The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-09-25

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PROV. 20. /.
The Lesson Text
lisa. 8. 1928
IL. Woe unto them that rise up
early In the morning. that they may
follow strong drink: that continue all
night, iii wine inhame them
i. And the harp.and the viol. the
tabret. anu PIPE. and wine. are in
their feasts: but they regard not the
work OF the Lord. neither consider the
operation OF his hands
~. Therefore. my people are gone
MO captivity. because they have no
knowledge. and their honorable men
are famished. and their multitude
dried up with thirst.
IL. Therefore hell hath enlarged
herself. and opened her mouth with.
out measure and their glory and their
multitude. and their pomp. and he
that rejoiceth shall descend into it.
10. And the mean man shall be
brought down. and the mighty man
shall be humbled. and the eyes OF the
lofty shall be humbled
10. But the Lord OF hosts shall be
exalted In judgment. and God that is
holy shall be sanctified in righteous
ness.
Il. Then shall the lambs feed af.
ter their manner. and the waste places
OF the fat ones shall strangers eat
Is Woe unto them that draw
iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin
as IL were with cart rope:
10. That say Let him make speed,
and hasten his work that We may SEE
It.. and let the counsel OF the Holy
One OF Israel draw nigh and come,
that We may know IT,
20. Woe unto them that call evil
good, and good evil: that put dark
ness for light. and light for darkness:
that put bitter for sweet. and sweet
for bitter,
p. Woe unto them that are wise in
their own eyes. and prudent in their
own sight,
%. Woe unto them that are
mighty 10 drink wine. and men of
strength 10 mingle strong drink
%. Which justify the wicked for
reward. and take away the righteous.
ness of the righteous from him,
The Lesson Outlined.
/. The Crime OF Intemperance and
indifference. NeTS. II. IL.
II. The Payment of Penalty Vers
1871
ILL., Drunkenness and Dissipation.
Vers. p, %
The Lesson Explained
The opening section of chapter five |
is familiar picture OF a vineyard |
planted upon the sunny slopes of the |
hills around Jerusalem. The greatest |
care was bestowed upon IL By the vine |
dresser, but II was OF no avail for il /
produced wild grapes and not the lus- |
cious fruit OF culture The applica- \
ton of the parable is vigorous For \
the vineyard Of the Lord of Hosts is /
the house OF Israel. and the men of /
Judah his pleasant plant: and he 4
looked for judgment (justice). but be /
hold oppression; for righteous ness but |
beholc a cry (ver -. The woes
which he then pronounced show up /
the causes which produced this un-
fortunate state of affairs. In Vers.
$40 he exposed the avarice Of the rich
land owners. whose desire was TO in
crease their property by spreading
desolation among the poor. who were
cruelty elected by these men OF in
justice and violence
1. The Crime of Intemperance and
Indifference. Ners. II. T. The
monOpolizer Of the previous
verses stands az one extreme. while in
these verses the dissipated drunkard
stands at the other Pity and con-
tempt alternate in this speech. The
strong drink" was made " apples.
dates. pOmegranates. honey. and bar
ley, and it was spiced TO produce in
tOXicatiOn, wine" was the fermented
grape juice. How lacking in self-con-
troll must that man be. whose frst
thought on waking is that Of strong
drink" how lost 10 all self-respect
when he spends the night in dissi-
patton When the apetites are in.
iulged they become tyrants and keep
their unfortunate victims in abiect
slavery. Drink is a hard taskmaster.
How the arts Of music and poetry
are prostituted when used in the serv-
zee of the saloon and drunken revel-
RES Such fieshly indulgences unfit
men for sober reflection on the facts
II life and blind them TO the certain
Judgment of the Lord upon sin; and
induce a fatal Indifference 10 the
claims OF conscience
IL. nv IdN ItDl bl ftNdltN. NeTS. ]
1917. The word therefore" intro
iuces the dire consequences OF evil
LONG. So certain is punishment to
ollow sin that the prophet pictures it
IS already at work. When the con-
science has become deadened there
s loss OF all moral determinations,
md the way is open into captivity.
Drink IS tragic equalizer OF men.
Those who are under he influence
reed not be distinguished as hon
,rable men," or as "the multitude"
They should all be regarded as the :
ubjects of tyranny. and alike exposed
o famine and misery. The word rem
Tered hell is the abode Of the dead. ,
n his effort to make vivid the awful
consequences Of the drink evil. he per-
onifies nell II is represented as sur
'risingly stirred by the extraordinary
xcess Of the spoils which are cast I
nto its gaping nav by intempeTance. /
o that its capacity TO receive all its r
ictims has to be enlarged. We who
now what this curse has produced
4 blighted lives, and ruined health.
nd desolated homes. and increased !
rhine, and pitiable poverty and dis {
ress OF hte most fearful kinds can Z
veil understand this forceful figure +
4 speech used by the prophet The
anIs F.l.