The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-23
rhe REV. DAVIS W CLARK, 81 8, Editor. Cincinnati.

r., The REV. DAVIS w. CLAIR
First Quarter. Lesson XII. isaiah xxvlll.,5
7.13. March "a, 1907.
WOES or DRuNkE hNEss.
Epllraim occupied a fertile territory.
etching across the heart5of Palestine
from the Mediterranean to tho Jordan.
In the midst stood samar the capital
cal luxurlancc Of the valley hung about
1t like 4 he bacchanalian garland on tho
bro W OF tho banqueter. And Its exuber-
ance was as eyanescent; for it's glorious
beauty was a fad Ing flower. Destruct-
ion was at hand.
The capt tai. court. and people were
delusion they were IN perfect ense.s
drunknrd, g they felt perfectly safep
trusting II the mountain fnstness OF
Samaria. With sense OF justice blunt,
ed by the use OF intoxicants, and their
basest passions innamcd, they Oppress-$
ed the poor and crushed " the 4 needy
With the Unsuitable thirst which tho use
Of alcoholic liquors always begets, they
kept crying /" Bring, and let us drink
the Samaritan co uivalen t to our mod
ern 5bacchanal B Here' s q health to you
5lAmos VII. ID ss ss@s S@s 6S @
But the jud gements sc ood are
abroad. The Irresistible Assyrian,
shalmnneser. mighty and strong, Is
upon samarla iike q peculiarly tempt
ing morsel; like a fig ripe In Tune, n SO
rare and succulent that one swallows
| it8as soon as 1T Is In his hand does not
even think OF laying II aside 70 d pre- :,
coming will be like8a tempest OF hal
a destroying storm, a flood OF watcrs;s
| figures peculiarly impressive. in Is that
latitude, where IN the y !, dryests
rent. This prophecy had Is literal ful "a
Ifllment 721 b. Co In the ninth year Of
Hoshea, king Of 5 Israel. The country
was s3rnvaged by he "a Assy rians under
Shalmaneser, and Israel deported into
tho cities OF Assyria and Med 10. g
Kings xviii, 81
3S3. The prophet now turns from Israel
to Judah. He contrasts the imperlsh-
able crown and diadem, glorious:8 and
beautiful reward Of ptety,8 or. the brow
residue, a with the fading garland or
drunken 0 Ephriam. God B shah help
Judah's judges &on the bench and her
aptly@ called q Messianic pendant to the
foregoing picture OF Samaria's fall.
| But Judah, too, His not free from this
I degrading sim Even her leafs and
prophets are infected vii, ~. And ahe
| rebukes. Listen to I heir drunken scof-
! Ming: Does Isaiah presume to instruct
/ liz :? NJ Does he take US to be just Wean-
he adopts spch
4 coming his words over, as II we were
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L Quv laquv,9 quva laqu y. 8 }s;{E
4 sS55 EVA Id SAYS W wv 81 must conceive the
abrupt, intentionally short. reiterated,
i and almost chi ldis h words Of verso ten,
as spoken in natmicry With "a mocking
i motion OF the head. and 81 q childish,
4 stammering tone. M Y Ii ~ 81.
i Tho ophet re oins ""Ah ! ifsyou Will
Il not let Gme teach you, then the gAssy r
Hans and Babylonians shall, and their
foreign accent will Sc m Z, more q re
stammering and twaddle than my In
slstructions.' II i they had only hearken-
i Cd to 6the prophet 8 voice. theX might
II have found rest from Warlike pre- para
Il tions, and that moro blessed rest which
comes from obed lence 5st 70 me l Dl WINS
- But the the Lord : word was q ftensiye5to
4 them from Its Very slmpliclt ney
B rejected IT; " so. Il Ike q drunken man,
the nation tottered and ana summed g
/ lits8 ruin, l4 e # ISL 4 III s
ANALYSIS AND KEY
4 q, Tropical 3luxuriance &of Ilph ri r
Il Exuberance ovanescent--- 80 "a dine
= 3 flower, WA H 4.
/ IN Ga pital, court, populace enslaved to
stupidity Q g the runkard ex en-
4 8 II plif,od,, ~
I senao Of security poor Cypress,
Ill f5 cd, 5l5gs lg 55 s.,as 5
g. Judgments against Israel. S
IN 81 shalmaneser an instru Ment 8iS IS E
I Ss Samaria ripe to- be deyoured. gs5 *
IA tempest OF hail---pr ophocy ful,
4 filled q 81 B. 4 G. s55s ii34 MI, ~ i.88
} is4 a, 3 "A Messianic Pendant, 855
II I{s5l Under pi ure OF Samar ia' 3 "a!
Faithful sresid ue + Of Jul Oh, NJ, q
4 g., ] udah not faul less, ays.
Prophets accuse ton. g2fS
KIN Degrading sin u drunk e mess.
g., The charge resented M s js 8sSs. sss
BIZ Drunken ri oft n g. iT5s
/ n l ~ Foreign accent OF invaders, 83{3
al T.! More like stamnering thai
/ prophet's repeated chRrges .555
STHE TEAcHER's LANTERN
i The Prophet Isala h appear In ~ new
"a role. He Ia par exec len nee the temper
+ ance reformer, OF his age, He Sls tn
model fer every y II my
4 perancs, IYet Tor moral earnestness n n
! is not surpassed, |. ,,4 a.
Drunkenneas is usually " iHsol e, ~
spala f and dster hin in
liz swarde III the sheer with 81 teFr!pl
i denuRsiatioR III /. II n Il
\ sE Canaan 4 u was III the u bril- ges ,petWeel
A SYRIA and Ilgypt, The Nv Eld power
VI 81 that age coYete osssesslG3l
y, :,
he Hsea gu nav
N held the eouYtry agatnst III com g Z
= dofense, s Horsos and char lots 4 the az
: tillerY, sof the aneients could Z ne "a
d used there, Il @ !. 80 :. !.
hut drum enness Il w a. tbs roal Il,
O both to IL he no hern, md vs. south F
kingdoms leg e their, !, o y. I
u 's w, WlRe ten. Tgaey were Rlt z