The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, January 01, 1892, Image 7
TEMPERANCE.
WnrW-wide a curse lies on our lan'i;
From shore to shore, from sea to sia.
No nation, country, island, free
From alcohol’s destroying hand.
So long!—since time began; and prayers
Of mother-hearts have risen in vaiu!
,For paltry pelf, for sordid gain,
goodly rand its harvest bears.
things there are confound the strong;
watchman for the morning hour,
i-wide there runs a chain of power,
rith the voice of song!
*t the strong king fears?
fehain of lordly might.
thread of ribbon white,—
* to the prayer of years!
id about a hearthstone twined,
fng a mother’s lullaby;
nore to shore, from sea to sea,
on white the dear home binds.
ride, a blessing waits for thee,
(tomes beloved, of every land I
rained of heart, and trained of hand,
|Udren shalt thy country free!
—Esther T. idoush.
RUSSIAN PEASANTS.
|opio lady of the Government
l.ussia, who owns several vil-
hed all the liquor stores in her
\losed, and established in their
\es. where peasants can get
ill the tea they can drink for
On Sunday she and her
be afternoon in these tea*
Useful books and extracts
the guests. The peasants
fcd with this innovation,
patronized, and drunken-
mowu in those villages
fablisbed. As the scheme
Ahe novelist Tolstoi, the
oace established a
pith the special ob-
pnevolent lady and
ig Tolstoi's works,
"to the peasants on
mthtopic couple do
itinue their good work
SABBATH SCHOOL.
PAFFECTS THE BOOT,
rered that the toxic actiofc
doses primarily affectt
after which the other
ro spinal system are con-
d. till in the stage of dea l
inly parts not invaded by
(iraiysU are those automatic
mgdulla oblongata, which
Maintain the circulation and
ven these centres are not
pted; the paralysis of these, as
ctions of the cerebro spinal
i in its incompleteness and at
i complete, the coma of drunk*
gating in death. More usually
pt is gradually eliminated and
al is restored to consciousness—
liess disturbed, however, by the
suits of the agent he has abused,
i the stomach suffers directly or
through the nervous system. *Nu-
Insequently, is interfered with by
five ingestion of food as well as by
L ssimilatiou of that which is in
fo this cause, as well as to the p>
it action of the poison, are due the
pganic degenerations which, in
inces, "Stforten the drunkard’*
be-A- Week.
INTERNATIONAL. LESSON
JANUARY 3.
FOR
Lesson Tex-: ‘•Jhe Kingdom
Christ,” Isaiah xi., 1-10—Gol
den Text; Psalm Ixxii., 8—
Commentary.
of
|N' OF ABSTINENCE EMPHASIZED,
ray companies, from economic
bus, find it necessary generally to
i use of intoxicants by their em-
st while on duty, so does much
lern, complicated labor-saving
pmphasize the lesson of ibsti-
7a<e Oily, Of Iowa, alluding to
refers to the old days when a
liquor freely, “and ail that
i thac the tool ne was moving
his arm stopped,” and says:
bt be fuddled uow when he is
.ine drjyen by steam pr elec-
1. “And there shall come forth a rod out
of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall
grow out of his roots.” The prophets were
the messengers of Jehovah to the people to
turn back to God that they might
serve Him in sincerity, and manifest the
only living and true God to other nations.
They showed Israel her sins, warned them
of coming judgment if impenitent, reminded
them of God’s love to them, and always
pointed forward to a restoration and glori
ous kingdom. The Rod or Shoot and Branch
of Jesse is the same that was promised to
David in II Sam. vii., 12, 13. He is the Son
mentioned in Isa. vii., 14; ix., 6, 7. See also
Math, i., 1; Rev. v„ 5.
2. “And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest
npon Him, the spirit of wisdom and under
standing, the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of
the Lord.” Here is the fullness of the Di
vine power. See Co!, i., 18; ii. 9; John iii.,
34. He is the wisdom of God and the power
of God (I Cor. i., 24). In these seven state
ments concerning the Spirit in this verse we
see the righteousness of Jehovah, the power
to discern the nature of things, and the dif
ference of things (wisdom and understand
ing). the power to form right conclusions
and carry out right purposes (counsel and
might), a thorough acquaintance with God
and a sincere adoration of Him (knowledge
and fear). All fully found in the coming
King.
3. “And shall make Him of quick under
standing in the fear of the Lord, and He
shall not judge after the sight of His eyes,
neither reprove after the hearing of His
ears.” The R. V. says: “His delight shall
be in the fear of the Lord,” or, according to
Delitsch, “The foar of Jehovah is fragrance
to Him.” InPs. xl., 8, John viii., 29, the
light shines upon the first clause. And in
John vii., 24, He Himself seems to refer to
the last part of the verse, when He tells
them to “Judge not according to the ap
pearance.” What a glorious administration
of earth’s affairs there will be when such
a king shall sit on David’s throne and be
king over all the earth. See Zech. xiv., 9;
Jer. iii., 17.
4. “But with righteousness shall He judge
the poor and reprove with equity for the
.meek of the earth; and He shall smite the
earth with the rod of His mouth, and with
the breath of His lips shall He slay the
wicked.” He will be incorruptibly righteous
to all; the unfortunate and heart-broken
will find in Him a true friend. On the first
half of this verse read Ps. Ixxii., 2-4. The
last half of the verse makes its very clear
that this kingdom of righteousness on earth
will not be till after the second coming of
Christ, for it is only then that He will smite
the nations and destroy the Antichrist. Sea
Ps. ii., 8, 9; II Thess. ii., 8, in connection
with Rev. ii., 2(3, 27; xix., 11-16.
5. “And righteousness shall be the girdle
of His loins and faithfulness the girdle of
His reins.” All His doings shall be bound up
in righteousness and faithfulness, and the
fruit thereof shall be peace, quiteness and
assurance forever (Isa.xxxii, 15-18). When
God shall makeHis firstborn higher than the
kings of the earth, then shall mercy be built
np forever and faithfulness be established
(Ps. Ixxxix, 2, 27.) It is the privilege of
every true believer to antedate tne kingdom
by enjoying this peace even now.
6. “The wolf also shall dwell with the
lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with
the kid; and the calf, and the young lion,
and the falling together; and a little child
shall lead them.” There is no need to spirit
ualize this and the next two verses, as so
many do. The simple statement Ls that the
animals here mentioned, which now devour
each other, shall in the days of the kingdom
live in perfect peace together, as no doubt
they did before sin entered this world. See
Isa. Ixv., 17, 35; Rom. viii., 21.
7. 8. “And the cow and the bear snail feed;
their young ones shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox: and
the suckling child shall play on the hoi
El. IB 1 .
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