The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-05
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson W.-Second Quarter,
For May s, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson, Prov. xiii, 1885.
Memory Verse, 81 Golden Text,
Prov. xiii, 32-Commentary Pre-.
pared by Rev. D. NJ. Stearns.
1t is refreshing to come to this book
of Gods wisdom for mans ignorance
even once a year. More frequent WIS.,
its would be better, but we are thank
full that a temperance lesson brings
us here occasionally, even though it
brings lis to the same portion every
time. Those who study the lessons
with us regularly will remember that
we see here by contrast the Man OF
Sorrows, who suffered in our stead.
wounded for our transgressions, with
out any cause on His part, as the only
) one who can save drunkard or any
other kind Of sinner. Looking upon
Him as the bitten Israe.i.r i'll the will
dcrness looked upon the brazen SER
, pent, the helpless, dying one receives
life. and continuing to behold Him at
the right hand Of Gcd for us, we be-
come changed into His Image until.
when we see Him face to face. we
shall be like Him.
Continually beholding Him and con-
si,lering His love, which is better than
wine, we are constrained by His love
to live no longer unto ourselves. but
unto Him who died for us and roS"
again Oh Cor. V, IA, 10. AS the eye
; affecteth the heart and the heart walk
eth after the eyes liam. iii. 81; Job
XXI, y, so as we consider Him we
will be found walking in His steps to
; His glory.
Contrast Noah and his wine and
drunkenness and shame, David and
his idleness and his looking upon what
, was not his with his consequent sin,
Achan and his confession Il saw, |
coveted. l Took and away back to
, Eve and her confession, or, rather to
, that which is written of her. 1.-THE wO-
man saw that the tree was good for
food and that it was pleasant to the
. one wise, and she took of the fruit
thereof and did eat" Had she been
! occupied with Him who gave her all
, things richly to enjoy she would not
, have been ensnared by the enemy. So
it has been ever since. AS one has
said. He has made us for Himself.
and our souls are restless till they rest
in Him. Where He is not known it
must be greater or less manifesto
ton of the world, the flesh and the
devil in one form OF anothcr-the
J card table. the theater. the horse race.
{ gambling drunkenness and all the
lesser forms of idolatry. for whatever
takes the place of God in the heart is
an idol. However much of suffering
these things may bring, the cry of the
unsatisfied heart is: "When shall |
awake? l will see it yet again." It
is not to be wondered at that the peO-
\ pie of this world who have no knowl-
edge of God should SO heartily enter
. into the service of their master, the
devil. and enjoy to the utmost the
i. pleasures of sin for 4 season. but what
Is can be said of those who bear the
?. name of Christ and even stand in the
- pulpit as His messengers and yet
think it not wrong to crafty their
carnal minds With cards and the thea
ter and the novel and such like? The
least that can he said is that they nei-
Their talk nor act like him who said:
What have ! to do any more with
idols? have heard Hin and obscrv-
ed Him. l am like Il green fir tree
UIos. xiv. s.. They cannot sing: 'Thou
o Christ, art all want More than
all in Thee l find" Then there are
those who do not indulge in openly sin
full things. but are simply wise in their
own conceit. cultured. refined, intel
lectual, religious. but unbrlicving. OF
such it is written. They are drunken
but not with wine: they stagger. but
not with strong drink lisa xxx, 3D.
The strange thing is that it is possible
to be an earnest worker along certain
lines in the cause of temperance and
yet be drunken after this fashion.
The atonemen: of the Lord Jesus
Christ, His precious blood. His great
sacrifice for sin. is the only hope fol
the drunkard, and those who know
not this remedy know nothing effectu
al, but are trying to patch up an old
garment that cannot be. mended
There are those who are seeking tC
put down the drink traffic, to close the
saloons, to stop all evil to purify the
earth by their efforts but there is only
- One who can do this, and it shall be
come a reality in His time and way
i what is His name and what is His
Sons name, if thou canst tell?" prov
xxx, a. He says Whose hearkenett
unto me shall dwell safely and shall
be quiet from fear of evil" 'Wher
thou Hest down thou shalt not be
agraid-yea. thou shalt lie down, ani
thy sleep shall be sweet" FOR the
Lord shall be thy confidence and shall
keep thy foot from being taken" lie
as thine eyes look right Oh, and let thine
It. eyelids look straight before thee. Pom
der the path of thy feet and let all thy
ID ways be established" THE lips of !:
strange woman drop as an honeycOmb