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LESSON Xll,—MARCH 19, 1911.
Defeat Through Drunkenness,--
Temperance Lesson, -1 Kings 20: 12 -
Commentary. -1, Benitadad's angry
command (v. 12) . 12. Ben hadad—The
King of Seals, who reigned about thirty
years and died 11. 0. 990.'Phis was Ben-
hadad II., son of Benhadad I. There was
also a King of Syria known of Benhee
dad II., not a son of Benhadad II., but
of Hazael. heard this message—The etc s
sage mentioned in verse 11, in which
Ahab intimated that the battle had not
yet been fought. The Roman proverb
says, "Sing not the triumphal song be-
fore the victory." In the Christian war-
fare, however, it is entirely appropriate
to sing the song of triumph before the
battle. as he was drinking—The Syrian
king and his fellow kings were apparent-
ly unaware of any danger, and were
careless in their fancied security. Ben-
hadad knew that Ahab's refusal to ac-
cede to all his demands would be likely
to make hien trouble, but be also knew
the weakness o1- Israel in contrast to
his great resources, and gave himself
over to revelry. in the pavilions War
tents, covered either with canvas or
with the boughs of trees,--Whedon. Sucb
shelters are still constructed and occu-
pied in certain parts of the east, set
yourselves in array—The Syrian hosts
were encamped near the city of Sama-
ria, and at the answer received from
Ahab, Benhadad, doubtless inflamed with
wine, decided that the time had come to
attack the city.
II. Israel's defiance encouraged (vs.
13-15). Though the king and people of
Israel had highly offended him, God had
not utterly cast them off. He still eller-
,ished designs of mercy toward theta, And
here, though unasked, gave them a sig-
nal proof o fhis interest in them, by a
prophet's animating a.nnouneement the;.
the Lord would that day deliver the
mighty hosts of the enemy into his
hands by means of a small, feeble, in-
adequate band.—J. & B. The prophet's
name is not mentioned. Whedon sug-
gests that he was from one of the
schools of the prophets, while Clarke
thinks it might possibly have 'been
either Elijah or Elish.a in disguise. The
latter view is unlikely, for there appears
to be no reason why the identity of (Otte
er of these should be concealed. hast
aeithou seen—Surely Ahab had seen the
vast army of Syria and had been so
terrified that he had consented to give
himself, his family and his wealth to
Benhadad that his life might be preserv-
ed. I will deliver -•Over against the
"great multitude" of the enemy was
placed the promise of Jehovah. this day
—No greater good could well come to the
besieged city. thou shalt know that 1
ani the Lord --One more effort was to
be made in mercy to bring Ahab to real -
lee. his wickedness in trusting in heathen
deities and rP1ecting the God of Israel.
14. by whotn—Ahab could see no way
in which a marvelous deliverance could
be effected. Itis own forces were small
and he expected no allies to come to his
assistance. the young men of the princes
—These young men were the attendants
of the chief officers of the different dis-
tricts of the Kingdon of Israel, and were
in Samaria because of Benhadad's in-
vasion. who shall order the battle—For
the time Ahab was apparently desirous
of receiving help and direction from God,
With an insi;-nifica,nt, army, he thought
there nuuet be an extraordinary leader
to theme success. thou—,Surely Ahab
must have been humbled, in view of hi
past wickedness, to think that tyuelt a
great. commission should be entrusted
to him. "Jehovah- will show Ahab, and
also Benhadad, that `the battle is not to
the strong: and these two hundred and',
thirty-two youths shall be mightier than
the boasted numbers of the king of
Syria."---\\'heden. 15. seven thousand ---
This must have represented the total'
number of teen in Samaria available for
military duty. The number was insig-
nificant in coutnarison with the hosts of
Syria. The vastness of the, Syrian army
ratty be seen by the numbers slain in a
subsequent: battle (I. Kings 20: 29. 30).
171. Drunken kings and their folly
(vs. 1(3.18).
.1.6. They went. The two hui,dred
thirty-two young men of the prinves.
]t lookea ai if they were marching to
their death as this handful of men went
to face the Syrian hoed. But—A strong
adversative. On the one side was the
!little band going forth under divine
direction, and on the other a group of
h;ings in command, of immense forces in
a'drunken carousal.Drinking himself
drunk. For kings to drink and for
army offieers to be drunken at any time,
and eepeeially on the eve of battle, is
the height of folly. Alcohol is a con-
queror. It eougnerors the general, the
statesman, the professional man, the
laborer. the business man, the man of
wealth. the men of poverty, the man
of intellectual power, the high, the, low,
the ,grest, the small, all it conquerors
who tarry with it. In one of the eoun-
trie Europe, of '{rural. e, before art army under•
takes a, long mareh, or engages in bat-
' tic, olfieers pass along the linos to ex-
stmine tine soldiers, and if the emelt of
liquor is found upon' the breath of any
mall. he is sent back to the. barracks
as unfit for the eervice to be 'under-
taken. One may become intoxicated and
become sober again, but an injury •has
been done to the tissues .of the brain
and to other organs of the body from
which he will never fully recover. The
kings, tate thirty and two. They were
petty kings, who were tributary to Ben -
}laded'.
