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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-12-02, Page 7gunday chool. INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. XL DECEMBER 11. 1904 Captivity of the Ten Tribes -2 Dings 17:0.18, Co°nanentpry: I. kneel carried 'away captive (v. 6). 6. Ninth year of Hosie --1 iosllea, was merely a 'vassal of Assy- ria, amd paid rtribute !to Shaamaneser (v. 3); but seeing what appeared to be a favorable opportunity, he guide a bold dash for 'liberty. Ile 4ori ed an airline against the Assyrians with So, the Phar- aoh of Egypt, and refused longer to pay the itribute. This brougiht Shalrriraneser and the Assyrian army upon then, and fox three years they besieged Samaria. (v. 5). The length of t.be siege shows the strength of Samaria. Itis horrors may be infeaued from lsa. xxviii. 1.4; Hosea x. 14; xiii. 16; Ain•os vi. 9-14. Took Samaria -The end at last came, and the city was obliged to capitulate. From the .Assyrian iaiescniptioms it appears that during the siege $halmaueser ewes suc- ceeded by Sargon, one of his genenrls, and that it, was Kirgon who finally took Samaria. Carried isniel away -What became .of the Ieaaelites? ,'Many thou- sands were eaxried away into the nonth- ern districts of Asyria; while the power ones who remained were mingled Stith foreigners deported there by the Assyrians, and became the Samaritans. Those carried away to Assyeia never re - earned as tribes. On the tablets discov- ered in the great library of Sargon in Nineveh, commonly called the ".e.et-3 of Sargon," we have his own account of his victory. "I besieged the city of Samaria," lie says, ''and ,took it, and car- ried into captivity 27,80 of its inhabit- ants." Hailuh, ate. --See dictionary, II. The cause of Israel's xlownfall (vs. 7-12). 7. Sinned -Here was the secret of their downfall. They format Grad and Hismercy towards them and walked in the sways of the heathen and worshipped heathen deities. 0. Did secretly -They were hypocritical. "Literally, they con- cealed Jehovah so that He could next be reegnized. They 'tt••orahipped God an ways of their own invention and made lino dike idols." The tower -Erected on lone- ly spots to guard vineyards and flocks. The meaning is that idolatry was gen- eral. 10. Ianages and groves -"Pillars A.sheritn." 11. V. The pillar or obelis was placed by the .altar as a symbol o the god worshipped at the altar. Ash crime or A.therotn is the plural form o the +prerper name of 'the heathen goddes of'the Lidoniuns. The singular form i Ashernh or Aslntore:th. Aslierah was 'th female, rapid li"nral was the male divinity High hill, etc. --On every eminence Niter were images of heathen gods, and nud the trees ibootilis were belt fete the pur pose od engaging in. abominable practice an honor of imam deities. 11. As slid th evil.. -Surrendered themselves into com- plete slavery to idolatrous practices.. 18. Removed them -That is, the Lord removed Israel out of the Holy Land, where Jehovah had His dwelling place. None left but Judah -"All of Benjamin and Levi, and all the Israelites who abandoned their idolatries joined with Judah. The ten tribes were carried away by the Assyrians. This ended the kingdom of Israel, after it had lasted two hundred and forty-six years, from the death of Solomon and the schism of Jeroboam," PRACTICAL SURVEY. The kingdom of Israel, consisting of the ton tribes,_ had lasted two hundred and forty-five years. Nineteen kings had rule it; none of them were truly pious. The enemy succeeded in capturing the citadel of Israel's territory -Sarna - ria. The king was first captured, then his subjects. God will be satisfied with nothing but the heart, the citadel of man's nature, in which he will become enthroned, and if allowed the right of way he will destroy the carnal self -life and the redeemed triune nature will. be under the sway of the divine love. Israel's responsibility was great. God had delivered thein from the wretched and cruel Egyptian bondage, and had wrought miraculously in their favor for years, which brought them under obliga- tions to flim. They had pledged Him their loyal service. God being their "lib- erator, law -giver and king," was a suffi- cient guarantee of success. The sin of Israel was gradual and pro- gressive, and was seen in their disre- gard for God's word and secretly doing those things which were not right in 9). When the heart, even though in secret, begins to disregard the require- ments of God and considers the matter of