Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-12-02
for the Aull1e Circle.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

THE SUNDAY SCHUUL.
LESSON xI, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATIoNAL SERIES, DEC. 1s.
Text of the Lesson, Prov. xiii, 1925.
Memory Verses, 1921 - Golden Text,
Prov. xiii, 21-Commentsry by tho Rev.
D. M. stearns.
16 "My son, II thine heart be wise, my
heart shall rejoice-even mine" In listen
ing to this father entreating his son we
must think Of our Heavenly Father en-
treating His children, for all the love of
parents to children is but the faintest shad-
ow of the love of our Father In heaven. AS
physically, 80 spiritually, the heart Is ev-
erything, and without healthy heart the
body cannot have perfect health, so-with-
out q new heart we cannot have spiritual
health. Out Of the heart are the Issues OF
life prov. iv, 28). Out Of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh (Math. XII,
84). Out Of the heart proceed evil thoughts
and all uncleanness, for 1t is desperately
wicked (Math. 1v, 10; Jer. xvii, 10Y.
1e. "Yea, my veins shall rejoice, when
thy lips speak right things" The sub
stance of our conversation indicates the
condition Of our heart, and If we thought
Of this we might be more careful OF our
words. The Lord looks upon the heart,
and not only so, but upon the imagination
of the thoughts Of the heart Il Sam. xvi,
2; Chron. xviii, 81, and perhaps this
may help US to understand 1.-THE veins. "
Parents may we'll rejoice In their inmost
being when their children speak right
things.
II. "Let not thine heart envy sinners,
but be thou in the fear Of the Lord all the
day long" A new heart is heart In
which God dwells; it Is put In US by God
Himself that He alone may occupy It. 1t
Is a new spring to our actions, words and
thoughts, q new motive for everything,
even God working in us those things which
are pleasing in His sight. Such heart
will not envy sinners, but will rejoice In
the Lord alway, and, abiding In His love,
satisfied with His goodness, will fear to
grieye Him lest 1t lose this fellowship,
which is heaven on earth.
ward, and thine expectation shall not be
cut off," See this repeated in chapter
xiv, IA, and add Jer. xxx, II, II know
the thoughts ] think toward you," saith
the Lord, Thoughts Of peace and not Of
evil, to give you an end and expectation.
The expectation of the return Of Christ, and
the righteousness that shall then be seen,
the wrongs that shall be righted, and the
glory that shall be revealed, is the most
helpful truth which as redeemed soul
have ever seen. Do not the words lend,
"reward, " expectation, all point to it9
Well has it been written, HE that hath
this hope in Him, purifeth himself even as
He is pure" Il John Ill, 81.
49, Hear thou, my son, and be wise,
and guide thine heart in the way" Our
Lord said, "Be wise as serpents and HARM
less as doves" (Math. K, 16). And In jas.
i'll, II, we read Of the nature Of true wis
dom, that it is first pure, then peaceable,
gentle and easy to be intreated, full OF
mercy and good fruits, without partiality,
and without hypocricy." Surely this Is
none other than Christ Himself, and as to
the way, there is mono but He He Is wis
dom, and He is the way, and Christ in us
is the hope of glory, the glory which recti-
fles our life here and purifes from all un-
cleanncss.
20. "Be not among wine bibbers; among
riotous eaters Of flesh" This sort Of thing
belongs to the wisdom of earth, which is
sensual and devilish (Jas. Ill, 15). The
kingdom Of God is not meat and drink,
but Righteousness and peace and joy In the
Holy Ghost (Rom: xiv, ~. The word for
the believer is "Be not drunk with wine,
but be filled with the Spirit" (Eph. v, 1S).
Any method of reform short Of that which
looks to new heart, a new fountain with
in, will prove unavailing. The old nature
is incurably corrupt in the sight OF God
(Rom viii, y, and though 1t may be made
moral and somewhat temperate, 1t mover
can enter the kingdom. Only that which
is born from above can enter John Ill, 8,
margin).
VI. "For the drunkard and the glutton
shall come to poverty, and drowsiness
shall clothe man with rags" Whatever
may become Of the drunkard as to this life
it Is written that drunkards cannot Inherit
tho kingdom q Cor. vi, 10Y. AS to the
glutton he was, according to law, to be
stoned with stones (Deut. xxi, 20, 21).
22 "Hearken unto thy father that begat
thee and despise not thy mother when she
is old" One would think such commands
wholly unnecessary If wedid not know the
wickedness Of the human heart, but God,
who knows the heart, has written 1t. Let
each one ask himself, Gam clean before
God in this matter" Then how much
more should we hearken to Him who has
of His own will begotten us with the word
of truth (Jas 1, 1S), who pitieth like q IA
ther and comforts as mother FPS. Gill, 1S;
lisa. Xvi, 13), who says, "Incline your car
and come unto me, hear and your soul
shall live" lisa. ", 81.
90. "Buy the truth and sell 1t not; also
wisdom, instruction and understanding.
Omitting the word "also," which Is In
italics, we learn that the truth is these
three things, or that Jesus Christ. who Is
the truth, is the sum Of all wisdom and
understanding. lisa. lv, I, says we can buy
without money and without price We GER
tainly cannot in any sense give an equiva-
lent for what we get as we do In ordinary
buying and selling, but there Is giving
up or laying down Of our own thoughts
and opinions that He may be our wisdom
and our righteousness "Lay thou thy
treasure in the dust and the Almighty
shall be thy treasure" dob xii, "a, 25,
R. W.
a. 1.-The father Of the righteous shall
greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth
wise child shall have JOY Of him" Just
as with earthly parents some children are
great joy and some are great sorrow, SO
among the children Of God some are Joy
to Him and others grief We read of
some who "rebelled and vexed His Holy
Spirit Elsa. xiii, 1O), and Of some who
must have the flesh destroyed by satan that