil goods" They baptize
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advocate the cause Of strong drink a.
promoting temperance and liberty.
They do not say: spirit Of wine, thy
name is DEVIL" but thy name is Joy,
pleasure, prosperity, life. People will
sell liquor, and let the buildings for sa-
looms, and yet not seem conscious of
sin.
21. "Wise in their own eyes," Wine
makes people self-confdent. The
drunkard is often the last person to
know how much he is under the power
of liquor. He thinks he is safe when
all his friends know that he is on the
brink of precipice.
%. mighty to drink wine:" The
habit grows byNindulgence. They can
do greet things in drinking. They are
heroes of the wine cup. But the cup is
mightier than they.
90. (Which justify the wicked for
reward;" Who, for the sake Of votes,
or money, or influence, give wrong
judgments in court, help The wicked to
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