Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-07-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
for July II, Iooi-Nosh saved
An the Ark.
prepared by III. e. Lexington
THE LESSON TEXT.

IL. Bring forth with thee every living
.hlns that Is with thee. or all flesh. both
OF FOWL ana OF cattle. and OF every creep
.ng thing that creepeth upon the earth:
that they may breed abundantly In the
esrth' and be fruitful and multiply upon
is And Noah went forth. and his sons
anu MS wife. and his sons wives with him:
~ Every beast. every creeping thing
ahu every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth
upon the earth. after their kinds vert
forth out or the ark
~ ana Noah builed an altar unto the
isSiu' anu TOOK OF every clean fowl. and
's,''u burnt offerings on the altar.
u Ana the Lord Smclled "A sweet snvor.
Ahd the Lord said I'm His heart I will not
again curse the ground any more for mans
SAKE Tor the imagination OF mans heart
V," rom MS youth; neither will again
have done '"S' IN
- While the earth remaineth. seed tim.
ana harvest. and cold and heat. and sum
not cease 500 "'s"' s"a"
GOLDEN TENT.-Noah found 9ra.,
y" the eyes of the Lord.-Gen Gas
NOTES AND COMMENTS
III was never intended that the In
ternauonal lesson series should se.
apart only portion of the Bible for
study and leave all other portions
untouched. Certain passages have
ocen selected for the express purpos,
OF being printed with the various les
son helps and being read Mt the reg
ular sunday school sessions. But the
passage to be studied almost alwavS
includes much more. The passage
Tor the present lesson takes in the
entire story of the flood. beginning
with the sixth chapter, reading
through the ninth. This omits so far
in the book of Genesis only the fftb
chapter, which is only q genealogical
table An analysis OF the passage
follows
Wlckedness OF Men in the Early Ages
The Man Noah ''s.s,,is:';;.Eihc; Sisa
me Ark and the Flood. .6;i4-23; 7:a,%
New Start In Life ...... Chapters and .
Wickedness of Men in the Early
Ages.-We have seen how the en-
trance of sin into the heart of man
inaugurated an age of crime. As the
population of the earth increased. nm
I'll God saw that the wickedness OF
man was great in the earth, and that
every imagination of the thoughts or
his heart was only evil continually"
Ten. 6:5. The earth was literally
filled with violence (verse 13). So God
said: THE end OF all flesh il come
before me, will destrov
them with the earth" We are be-
ginning to see how "the wages Of sin
is death"
The Man Noah.-The references
given above will give glimpses of the
character OF Noah. He was surround
ed by wickedness and violence on
every hand, but he found grace in the
eyes OF the Lord because he was lust.
because he walked with God and be-
cause he was righteous. The fact that
as soon rs he and his family were
safely landed from the ark he built
an altar and offered q sacrifice to
God shows that his nature was an es-
sentially religious one. -
The Ark and the Flood-The ark
was built under the direction OF God
and into IL were introduced species OF
every living thing. Then came the
food. There is every reason TO be-
lieve the flood to have been universal.
that is coeXtensive with the human
population OF the world. Traditions
of the event have been handed down
through every known race of people.
Science confirms the possibility OF
the event. Just at the close OF the
glacial period there were n Success
sion Of catastrophieH, startling in
their magnitude, and short in their
duration" which may well have Gull
minated in the deluee.
New Start in Life.-with the pop-
ulation reduced 70 Noah and his chill.
dren and his childern's families. there
was n splendid chance for q new start
l., -
all history was TO have been written
anew. But man needed Redeemer,
men were still away from God. and
the story OF sin and suffering began
anew. There was this one difference.
however. that God established His
covenant with His people. Noah had
built an altar and offered a sacrifice
in token OF his safe delivery from
the flood. The fact was pleasing to
Cod. so He made the distinct prom
Use that lie would not send another
great food upon the earth, and estab-
lished a rainbow in the heavens as n
token God realized that the "lmaQ.
nation Of mans heart is evil from his
youth" Gen. s:21), so lie would make
Az more outward denominations OF
his power. but aid man by an inward
force TO rise above the sin that is i'm
his heart.
Noah is one Of the best examples
given us in the Bible OF the truth that
righteousness pays, and IL pays TO be
right and 20 do right In the midst Of
the great wickedness OF others. n
any one lesson is more clearly taught
than another. it is that wickedness
and unrighteousness all around is no
excuse for ourselves being wrong.
Noah wa: cd with God and was
saved when all others persisted
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