1.7. Went oat first. They went out
of Samaria tawa,rde the Syrian camp,
leading the way for the seven thousand
who were to follow, Benbada4 sent
out, To learn the cause of the eulsily
from the besieged city, 18. Take them
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and though informed of the advancing
•company. yet confiding in their num-
bers, or it may be. excited 'with wine,
he ordered with indifference the proud
intruders to be taken alive, whether
they came with peaceful or hostile inten-
tions.—J., F. & 11. la the folly of his
drunken insolence he was confident of
victory, not dreaming of any power
greater than his own.—Whedon. Even a
king will do when drunk what he would
not do when sober.
TV. Israel's victory (vs. 19-21). 19.
These young men...and. the army. The
young men were to be the agents in
turning the_ Syrian army to flight and
the seven thousand were to pursue the
fleeing host. '20. They slew every one
his man. Not only was Benhadad's
army unprepared for an attack, but the
leaders were drunk, while the young
men were fullyalive to the work Ise -
fore dim and had a definite purpose,
which they accomplished. The Syrians
fled. An organized. systematic attack
upon the leaderless Syrian multitude,
panic stricken by the unexpected as-
sault, caused them to flee. Israel pur-
sued. The narration is vivid. There is
a striking array of facts packed into
this verse. On Israel's side was order,
on Syrian's disorder; on Israel's oourage
and faith, on Syria's dismay; on Israel's
victory, on. Syria's inglorious deefat.
BedYhadad. , -escaped. The king's body-
guard doubtless made unusual efforts
to eave the life of their master. 21.
The king of Israel went. The marvel-
lous deliverance inspired him with.,en-
ergy to make the victory as great as
possible. A. great slaughter. The word
of the Lord by his prophet had been
fulfilled, and it was with the express
purpose •that the king might know that
there was a God in. Israel, yet there is
no record that Ahab acknowledged him
or in any way attributed his great vic-
tory to his power.
Questions. ---Who was the king of Is-
rael at this time? The King of Syria?
What, was the relation between the two
nations? What demand did the king of
Syria make upon the king of Israel?
Who appeared to encourage Ahab? What
was the strength of Israel's army as
compared with that of Syria? Describe
the battle and the victory? What wick-
edness and folly were in the Syrian
(tamp? How did drunkenness affect the
outcome of the battle? How does strong
drink affect the body? The mind? The
soul? Give your reasons why one should
abstain from strong drink.
PRAO T1CAL , APPLI CATION.
"I will deliver it into thine hand"
(v. 13). After Benhadad had boasted
that the dust of Samaria should not
suffice for handfuls for all the people
that followed him, it seemed an impos-
sibility for that great host to be deliv-
ered into the hand of Israel's king. How-
ever it was the word of Goa and the
fulfilment of the promise was not far
in the future. The liquor forces have
been many, and are still a multitude, al-
though growing perceptibly less, yet the
labors and prayers of sober and godly
nten,ewomeniand children have brought
the conviction that the multitude shall
be delivered into the hand of righteous-
ness and sobriety. The tables are turn-
ed 'in the temperance campaign.. ,The
besieged hosts are the liquor fortes, en-
trenehed behind the fortressll•ts of sen-
suality and greed,,, and the besieging
forces are the temperance bests, briag-
ing to bear argument, law-enforcement,
moral suasion, the public cotlscience, the
public health and the public wealth, and
stronghold after stronghold is giving
way, and it is but a question of a few
more years until the aeeursed traffice
must make an unconditional surrender,
With God multitudeh :do not count.
"By the young m011?"•(v. 14). It was
natural that the kiirgllluould ask the
question, "By whoM P When such a
marvelous victory was predicted. The
young risen were ,there from the pro-
vinces, every ones a prince, .,and un-
trained in spelling "defeat." There were
not many of theme but they were acting
in defence of God's chosen people and
proved to be invincible, When the young
men become thoroughly aroused in a
great cause opposition must give way.
Children and young- people are doing
valiant serv-ise in fighting the saloon
hosts and victory i13 certain. The young
men of the nation will be the gainers
by the prohibition of the liquor traffic,
for the young men are.filling the ranke
of, those slain by rum. From inquiries
made j4' -has been learned that sixty-
eight per cent. of the army of drinkers
learned to drink before reaching the
age of twenty-five years, It is a noble
thing for young sten to throw their
strength ;into the f for world-wide
prohibition.«" '
, .*ho shall order t e" attic'!" (v. 14).
