The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-11-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON TX, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATloNAL SERIES, NOV. 27.
Text OF the Lesson. Prov. Nv, iO-10-Mem-
ory Verses. IA. 15--Golden Text, Prov.
1. Commentary Prepared by the Rev.
ID. M. stearns.

copyright 1898. by d. NJ. Stearns.1
10. "Hear, o my son, and receive my
sayings. and the years of thy life shall be
many" We may think of David address.
ing Solomon (see verse 3) but it will be
more profitable for us to receive the words
as from God our Father TO all who are His
children by faith In Christ Jesus. We may
hear His words and not receive them, but
when we hear and receive, or believe, for
believing is receiving (John /, 12), we thus
have life (John " 24). 1t will make this
teaching simple if when we read of wis
dom, az in verses D. z, etc., we think of
Him who is the wisdom of God Il Cor, l.,
"a, 30). In Jas. j, 81, we are taught that
the word must be received with meekness.
II. 81 have taught thee in tho way of
wisdom; have led thoe in right paths.
Her ways are ways Of pleasantness and all
her paths are peace (chapter Iii, ~. He
always leads by right way to our city of
habitation FPS evil, y. He is the Way,
and He is our Peace; when He putteth
forth His sheep, He goeth before, and to
follow Him is to go in perfect peace, for
His will is always wisest, and His way Is
always best, and In perfect acquiescence
there is always perfect rest. Abide in
| His love.
IL. "When thou goest, thy steps shall
not be straitened and when thou runnest
thou shalt not stumble" There is no
straitness with Him. His Is an abundant
way; abundant grace and glory; all our
need supplied according to His riches
(Phil. iy, 19). Philips 200 pence would
have given each of the 5000 little, but
our Lords way was to fill them with as
much as they desired John vi, 13). When
His people hearken unto Him and walk in
His ways, He fills and satisfies them FPS.
lxxxi, 10-l6). He makes them to be satis-
fed with favor and full with the blessing
of the Lord (Deut xxxiii, 23). The bless
ing which maketh rich and to which our
toll addeth nothing prov. K, 20, r. W.
IS. "Take fast hold OF instruction, let
her not go, keep her, for she is thy life. "
She is tree OF life-life unto thy soul
lohapter Ill, Is, 22). BY comparing text
with text we get the unity of the Scrip
lures, tho oneness of thought, for all CEN
ters In Him who is our life (Deut Xxx,
30; Col. iii, Al. To walk In His way and
keep His commandments is life and right
eousness (Deut. V, 33; vi, 25) but He Ia
the end of the law for righteousness to ev-
cry one that believeth; SO 1t is summed up |
In receiving and walking In Him (Rom. |
K, 4; Col ii, 81. Having received the word
with meekness, the next thing is to hold /
it fast, for 1t is faithful word Titus /, 8; |
Rev. II, 25). When satan by his servants
questions any part of the word Of God, the
believer should take the hint to hold that
portion all the more firmly.
Ii HEptar not into tho vafh ~ ha
wicked and go not in the way OF evil men,"
Since the devil tempted Eve in the garden
OF Eden he has been ever seeking whom he
may devour, and he seems to find multi
tudes willing to be devoured.
10. "Avoid it, pass not by 1t, turn from
1t and pass away" Be not deceived; evil
communications corrupt good manners
Awake to righteousness and sin not, for
some have not the knowledge Of God II
Cor. xv, S3, 84). Blessed is the man that
walketh not In the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth In the way OF sinners, nor
sitteth In the seat Of the scornful FPS. l., 1).l
Ii Eve had not stopped to look at the tree,
the fruit of which she was forbidden to
eat, she might not have fallen II Aohan
had not looked upon the gold and the gar
ment, he, too, might not have sinned. All
that Is not Of God we must turn away
from, lest we fall into temptation. Look
Ing unto Jesus is the only way to run our
race Beholding the glory of the Lord is c
The way to become like Him. I
16. For they sleep not except they have i
lone mischief, and their sleep is taken t
lway unless they cause some to fall" To Z
Kill and to destroy, to give torment and !
anxiety, is their masters business and :
heirs. They speak loftily, they set their >
mouth against the heavens, and their i
ongue walketh through the earth (Ps G.
xiii, 3, ". David said concerning them, c
They that seek my hurt speak misohie- ei
ous things and imagine deceits all the day b
ong' (Ps. xxxviii, 12). The Son of Man n
anne to save, not to destroy; He gives life
nd life abundant and JOY and peace and
Tory. The followers of the devil are ever o.
aking all they can get and giving moth !
1g real in return. The Son of God gave Fl"
himself for us and. bore all the devils "
ate that He might redeem us from his d
over. O,
IL. For they eat the bread of wicked n
sss and drink the wine of violence"
ontrast the bread and wine of Melehise- :.
% In connection with the blessing of the s'
ost High God possessor of heaven and o.
nth (Gen. xiv, IS, 19); also the bread VI
I'd wine of the communion, representing la
If Lords body given for us and His ia
ood shed for us that we, eating Him, e,
light live by Him (John vi. 81, 57). The in
,godly may be said to live upon the flesh ~
I'd blood of those whose downfall they "
complish, but our Lord, by humhling
lmself unto death, gives us His life to be
r life. He is the bread from heaven. n
1S but the path of the just is as the ~, -