paying vows and fulfilling obliga- tions of little consequence, beware, for the- soul has drifted from its moorings and a spiritual decline has set in, which, unless remedied, will soon be seen in the public life and which will send t, a soul to perdition. Sin hardens, and Israel be- comes more defiant as rebellion is prac- tised. They finally sell themselves to do evil (v. 17). -This implies deliberate choice upon their part, which gives to their conduct a. blackness that partakes of hell. The marks which characterized them as God's people are now effaced, and they are amalgamated with "the heathen that were around them." We cannot consider their sinfulness without 5eeling the enormity of their crimes ,against Gat in deliberately "rejecting anci ' his statutes and his covenant" and fol- k f f S $ e e er s heathen, etc. -They were doing the ver things thou caueo t tate Lord to dextro heathen notions •before them. Anger - God's anger is His indignation agains Birt• 12, Idols-Li'teraaay, `fifths," a team contempt. Shall not -The prohibition i an the OomuiaruLutents and elsewhere:- Exod. xx. 4, III. God's efforts to save Israel (v 13). 13. Testified against Israel --Js rael had been warned with tremendon emphasis by Autos and Hosea. Repent once, on the one hand, and destruction by Assyria, on the other, had been se before them in the name of Jeltovnh a the only p', 'ibic courses. 1.n spite o steadily increasing manifestations of As eyrie's. power utter cruelty, rulers and people had alike decided not to repent Meanwhile leatah and Alicah warned :Tu dale of Samaria'e impending; fate. Pro- phets .... seers -Though both of these names are used for prophet, they have a distinct desil'iiation; perhaps something like ordained and lay preachers in mod- • ern days. Seer was the older and ap- parently less dignified triune.-Ilurlbut. Turn ye -Compare Jer. vii. 3,; 18: 11. But all the prophets from Samuel to Malachi delivered the same message. if we are lost it will not be because of God's unfaithfulness in reproving and warning us. IV. Israel rebellious and wicked (vs 14-18). 14. Hardened their necks - Deliberately chose their way of wicked- ness in the face of all light, warning and entreaty. Did not believe -This laid the foundation el all their sins. They did not, God's prophets, but harkened to deceivers. To rC1ect God through unbe- lief is one of the worst sins of which mention is made in the Bible. The un- believer will' be destroyed (Rev. xxi, 8). 15. Covenant -The whole body of the Mosaic law (Exod. 10. 4; 24: 4-8). They agreed to keep this law, and God prom- ised to bless them on that condition. (Deut. xxix, 1, 9, 13). Testimonies - His law is the testimony for truth and against iniquity. Followed vanity - Literally, `breath' or 'vapor' -a familiar image for nonentity." See Jen 2, 5; 8, 10; 14: 22. Became vain -As idols aro "vanity" and "nothingness," so idola- ters are "vain" and impotent. Their energies wasted, their time misspent; they have missed the real object of ex - instance; and the result is utter power- lessness. 10. They left -"Forsook" ---• R. V. The sin of the ealves is connected with the casting away of all the divine law. As soon as any other object is set up instead of God all he values has per- ished from man's worship (Rom. vi. 16). Ltunby. Worshipped,...hast cf hea- ven --- w The Assyrian astral , 1 hip -T111- ry. Prohibited • (Deut. iv, 19; 17, 3). That God's people did fell into this sin we know (Jer. viii. 2; ♦ix, 13; Zeph. 5), 17. Thruogh the fire-Desporately cruel and wicked they stood before the x, great man -headed eand amidst the cries and shrieks of their . babes, cast them into his outetretehe�l arms, to he carried .thence into the Hones raging insideelePentecost. Moses warned • them against this abornina•tinn (Lev, xviii. 211 Dent, xviii. 10). Sold ,themselves to do lowing vanity. tlou is not, arbitrary in his dealings with men. To this ungrateful, unworthy and rebellious people he had repeatedly announced conditwns upon winch he would pardon an drestore them (v. 13; Hos. xiv., 4-6; Ezek. xxxiii., 11). When they would not repent and obey his commandments, correction was adminis- tered. It must be remembered that God is not only a God of love and mercy, but he is a God of justice; penalty must be inflicted for wrong doing, the dignity y of his character and the majesty of his y law and government roust be maintained. Their sad plight is now pitiable in- t deed, for "the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his