Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-07-13

JUNIOR TOPIc-Belshazzar's Feast
and Fate.
INTERMEDIATE AND eENIoR TOPIC
Judgment Against King Alcohol.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
How 70 Enforce the Judgment Against
Strong Drink.
1. BeIshazxar's lmpious Feast wv.
1-4).
/. Who attended wv. l, p. Bel.
shazzar. his wife and concubines and
a thousand of his lords.
2. Behavior thereae wv. 3, A..
"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 I'M
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 sill
yer, of brass, Of iron, wood and stone.
u. The Handwriting on the Wall
wv. 5-16).
1. The time Of ". %. It occurred
In the same hour in which they were
engaged In their drunken revelry.
2. The effect upon the king ". g..
He was greatly disturbed; he was
seized with CONSERVATION. 1.-THE joints
of his loins were loosed, and his knees
smOte one against another"
3. The kings behavior wv. 7-16).
~ He called forth astrologers and
soothsayers, offering rewards of gold
and position ". 7-9). Their utter In.
ability to interpret the writing left
the king wen worse perplexed.
~ Daniel brought at the suggestion
Of the queen wv. 1919. The queen
here was perhaps the wife Of Nebu-
chadnezzar who remembered Daniels
service in interpreting his dream. For
that eas he was sent for and prom
Used great reward.
III. Daniel ~Interprsts the Writing
wv. 1929.
/. Daniels address to the king wv.
1924. He brushes aside his prom.
Used gifts ". ~. He would not have
his speech limited by the kings gifts.
2. The Interpretation Of the writing
wv. 25-2e). ~ "Mene" means mum.
bered" ". 2S). GOD hath numbered
thy kingdom and finished It." (2) "Te-
kel" means. weighed" ". 81. Thou
art weighed in the balances, and art
found wanting" (3) "Peres'' means
"divided" ". 2S). "Thy kingdom is
divided, and given to the Medes and
Pefsians."
w. The judgment Executed wv.
29-s1).
In that night wal Belshazzar slain
and Darius the Medean took the king.
dom.
The Chaldean dynasty ended with
Belshazzar. So we may interpret this
whole scene rs pointing to the con-
ditions at the close Of the times of
the Gentiles and as adumbrating the
prevailing conditions. Let us note:
l. The stupidity Of men. They, like
people today, would not learn by ex-
ample. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 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 agel
3. Luxury. The famous hanging
gardens of Babylon were a notewOr-
thy example. Signs Of luxury today
are on every hand.
A. Li%centiousness. The king with his
wives and ~concubines. This is noto-
riously prevalent today.
8. Blasphemous sacrAege. And may
not the sacrilege Of today be in ex-
cess Of theirs, exposing itself In III
q profession OF religion for pecuniary
gain, social and political preferment ;
20 use of the pulpit and of the min
istry for display and notorlety, even
for the propagation Of false doctrine /;
49, uniting with the church, attend
ing the communion, so as to cover up
secret sins; "a the use Of the Word
Of God to give point to a joke; (5) de-
nying that the Bible is Gods Word,
making II q book 81 errors, myths and
legends; (6) sneering at the Virgin
birth, repudiating Christ's deity and
setting aside His vicarious atonement.
8. Drunken carousals. The hand
writing Is on the wall. God will not
endure this forever; His judgment
shall fan. Conditions In the world
indicate that the time 30 drawing
near. Are You ready?