Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1908-11-28
Worlds Temperance
Sunday
Sunday School Lesson for Nov. 20, 1908
Specially Arranged for This Paper


Comment and Suggestive Thought.
In order TO understand this great
prophecy Of Isaiah. our lesson fos TO.
day, we must first have a vivid realza
tion Of
The Historical Situation. n.--Read 2
Kings 17:1.23; 1910; Chron. 20, 80
1t IS about 725 y. c. Isaiah, the ROYAL
prophet, was In Jerusalem. the capital
of judah. The good King Hezekiaa.
the rulers and leaders of the s-a.e
were his audience. The nations were
going astray, they were worldly,
drunken, selfish, cruel, luxurious, op.
pressing the poor, neglecting religion.
forgetting God.
From the northwest were coming
great hordes of Assyrian soldiers de,
astating everything on their way
They had reached the northern king.
dom OF which Samaria was the cap
ital. Like an overwhelming scour-e
these semi-savage armies were over.
running the country with all wantoa
crimes and cruelties, destroying every.
thing good.
They were sweeping away cities all
villages, farms, cattle, orchards
everything. The prophet sees thea
drifting, as In the rapids of Mia CARA
swiftly toward destruction. He sees
the storm-clouds on the horizon thre az
ening tempests and lightning blast
and destruction.
Within three or four years Samaria
! the capital, was captured. and the
/ northern kingdom swept out OF exist
ence by the Assyrians.
But the people of Jerusalem fell
comparatively safe. for their city was
a mighty fortress, very Gibral'a.
rarely captured, and probably 1t neve
could be captured If the people within
We're brave, united and trae
The prophet, pointing to the north.
| ern kingdom, warns his own peorlt
that nothing could save them If the,
continued to sin. Repent, or tina
overwhelming scourge will sweep owe,
Judea and jerusalem in its dsyastat
Ing course
V. l. Woe" Not a wish or a
prayer for woe. but warning that
woe was coming. ITO the crown o.
pride" The capital, so called, be
cause II crowned the hill, or becau e
rs battlemeuted walls resembled a
oown. ITO (better of the drunk
ads of Ephraim," put for the VIII lie
| X ,1om, because Ephraim was the
| !, aling tribe. Whose glorious beauty.
TIE glorious beauty of Samaria was
a beauty of magnificent luxury. "Sl %.
er" and winter houses" distinct
each from the other (Amos 3:15);
ivory palaces" Il Kings 22:39; Amos
3:l5); a wealth OF gardens. vine
yards, fig.orchards and olive yards
amos 4:9); residences Of "hewn
stone" amos SID; feasts enlivened
with the melody of viols' (Amos
! 5:23); beds of ivory" Amos g. - ;
wine in bowls" Amos 6:6); chief
ointments" Amos 6;6) constituted a
total of luxurious refinement beyond
which few nations had proceeded at
the time-Rawllnson. rs a fading
flower" It was kind OF beauty tha'
was liable to fade. 1t had nothing
|
V. 2. The Lord hath a mighty and
strong one" The Lord would use the
Assyrian power, "as a tempest of hail
and a destroying storm" to punish the
wickedness which was injuring tn,
people far more than the Assyriar
hordes could their outward prosper
ity.
V. 4. "As the hasty fruit" r. V.
the first ripe fig" swiftly decaying o.
destroyed by the birds.
". Turning from this "crown o
pride" and fading flower" and decay
ing fruit of sin, the prophet points t
the only true crown of glory and .
dladem of beauty, the Lord of hosts
V. 6. For he would bring to then
the spirit of judgment" justice, right
eousness, and turn back the battle a
the gate" defeating and scatterin.
their enemies.
V. :. Then he shows one source o
their woes, erred through wine
out of the way through stron
drink" therefore they err in vision
they stumble in judgment"
The Jerusalem drinkers indignant
ly ask:
V. 9. Whom shall he teach know
edge?" What right has Isaiah {
talk TO us thus? Are we babies jus
weaned from the milk? Are we mer
school children to be chided an
warned in this way?
V. 10. For precept must be upo
! precept." The r. V. gives the tru
= meaning: For II is precept upo
precept." The prophet is telling tn
5 same story all the time, continually r,
peating, everywhere, all the time,
season, out of season, the same oil
warning.
Q The prophet answers This seem
y monotonous to you, but you will hay
another kind of monotony IL YOU
|. not give heed TO my words" For wit
y stammering lips" Better as r. '
/. For by men of strange lips, and wit
|. another tongue" (viz., that of In
n Assyrian hordes) will he speak 70 tn
people Q1) to whom he said, This