The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-10

Prov. xiii, 2I-Commentary by the Rev.
ID. M. stearns.
Is my son, IL 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 OK
parents to children is but tie faintest shad-
ow of the love of our Father I'm heaven. 80 |
physically, so spiritually, the heart Is ev-
erything, and without healthy heart the
body cannot have perfect health, so with
| out a new heart we cannot have spiritual |
health. Out of the heart are the issues OF |
| life Prov. iv, 23) Out of the abundance |
| of the heart the mouth speaketh (Math. XII, |
| 34) Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts |
| and all unclcanness for u Is desperately
| wicked (Math XIV, 10; Jcr xvii, lO)
| IS. "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
Il: Chron. xviii, 81, and perhaps this
NAV help us to understand "the veins"
Parents may well rejoice in their inmost
being when their children speak right
things.
IL. "Let net thine heart envy sinners,
| but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the
| day long" A new heart Is q heart In
which God dwells it Is put in us by God
Himself that He alone may occupy IT, III
| il n new spring to our actions, words and
| thoughts. a 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 Away, and, abiding in His love,
satisfied with His goodness, will fear to
grieye Him lest IL lose this fellowship,
which Is heaven on earth
IS. "For surely there is an end, or re-
ward. and thine expectation shall not be
cut off" See this repeated in chapter
, xiv, "A, and add Jer. xxx, ii, Il know
, | the thoughts l 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 n redeemed soul
I | have ever seen. ID not the words lend,
"reward, " expectation, all point 10 lt'
4, Well has il been written, " He that hath
this hope in Him, purifieth himself even as
He is pure q John iii, -.
: 10. Hear thou, my son, and be wise
9 and guide thine heart in the way. Oui
}, | Lord said, "Be wise as serpents and harm
IS less as doves" (NIath. X, 10y And in Jas
= Iii. II, we read of the nature OF true wis
II DOM that it is first pure, then peaceable
- gentle and easy to be intreated, full o
mercy and good fruits, without Partially
and without hypocricy" Surely this l
none other than Christ Himself, apd as q
10 the way, there is none but He. lie Is WIS
If dom, and He is the way, and Christ In u
Ii is the hope of glory, the glory which recti
RI fes our life here and purifes from all un
vi | cleanness
20. "Be not among wine bibbers; anon
riotous eaters of flesh. This sort oil thin
"a belongs to the wisdom of earth, which
OF sensual and devilish (Jas iii, 15). IN
Of kingdom of God is not meat and drinl
be but righteousness and peace and JOY in tf
of Holy Ghost (Rom. xiv, 10. The word &c
te the believer is 'Be not drunk with wine
os but be filled with the Spirit" (Eph. V, Is
ANY method of reform short of that whic
looks to n new heart, u new fountain WIFI
10 In, will prove unavailing. The old natul
ne is incurably corrupt in the sight OF &c
en- from. viii, y, and though 1t may be mac
&, moral and somewhat temperate, 1t new
th can enter the kingdom. Only that while
tb Is born from above can enter John Ill,
no margin).
- ". "For the drunkard and the glutto
! shall come to poverty, ana droWslhe
Vi shall clothe man with rags. Whatev'
'ss may become of the drunkard as to this IL
it is written that drunkards cannot inner
ir- the kingdom Il Cor vi, l0). AS TO I'll
ly plutton he was, according to law, to
70 stoned with stones (Deut xxi, 90, 21).
,st 90 "Hearken unto thy father that beg
!. thee and despise not thy mother when 81
a. IL old " One would think such coplman'
III wholly unnecessary if we did not know Il
all wickedness of the human heart, but Co
ng who knows the heart, has written 1t. l.
- each one ask himself Gam l clean befo
id. God in this natter" Then how mut
vn more should we hearken to Him who h
NO of His own will begotten us with the wol
=. Of truth (Jas. /, 1S), who pitieth like I
ther and comforts as mother rs. Gil,
"a. sc. Isa Xvi, 13), who says, Incline your
lty and come unto me, hear and your SO
Ter shall live lisa. ", 81.
)n- 23. "Buy the truth and sell 1t not; al
re. wisdom, instruction and understanding
,ds Omitting the word "also," which Is
italics, we learn that the truth Is the
three things, or that Jesus Christ. who
',h the truth, is the sum of all wisdom al
DIG understanding. lisa. lv, 1;says we can b
without money and without price. We c.
tainly cannot in any sense give an equiv
lent for what we get as we do in ordina
buying and selling, but there is givil
up or laying down of our own though
and opinions that He may be our wisdo
and our righteousness. Lay thou Z
treasure in tho dust and tho Almlgh
shall be thy treasure" Dob xxi, "a,
II. w.
"a. 1.-THE fether Of the righteous sh
greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth
wise child shall have joy of him." Jr
as with earthly parents some children q
a great joy and some are great sorrow,
among the children of God some arc ,
TO Him and others a grief We read
some who ''rcbcllcc and vexed His H'
Spirit Elsa. xiii, 10), and OF some W
must have the flesh destroyed by satan "a
the spirit may be saved, and OF some wh'
L -. ,nI nd n