The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-01-28
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
41he Suffering saviour-Xssiah B3if-t1--
Lesson for January 81, 1899.

ecy OF this chapter to have been written five
and half centuries before its fulallment.
THE PROPHETIC vIsroN.--This prophecy is
like the description OF far~on scene, with
certain great facts standing out most distinctly
The prophet saw the kingdom, and tho man, the
king in his different relstions There was no
possible means by which ho could evolve this
prophetic picture from his own consciousness
or from his observation Of tho forces then
working in the world. II must hnvo becn given
him by Divine revelation. 1t wns as necessary
that people Of those carly days should look for.
ward to q Messiah who should be their vicn-
rons sacrifice. and their king, 40 1t Is for rs to
look back through the centuries upon the Mes
s1ah In either case the faith in Him would
have the same sewing, cleansing, comforting
effect
NEW TESTAMENT LIGnT.-Tho New 1eetn-
iEent refers to this prophecy is fulfilled by
Christ. Vcr. |. John l!:cS; Rom. 10i6. ver q
John :2o Heb 4l5 vcr 4 Matt SAT-; Phil
2s6-1l; John, $50. Vcr Z, Rcv. 5:6 Vors. 2, 8
Acts S:32-S3 vers. s. o, Cor. 1888; Mott. 27:57.
ver. 12 Luke es,S'; Mark 1898.
LESSON EXPosIT1oNs.
v. 1. "Who hath believed our report?"
The speakers are the believing children
of Israel including the messengers who
brought the report. in the time OF the
Messiah: "And to whom is the arm Of
the Lord revealcd?" The arm is a sym
Dol of power, as it is the instrument by
which we execute our purposes.
V. .. "He shall grow (rather, he
grew, up before Him" before God,
cared for and preserved by God even
amid such unfavorable circumstances.
''As tender plant" that is, slen-
der plant, thin and insignifcant.-Mat-
thew Arnold "And as root (spring-
inr) cut of dry ground:" the root is
n shoot which springs from the root left
in the ground after the tree has been
felied. ale hath no form nor comeli-
ness" referring to Ills state of abase-
r1ent rather than to His own personal
beauty. mo beauty that we should
desire IIi1a:" this does not deny lis
personal attractivcncss and loveliness
10 those who came to Him. and to the
poor and needy.
Y. 3. g And we hid us it were our
faces from Him" we turned our backs
upon Him, refusing to hear or be-
iievc.
y. :. ''Surely He hath borne our
griefs:" gricfs includes SORROW" but
IL means something more, viz, the OUT
ward punishment of sin.-Chcyne.
'Yot we did esteem Him stricken:" al
though all He suffered was for us, and
not for His own sins.
V. 5. "Thc chastisement of our
pcace:" the chastiscment by which our
peace is won.- Matthew Arnold.
v. 6. "We have turned every one to
his own way" following his own
pleasure, and not what was right.
v. I. '.Hc was afflicted rather, He
submitted Himself to afliction.
v. 8. '.lIc was taken from prison"
etc. Better as Rev. Ver.: "By oppres-
sion and Judgment He was taken away"
through a judgment accompanied with
oppression "He was taken away by a
violent death. h."-Cheyne. Who shall
declare Tor consider) his generation?
this as equivalent tot who can describe
the wickedness of the men of this
tirne?''
v.9. 'And He made (rather, with Rev.
Yer, "They made" or with Cheyne,
appointed) His grave with the wicked
(pluraD, and with the rich singular, a
rich one) in His death" (whcn He was
dcad) An enigma which only history
could explain.
v. 10. Yet it pleased the Lord" Not,
it was pleasant, delightful, but it was
the Lords will. when thou shalt
make" The construction in the mar
gin, when he shall make, is the one
now usually adopted. HE
shall see His seed:" His spiritual chill.
dren. He shall prolong his days" (D
His days, which seemed to be brought
TO an end prsnaturely, shall be pro-
Ionged by joyful resurrection FPS.
21:4).-Birks.
v. IL. by His knowledge" by the
knowledge of Him.
V. IL. "Thcrcfore:" because He suf-
fered for men. viii | divide Him
portion with the great" His kingdom
should rule among the nations, and not
be inferior to the greatest. "He shall
divide the spoil with the strong" there
shall flow to Him and His kingdom the
wealth, the strength, the numbers, that
the strongest nations possess.
THOUGHTS FROM THE LESSON.
/. One scheme of redemption runs
through the whole Bible. The same
Saviour is t>.ught by symbol, and type,
and prophecy in the Old Testament who
is revealed in the New.
2. The world often despises, in their
feeble beginnings, the best things that
come to 1.-THE best men, the best re-
forms, the best inventions. The feeble
ness of the beginning is no reason for
discouragement.
Q, We hide our faces from Christ be-
hind the wells Of prejudice, besetting
sins, pride and vorldliness.
d. Christ has felt human sorrow and
overcome it. Therefore He can sympa-
thize with US in our griefs, and by His
Divine power and love can take them
away or transform them into blessings.
3. Christ by His life, sufferings and
death has made atonement for the sins
OF the world. In the light of this we
see (I) the greatness of our sins; (2) our
danger; (3) the love Of God; (4) Gods
desire for our salvation; (5) our duty to
forsalSe our sins and come to Christ; (6)
tee ingratitude of rejecting Christ.
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