Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

INTRODUCTORY.
Here the second Isaiah" Is supposed
to begin. here with this word comfort
Well, then thank God for a second
Isaiah We have seen him In the pulpit.
Not that he has looked, In any material
respects, different from our first Isaiah.
SO far as we could see 1t was the same
man, only new man, a changed man.
The pastor, preaching along under some
thing OF weight, has suddenly been
transferred, as 1t were, into an angel Of
light. New Joy comes into his tones, new
hope beams In his eye; he mounts up
with wings as an eagle, and our spirits
have mounted with his. Under the in
SEPARATION OF God our first Isaiah" has
become a second Isaiah." Was 1t not
very much like this with that elder
prophet?
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
= Comfort. First meaning to sigh, hence
TO compassionate, in remoter sense
still, to comfort. Douay says, and with
some grounds, Be comforted.
God. Hebrew: the God OF you, en-
phathic.
Comfortably. Literally and suggest
lively, to the heart.-Cry unto her, or
call. A stronger word than speak.--
Warfare. From the verb to go forth, a
second meaning being to shine forth,
hence probably the reading in the Mar
gin, appointed time. The reference, in
either case, seems to be period Of dis
cipline or probation. accomplished
Literally, full according to the mar
ginal reading), of full moon.-For-
given. or paid off, discharged.-For.
Better, that, q third item. 1t Is the
same word translated that twice before
in this verse. Why not here?-Double.
Or, twice as much; l. O., sin pardoned
and grace bestowed.
Exalted, 4. e., lifted ND, or leveled mp.
AS suggested in the Gospel Railway
exercise in our last.-Made low. Lev
eled down.-The crooked. First mean
ing bulging, protuberant.-Straight
Rather, smooth or even.-Rongh
places. The lexicon suggests ridges.
Plain. Or, level. Usually applied
to a valley. So translated in the fol-
lowing chapter: lisa. Al: IL; CT. Josh.
IL: II.
The glory OF the Lord. The bright
ness of his appearing. Called by the
later Jews the Shekinah.
Literally, uncovered. Christ the uncov-
ering the unbosoming of God.-To-
gether. A peculiar expression, mean
ing as one man, used elsewhere by
Isaiah at lisa. / 81 and 10: 8.-Hath
spoken 1t. Rather, hath spoken. So
also in the same verse. shall see, omit
it, /. O., shall see God in Christ, may we
say?
All flesh is grass. To be, probably
understood as soliloquy of the prophet
reason ventured for withholding the
message.
Because the spirit of the Lord. Or,
when the spirit. SO rendered Ps. 8:
when consider the 'heavens). The
mere breath OF God Stays, what then
shall his voice do?
The word of our God shall stand. A
second and better reflection-a first and
second Isaiah forsooth within the limits
OF this one chapter. Word is the same
root as hath spoken in V. 5.
Good tidings. In the Greek, evangel
(euaggelizo), the gospel The Douay
is not without grammatical reasons fol
placing Zion after this verb ("that
bringeth good tidings to Zion"). This
rendering the Revision adopts.-C
Jerusalem. Rather, to Jerusalem, after
the verb which follows in our King
James version. This agrees with V. 2
Behold your God. Here at last is the
explicit answer to the interrogatory Of
v. 8. CWhat shall l cry?")
Behold. Here follows continuation
or elaboration of this response. The
three words above, Behold your God
are thus expounded. With strength
The Hebrew is come strong. Revision
AS q mighty one.-His work. Also
applied to wages for work, his recon-
pense, /. e., present reward. See
lisa. 81: IL.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
Comfort. Gods word; 1t is not mans
1t Is presumable that the prophet would
have gone on speaking grief, had not
the new voice rang in his soul, voice
fresh from heaven: Comfort! comfort
for my people," Now, do not propose
to go to any man for comfort and con-
ISOLATION. 1 may confess my sins anC
tell my griefs to the best of men, and, i
is only an added sigh that l receive
/ unless, indeed, Ire conduct me to God
the God of my consolation, and there
am relieved. He it is that speaks to the
heart. Why not take everything to him
He is the God of all comfort, anc
when we have seen him we are able t.
comfort them which are in any trouble
by the comfort wherewith we ourselves
are comforted of God"
Wy UNIV NO, HdNG HOb Dctl
doing that. AS a preacher, Sunday.
school teacher, a Christian worker,
have been speaking, taking comfort
But as for crying it, 1 have been slow tc
do that. 1t would disturb people, YOU
know Men and women would stop anC
say: whats the natter" Well
would to God 1t might be sol 1t Is high
time, by some means or other, a hall
were called in the downward march. II
was "a cry" there at Nineveh. And theI
and there nothing less than cry would
| give men peace. Doubtless Jonah made
some disturbance in the street, so also
John at the riverside. IL was discom.
fort at first, but it made for comfort
eternal comfort. What this old worlC
sadly needs to-day is q voice to "cry
unto her.
The crooked shall be made straight
Doubtless there is not little crooked
| ness, in the sense borne here, amonJ
Christian people. A crookedness tina
God proposes TO make straight or smooth
The literal Hebrew Is, that which bulge
or protrudes. We are reminded of DIR
Herrick Johnson's exhortation from tn,
platfcSm of the Institute OF Second Lit
erature at farwell Hall. Don't bulge,
he said. Then he went on trenckantl,
| to particularize. "The Petrine bulge,
for example, and 80, these prophetic
bulgers." But, aside from excrescence
of doctrine, there are protuberances
sharp corners, pointed elbows of prac
tice. These need TO be raped down
And then there age pride, and ambition
and self-indulgence, lifting themselves
up, very crooked array. We should b,
very much discouraged were it not TO
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