The Holt County sentinel., 1913-01-31

The first srcat fact recorded In the
book OF Genesis IL that OF Creation,
which may be divided into several les.
ser facts The second great fact Ia
that Of the Fall, which began with tho
temptation and ended with the exclu.
sion from Paradise. In this lesson wc
come to the third great fact. the
Flood, the account Of which embraces
the fifth to the ninth chapters. Chap.
ter Ave gives us Noahs genealogy:
six. the history OF tho building of the
ark seven. the occupancy Of the ark;
eight, Noah's departure from the ark,
and nine, Gods covenant with No.n.
In this lesson sin fourishcs like the
provcrbial green bay tree. Every
imagination OF the thoughts Of mans
heart was only OWL continually" V. :.
These thoughts were crystallizcd into
| tho lives OF mon. for VIZ read that
the earth was filled with violence"
Viewing this awful development Of
sin. God was so deply griovcd in his
heart that he turned aside ircpcntrdD
from his plan and purpose thus far. to
4 determination to destroy man ".
-. Noah. however. found grace in
Gods sight. ms wo see from v .. even
In the midst ~ thrsn advcrs" circum.
stances. Environment Is powerful but
| not nltpowerfIl and Il IL mover a
match for Gods grace We must no,
| gather from this verso that Noah was
faUltlcss but ra'hcr than he sought
10 conform his Nc" ,o Gods will and
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whom he dwell, Noah gav" himself
to wholc.heo.tch service to God
We arp told that tho foundation Of
| Noah's acceptance before Goi was his
faith. Heb ~ like his great grand.
father Enoch. he had "walkcd with
God fS:ool Noah stood absolutely
alone and was thus thrown upon com.
panionship with God. compare " Q
with John 80.
Given Due Warning.
God could no longer endure the
sins Of men. their iniGuity was full.
therefore God determined 10 destroy
them. Ito did not. however. cut them
on. for We read that they had 10
years announcement 81 the cominv ~
tho Hood ". i3,. timo enough In
which to repent. They also had n
faithful preacher to warn them dur.
Ing this time. ? Peter 2:5 T,u' their
| npostAsy was complete and they
| would hay" mono of Gods mercy nor
heed his warning. Prov .a.,. Noahs
| obedlenc" M he built tho ark was n
daily reminder ~ the impending
food
! Tho ark was 4 Natbottomad chest
$50 feet long - feet broad and IS
feet deep. built Of cyprus gopher
wood and coated with pitch, Under
the caves OF the roof WAS an open
space for ventilation ard its three
decks w"rc divided into compart.
ments
AZ TO the eight souls" n Pctcr
a'2o who entered the ark "" need
to remember that usually children nnd
servants AZ" understood without men.
ton In smch cnumerations. We AFRO
not to infer that OF all created animals
two OF each entered tho ark. TIL"
flood certainly was not universal and
hence such q mlracl" was uncalled
for.
Race Swept Away.
| Al last the food arrived At the ex.
act moment prOphesied. lts cause
seems to he twOfold. q substance OF
the ground and . downpour Of rain.
The Euphratcs valley whore this
event took place Nils oil the necessary
conditions, Subsistence would allow
an inundation from the sea. Such an
inundation took place In 1911 in the
Yangtsc valley and another IN 1901
rendered more than ton million PEE rls
homeless: the water rising from 70 IN
90 feet, All that the account de-.
mands. however, Ia that n corrupt
race was swept away and that God
saved his righteous servant and his
household. II Ia the privilege Of ev.
cry believer IN God 10 save his house.
hold, See Acts 1891. $50; !. Cor. 7:14.
The only why God could insure tho
purity Of the race was to destroy ir.
rsvocably the impure.
Skeptics have read into the story
Of the food much extraneOus matter.
Some have sought to prove that be-
cause nearly every race under the sun
has food tradition therefore the
writer OF Genesis In merely passing
on 4 "Rabylonian tradition" II In far
more reasonable to believe that these
traditions are corrupted forms Of thu
true account found in the bible
For the younger pupils get the
story OF the Hood a. told by Dean