The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-02-15
THE BOOK OF WISDOM
A Scholarly Sunday Sermon By the
Rev. A. E. Dixon, D. D.


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nortont insfrnntion h,,+ H. Soas ,,ot ,,ivo
us the setting Of the hools nor n view
of the BIhle os a whole
Readers of fciion tbinl, littla of sit.
fling nm lafe NJ nioht thnt thev mav
finish thriIlino storv If Tho lovnrs
of Gods Word womb sneud tho soma
fine readlng it consecutiveIv thev
would find II more thrllllng t6on ,,y
book OF fiction
To sunerlicinl observer readino
the bool, of Proverbs NAV no like
reading the dictionorv rho suhiect
changes so often. And yet there is
Al plnn i'm the book which closer
study shows TO be an orderly arronue.
ment.
The first nine verses arc thn nrefnce
I'm which we have tho use of nrovnrIs
They enable MS to .'knew wisdom ond
instruction. TO perceiye tho words oe
understanding. TO give suhtletv to ,he
simple. TO the Young man knowledoe
and discretion yf he haars mud
heetis then they will be nm ornament
of grace unto his head and chains
about his neck Each nroverb is n
Jewel of wisdom more nrecjous tbon
rubles.
From the tenth 70 the n,neteent,,
verses there is described the socialism
of sin, and the yonng man is warned
against it. "Aly son. ie sinners entice
thee. consent thou not" If thev CAV
Cast In thy LOT among rs let ms iii
have one purse" "yyalk not thou in
the way with them. rafroin +br feat
from their noth. for thoir fect RIM
evil. and make haste to sired blood"
The social element in sin is ona of its
most dangerous features The habit
of social drinking has made many n
drunkard. The social nature cor,.ies
the young man TO The saloon. the pool
room. the gambling den. and entices
him TO destruction. Men and women
90 in fiocls like sheen 70 the sIouphter
and. when one tries TO escane. the 60.
clal nature becomes Insso with which
Sata drags his victim TO the slaupb
ter pen. II Is so hard 10 fear owov
club has wrecked many n Christian
Tor time and eternity. Watch. there
fore. against Tho socialism Of Gin
When sensualists say Cast in thv
lot among rs let ms all have ono
purse" 90 the other way Sucb n
community of Goods means fedaro'
tIon of death which soonor or Iotar
win lead 10 destructiou
Beginning with the twentieth verse
of the first cbanter thern is revealed
TO MS the mission of wisdom Many
eypositors believe tbot wisdom hara
refers TO Christ. as He sis mode wis.
dom for MS" And ue is certainly the
incarnation of wisdom Rnt thc sim
plest and most natural deinition of
wisdom nc it seems 10 ne 10 common
sense. Common sense crieth wIthont
she uttereth her voice In tha street.
she crieth In tha chief n,oca NJ con'
course. in tho oneninos oe tbo potas
Wherever . man Zoos his common
sense onneais to him 10 faor God and
j,een His commandments
II ba refnses ba will sooror ., totor
soc his mistake and rho Comn,on sensa
tbot caiiad ,,,,ot h;,,, n Lii ,,,,,.,' ot
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