Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-09-14
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XII, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. 22.


NATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. 22.
Text of the Lesson, Prov. xiii, 20-B5.
Memory Verses, 26-31-GoIden Text,
Prov. xx, documentary Prepared
by the Rev. ID. NJ. Stearns.
Copyright, 1901, by American Press Association
30 "Who hath Woe? Who hath sorrow
Who hath contentious? Who hath bab
bling? Who hath wounds without
cause? Who hath redness Of eyes" The
committee have again asked US to medi
tate upon this familiar portion as tenn
perance lesson, which is certainly bet
ter selection for such lesson than the
story Of the new earth which they sug'
gested as temperance topic last quarter.
The only cure for intemperance, which is
self indulgence, is to be found in self con-
troll which Ian be accomplished in US only
by the Lord Jesus Christ, who is able to
subdue oil things unto Himself Phil. iii
2D. In this lesson, as in all lessons Oh
sin, we may see not only the sinner, but
the sinners substitute, Him who, though
He knew no sin, yet was made sin for
US III Cor. v, 21). We know that the
drunkards and also some other sinners
are apt to have quite full share Of the
six forms Of suffering here enumerated,
and no one can deliver but He who was
man of sorrow and acquainted with
grief, who so patiently endured the con-
tentions and babblings Of His enemies,
who was wounded for our transgressions
and who after His weeping in Geth.
semane must also have had redness of
eyes. See Him, o sinner, as the one who
loves you as you were never loved by
even father or mother or dearest on
earth, great as their love may have been,
for He suffered before God for your sins
and offers you full salvation from the
consequences of your sins and deliver
ance from the power Of them If you will
only receive Him lisa. lii, 8, g; Heb. v,
Z; ! Thess. |, 10; Math. |, 21; John l, 8;
Jude 24).
80. "They that tarry long at the wine;
they that go to seek mixed wine." These
are the people who experience the sor-
rows Of verse 20, but let wine suggest
all the pleasures this world can offer, and
they are very many Of their kind. A
great king tried them all and found them
all vanity and vexation Of spirit (Eccl'
ii, LID, and what can the man do that
cometh after the king? But see what
the same king learned to say: Thy love
Is better than wine. We will be glad and
rejoice in Thee. We will remember Thy
love more than wine" (Song |, 2, ~.
81. Look not thou upon the wine
when it is red, when it giveth his color
In the cup, when it moveth itself Alright. "
Commands to an unsaved person to do
right are only provoking, for all his ma
ture is against the right; the carnal mind
is enmity against God, is not subject to
His law and cannot be (Rom. viii, ..
God gave no law to Israel till He had re-
deemed them from Egypt. The one only
thing He asks the sinner to do is to ac'
cept His salvation, receive His Son.
Then. and only then, does He give COM
mands to be obeyed. Notice in verses 10
and 26 and so often in this book the COM
mand is to "My Son." and we are not
sons of God till we receive His Son as
our Saviour John /. 10; l John Y, 12).
Having become children Of God and par
takers Of the divine nature III Pet. /. ~.
we are to let Him possess our whole be-
ing. look through our eyes, hear with our
ears, work with our hands, walk with
our feet, speak by our mouths. In this
way He will not look where He should
not, and when tempted we must, like
sinking Simon, cry, Lord. save me"
32. "At the last it biteth like serpent
and stingeth like an adder" There is a
last Of all things sinful: they come to an
end, and then there is the eternal reaping.
Those who SOW to the flesh reap corrup'
tion, and those who SOW the wind reap
the whirlwind tGal. vi. 8; Hos. viii, y.
There may come time when Prov. l,
24-31. shall be the experience Of many,
when because they would not listen to
God they shall call. but He will not an.
swer, and finally they shall have to hear
Him say. depart from Me, ye cursed.
into everlasting fire prepared for the dev.
IL and his angels" tMath. XIV. Al In
the case OF those who are redeemed by
His precious blood. in whom He has come
to live. the last OH earth is only step to
greater glory. to die is gain. to depart and
be with Christ is very far better (Phil. |,
81. 23).
33. Thine eyes shall behold strange
women, and thine heart shall utter per
verse things" Woman represents the
worst as well as the best in Scripture.
The true church is the bride Of Christ
and is espoused as chaste virgin to
Christ. while the false church is COM
pared to q harlot (Rev. xix and xvii and
II Cor. ri, q. II drunken with wine,
we behold the evil, but if filled with the
Spirit we shall see Jesus only (Eph. v,
1S). The heart is the great center from
which evil or good proceeds. See in this
chapter verses Is. II, 10. and then verse
26 as the only way to be right.
81. Yea. thou shalt be as he that lieth
down in the midst of the sea or as be that
lieth upon the top of mast" This
certainly suggests the saying Of David,
"Truly as the Lord liveth and as thy soul
liveth there is but step between me
and death" Il Sam. Xxx, 81. 1nasmuch
as life in this mortal body is so uncer-
tain how foolish it is to continue a mo-
ment longer in sin when God is beseech-
Ing us to be reconciled to Him and to ac-
cept the redemption which He has so
fully provided and which He bestows so
freely! lisa. |, Is; Math. II. %; II Cor.
v, 20: Rom. iii. 24.) The God In whose
hand our breath is and whose are all our
ways dan. v. 23) is very gracious. He
is slow to anger and not willing that any
should perish III Pet. Iii, 81, but He will
by no means clear the guilty unless they
accept Him.
35. "They have stricken me, l was not
sick: they have beaten me. felt 1t not.
When shall awake? l will seek it yet
again." Just as before the deluge, so
now. The imagination of the thoughts Of
the heart Of man is only evil continually
(Gen. vi 81. They regard not the work
Of the Lord. neither consider the opera
finn of His hands (ISa v 10) They be-