The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-03-10

GOLDEN TExT-0e thOu faithfu1
unto death, ana I will give thee
crown Of 1ife.-Rsv. 2s10.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
Healing Of Dsmoniacs. Matt. S:zs-N.
MsAaing Of DemoRiscs. ........M Mark 61-0.
AseunG Of Dsmoniacs. ....... Luke siIe.
Raising Of Jairus' Daughter. Matt. eils1.
Raising Of JairuG Daughter. MARX e.A1-%e.
Raising Of Jairus' Daughter Luke es<o-es.
Healing Two Bliad and One Dumb.
........... ......................... Matt. eU-A
Rejection at Nasarsth. Matt. iss4-0.
Rejection at Mark s:i-S.
Third Preaching Tour. Matt. s:8.
Third Preaching Tour MARI ~
Sending Forth the Twelve. Matt. 9:36-1a.
Sending Forth the Twelve..... Mark SI-12.
Sending Forth the Twelve. Luke sI-e.
Death OF John the Baptist. Matt H1-12.
Death Of John the Baptist. Marx eI%-n
Death Of John the Baptist. .... Luke eT-9
Of The Year Of Public ravor'). John the
Baptist had been in prison about year
PLACE John was probably executed at
the castle OF Machaerus on the Arabian
frontier, nine miles east Of the upper end
Of the Dead sea.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Matt. 14:1, ~. The sending out Of
the Twelve as missionaries attracted
great deal Of attention. Every one saw
that the movement was growing, and
now, perhaps for the first time, II at
tracted the attention OF Herod. At that
season" Tho time Of which Matthew
has been speaking. In general--the same
spring. "Herod the tetrarch:" This
was Hsrod Antipas, q son Of Herod the
Great. and like him In many ways. He
was tetrarch, or governor, Of Galilee and
Perasa for more than 80 years. said
unto his servants" Not his menials.
but the courtiers. This is John the
Baptist" A guilty conscience makes
men superstiMous. Herod had not re-
covered from the shock which his own
terrible act had given him. He was
many times a murderer, but he was not
many times Q murderer In cold blood and
to humor whim. Of such men as John.
III We mistake not. that discovered head
was rarely absent from Hsrod's haunted
Imagination from that day forward till
he lay upon his dying bed."-Farrar
Therefore do these powers work In
Him" mot, He does the mighty
works. but the powers work In Him.
the powers OF the invisible world, vast
and vague IN the kings Imagination. -
Bruce.
Tvs. 3-8O. Matthew now goes back to
toll Of Hsrod's wanton murder Of John.
that We may better understand his super
stitious fear Of Jesus. "Tt 10 not lawful
for thee to have herr" The fact that
John did not spare Herod himself in his
denunciations Is commentary on the
courage OF the man. He feared the
multitude" Herod was always anxious
to be popular. and saw that to kill John
would be decidedly unpopular move.
THE daughter Of Herodias danced in the
midst" At the birthday feast. Her
name was salome; She was later mar
ried to her uncle. Herod Philip II. This
dance was probably the Anal voluptuous
scene Of a night OF revelry. The feast
must have taken place at the castle of
.Machaerus, where John was imprisoned.
He promised .. to give her whatso-
ever she should ask" A mad promise for
any king to make. but 1t was late, his
brain wasinflamed with drink, the drunk
en- courtiers were cheering him on, and
he made It with many great oath He
supposed she would ask a necklace of
precious stones--a fortune, or a palace
"She, being put forward by her mother" Z"
Herodias saw her chance: the king
when under the influence OF liquor could
be led to do what in his sober senses he
would never do-liQuor was the same
then As now-and 80 the horrible request
was made.
Tvs. 9-12) "The king was grieved: :"
Herod did not want to kill John: II
would be unpopular. and he was unpop-
ular enough now for having needlessly
brought on the war with Aretas; then,
he thoroughly respected the man-had
become acquainted with him during his
imprisonment Almost everything
conscience his own best interests, the
good OF the kingdom-counseled one
course, but Herod took the other. Why?
In the first place liquor Men under the
influence of liquor are enemies to them
selves and all that during their sober
hours they hold most dear. In the Sec
ond place. cowardice. He made rash
promise with the fumes Of liquor in his
brain; he kept It, not because he was In
the habit Of keeping promises. but be-
cause "of them which sat at meat with
him" He was ashamed to back down
in the very hour of his boastful promise
He was too much of coward TO do what
he knew was right. His code OF honor
was false one; he did not realize that
to keep bad promise was greater dis
grace than to make It. And so he COM
mitted one Of the most ghastly murders
In all history. His life is a warning, for
his weaknesses. dangers and tempta-
tions are the same as ours.
worldly Prosperity.
Wings OF wealth carry no souls to the
skies.
The modern Tower Of Babel is bull,
out of dollars.
Hearts-ease does not grow on thu
heights OF ambition.
Prosperity becomes poison whom II
grows at the expense OF pisty.
He Is fool who loses Gods crown Oh
glory for mans crumbs Of gold.
The wealth OF the world depends or
the value Of man and not on his posses,
sions.
Men who think Of life In terms Of
stock raising are working hard to turn
this world into barn-yard.-Ram'.
Horn