Thea"need was urgent. The deliverance
prornised.was astounding. There apilear
ed tube no leader in sight to cope' with
the situation. "Who shall order the bat-
tle" to insure victory to Israel? The
prophet was 'as ready to name the lead-
er as ]ie was to declare by whom victory
was to be given. The responsibility- fell
upon the king. In the 'temperance cam-
paign the Lord is leading on His hosts.
He is ordering the battle and tbousands
of loyal men and women are hearing
and obeying His commands.
"Drinking himself drunk" (v. 16). A
most ruinous way of making prepara-
tion for battle was this. When Benhadad
and his allied kings needed a clear twain
and a strong hand, they were making
themselves utterly unfit for battle. The
liquor power has made itself drunk with
arrogance, greed and blood, and the time
is opportune for the "princes" to make
the assault that will lay the enemy
low. The "young men," moving in firm
array under the Ieadership of Rim who
orders the battle, shall yet gloriously
triumph.
"Slew every one his than" (v. 20).
Each one' in the army hos 'itis • place to
fill. The great and the small. the young
and the old, all are entrusted with res-
ponsibility in the conflict. The armor
is (1) the shield of faith, (2) the sword
of truth, (3) the great facts about the
destructiveness and deceifulness of
drink, and (4) the thing that the trot -
fie most fears, the ballot.
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Alaike clover—
e'No.' 1, bush, .. ..$ 600 ,$ 6 50
No. 2, bush. - , ... .
75
No. 3, bush... e. ` 5 50 6 00
Red eloeer, No. 1 .. ,.7 25 7 50
do., No. 2. , . . , , .. 6 50 6 75
do., No. 3 . . -5 00 5 40
Timotlia, No. 1, recleaned. .6 25 0 00
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UNE •f(rc)K. a;
It was ab•wious to all that, notwith-
standing comparatively light-reeoitt s,
the mtrppl3 •iaas too great 'for the de-
mand. 'elhc market was ineti.ited to.drag.
,1 pasting referents to but cher hal:141/ 10
'butcher we've was in effect a clainx tllat
they had not fully sympatluized wh't'la the
trend of ,prices an other departenefets,
and that they were dearer than *era"'
ket, warranted.
TIbe receipts for the pat two days
amounted to 1.,505 (tittle, 234 sheep and
1tt:inbs, 2,000 hogs aril 147 salves,
171e following analyel4 reflects avenge
plater.:
Cholece heavy cattle, buteber or ex-
port, $5,65 to $5.00; good to medium
heavy, $5..0 to $a.-10; lie`s., medium,
$5.35e,to $5.45; m , ixed, twice e nimon,
11114 to, *5; general run of Bowe, $4.40 to
$4.751 good buil , heavy. $5 to $5.t.0;
medium rough, $4 to $-L50; t-niwef4 int w.
comunon, rot to $3.
Sheep—Finn at *4,30 to ::(1.85,
lnanibse laigttt, firer, at 'ru; to $0,i.5:
hags_ -'Market steauy end unchanged
at 56.7: f o,b,, and ;(:,1,05 fed and watered,
red,
Heavy hogs, over 2.20 pounds, **50<: less.
Ahs a guide to valuta generally,' the.
purchases of the Harris Ab:.tton• urt
given first• place in the -appended Iiia of
tr'anact•ion4:
Geo. Rowntree (Beanie Abattoir)
bought 501) cattle. (;:rods hotelier steers
and heifers, 95.10 to x5.00; general dila
of butcher cattle, $5.35 to $5.03; buteber
cows, $140 to $5:25: general run rf but-
cher cows, $4.10 to ae.73i butahcr bulk.
$4.50 to $525,
1). Rowntree (Harris A'battutr) bought
50 iambs, $6:25 to $6.90; 30 sheep, $d to
$5; 40 eaires, $3.50 to $S.
Wesley Drum bouugtht.133 lambs at an
avreage of $5.50; 40 ehee_t at $i.00, an:1
40 calves at $8.25.
'Canna McCurdy bought 3:5 butehet; cat-
tle, 900 to 900 ibis., at, 95.5 to 55.00•
Get). Dunn bought a load mixed cows
and heifers at 54.50 to $5, and ,.tiers,
1,100 lbs., nit
W. L. difkine bought 52 Luther cat-
tle. $5.10 to $5.85,
Maybee & Wilson sons 10 loitds rattle;
butchers' at $5 to $5.50; crow,• at $2 to
54.70.
