Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28
THE SAVIOUR
LESSON v, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JAN 81,

( Stearns
l. 'sWho hath believed our reports And
to whom is the arm of the Lord revealedP"
Some one has said that this section, chap
ter Ill, Is to lii, II, reads as If written Der
meath The cross on tiolgotha 1t Is the IN
rayeling Of Psalms xxi aud OK; and is the
most central, deepest and loftiest portion
OF Old Testament prophecy. From the
first intimation Of Deliverer Gen. Iii, 10
onward, He Is repeatedly foretold MS q suf-
fering Saviour duke xiv, 26), but here
we have the most complete description OF
His sufferings in the whole Old Tesla
ment.
2. "He hath no form nor comeliness and
when we shall see Him, there is no beauty
that we should desire HIM" Like the
tabernacle In the wilderness, there was no
outward beauty to the surrounding ma
tions, but Israel could tell of the holy
place, and the holy Of holes, with vessels
of pure gold, and the glory of God between
the cherubim. To the unsaved Jesus is
still unattractive, while they eagerly fol
low the attractions of the world, the flesh
and the devil
8. "He il despised and rejected Of men,
a man of sorrows and acquainted with
grief" He was so unlike other men; He
never considered himself; did not His own
will; sought not his own glory; never
sought to be made much OF, but was
always honoIing His Father. Self sacri
flee consumed him as fever; a man of
constant and painful endurance misun.
derstood, slandered, despised and rejected,
how all this will come home to Israel
when they see Him coming in power and
glory Czech. xii, l0).
A. "Surely He hath borne our griefs and
carried our sorrows, yet we did esteem
Him stricken, smitten of God and af
fiicted." He was our substitute, in our
stead, vicarious sacrifice; but we like
Jobs friends. thought He deserved it; thus
will Israel confess in that day.
g. but He was wounded for our trans
gressions, He vas bruised for our iuiqui
ties, and with His stripes we are healed. {"
Could there be any stronger expressions to
denote violent and painful death? The
precise manner OF it is more fully described
In Ps. xii, 10, "They pierced My hands
and my feet" Read this verse with "my'
instead of "our" in the first three clauses,
and read 81 am" instead of Eve are" in tie
fourth clause, and with all your heart
thank Him That it is so.
O. "All we, like sheep, have gone astray
we have turned every one to his own way,
and the Lord nath laid on Him the iniquity
of us ALL" Many readily believe the first
two clauses, but how few receive the last.
Z. "He Is brought as a lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shear
ers is dumb, so He openeth not his mouth ."
Shorn of comfort, honor, good name, life
a lamb led out to die, see how He was OPP
pressed and afflicted, and still let your
heart say, "All for me?" When He suffer
ed He threatened not, thus leaving us an
example.
8. "He was taken from prison and from
Judgment, and who shall declare his gen
erationH Taken away by distress and
Judgment Is the marginal reading, which
agrees nearly with the II. v
o. "And He made His grave with the
wicked, and with the rich in His death, be
cause He had done no violence neither was
any deceit in His mouth" Not only do
we read of His cruel treatment, sufferings
and death rs II recorded by an eye Witness
but also the events of His burial; and how
literally all was fulfilled we know. The
kindness and devotion Of Joseph OF Ari
mathea rescues His body from the authori
ties and from the grave prepared with
those of the malefactors, and gives it burial
in His own new tomb John xix, 3s-42)
10. "Yet 1t pleased the Lord to bruise
Him. He Ill prolong His days, and the
pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His
hand" Not only His suferings, death and
burial, but also His resurrection is here re.
corded; for how could ones days be pro
longed who was dead and buried except
by resurrection. See the same great truth
in Ps. xvi, S-1l Acts ii, 1881. Observe in
the first sentence of this verse from
whence came His greatest sufferings. AL
though the sinless one He became our sin
offering, and our sins being laid on Him,
God spared not His own Son. The wrath
of God against sin fell on him.
II. 'He shal see of the travail of His
soul, and shall be satisfied Not only His
resurrection, but His future glory clearly
foretold. He shall in due time see the full
result OF all His suiferings and He shall
he satisfied This is all clear 20 Him, and
lie Is not discouraged by things rs they
have been or are now, for He is sure Of
final triumph (Num. xiv 81; Rev XII, l5).
Let us with eyes and heart fixed on Him
go calmly on, diligently serving Him, and
like Him rejoicing in the contamination
elsa, xiii, 4; Pet iv 49,
10. Therefore will divide Him a por-
tion with the great and lie shall divide
the spoil with the strong because He hath
poured out His soul unto death" Observe
how often Ho is spoken of in this lesson as
suffering for iniquity trausgression and
sin. Compare the blessing Of Ps. xxi, /,
9, and see In Acts viii, $3.50, how certain
man entered into this blessedncss by the
opening up to him Of this very chapter in
Isaiah. II we enjoy the forgiveness Of sins
through His finished work land there is no
other way), then we shall share with Him
the glory of His Kingdom DAN, vii, q;
Rev. V, o. 10; iii, 2D. But If not hid in
Him who suffered in our stead, then there
must come to all such the everlasting
torment of Math. XIV, Al; IL Thcss i,
70; Rev. xiv, Oil; Xxx, 10; xxi, s, The
sufferings of the seed Of the woman,
the seed of Abraham and of David, The
Son OF Man and Son of God, are the scar,
let line running through the whole Bible
from beginning to end, and we cannot
place too much emphasis upon the fact
that these sufrerings were substituton-
AIRY. He suffered In our stead with
our sins actually laid upon Him. Other
wise there Is no meaning to verses 4, D.,
@ of this chapter, and to such passages
as IL Cor. v, 81; | Pet, H. 81 Let no one
rob you OF this great truth or try TO ex.
plain it away. Hold to the very words of
the Scriptures in their very simplest sig
nifioance and die for them if need be- Re
member those who overoame by the blood of
the lamb, and by the word of their testimony
and loved not their lives unto the death
(Rev. xii, ~. A truth we are not willing
TO suffer for we do not think very much
OF He poured out His soul unto death
for aus, willing to he counted transgres-
snr,and die under a false accusation. IL we