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The Suffering Savior.

The Suffering Savior.
The lesson for Sunday, Jan. 81, may be
found In Isaiah So: 1-12.
INTRODUCTORY.
| And have we here Third Isaiah, for
| sooth2 II there are atwo Isniahs," why not
three? And this is the third. IL Is a vision
caught this side the Cross the confession of
a people who have slain the Christ. Thank
God that we have something better than
mere human shifts OF explanation here
We bring God into the account We recog-
nize miraculous hand IN this wondrous
prophecy, and all Is plain. One Isaiah all
the way through Isaiah warning the dis
obedient and rebellious Jew, Isaiah pictur-
ing thu hopeful outlook of an imprisoned
and repentant people, Isaiah catching
a far but sure glimpse OF the coming
Deliverer and the kingdom he should es-
tablish. Yes, there were two in this In
| spired portrayal, two from first to last
IsaiCh and God.
| WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
Our report The Margin suggests doc
trine or hearing, the latter the literal He
brew, l. e., what the ear hears, tidings
| From the word for believe, used here, comes
our amen. It signifies. first OF all, to make
firm, hence, 20 credit First
meaning to make bare or uncover, having
reference TO the open declaration OF Gods
| presence and power Arm in the Orient
usually means, as indeed POLITICALLY with
us. strength.
Dry ground. The Douay says thirsty
| ground, from the root meaning hot or sun
NY, referring to the deserts Form.
What we mean by the popular term figure.
| beauty OF form; from the verb TO go
around. hence. to mark out, outline ~
COmeliness Translated majesty at Ps.
10ti l. ESom the verb to shine Beauty.
Douay, sightliness. From the verb to see.
Desire. Also means TO delight in
Rejected Douay says, most abject OF
men. Hebrew, forsaken of men, from the
root to fail Sc rendered at Job 10: IA ("my
| kinsfolk have fatledn). The Revision pre-
fers tho past tense here: Was depised and
ejected.--Acquainted. From the verb
TO know He knew grief by personal ex-
perdence Grief Douay suggests infirm-
ity, as of bodily sickness Why not soY
| Such is the original meaning OF the word
| We hid, as it were. our face from him.
| difficult passage. 1t is more literally a
hiding OF the face from us-an averted
,ountenance. Douay= His look was, as It
were. hidden and despised Revision: As
one from whom men hide their faces. he
was despised
Our grlefs. Douay, again, infrmities,
which Is more literal Carried. AS
burden or penalty.-Our sorrows. Better.
| pains 1t is significant that the word Is
| allied to the Chaldee coov, a thorn. We're
those our thorns on his trow?-"And we
Emphatic, as II 1t were, as for U.s.
Stricken The term frequently applied to
those bearing the plague mark. So rendered
by Douay, and with nice discernment: We
| have thought him as it were leper.
Wounded The Margin says tormented
| Literally pierce1. from the root 10 turn
around or bore through. h.-Stripes. Douay
and Margin alike suggest bruise or bruises
There ,n are roy two possible deFyas4gsAAs
! the root meaning ~ olud on band, hSnce 20
streak, as with the stripes of tiger.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
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| as learned by heart and recitedI-Who
are so blind to the arm OF the Lord as those
who reject his law? "If our gospel be hid,
IL is hid TO them that are lost"
"No form or comeliness Does IL not re-
mind OF the Hassage in Philippians. ale
| made himself of no reputation" No name
is the sense OF IL. he came in humble guise
| Acquainted with grief Perhaps you
| were looking for him in kings garments
/ But when he came. was IL not with the
meekness of "a poor wayfaring man OF
| grief9"
I'VE did esteem him stricken, smitten OF
| God.n And are we TO read Messianc in
tent in Job? Was the patient Job among
his eliminating 'Ncomforters" also type of
| Christ?
@Wounded by our transgressions," was it
my transgressicn that pierced his side?
aBruised for our iniquities,n was IL my in
iquitles that pressed the thorns into his
browY" 1.-The chastisement OF our peace was
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healed;n was 1t my peace and my healing
that laid the scourge upon his backl
SAll wen-"us atf y Bct~cen these two
alls. the ONE beginning and tue other ending
the verse do we not discover the whole plan
| of salvatiou2 Human depravity, is IL not
there? Divine redemption, is IL not there?
All gone wrong, all set right; but for
whom?
$50 he opened not his MOUTH Why?
Was IL not just because he was "the lamb
| IoAG GoAE E1 haA 20 l1,,a
it was TO say for HIS prosecutors, aFather,
forgive.n Was not that prayer answered.
Is not Hofmeyer right In saying that the
| after pain of the Cross and the momentary
separation from God was the answer? He
| died in order that God might forgive.
@Cut of out OF the land OF the livingp Is
not that the way the seed dies, that IL may
live agaiuf OF no generation In the flesh,
dead to self. did not Christ win for himself
spiritual generation that no man can
number? Is there any other way TO make
advancement IN the Christian life than by
being ScruciHed with Christ?n
ale made his grave with the wicked and
with the rich in his death.n Mingled honor
and dishonor. "Because he hath done no
| violence, neither was any deceit In his
MOUTH And is this the destiny Of meek,
ness? Very well. the honor comes last
GYet it pleased the Lordr Was IL that
his beloved Son was stricken? Or rather
was IL not that his loved children were
ransomed? Satan thought 10 offend, God
turned it 60 good. When, indeed, was
Christ most highly exalted7 When he most
deeply humbled himself at the Cross.
SWherefore God bath highly exalted him."
Shall L lift myself up in Gods sight by any
other way?
How did Christ bear our inlquities? Was
it not a real burden bearing. an actual
| suffering for us? Those soldiers laid the
strokes on hard. Why2 We're they not
speaking against the Jew with every blow
| upon the innocent flesh OF the Sin-bearer?
And was not Satan's murderous hate of you
and me In every hammer-stroke at the
| CROSSE
A soul poured out Does not this alone
explain the marvellous death las we'll as
life) of Christi IL was not wrung from him.
The mortal thrust had not yet been given.
sFather, inAo thy hands / commend my
spirit Is not this what IL means when IL
says he agave up" the Ghost2 He was al
ways giving. They did not even take his
life, though they thought to- He @gave" it
himself HHN
Next Lesson. 1.-The Gracious Call Isa.
| So: lila.
After the Lesson.
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