_God blessed Noah and his sons_ THE DIVINE BENEDICTION ON THE NEW HUMANITY I. PROVISION FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF ITS PHYSICAL LIFE. This divinely appointed provision for the continuance of man upon the earth-- 1. Raises the relation between the sexes above all degrading associations. 2. Tends to p... [ Continue Reading ]
_Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed._ DEATH FOR MURDER A DIVINE DECREE I. First, I ASSERT THAT THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH FOR MURDER IS A DIVINE DECREE. As some persons are opposed to the execution of any murderer, it is well to examine both the objections they urge and the com... [ Continue Reading ]
_I establish My covenant with you_ GOD’S COVENANT WITH NOAH I. The covenant God made with Noah was intended to remedy every one of the temptations into which Noah’s children’s children would have been certain to fall, and into which so many of them did fall. They might have become reckless from fea... [ Continue Reading ]
_This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set My bow in the cloud_ THE RAINBOW THE TYPE OF THE COVENANT I. Among the many deep truths which the early Chapter s of the Book of Genesis enforce, there... [ Continue Reading ]
_The sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth_ THE FACTORS OF HUMAN CULTURE Mankind have a common calling as human beings, to which we give the name of culture. This comprehends all influences from without that form the human character and create history. The worl... [ Continue Reading ]
_Noah began to be an husbandman and he planted a vineyard; and he drank of the wine and was drunken_ THE LESSONS OF NOAH’S FALL I. THE MORAL DANGERS OF SOCIAL PROGRESS. 1. Increased temptations to sensual indulgence. 2. It exercises a tyranny over us. 3. It tends to make us satisfied with the p... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cursed be Canaan_ THE SONS OF NOAH I. The curse of Canaan was SERVITUDE. Noah saw in Ham and his son some traits of character that showed a moral inferiority, which he foresaw would have an effect upon their descendants, and would be visited by God with chastisement and disapproval. II. The bles... [ Continue Reading ]
_And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died_ THE YEARS OF NOAH: THEIR SOLEMN LESSONS Here is a brief record of a noble life. There is little besides the simple numeration of years--merely a reference to the great event of Noah’s history, and his falling at length unde... [ Continue Reading ]