The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-09-17
the SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for September 20
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International Lesson for September 20
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$3.50.
ARRANGED from Peloubet's Notes.1
Golden Text.-There IL q way that
sesmeth right unto q man; but the end
thereof are the ways Of death.-Prov.
1925.
I. The Fountain Of Life VS.. The Burn
ing Fire.-Vs. 1927. 20. Understand
ing:" wisdom, true and accurate
knowledge, with desire to live accord
ing to it. It is not knowledge Of
science alone, or of the world, but OF all
things pertaining to life-a knowledge
of God, of the heart, of the law of God,
of the principles of true living. SIS
wellspring, fountain, of life:" If "a man
has real understanding and wisdom, q
good outward life will flow from it as
freely and naturally as water flows
from a fountain, And there is no other
way in which to have good life. Hence,
Eye must be born again"
81. "An ungodly man, the man Of
Belial. diggeth up evils" Such an one
digs pit for others (chap 26: 81; Psa>
q: 15), devises mischief against his
neighbor, plots against him by lying,
and slandering, and overreaching.
"Whoso diggeth pit shall fall therein;
and he that setteth a trap shall be taken
therein."-Pulpit Com. "And in his
lips:" there is as ga burning fire:"
(chap. 26: 23). His words scorch and
injure like devouring flame. James
g: 6, the tongue is fire; the world of
iniquity among our members is the
tongue, which defileth the whole body,
and setteth on fire the wheel of nature,
and is set ON fire by hell. Pulpit Com.
II. Words, Good and Bad.-Vs. 23,
"a, 2s, 80. g. ''The heart of the wise
teacheth the mouth" If the heart is
wise, the words spoken will be wise.
Words are the easiest expression of the
thoughts. The water of the stream will
be like the water of the fountain from
which it flows.
2s. "a froward mani" subversive
man, perverse. bent on mischief. devils
ing ways of overthrowing good and in
juring others. ''Soweth strife:" as one
sows evil seed broadcast, to spring up
wherever there is congenial soil.
30. Here the froward mans methods
are described. ''He shutteth his eyes to
devise froward things:" He let's moth
ing interfere from without, but gives
himself wholly to studying new wicked
sayings, daggers of speech, poison of
ssps, seeds of Upas trees, SO that when
he "moves his lips to speak, "he bring
eth evil to pass" "Let two idle tongues
utter tale against some third person
who never offended the babblers, and
how the tale spreads like fire, lighted
none knows how, in the herbage of an
American prairie; who shall put it
out?"
iii. The Two Ways.-Vs. 25, 20. IS.
''There is way that seemeth right unto
u mani" because he is ignorant, or per-
verted in Judgment, or preiudiced, or
misled by his desires. He makes him
self believe for the. time that what he
wants is wise and right, while all the
time "the end thereof are the ways of
DEATH"
30. Not only are men nrisled them
selves, but violent mnn:" full of pas
sionate power, ready to do evil. per-
haps made violent by strong drink, 'en-
ticeth his neighbor:" tempts him, and
misleads him "into the way that Is not
good" into vice and drunkenness.
". Four Aids to Tempemnce.-Vs.
26, 31-33. First. Honest industry. 26.
"He that laboreth, iabnreth for him
self" literally, the soul of him that Ia
boreth laboreth for him. "Soul" here is
equivalent to desire" appetite"
comp. chap. $500, and the maxim sig
nifies that hunger Is strong incentive
to work-the needs of the body spur the
laborer to diligence and assiduity.
"For his mouth craveth it of him:"
his mouth must have food to put in it.
Hunger in some sense is the great stim-
ulus of all work. "We command you,"
says st. Paul e Thes. 3:1o), "that if
any would not work, neither should he
eat" There is spiritual hunger with
out which grace cannot be sought or
obtained-that hungering and thirsting
after righteousness of which Christ
speaks, and which He who is the Bread
of Life is ready to satisfy Matt. $50;
John 6:5s).
Second. The Way Of Righteousness.
81. "The hoary head is a crown Of
glory (Chap. 2o:29). (For "crown," see
Chap. 17:6) Old age is the reward
of good life, and is rather an honor to
a man comp. chap. $50, 16; 4:lO; s:11;
10:2D. "If it be found" :"-rather It
shall be found-'in the way of right
eousness:" the guerdon of obedience
and holiness; whereas "bloody and de-
ceitful men shall not live out half their
days" (Psa. 55:23).-Deane.
Third. Self Control. s2. "He that is
slow to anger" controls his temper and
passions, sis better than the mighty"
for it requires more strength and cour-
age than any feats of physical strength.
Fourth.-The Divine Guidance.-33.
"rhe lot is cnst into the lap:" The bo-
som or fold of the garment (Chap. 6:27;
II: %; 2l: l4). For the lot probably
they employed stones differing in shape
or color, or having some distinguishing