The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-14
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GOLDEN TExT--0od will bring every
work into Judgment, With svery secret
thing. whether 1t - good, or whether it
b evil.-Eccl. 12:l4. lsfe% aGss. ,.g>F. @5s&stz
REFERENCE 1IATEiRIAL-0en. 1s:1-
g: Exod. N:2l-sl; Esslk. sl:l-14; Acts u;
PRIMARY ToP1c-Dsnisl Tells the
King of His Wrong-Doing. E.gs :.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Belshazzar's Feast
INTERMEDIATEAN AND SENIOR TOPIC
Judgment Against King Alcohol.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
How to Enforce the judgment Against
Strong Drink. ~ r. <. 81 -. = r.
/. ssIshazzar's lmplous Feast wv.
LAY. - =,
-. Who attended wv. I, p. Bel
shazzar, his wife and :concubines and
a thousand Of his lords.
2. Behavior thereat wv. 8, A..
~ They drank wine they engaged
in revelry. (2) They committed sac
rilege. In their drunken revelry they
drank wine out, Of the sacred vessels
which had been taken out of the
temple, OF the house of God, which
was at Jerusalem. When men are IN
der the influence Of Intoxicating
liquors they lose all regard for sacred
things (3) They worshiped idols.
They prayed to gods Of gold and Of sil-
yer, Of brass. Of iron, wood and stone.
u. The Handwriting, on the Wall
wv. 5-16). 70. y :
/. The time Of ". 81. 1t occurred
In the same hour in which they wee
engaged in their drunken revelry. !
2. The effect. upon the king ". 81.
He was greatly disturbed; he was
seized wish CONSERVATION. "The joints
Of his lot2s were loosed, and his knees
smote one against another"
8. The kings behavior wv. 7-16).
~ He called forth astrologers and
soothsayers, offering rewards of gold
and position ". 10y. Their utter i'll
ability to interpret the writing left
the king even worse perplexed.
(2) Daniel brought at the suggestion
Ut the queen wv. 1916. The queen
here was perhaps the wife Of Nebu-
chadnezzar who remembered Daniels
service in interpreting his dream. For
that reason he was sent for and prom
ised great reward.
~. Daniel lnterprets tho Writing
wv. 1929. =:
l. Daniels address to the king wv.
17-24). He brushes aside his prom
Used gifts ". 17). He would not have
his speech limited by the kings gifts.
2. The Interpretation of the writing
wv. 25-28). ~ Meme means mum
bered" ". 28). "GOd hath numbered
thy kingdom and finished it." (2) TIE
KEEL" means weighed" ". 27). "Thou
art weighed in the balances, and art
found wanting" (3) "Peres'' means
divided" ". 28). "Thy kingdom is
divided. and given to the Modes and
Persfans." .,.
". The judgment Executed wv.
29-3l). 49, ::
In that night was Belshazzar slain
and Darius the Mclean took the king
dom. *s.
The Chaldean dynasty ended with
Belshaxzar. So'we may interpret this
whole scene as pointing to the con-
dltions at the close Of the times of
the Gentiles and az adumbrating the
prevailing conditions. Let US note:
1. The stupidity of men. They, like
people today. would not learn by ex-
ample. Nebuchadnezzar's fate should
have deferred. Belshazzar from such
frivolity.
2. The magnificent splendor. This
great feast was characterized by
pomp. display, parade. How charac-
teristic Of this age! :-
3. Luxury. The famous hanging
gardens of Babylon were q .notewor-
thy example. Signs Of luxury today
are on every hand.
4. Licentiousness. The king with his
wives and 7concubines. This is noto-
rIsusly prevalent today. '-.-
5. Blasphemous sacrliege. And may
not the sacrilege Of today be in ex-
cess Or theirs exposing itself In (1)
a profession of religion for pecuniary
gain, social and political preferment
CO. use Of the pulpit and of the min
istry for display and nO.Oriety, even
for the propagation Of false doctrine;
60 uniAing with the church, attend
ing the communion, so as to cover up
secret sins; (4) the use Of the Word
Of God to give point to joke; 20 de-
nying that the Bible is Gods Word,
making it a book of errors, myths and
legends; (8) sneering at the Virgin
birth, regulating Christ's deity and
setting aside His vlcarious atonerent.
8. Drunken carousals. The hand.
writing is on the wall. God will not
endure this forever; His judgment
shall fall. Conditions in the world
indicate that the time 10 drawing
near. Are you ready?>
Admiration. ''