The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-07-19

L. sson n the International Series
for July ~, IOOi-Nonh saved
In the Ark.
tPrepared by III. c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.

| tHat they may breed abundantly in the
the earth.
Is. And Noah went forth. and his sons
and his wife. and his sons wives with him,
| ~ EVERY beast every creeping thing
and every fowl. and whatsoever creepeth
upon the earth. after their kinds. wen,
| .orth out OF the ark
~ And Noah builed an altar unto the
Lord; and took OF every clean fowl. and
sHereu burnt offerings on the altar
"a. Ana the Lord smelled a sweet SAVIOR:
sho the Lord said in His heart, I will not
again curse the ground any more for man !
sake, Tor the imagination OF mans heart
Is evii from his youth: neither will again
smite any more every thing living, az
have done.
-. WhiIe the earth rtmaineth seed TINA
ana harvest. and cold and heat and sum-
Hnr ana winter, and day and night shall
| not cease
s'vLpEN TExT.-Noah found grace
n the eyes Of the Lord.-Gen. Gas.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
IL was never intended that the In.
ternational lesson series should set
apart only portion Of the Bible for
STUDY, and leave all other portions
untouched. Certain passages have
been selected for the express purpose
Of being printed with the various les
son helps and being read at the reg
uiar Sunday school sessions. But the
passage 10 be studied almost always
includes much more. The passage
Tor the present lesson takes in the
entire story Of the food, beginning
with the sixth chapter, reading
through the ninth. This cmits so far
IN the book of Genesis only the fifth
chapter, which is only genealogical
table. An analysis of the passage
follows:
Wiekedness Of Men In the Early Ages.
r The Man Noah No X So .s:s-is AZ as .
a new start IN Life Chapters and 3
Wickedness Of Men in the Early
Ages.-We have seen how the en-
trance of sin into the heart Of man
tnaugurated an age of crime As the
population of the earth increased. un.
I'll God saw that the wickedness of
man was great in the earth, and that
every imagination Of the thoughts of
his heart was only evil continually.
Gen. 6:5. The earth was literally
allied with violence (verse 49,. so God
said: The end of all flesh is come
before me, will DESTROY
them with the EARTH" We are be-
ginning to see how "the wages of sin
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 Just
because he walked with God and be-
.ause he was righteous. The fact that
as soon as he and his family were
safely landed from the ark he built
an altar and offered sacrifice to
Sod shows that his nature was an es-
sentia1ly religious one. A..
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
hood. There is every reason to be-
ieve the food 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 Success
sion Of catastrophies. startling in
their magnitude, and short in their
DURATION" which may well have cul-
minated in the deluge.
A New Start in Life.-With the pop
1lation reduced to Noah and his chill
lren and his childern's families, there
was splendid chance for new start
in life. The earth was before them,
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 sacrifice
in token of his safe delivery from
the food. The fact was pleasing to
God. so He made the distinct prom
ise that He would not send another
great food upon the earth, and estab-
lished n rainbow in the heavens as a
token. God realized that the "imag-
nation of mans heart is evil from his
youth" (Gen. sen. so He would make
no more outward demonstrations of
his power. but aid man by an inward
force to rise above the sin that is in
his heart.
Noah is one of the best examples
given us in the Bible of the truth that
Righteousness pays. and 1t pays to be
right and TO do right in the midst OF
the great wlckedness Of others. II
any one lesson is more clearly taught
than another, ii is that wickedness
and unrightcousness all around is no
excuse for ourselves being wrong
Noah walked with God. and was
saved wher all others persisted.
Rams Horn blasts.
Policy is prudence prevailing over
principle.
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