The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-15
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S@u1ay, Apii! Is.
Read and Study Genesis 1913;
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Ucu,c,onomy $2:$l-&3; Prov
CRIBS 23:2e-52.
If Sotom be the symbol of the
city and country stepped in mani
fold iniuuit.cS including intempcr-
nee. VIC have in the four passages
before uS: The vice of SOdom,
showing that mtcmpcrancc de-
bIuchcS: the vengeance on Sod
ON. showing that intempcrancc
dvspoIl>; the vine of SodOm, show
m% that iutcnpcraIcc dcpravcS;
and tn" venom from SodOm, show
im% that intcmpcrancc destroys.
let no tent today he pitched to-
WARE Sodom,
MICKEDNESS Genesis l3)
Dcbauchcry featured the wick
c,lncsS q. S0dom. Sec CD the
Queen Of the Plain. The Situa-
ton was beautiful. As Abraham
and Los nchrld il from the hills it
seemed to them as fair as the gar
den of tn" Lord and as fruitful ~
the land Of Egypt. II was in Il
fertile valley, flied with vine
yards. olive orchards, barley
fields. fiork-, eUa u tccmin" and
prosperous life. Five cities
flouriShcd in the ncighborhuod,
Sodom sitting proudly on her
throne as the queen of the dis
trict She carried on I'm extern
Sivc commerce, being 4 great traf-
ric route from the t,uphralrS to
the Nile. .kbnunding in wealth,
rich in culture, RECALLED with every
amusement, Sodom WAS II type of.
the city in its glory. Recall (2)
the Sins of Sodnm. The beautiful
city waS the very C"SS-poOl Of I'M
guilty aud black imdcc dwaS the
catalog Of sins named by Ezekiel
UG:lgD: pride, fulncSS Of bread,
and abundance Of idlcncSS WAS in
her and in her daughters: neither
did she strengthen the hand Of the
poor or needy" It's luStS were no.
tOriOuS. It's pride was manifest in
conceit, haughtincsS and irrcvcr-
ancc. IL made brcad-winning aud
moncy-making the main things, so
that it's citizens cared more for
what they ate and had than for
what they were. IL also had Il
great idle class in its population.
IL was selfish, withholding from
the needy, depressing them social
ly, politically and financially.
WOE Genesis l9)
Destruction followed the woe Of
Sodom. Here is CD the picture
of a city that went to it's woe. The
decree went forth from on lli.th
that SOdom should be- overthr0wn.
The warning angels came, hut the
SOdomiteS Sneercd. At last Lot
and his daughters left the city.
The hour of doom had arrived.
The morning miStS were lifting on
the hills. All At once liquid fire
heyan Ia fall. Soon the streets
ran with flames. the walls crumbl-
cd under the intense heat. every
living thing WAS completely de-
and the whole city with
its cnvirnns were swallowed un in
the awful conrlagaratiom. Here
also is tn the picture of man
saved ~ b. fire. To Sodum lao,
had gone i'm search of wealth.
There he had won money and
fame. built his home and reared
his family. spent the strength of
his manhood and the best years Of
his life. Almost dragged out Of
the doomed city, Lot and his two
daughters hardly reached the safe
slopes of the surrounding hills
when the fires Of Justice fell.
WINE deuteronomy 32)
Depravity Haunted the wine III
Sodom. Note Il double contrast
here. Cd There is Il contrast IN
the foundation of character. In
tbs suag ST.. ti:.!,a God is called
Rock, and on no other foundation
can be- built for time and ctcrn-
ity. (2) There is It contrast in
fruitagc in conduct. Over against
the good vine in wcli-kcpt vine
yard sustaining a fine family
there is the vine of Sodom flour
IsnGng in the fields Of Gomorrah
Pluck It's clusters and they are
bitter: crush its grapes and they
exudc gall; make wine out Of
them and you have the poison of
drink it and you reel
and writhe as if Stung with the
cruel venom of asps. What pic
ture of the poison of sin, In par
ricular. how vivid is the sketch Of