The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-08
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lsnsen In the Ist~ernatissal series
fer August 10, iDO2-remp~r-
anc~ Lesson.
TIE LESSON TENT.

u.ev!ticus iO1-ill
J. And Nadab and Abihu. the sons OF
Aaron, took either OF them his censor.
snd put fire .nereln. and put incense
thereon. and offered strange fire before
the Lord, which He commanded them
not.
2. And there went out fire from the
Lord. and devoured them. and they died
before the Lord.
3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, Thy
IN II that the Lord spake. saying. Will
be sanctined In them that come nigh me.
and before all the people ! will be giorl-
1ed. And Aaron held his peace.
4. And Moses called Mishael ana Eliza
phan. the sons of Uzzlei the uncle OF
Aaron, and said unto them. Come near,
carry your brethren from before the
sanctuary out OF the camp.
3. So they went near. and carried then
n their coats out OF the camp: as Moses
had said.
8. And Moses said unto Aaron. and unto
Eleazar and unto hama his sons, I'm
cover not your heads. neither rend your
clothes; lest We die. and lest wrath come
'pon all the people: but let your breth-
rem, the whole house of Israel, bewail
the burning which the Lord hath kindled.
Z. And we shall not 20 out from the
door of the tabernacle OF the congrega-
ton, lest We die for the amounting oil
OF the Lord Is upon you. And they did
according TO the word OF Moses.
8. And the Lord spake unto Aaron, say
ing.
3. DO not drink wine nor strong drink.
thou, nor thy sons with thee, when We 20
into the tabernacle Of the congregation
lest ye die: 1t shall be a statute for ever
throughout your generations:
10. And that ye may put difference be-
tween holy and unholy. and between
clean and unclean.
III And that We NAV teach the Cnl1Ten
OF Israel all the statutes which the Lord
hath spoken unto Them by the hand Of
Moses.
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OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
The ~ofanatio l0tl.SS.
Inc mourning Ley. vs..
The prohibition ...............Le lo.s-ll.
TIME.-B. G. 1880.
PLACE.-Sinai.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Strange Fire.-If God were to be
honored and reyerenced by His peo-
pie, it was essential that the forms
Of approach to Him should be strict
ly regarded; otherwise their concep.
ton Of Him would be greatly low
cred. 1t is quite probable that Nadah
and Abihu were under the influence
Of wine or they would not have of
fered strange fire
P~rofaning the Altar.-The strange
fire was fire kindled in some irregu'
lar ann or taken from some I'M
hallowed source. The offense seems
slight, but as showing q lack Of rev
erence for Jehovah il was very grave
The sin was one of the heart. Wor
ship that is not %reverent is a mock
cry. "Sanctified" in this place means
recognized as holy" not "mad'
holy"
The Burning Bewailed.-Then mel
upon whom Moses called to bury TIL
lead priests were near kindred. prob
ably elderly men. They took the bod
les without special preparation to
place outside the camp. The priest
we're forbidden the usual signs o
mourning-disheyeled hair and tor
rlothing-because they had died b,
reason OF Jehovah's Judgment oil
their sin. Do we not sometimes la
ment and perhaps rebel against God
decisions when we should bow in 81
lence as Aaron did? A terrible ca
lamity had befallen the house O
Aaron because Of irreverence and dis
obedience, but ~irreverence and dis
obedience generally begin at home
and the fault is too often with TIL
parents. Yet who will saw that til
fathers punishment was not create
than that Of his sons?
The Prohibition.-The command I
abstain from wine and strong drin
Is thought by some. on account Of II
Insertion here, TO hint that NADIA
and Abihu e intoxicated whe
they brought strange fire. but thl
is very uncertain indeed. There
nothing uncertain. however. abou
the command itself. which. with TIL
reason for il (10:10. III. Is one of tn
dearest passages in the Bible in il
teaching of abstinence. The reason
given are absolutely free from tn
fanaticism which sometimes in tn
past has made Il seem that the wors
Toes Of the temperance cause wer
they of its own household. Their
Is q grain of truth in the saying tina
"a large part of the business of til
wise is to counterfeit the efforts q
the good" The priests were forbid
len strong drink because ,Jchova
wanted men, strong. c~lear-eyed. sci
respecting men. to stand before him
The religion of Jehovah was to b
the religion Of purity. self-respec'
manhood and womanhood. The frs
suggestion Of n debascd priesthood
such as was common in other RI
iigions. had to he met In n way :
prevent its appearing again. Forty
seven American railroads discrimI
nate against persons who drink-bs
rause they want to employ mcr
Most great business enterprises Il
he same thing. and for the same rea
son. The doors that young men VIII
drink close upon themselves by thei
own free act should not be forgot
ten. The opportunities they lose. III
confidence they forfeit, the manhoo'
they are willing to risk. should max
drinking in any form appear a yer,
poor proposition to any sane mar
To make the most Of himself is
duty that every man owes TO himself
his country and his God.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
One should never indulge in an
practice which makes It impossibl
to discern between the holy and III
holy.
When alcohol burns inside one ca