f 1 sight." .As Adam and Eve were ban- s ished from the garden of Eden under condemnation and guilt, and as Cain wandered feeling abandoned of God and with the mark of an exile upon hint, so it was with Israel and so it is with the sinner. He is an exile from home, ban- _ fished front the hcniseliold of God; "yet doth God devise means, that his banished t ` be not expelled from him" (II. Sam. xis-., s 14). While Israel through wilful rebel - f lion had forfeited their right to the promised land and bad incurred the dis- pleasure of Cod and were now banished , from "hie sight." yet through the mercy - of God they could, by meeting his claims, be restored to his favor and be fitted to dwell with him forever. The means devised, the atanement made by Christ, promises forgiveness to the penitent, lib- erty to the captive and life to the dead. .TAMES D. 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Wheat about steady; one load of white cereal sold at $1.07, 200 bushels of white at $L05 to $1.06, 200 bushels of red at $1.01 to $1.06, and 100 bushels of goose at 91e, Barley unchanegd, with sales of 700 bushels at 60 to 51o. 0ate firmer, 800 bushels sell- ing at 35% to 360. Dairy produce in moderate supply, and prices steady. Choice dairy butter sold: at 20 to 22c per lb, and new laid eggs a6 30c per dozen. Poultry easier; chickens, 34 per lb.; ducks, 8 to 9e; geese, 8 to 90 tur- keys, 13 to 14e per lb. Hay in fair supply, with Sales of 20 loads at $9 to $10 a ton for timothy, and at $7 to $3 for mixed. Straw, steady, one load selling at $13.50 a ton. Dressed hogs are unchange at $6.50 to $6.75, the latter for light. Wheat, new, white, bushel..$ 05 to 106 Do,, red, per bushel .... .. 05 to 3; 06 Do. ,spring, bushel .. .. 98 to 1011 Do., goose, bushel ........91 to 009 Oats, bushel .. .... .. 5'/a to 0 34 Barley, bushel -. .. .. .. 49 to 015 Rye, bushel ,.. .. .. .. .. .. 80 to 000 Peas, bushel .............. 67 to 0 62 Hay, timothy, per ton .. .. 00 to 10 00 Do., mixed, per ton ...... 00 to 8 OP 00 to 13 55 Straw, per ton .... .. .... 1 Seeds- Alsike, No. 1, bushel ...... 50 to I>o., No. 2, bushel .. .. 00 to Do., No. 3, bushel ...... 00 to Red clover .-.- .. •. .. 00 to Timothy ••.. .. .. .. .. 00 to Dressed hogs -. .. .. .. 50 to Apples, per bbl. .... .. .. .. 75 to E £s, per dozen .... •. •. 30 to Butter, dairy . •. .. .... 20 to Do., creamery •- . .. 22 to Chickens, spring, per Ib.. .... 09 to Ducks, per lb. .. .. .. .. 03 to Turkeys, per Ib- -. •• -- 13 to Cabbage, per dozen .. .. .. 25 to Potatoes, nor bag .. -- .. 70 to Cauliflower, per dozen .... .. GO to Onions, per bag .. .. .. 00 too Celery, per dozen .. .. .. .. 30 Beef hindquarters .. .• .. 7 00 to Do., forequarters .. .. .. 4 50 to Do., choice, carcase ...... 6 75 to Do., medium carcase ...... 5 60 to Mutton, per Ib. .. .. .. .. 5 50 to Veal, per ewt. .• .. ..•. .. 7 60 to Lambs, per cwt....... .... 7 00 to Toronto Live Stock. 7 28 6.1» loo 1'4 6 15 1 50 000 0z 0 00 0 14 038 1 00• 123 0 44 6 .0 6 +7 0002 6 00, 8 50 750 Receipts of live stock at the city cattle market were 11 carloadscomposed of 06• cattle, 650 sheep, 3 calves and 500 hogs. `Prices were unchanged in all the different classes. Robert Bunter bought 1 ranch cow as 593. ai A. Hunter bought 1 load of feeders, 900 lbs. .each, at $3.25 per evwt. Wesley Dunn has shipped, per C. P. R.. since Oct. 1, 5,313 sheep an dlambs for ex- port. The total receipts of Iive stock at the city cattle market this week were 223 ears, 3,181 cattle, 6,665 sheep, 2,e80 hogs and 159' calves. Leading Wheat Markets. Dec. .•$ . 8 $ al.3il6 • .. .. L17% 1.18 .. 1.17 1.174 1.11a , 1.14 New Fork .... .. ... Detroit .... .. .. .. Toledo .. .. .. St. Louis .... .. .... Duluth Minneapolis .... .... . Bradstreet's • 1.U% 1.1336 on Trade. Montreal -Business has settled dowry during the past few days filo something like normal conditions, and the steadier tone of trade is reflected in the better sorting order, that are owning forward from the coantry. Remittances, however, rare still complained of. Renewals, too, were larger than Riad been expected, The outlook, however, is fairly hopeful. Wholesale t»ade at Toronto is in a bet- ter condition here titan it has been for sonic time. The seasonable weather has had a good effect upon 4.he volume of orders coming in, all lines of trade not- ing an improvement meat in 11119 respect. In• groceries all etaple lines are mcetinz,7- with a brick demand. 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