Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-11-18
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER q
JONAH a MISSIONARY TO
NiNEvEH.

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tn-r7 % Observe al thtnxx szssar.o-x~-
enrnnaa11 yea and - Esr ~ah voa a.
E1fE- ese7 unto the End q tre -rarta :
Matt 1s-Is 20 r. v
The stcry Of Jonah Is orc Of TIE
most famous and most iutere<flrr in
the Bible In former series % lessons
more extended use has been made Of
the book giving time to GKsczss is
hfstoricity and Usner quessiSus IN
volved- This TING oaly cre reference
- used and that for DE purpose Of It's
zissaoEary teaching We acrert the
record Of the book literally heSsase
sirilar facts are recorded IN rrurzae
history but chiefly because Of the tes-
tinony and the usaxs.zaac sf IL hx
Jesus tsee Nafr i<4ssz 1914 z-t
Lake Il.39l- -
l. The Prophet prseissai.z W. "a.
JcnAh rZd The fzrsr fI-sy a-d asu.
c. the fepthsr dpz Ise.fJ God ee-
dversd hin hat ne rzfxht furu lis
Goc-ap2cfztst fask. E~sr ~ the "a
tion OF Iz-sei IA sotsy crytzx frur oss
Of the depths OF Us voc anoux the
nations and I'll certainly be -deliv-
cred when The king erres. that IL
may take its rishffN place azd fdsn
its GOS-arpeintaa tasks Il fsaxcu-
derfGl testimony of Gods grace svD
that Gods vord c1r,r to Jocah a sec
DAD tine Once be ran fruu Gods
command but God Is the God OF the
gospel Of = -secord chance and a
thtrd IL only Ne rvpent ana do his
coz1zands. bat God docs nct give q
-secor1 chance &c the urre7~nta-t
tSu-- If.ie-4sl- verss too explicitly
sets forth the message Jsc.h Is to de-
liver even 80 We are to proclaim the
Cosrel isee Cor. Is-i-4) npt the spec
ulations Of men nor the szodesfss C
philosophy- The messenger Of God
VIII find bis Eesssxs in ne word Of
0od ard viIl declare IL Il Is tie
word which revezis COTS tove. his
plan Of salvation. and The destiny Of
the saints BY the foolissress Of
pre2chizg men viii be saved The
word preach literally means to cry
OUT or call out ard Implies that
ezxreSt-exs and irsistence nce<.f1i for
. true advocate or witness OF God
Ben the power - nos 4 rs. Il 10 not
thu v7re CT God mingled with the the
Dries Of zen. or with sach ADDED to
the word The Bible IS the scuI vim
rsrs true stat Nizsveh. vast Esgnif-
ice1c ard wealthy ccald not atoce
for its wickcdness. its greatness only
aggravated its condition Jonah did
not spend any tine to zcqaainf him
self with conditions or 70 DO sight
seeing but cried yet forty GAYS. and
NinSveh shall be overthrow When
he explicitly and infinitely obeyet
and delivered Gods message he At
once aroused ard arrested the atten-
tsoa Of the city He did rot attempt
TO present -eredsrtiais.- tor explain
or defend his message He did not
seek to karloEizo IL with cur
rent thought nor give il q mod
ern expression He was blunt
and without compromise but gave an
opportunity for repentance
~ The People Penitent. w. 5-fo
Sineveh paid Immediate heed TO the
nan who did Tot SUR over Gods warn
iEg- Had the city continued in sin. It
had not been delivered. Sireyek die
four things ard As . result they were
saved: Cd They believed. believed
Cod ". 81 All true repentance IS
conditioned upon accepting God al
his word Gohn 1890. (zl They
evidenced humiliation fv- 81 They
gave such evidence BY hulSltng them
selves in the sight CT God from tie
king upo1 the throne to even the
lsast" There vas no apparent attempt
TO qualify or to eva6e Gods decree.
but rather TO accept IL ard by taking
. proper place IN his sight be deiiv-
cred from the psraity Of their Just
deserts (3) They prayed tv- s. Ct
6. -. Their prayer Was i-tcnse- The
kind CT prayer that counts with God
must also count upon God. AID God
lis slow to aEgcr. and plentec1s il
Eercy~ (SeA- SID. Prayer that is
effective is (21 grounded upon the
word Of God lbJ forszkes sir ard (el
obeys the will CT God sJaEes f-2.;
7:iD- go They zszfe sacrifice lv- g.
Mere humiliation and prayer Goes cot
effect a rene5y unless there Ia . Fer
CHESS judgment executed upon sin
Did Jonah fail in Eis mission, No.
for Gods predictions Of ruin are not
absolute and Unconditional tJer-
1s:7-1e)- Chapter four Is the record
Of Jonaais petulance and Of Gods low
ing kirdaess-
Nincveh continued for nearly 200
years subsequently but II uzs- then 50
completely destroyed that for nearly
1000 years its location was unknown
and disputed though row yielding .
rich harvest for the archeologist and
Bible student
Can . nation be stirred today Fo-
answer witness Mott and Eddy Ia
China In IA Of China's chief cities
during three months OF 1913. 1900 Of
the leaders Of that nation enrolled Is
inqzfrerx-
Have your class read carefully and
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