The Oakes times., 1910-05-05
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson W.-second Quarter.
For May 8, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

The INTERNAL IOMAl SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson, Prov. xiii, 1886.
Memory Verse, 81 Golden Text,
Prov. xiii, 32-commentary Pre-.
pared by Rev. o. N. Stearns.
1t is refreshing to come to this book
Of Gods wisdom for mans ignorance
even once year. More frequent Wis.,
its would be better, but we are thank.
full that temperance lesson brings
US here occasionally, even though 1t
brings us 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 steud,
wounded for our transgressions, with
out any cause on His part. as the only
one who can save druniard or any
other kind Of sinner. Looking upon
Him as the bitten Israelite in the Will
derness looked upon the brazen SER
pent, the helpless. dying one receives
life. and. continuing to behold Him at
the right hand of God 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-
sidering 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 rose
again Oil Cor. v, IA. 15). As the eye
affecteth the heart and the heart walk
eth after the eyes U.am iii, 81: job
xxi. ~. 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, IT saw,
coveted. l took" and away back to
Eve and her confession, or. rather, to
that which is written of her. :..Ihe wo-
man saw that the tree was good for
food and that it. was pleasant to the
eyes and a tree to iye desired to make
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 lis for Himself,
and our souls are restless till they rest
In Him." Where lie is not known It
must he a greater or less manifesta-
tion Of the world. the flesh and the
devil in one form or another-the
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
unsatisfed heart is: ''When shall
awake? will see It yet again." 1t
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
| pleasures OF sin for q season, but what
can be said of those who bear the
name Of Christ and even stand in the
pulpit as His messengers and yet
think 1t not wrong to crafty their
carnal minds with cards and the thea
ter and the novel and such like? The
least that can be said is that they nei.
ther talk nor act like him who said:
''What have to do any more with
idols? have heard Him and observ-
ed Him. am like green FIR tree"
(llos. xiv. 81. They cannot sing:'Thou
o Christ. art all want. More than
all in Thee find" Then there are
those who do not indulge in openly SIN
ful things. but are simply wise in their
own conceit. cultured, refined, intel
lectual, religious. but unbelieving. OF
such it is written. "They are drunken,
but not with wine; they stagger. but
not with strong drink" lisa. xxx, o..
The strange thing is that 1t Is possible
to be an earnest worker along certain
lines in the cause of temperance and
yet be drunken after this fashion.
The atonement of the Lord Jesus
Christ, His precious blood. His great
sacrifice for sin. is the only hope for
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 to
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 1t shall be
come reality in His time and way
sWhat Is His name and what Is His
Sons name. II thou canst tell?" prov
XXX. ~. He says. Whose hearkeneth
unto me shall dwell safely and shall
be quiet from fear Of evil" "When
thou liest down thou shalt not hr
agrafd-yea. thou shalt lie down. and
thy sleep shall be sweet "Tor the
Lord shall he thy confidence and shall
keep thy foot from being taken" "Let
thine eyes look right on. and let thine
eyelids look straight before thee. Pom
der the path Of thy feet and let all thy
ways be established" "The lips Of
strange woman drop as an honeycomb.
and her mouth Is smoother than oil.
but her end is bitter as wormwood.
sharp as two edged sword. Her
feet go down to death: her steps take
hold on hell" "Her house is the way
to hell. going down to the chambers
Of death" 1.-The way of a fool is right
in his own eyes. but he that hearken-
eth unto counsel is wise" prov. I. 80:
iii. "a, 26: iv. 25. 90: v, 3-5: vii. 27: