Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-09-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Iess"" Ia the International ScrIea
Tor sept mbei "a. IoU3-LoV-
Ing aud Obsyins God
THE LESSON TENT.

thee. neither is It TAR of.
l.. II tSnot In Heaven. that thou shouldest
say. who shall 80 up for US TO Heaven and
bring IL unto Us. that We may hear II. and
do it7
IL Neither Is IL beyond the sea. that thou
shouidest say. Who shall 20 over the sea
Tor Us. and bring IL unto US. that We may
near IL. and do IL?
IL But the WORD is very nigh unto thee.
IN thy mouth. and in thy heart. that thou
mayest 90 IT,
10 See. l have set before thee this day
NE and good. and death and evil;
10 In mat 1 command thee this DAY to
rove the Lord thy God TO walk In his ways
ana TO keep his commandments and his
statutes and his judgments. that thou may
est i've and multiply: and the Lord thy God
snail bless thee in the land whittier thou
goeSt 10 possess It,
u, but II thine heart turn away. so that
'hou Will not hear. but shalt be drawn
away. and worship other gods, and serve
them:
10 denounce unto you this day. that Ne
shSii surely perish. and that We shall not
proIong your days upon the land. whittier
10" paSSest over Jordan TO 40 to possess IL.
10 eau Heaven and earth to record this
gay against YOU, that have set before YOU
NE and death. blessing and curstnv: there
lore choose life. that both thou and thy
seed may live:
80 Ihat thou mayest love the Lord thy
So9 ah~ mat thou mayest obey His voice
Inu that thou mayest clcave unto Him. Tor
re Is tiny lie, and the Length OF thy dnvS.
mat thou mayest dwell i'm The land which
Sne Lotd sware unto thy fathers TO Abra-
ram 10 isaac. and to Jacob, TO give them
"oLDEN TENT.-For this ~ the love
mcnts.-I John n,3
TT LINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
i tre Ip!ess,hEs and curses. .Deut., NNViit
iissIdel > oplgation to God 800. Deut xxx
encouragement to repentance........
GODS commandment ........D eut', 20 :ii-iS.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS
conditions of National Prosperity.
Inc BOOK of Deuteronomy is large
~ given to enforcing the truth that
national prosperity is conditioned
upon serving God. Drawing near to
the end OF life, Moses was anxious to
impress this truth upon the Israel
TIES deuteronomy contains three adj
dresses in which he sought to con-
vince them that their highest we'll
Delng depended upon their being faith
ful to the God who had brought them
out of Egypt.
The Blessings and Curses. most
noteworthy thing about the twenty.
eighth chapter of Deuteronomy il
the oriental exuberAnce of its Ian
guage. Men OF our time and race do
not go so much into details i'm treat
ing OF blessing or curse. Success and
failure in all departments OF life are
here connected with obedience and
ulsooedience. In fact, to the Hebrew
mind all material prosperity was
sign OF Jehovah's favor, and material
reverses, of His displeasure
encouragement to Repentance
The two preceding chapters are in
the spirit OF the law at it's harshest.
but the thirtieth chapter is full of the
spirit OF the Gospel. AS in all Gods
dealings with men, penalty follows
SIN without fail, so does pardon fol-
low penitcnce. Gods blessing once
lost IL not necessarily lost forever.
but may be regained by ceasing TO sin
and beginning to obey w. p. No CON
dltion IL too hopeless for such n re-
turn ". -, and the restoration to ia
vor will be perfect and complete ".
81. Gods help to faithful obedience
may be expected by those who desire
it ". g., and full happiness will sure.
~ follow Tvs. 7-1O).
Gods Commandment. - The com.
mandment referred TO (seo II:22; 10:
81 is devotion to Jehovah. The "for"
at the beginning is not used to con
meet this section with what goes lust
before, but with the general thought
of the duty OF obedience, which is in
volved in everything that has been
said. The word rendered hard"
means rather. too difficult N7:s). The
~ hi e.
will as revealed 10 us by Christ. and
in the Ten Words Of the older revela-
ton, cannot help appealing 10 the
thoughtful man. God does not Law
upon us burdens too heavy 90 be
borne, and His commands are given
for our good. not for His. All His
great laws He has in some way put
into our very hearts GOLD. so that
we should he conscious OF their right.
ness II they had never been written
on the tables OF stone.
Mans Duty.-The keynote Of this
section is freedom OF choice. The
choice is presented first i'm the terms
OF its consequences. Life and pros
perity follow the right choice. while
misfortune and death follow the
choice that is wrong. The choice Of
good is the choice Of obedience to
Jehovah ". 16). It's first step Is love
for Jehovah, and that love will lead
10 full obedience TO Him. This sec
ton impresses again the fact that
whatsoever man soweth. that shall
he also reap" With verse 70 begins
final solemn appeal; an appeal as
solemn and as fOrceful 90 the present
generation as IL was TO that Right
and wrong are before us and we must
choose. The great ~ ought" rises mp
in every mans soul, "A witness that
God is our life ". 2O) and that good
ness is really natural, not badness;
that the Fathers house and not the
miserable far country is really the
urodigaI'e home