_Samaria is Aholah and Jerusalem Aholibah._ AHOLAH AND AHOLIBAH I. Sin is self-polluting and therefore self-destroying. Constant contact with sin will pollute the conscience, and render it powerless to fulfil the end for which it has been implanted in the man. It will destroy the understanding in... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way._ INFECTION EASY Manton says: “We easily catch an infectious disease from one another, but no man receiveth health from another’s company.” Too true. Evil communications inevitably corrupt good manners; but good communications do not so... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup._ THE CUP OF WRATH I. the symbol suggested. 1. The “cup” is sometimes the emblem of joy and gladness (Psalms 23:5); but here of indignation and wrath, in allusion probably to a very ancient method of punishing criminals--a poisoned cup. 2. The cup is sometim... [ Continue Reading ]