Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-02-24

refuse to take good. liberal price for Il.
Naboth declared as his objection that the
Lords regulations forbade that he should
sell his family Inheritance. Apparently
1t was hopeless case and Ahnb, solemn
ana sour. lay abed refusing food
Covetouencss In Action
Then entered Jezebel the Queen, inQur-
ing the cause OF his sorrow. Hearing 1t
she answered. I will give 1t to you. Forth
with she wrote letters to the chief men of
the city, signing tho letters with her hus-
bands seal. With brutal frankness tho
letters told the select men of the city
what was desired of them
~ They were to mako n mockery of re-
ligion by keeping fast
~ They were to act hypocritically to
their neighbor Naboth by giving him the
most prominent place of honor at the fast.
() They were to provide two worthless
scamps presumably by bribery who at
the appropriate time In the fast would
take their places near Naboth and then
with feigned religious fervor, protest
against him and denounce him as n bias
phemer of God and the King, corroborat-
ing each other with sworn testimony that
they had heard the blasphemy with their
own ears.
(D The penalty of blasphcmy was rec
ognized to be that of stoning and the de-
cree was to be carried out and Naboth
thus to DO gotten rid OF
IL we arc lnCllncu TO feel or speak
strongly of the wicked course of Jezebel
as we should let us not forget that some
what similar practices prevail in our day.
True, no one today could be stoned to
death at the suggestion of n Queen in
civilized lands. Nevertheless. people have
been heard to express the wish that they
had lived In former times. so as to have
had an opportunity for stoning those
whom they dlsliked. But take case in
point: Suppose man conducting n sue
cessful business. Suppose covetous neigh
bors set up n competing business. as they
would have full right to do: But sup
pose. then, that one or the other. covcting
the whole trade. were to attempt sharp
practises in business selling commodities
at below cost interfering With the other
credit Mt the bank. or slanderng the 9TH
er, would not this be covetousness In ac-
tion-covetousness of the same kind which
King Ahab entertained? And would It.
not be reprehensiblc In Gods sight? And
dare any who respect the Lord. so thor
oughly neglect the Golden Rule of his
Word?
Another illustration: A storekeeper do
ing n good business was offered IL certain
commodity at less price than he had
been paying under a three years contract
He accepted. The party who had been
selling him this commodity In the past
was angry, covetous of the trade. He set
up competing business and sold goods
at n loss, as nc could AFFORD to do, being
wealthy, until the first storekeeper failed
for lack of business. Then the new store
was closed down. because II had effected
its work as II business assassin. 1t had
killed Naboth. Indeed. covetousness and
Jezebel methods. adapted to present day
conditions. prevail much more generally
than the majority of people suppose and
chiefly amongst the very rich, who have
enough and to spare, but who covet their
neighbours stocks and bonds. gold and sill
yer. etc. If God denounced Ahab as hav-
ing sold himself TO iniquity what would
the Lords verdict be on some of the GUS
toms of our day. which has so much
greater degree of light and knowledge
than Ahab possessed?
"That Woman Jezebel"
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