The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-03-09

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the prophecy of Ezekiel is not IN then
they see God with the rapture Of divine
affection, and see sin with the hate Of
heaven, then they will read Alright, and
not till then.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
Then. Hebrew and. Ezekiel has been
speaking Of God sanctifying his name
by his mercies to a captive people. 1t
is the midst of the great captivity.
Ezekiel prophesied from tie river Che
bar In Babylonia, at least half Of his
writings being after the event chapters
25-4S), the early years OF the fifth CEN
ter. OF dust, Job 2: 10. Douay:
pour. OF those who force out Of this
reference to baptism, which means,
primarily. self-dedications rather than
divine cleansing, we have only to sug-
gest a word of caution, lest they be
found guilty OF the sin of Jehoiakinn,
cutting the word with pen-knife; only
in this case it is clipping to fit precon-
ceived notion Used three
times in this verse. Root meaning:
bright, clean, pure. Applied to unal-
loyed gold. Elk. 20: IL.
New. This word, used twice here, is
akin to clean, in the preceding verse, in
its Specification. First meaning: Bright,
fresh, hence renewed, restored. l Sam.
IL: IA ("renew the kingdom Isa. 81: 4
("repair the waste cities).
Spirit. Originally, breath (ruak) -
Statutes. From the'root to cut or grave;
hence, prescribed, appointed. --Judg-
ments. Root: to set up or decide.
My people. Literally, We shall be to
me for people, and l shall be to you
for a God
Save you from all your uncleanness.
See, Thou shalt call his name Jesus,
for he shall save his people from their
sins" Matt 1: ~ The name Jesus
is from the verb save, used here.-
Call for the corn, or call to the corn.
The word means to summon.-In-
crease. From the word meaning much,
or many. Revision: Douay; multiply.
Multiply. Identical word rendered in
crease in verso before.
Literally, fruit; from the verb to sprout.
-Reproach. Root: to pluck, hence to
upbraid.
Not good. In the sense of not profit
able, unhappy A mimetic
term (coot), meaning to nauseate.-
Lniquities; |. c., perverseness, from to
bend or determinations. Re-
ferring especially TO idolatry.
Holy flock, /. e., flock of things conse-
Grated, the offerings in the temple
Solemn. Better, appointed. (Revis-
ion. THAT am the Lord. Hebrew:
That I, the Lord: three words, SO wher-
ever this familiar expression ocsurs.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
Ye shall be clean. Not sinless but
devoted, clean given. Blessed" says
the one hundred and nineteenth psalm,
"are the undefled in the way" Read
the Margin, the sincere. That is, the
whole hearted, clean-hearted. That heart
is clean that has swept out the rubbish
Of self and enthroned God within. And
80 it is not Our sinlessness that we are
seeking but full trust in Christ's sin-
lessness; not our perfection but COM
plete surrender to Gods perfection.
Cleanliness is conservation. l thank my
brother for the suggestion, Sex We
first the kingdom of God and His right
eousness," is spoken not so much to
worldlings as to Christians. Place the
kingdom uppermost in all you say, and
do, and think. Cleanheartedness-
give it to usl
Then the heather that are left around
about you shall know. We have God 8
promise fer it that the heather shall yet
be convinced that the Lord he is God.
When shall it be? 1t shall be when the
people of God give their Master free
course to be glorified among themselves.
L am anxious to see the heather con-
verified. God is more anxious to see me
converted. When give him my heart
: then he gives me the heather. BE
ashamed and confounGed for your own
ways, o house Of Israel" You and Il
are looking for great awakening
among the nations and the heather
round about. Do you know where ii
will begn' Right here in your heart
and mine. For the kingdom of God is
within you.
will yet for this be inquired of by
the house of Israel to do it for them.
God cares. Whatever dullness and
apathy we see among men, there is none
of 1t with the Father In heaven. He in
finitely desires our betterment and works
for it TO the limit of righteous efficiency.
When David cried, Il said In my haste,
all men are liars, then he turned to the
Lord, and in the consciousness Of heav-
ems faithfulness and truth he was COM