W. Urealoek (1). 7l, ll:u'tin Lido
bought 75 &telt , but.:lr:=n-' at 54.8(1 i.n
$5.75; <'ows at $4 to S••''tao bulk at f'1.40
to $4.80.
A. W. \•taedonaiaf (Gunn., Ltd.)
'bonglrt 6,loadaeattlee steers and he,fer',
$5 to $5.75: 5: curve, $325 tr, ?15,
.7•ohneton (0 afire. Ltd.) bought 3
1oa:da•hog, sit- 57.05, fed and -watered at
the market.
C. Woods bought 1 leas bats het (lit-
tle.
,.tle. 906 to 950 lbs., nt $5.73 to 11,3.50.
Alex. I,eva<'lc bought :i0 hotelier mitt le
at $3.445 to $5.80.
FARMERS MARIiE T.
The offerings of grain to -day were
moderate, with price., unchanged. A few
loads of fall wheat so]d at 1(1' per bnslt-
el, 5410 buel els of barley at its to
and 200 bushels of oats at 38 to :31)e.
Ilay quiet and weaker, lvith sates, of
twenty loads at. $16 to 818 a ten for
timothy. and at 912 to $14 for mixed.
Bundled straw :,-rid at 1114 a tun for ane
load, Averred hag, are un elmriga',
with quotations riding at' 51) to 110.50.
Wheat, white . . .. ..$ 0 8() $ 0 (10
Do., red, bustle] .. .... 0 80 0 00
Do.. goose . .. .. .... 0 38 0 :I9
Peas, bushel . ... .... 3) 80 0 00
Barley, hustle! .. .. .. , . 0 (38 1) 69
Rye, bushel . .. .. .. 0 67 0 68
Buckwheat, bushel .. , . 0 48 0 50
Hay, timothy, ton ... .. 16 -00 19 00
Do., mixed, ton .. .... 10.1)0 12 00
Straw, per tont .... , . , , l3 (0) 11 00
Seetle--
]'rices at vdli.itli reeleanrd .1 ell ere
being, sold to the trade:
Alsikc, No. 1, bushel , .. , 11 Ota O 00
Do., No. '2 bueleei .... 9 (30 O 011
Do.. Ne .t. hnehel .. 8 75 O 00
Rett clover- No. 1, b1lehel 30 50 0 (1(3
Do., No. 2, Imeltei .. , . 9 30 0 00
De., No. 3, bushel .. .. 8.4.0 (1 00
Timothy, No. 1. liii 1i l .. 7 20 (1 ()0
Do.. No. 2bushel . .. 6 73 0 0(1
Alfalfa, No. l; bushel .. 13.73 0 031
Do., No. 2, brothel , . .. 12 225 O 00
Dreseed hogs .. ... .... (3 00 it 50
Butter, dairy .. , • . , .. , 0 a:) 0 27
Do., infeu•inr .. .... 0 19 0 21
Eggs, new -laid, dozen ... 0 a5 i) 27
C huskers. DA. , . ... .... (1 10 0 l8
Tuwkeya, lb. ., (r 21 0 24.
Fowl, lb . .. .. .. .. .... 0 14 0 13
Apples, bbl, , . .. .. ... :1 nt) 5 00
Ccbhage, doson .. .. .. 0 7e 1 no
Cauliflower, dozen , . .. , 0 7•'. 1 Ott
Onions, hag .. .. .. (1 00 1 00
Potatoes; hag . ,. .,.. 0 90 1 00
Beeff, hintlema.rtere . , .. 9 511 10 50
T)0., forequarters 7 00 8 00
Do., ehtoiee, carcase .. , 1) OO 41 75
Do., medium, carcass , 8 00 8 30
Mattel), prime, per cwt:: 8 00 8 5()
areal. prince, per cwt. 11 Ott 13 00
Lamb, cwt. .. .... 1.0 00 11 50
HIDES, WOOL, TALLOW, ETC.
Bides- :Gild reeeipts of hides are fair;
and prices steady. City inspected, No.
t steers and cows. (10 pounds stud tip,
9%c per pound; No. ', Seio, and Na
3, Ne. Country stock. eared 11e to
Stec at ant:side points, and green at Mc
to Sc.
horsehair ----:farmer or peddler •stock,
30e to .',2e per p00nrl.
Ilorsehides. ,$2.7 5 to 58.
Sheepskins—SI to $1,25.
Cadfskins---Market is elea.dy, with
prices front 12c to 13e here, and ile to
1.2e outside.
Tallow—Solids, in barrels, No. la de
t0 6Me; No 2 solids, Ile; (lakes, No. 1,
ey, a to 63,6e, owl No, 2, 6%,e,
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