The Yale expositor., 1904-11-25
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON TX, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, NOV. 27.

copyright, 1904. by American Press Association
/ 1t is helpful and necessary to keep
in mind that, as DR.. Weston says, the
tween Christ and Satan for man and
mans dwelling place, this earth. HUI
mility, subsection to God, faith in God,
obedience to Him, these are Christ
like, for among His first recorded ut
terances as God manifest in the flesh
we have these: II must be about my
Fathers business" suffer it to be
so now" And these also are among
His most significant utterances: 81
came not to do mine own WILL" Il
seek not mine own glory" And to His
Father He said, Il have glorified
Thee" 81 have manifested Thy name"
duke Ii, 40; Matt Iii, 10; John vi, SO;
viii, 50; xvii, 4, @.
! The opposite of all this, self will,
self assertion, self indulgence, pride, is
of the devil, and God is ever seeking
to win from the devil and give them
life, life eternal, abundant eternal life,
/ those whom the devil would destroy.
, If they will not listen to the voice of
His love, Io sometimes visits them
with His judgments, If perchanee lie
may thus deliver them from the wrath
/ to come. "Lo, all these things work
eth God oftentimes with man, to bring
back his soul from the pit, to be en-
lightened with the light of the living"
| for He says, Deliver him from going
down to the pit; l have found a ran
SOM Dob xXXiil, 20, 80, %.
The drunkards of Ephraim in their
SELF will and pride said, I'VE have
made q covenant with death, and with
hell are we at agreement when the
overlooking scourge shall pass
through, it shall not come unto us,
for we have made lies our refuge, and
under falsehood have we hid ourselves"
| (verse 10. Inasmuch as the devil is
the father of lies, this was equal to
| saying, We have chosen the devil in
stead of God, and he will take care of
us.
The people, seeing the drunkenness
| of their teachers and leaders, seemed
| to think that Isaiah was no better
than the rest, and so they despised him
and his teaching and said, Does he
think we are babes just weaned from
the breasts, that he comes to us with
his precept upon precept, line upon
line here a little and there a little?
! VERSES 8, 10) So in their sinful pride
and self indulgence and vain conf
dence they despised him and his mes
sage. But the Lord had prepared him
for this in His commission: GO, and
tell this people. Hear We indeed, but
understand not, and see We indeed,
but perceive not" Chapter vi, 81.
So He encouraged jeremiah when
He gave him his commission, "They
shall fight against thee, but they shall
not prevail against thee, for l am with
thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee
| DER. /, 19. So to Ezekiel He said,
'Thou shalt speak My words unto
them whether they will hear or
whether they will forbear, for they are
most rebellious" (EZek. ii, .. No true
prophet or apostle or faithful messen-
ger Of God is ever promised what the
world calls popularity or success. To
the twelve He said, Behold, send you
forth as sheep in the midst of wolves"
Matt. X, 16), and we are never taught
to expect more than Paul found.
All that is not OF God, however
much pleasure the sinner may find in
it and however he may glory in 1t, is
as a fading flower; nothing Is really
enduring that Is not of God, and there
is day coming that will declare it.
In the last two verses of the previous
chapter in verse of our lesson and
in many places in Isaiah 1t is called
that day." then shall the hail sweep
away the refuge of lies and the wa
tiers overflow the hiding place (verse
10, and all that is not of God shall
perish, and the Knockers and the scorn-
full men who would not hear the word
Of the Lord (verse 14) shall find their
portion with the devil, whom they
chose instead of God Matt. XIV, Az.
What then is the only remedy for
the drunkards of Ephraim or any other
drunkards or self indulgent, self right
eous people? For there are many drunk
en-, but not with wine; many who stag
ger, but not because of strong drink
LuSy uIC llhS pSOpiC WdlhluS uho Tain
, ing in their sleep; they listen to words
Of men instead of the word of God
and their worship of God is with
mouth and lips only, and not with the
heart, for their heart is not right will
God lisa. xxx, 9-13; lvi. 1912. There
: is no remedy but to ''hear the word OF
J the Lord Verse 1N, forsake all false
foundations and begin to build upor
the foundation which the Lord Goo
has laid-the stone, the tried stone, th'
precious cornerstone, the sure founda
ton (verse 10.
But before we can build upon this
foundation we must be cut down of
our own foundation, just as truly as
.. board or pillar in the tabernacle, be
J fore it could be placed upon the silve
or brass sockets and be a part of tn
tabernacle, had first to be cut dow
as tree in the forest. No amount o
reform or signing of pledges or resolu
ton will accomplish anything eterna