The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-17
THE WORLD is IMPROVING.
Rev. O. n. w. Chambers Reasons for
Making This Statement.

Rev. o. v. w. Chandler, pastor of the
Second Methodist Protestant church.
North Seattle, preached yesterday morn
ing upon the text:
Isaiah xiii "a. "Abruised reed shall he
not break. and the smoking flax shall he
not quench; he shall bring forth judgment
unto truth"
He shall not fail nor be discouraged till
he have set judgment in the earth, and
the isles shall wait for his law"
THE prophet Isaiah, j." said Mr.. Chand-
Ter, mad direct reference to Christ He
brought into open view and without allie
cory the Messiah who was to come so
many years afterward. Both Jews and
Christians agreed that Christ was meant.
Matthew applies it to Christ. The proph-
ecy was made many hundreds of years
before His coming. When Matthew used
identically the same language of the text
Christ had healed the sick and the Jews
had held their councils and conspired to
destroy Him. Christ offered no resistance.
The words of the text. "a bruised
ned, imply weakness. They announce
ne trail ties to which human nature is
kir. A reed was frail in its texture and
teided easily to the slightest breeze. In
ne text II is used as a symbol to denote
seakness, feebleness, frailty. When
thirst had been before Pontius Pilot and
judgment had been rendered against him,
sney took reed, like pithy cane, easily
svsyed and broken by the wind and put
IN the hands of Jesus as the scepter; the
emblem OF kings power, in order to in
ecase mat he had no power. The words
smoking hax are also used as a symbol.
~ mas reference TO a wick, and the oil is
SWING out This also represents the
weakness of life. Persons become so inn
elca With sin and immortality and have
saauefed 30 far from the paths of rectitude
.Aas .aey are, when compared 10 the hon.
~; NE moral or religious, just ready 70
@ these need a new life. Man was in
1slhning strong and vigorous, but as
Ae wee Alter another was embraced, he
.anae weaker and weaker, until at last
1s an sbiect slave of sin.
=, tae PHYSICAL infirmities are numerous.
lucy permeate all classes and conditions
society and We see them around us
sAi'S Visit the hospitals and there you
gathered together these ills in all their
aofror and depravity. There are thou
~.-S sAA0N GNsAi IL uc4t anu the
neral weaknesses are as manifold. The
.hdencies to these are both inherited and
qalred Some sins are begun in youth
III Followed with continued persistency
shu an ever increasing ratio until their
sounis miserable themselves, are objects
y pity 10 some and of scorn and condem.
Ration to others.
some are weaker by nature than
> Have sympathy for those who
save special weaknesses. Some have
Ssohser temptations. Others are over
saeiined by Affections. We all, more or
nave " weaknesses, and are TO greater
ssss extent broken reeds. Man at best
lpiess and in need. Each knows his
80 point best. Many seem TO the
~; Ss.a strong; yet TO their pastor or bosom
,;.;ss. tnere is an inner secret and an in
A. S - defect which makes the reed seem
a.. were broken into a thousand
..Ts Jesus can make all strong.
txs suggests dsliyexance. The